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Who decides international law?
International law is shaped by agreements between countries, like treaties, and by widely accepted customs. Organisations like the UN help create and enforce these rules, but ultimately, nations choose to follow them. In our story, FIFA's rules about lightning delays are an example of an international sporting law that all participating countries agree to abide by.
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