Irish Examiner view: The rule of law remains paramount

The shadow of Nuremberg and the modern legal processes it established  continues to serve us well

Chief US prosecutor Robert Jackson addresses the bench at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials in Germany in this Nov. 21, 1945 file picture. Prisoners are on left. It introduced the concept that no one could escape the consequence of their actions. AP Photo/Pool

Just over 75 years ago, an event concluded in Germany which has reverberated through, and influenced, the primacy of international law to this day.

Those people who can remember it are likely to be in their late 80s and 90s, or among the 400 to 500 people who are aged 100 or above in the Republic of Ireland. All of these people are national treasures whom we should speak to as frequently as possible because they maintain the importance of the oral tradition in the collective consciousness.