If the churches are to be outspoken in their call for non-violence and an international order, they may expect opposition, especially from those who want to hold on to the full sovereignty of the nation state. (religion-online.org)
At the end of World War II, Europeans understood that they could not rebuild Europe around the absolute sovereignty of nation states. (religion-online.org)
Together with the Nuremberg and UN charters, it would overturn a longstanding doctrine of international law that left human rights, with few exceptions, within the domestic sovereignty of each nation. (religion-online.org)