Treaty of Neuilly ‚Article 179‚ Annex ‚Paragraph 4 (Interpretation)

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Treaty of Neuilly, Article 179, Annex, Paragraphe 4 (Interpretation) is the name of a decision of the Permanent International Court of Justice of September 12, 1924 .

facts

In this case the Court had to deal with the question of the interpretation of the Neuilly-sur-Seine Treaty . Bulgaria submitted to the Court the question of how the last sentence of the first paragraph of Section 4 of the Annex to Section IV of Part IX of the Treaty to be interpreted was. This is

«Les biens, droits et intérêts des ressortissants bulgares dans les territoires d'une Puissance alliée ou associée, ainsi que le produit net de leur vente, liquidation ou autres mesures de disposition, pourront être grevés par cette Puissance alliée ou associée: en premier lieu , dupaiement des indemniés dues à l'occasion des réclamations des ressortissants de cette Puissance concernant leurs biens, droits et intérêts y compris les sociétés ou associations dans lesquelles ces ressortissants étaient intéressés en territoire bulgare ou des créances les ressorta bulgare ont que du paiement des réclamations introduites pour des actes commis par le Gouvernement bulgare ou par toute autorité bulgare postérieurement on 11 octobre 1915 et avant que cette Puissance alliée ou associée ne participât a la guerre. »

“The goods, rights and interests of Bulgarian nationals in the territory of an allied or associated power as well as the net proceeds of their sale, liquidation or other dispositions over them can be encumbered by this power: first of all, with the payment of damages due to are owed by claims of their own nationals in relation to their property, rights and interests located on the territory of Bulgaria, including their participation in companies or associations or claims against Bulgarian nationals; also with the payment of compensation claims based on acts of the Bulgarian government or any Bulgarian authority that were committed after October 11, 1915 and before the entry of the Allied and Associated Powers involved into the war. "

The Court should rule on two issues in this regard. On the one hand, Bulgaria was concerned with whether the text should also include claims that arose outside Bulgarian territory as it existed on October 1, 1915, especially in the areas occupied by Bulgaria after the First World War . On the other hand, the court should clarify whether Paragraph 4 can also be used as a basis for claims for damages based on deportations , mistreatment, internment or the like.

The decision

The Court of Justice, made up of Bernard Loder as chairman, Max Huber and André Weiss as assessors and Åke Hammarskjöld as clerk , ruled that paragraph 4 of the appendix also covers claims that arose outside Bulgarian territory within the limits of October 1, 1915 and that, in addition, damages can be demanded not only for acts that impair property, rights and interests, but also acts that violate the person concerned.

literature

  • Bimal N Patel (Ed.): The World Court reference guide. Judgments, advisory opinions and orders of the Permanent Court of International Justice and the International Court of Justice (1922-2000) . Kluwer Law International, The Hague 2002, ISBN 90-411-1907-8 , pp. 27 f . ( Google Books [accessed July 30, 2015]).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ page 9 of the decision