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1 Chart of the League of Nations and of the Permanent Court of International Justice (Courtenay Crocker, comp.) [i] (1923)

handle is hein.hoil/chaleperc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: World Peace Foundation VoL V 1923 Supplement to No. 4 CHART OF TH LEAGUE of NATIONS AND OF THE PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE COMPILED BY COURTENAY CROCKER Publishedby WORLD PEACE FOUNDATION 40 Mt. Vernon Street, Boston Copiesmfurnishedat cost AMOUNTS SPENT BY THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS PERMANENT COURT INTERNATIONAL LABOR OFFICE May 5, 1919, to Dec. 31, 1990 . $3,346,535 1991 . . . . . . . . 4,101,250 1992 . . . . . . . . 4,028,671 1923 . . . . . . . . 4,954,987 BUDGET FOR 1994 League of Nations Permanent Court Labor Office . . Working Capital Total. ...... These expenses are divided among all the members. The quota of a larger nation, in 1923, was in no instance greater than2000 of its total expenditure. (OVER) $2,374,217 370,689 1,357,5S6 382,765 $4,485,957 MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS (November 1, 1928) Albania. Argentina. Australia. Austria. Belgium. Bolivia. Brazil. British Empire. Bulgaria. Canada. Chile. China. Colombia. Costa Rica. Cuba. Czechoslovakia. Denmark. Esthonia. Finland. France. Greece. Guatemala. Haiti. Honduras. Hungary. India. Irish Free State. Italy. Japan. Latvia. Liberia. Lithuania. Luxemburg. Netherlands. New Zealand. Nicaragua. Norway. Panama. Paraguay. Persia. Peru. Poland. Portugal. Rumania Serb-Croat-Slovene State. Siam. South Africa (Union of). Spain. Sweden. Switzerland. Uruguay. Venezuela. Total 54 NATIONS WHICH ARE NOT MWEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS (November 1, 1923) Afghanistan. Mexico. Dominican Republic. Russian Union of Soviet Ecuador. Republics. Turkey. Germany. United States. PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE (Official languages, English and French) JUDGEs: Eleven judges elected from a list of nom- PROCEDURE: The Court may request any individ- inees by separate majority votes *of the ual or organization to conduct an inquiry Council and of the Assembly of the League or to give an expert opinion. The judgment of Nations. Only one judge can be elected in each case shall state the reasons on which from any country. No judge can act as it is based. Dissenting judges may deliver agent or counsel in any case of an interna- separate opinions. Judgments are final but tional nature. If no judge sitting in the may be revised by the Court on application Court is a national of a contesting state,,that based on newly discovered facts. state may choose a judge to sit in the Court during its case on an equal footing with the DECISIONS: Based on other judges. 1. International conventions, whether general or particular, establishing rules expressly Tmm: Nine years. The judges may be re-elected. recognized by the contesting states; 2. International custom, as evidence of a general OFFiCERS: The Court elects its President and Vice- practice accepted as law; President for three years and appoints its R .3. The general principles of law recognized by civilized nations; SEssIoNs: Begin on June 15 -of each yeax and con- 4. Judicial decisions and the teachings of the time until list of cases is finished. Special most highly qualified publicists of the various ;sessions may be called by the President. Ses- nations, as subsidiary means for the deter- sions shall be public unless otherwise ordered mination of rules of law. by the Court or requested by the parties. NATIONS WHICH HAVE SIGNED OR SEAT OF THE COURT: At The Hague. RATIFIED THE PROTOCOL Albama. Japan. JURISDIcTION: Decides cases -submitted by the Australia. *Latvia. parties, certain cases specified in various *Austria. Liberia. Treaties and cases between nations which Belgium. *Lithuania. have agreed to compulsory jurisdiction of the Bolivia. Luxemburg. *Brazil. *Netherlands. British Empire. New Zealand. *Bulgaria. *Norway. Gives advisory opinions to the Council, or to Canada. Panama. the Assembly on request. Chile. Paraguay. *China. Persia. VOTING: All questions are decided by majority vote. Colombia. Poland. Costa Rica. *Portugal. In the event of a tie, the President has a Cuba.*ruaa. Cuba. Rumania. casting vote. Czechoslovakia. Salvador. *Denmark. Serb-Croat-Slovene SPECIAL CHAMBERS FOR DivisioN or Won: Used *Esthonia. State. on request of parties. May sit elsewhere than *Finland. Siam. at The Hague. France. South Africa (Union of). Greece. Spain. Summary Procedure: *Haiti. *Sweden. Three judges. Hungary. *Switzerland. India. *Uruguay. Labor Questions: Italy. Venezuela. Five judges assisted by four technical asses- Tota 47 sors chosen by the Court with a view to insuring a just representation of the compet- NOTz: Those marked with a star (*) have agreed in advance to compulsory jurisdiction of the Court in the following ing interests but who have no vote. cases: (a) The interpretation of a Treaty. Transit and Communications Questions: (b) Any question of International Law. (c) The existence of any fact which, if established, would Five judges assisted by four technical' asses- constitute a breach of an international obligation. (d) The nature or extent of the reparation to be made for sors. the breach of an international obligation. (OVE R) Reproduction by Permission of Buffalo & Erie County Public Library Buffalo, NY

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