Finally, the same developments in politics and international law led to the creation of the International Court of Justice. With its establishment, resulting from long and terrible experience, the basic idea of modernity – that the power of states and their rulers should be subject to the rule of higher law, thus placing individual rights above state sovereignty – has taken a great step forward.
最后，政治和国际法的发展引发了国际法庭的成立。它的成立是在经过长期和痛苦的经历后，现代化的基本概念即国家的权力和它的统治者应该遵守更高的法治，从而把个人的权利置于国家的主权之上，向前迈出了一大步。