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Page 225 - The Court may give an advisory opinion upon any dispute or question referred to it by the Council or the Assembly of the League of Nations and may take jurisdiction In any question submitted to it, pursuant to the provisions of any treaty to which any member of the League of Nations is a party.
Page 98 - appear before the court. of the above categories, but he maintained that it could only be set in motion in accordance with Article 14 of the Covenant, which provided in express terms, that "The court shall be competent to hear and determine any dispute of an international character which the parties thereto submit to it.
Page 50 - CHAPTER I Organization of the Court ARTICLE 2 The Permanent Court of International Justice shall be composed of a body of independent judges elected, regardless of their nationality, from amongst persons of high moral character, who possess the qualifications required, in their respective countries, for appointment to the highest judicial offices, or are jurisconsults of recognized competence in international law.
Page 121 - cases and, if necessary, replies; also all papers and documents in support. These communications shall be made through the registrar, in the order and within the time fixed by the court. A certified copy of every document produced by one party shall be communicated to the other party. The
Page 176 - ARTICLE 21 Nothing in this Covenant shall be deemed to affect the validity of international engagements, such as treaties of arbitration or regional understandings like the Monroe doctrine, for securing the maintenance of peace.
Page 169 - No application for revision may be made after the lapse of five years from the date of the sentence. ARTICLE 60 Should a State consider that it has an interest of a legal nature which may be affected by the decision in the case, it may submit a request to the Court to be permitted to intervene as a third party. La Cour
Page 56 - which shall have joined the League subsequently, inviting them to undertake, by national groups, the nomination of persons in a position to accept the duties of a member of the court. No group may nominate more than two persons; the nominees may be of any nationality.
Page 128 - ARTICLE 53 When the agents, advocates and counsel, subject to the control of the court, have presented all the evidence, and taken all other steps that they consider advisable, the president shall declare the case closed. The court shall withdraw to consider the judgment. The deliberations of the court shall take place in private and remain secret. In the
Page 167 - of his claim. The Court must, before doing so, satisfy itself, not only that it has jurisdiction in accordance with Articles 33 and 34, but also that the claim is supported by substantial evidence and well founded in fact and law. ARTICLE 53
Page 165 - order and within the time fixed by the Court. A certified copy of every document produced by one party shall be communicated to the other party. ARTICLE 43 The oral proceedings shall consist of the hearing by the Court of witnesses, experts, agents, counsel and advocates. For the service of