The……………., commonly referred to as the international Magna Carta, extended the revolution in international law ushered in by the United Nations Charter – namely, that how a government treats its own citizens is now a matter of legitimate international concern, and not simply a domestic issue.

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• In ................, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights was replaced with the United Nations Human Rights Council for the enforcement of international human rights law.
• In Britain key developments include the Magna Carta of............., the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679 and the Bill of Rights of 1689.
• The International Court of Justice, the judicial branch of the UN, is based in................, the Netherlands, and was established in 1945 by the Charter of the United Nations.
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