Sl!M~AR OF ARGUMENT
Jurisdic:over the present Ap'fllfoundcunthe Scrb-Croat-Slovene
:-:aof191\Jwhich calfor the pnnecnfominoriricJS w\d which providcd. for the
-:mpulssenlemenQf d.ispurethyt:mancnCoun oflntcmatioJustice.
THE SERB-CROAT-SLOVENF. TREATY PROTECTS :'vilNORrTYRIGHTS.
Th~ Courtjmisdictiover tinstanApplicati:groundedamonsother
:. :fjsieitioninthe Treaty betthe AlliamiA.ssoc1ated Poami the
~ir. gfheoSrbs. Cnmts ami Slov(Protectio~inor iicdictSt),
~. n-n-naaye. 1Scpteber1919ThisTreaccatered imo fJuly ln1920.am.!
·as registewittheSecretarOÎtheLeagueof Nation:s as Non 21 October
:20It ihereinanreferrLOas thSerb-.,Croa.t-STreaty.
Thepurpose of Serb-Croa ita-Swasroven ~ehererotccuof
~ino prpilios wtthin rKingdomof thSerbs, Croanù Slovcne:::;toniy
-:er:t-:esr<- AsbrcüidihmeeTra.rypreamble. ~trnce.egentofSe-rbîa
x! theSerhiaGovemmenr have agrwet1iuniun. s.nçon5equencthe Kingùom
-~te:s~rb C-ousand Slovenha .en~C\Jnstitand ha<1-"i so~uemnydove:-
.- .mwne::i inht:b'UlC!ipe.oies."
The Scr~-Croa Er-tSwaoovnenÎJnumberu[ ~:ea çtniucs o.fter
·~ ct\·orrbe: een !AhlliU.",-\s:;m:::ilteè. Potarnew ycr~: fumed
.~ :eirorv of t!efea.te..rs. T.'1ese:-:conL.une-substanrial nunontv
. . .
~t,pul T.epurosnof tl-treatwa.ra ensur~hrghrsuiLhesernino rhitict~.
~.- c·unrseidobe~aricuiyra[ ris}c JBruege".A.giecteFieà ofthe ·
:'l;otectiMinor ievuide~àots de l'homme/HumRig uumal,vol.4. p.
"li rp. 41-tl'-)531.
This stipulaof protectfominor wism kceing\Vithistorical
practicfollowin particuintheB!!ikans, whcrebyacquirlterritougn.~d
to respect che rislnhabitaand in particular inhabilanLs of minoriry groups. C.A.
1 ~~camH '':eyg,eof ~'far trotcsu· of Minority Rights.·· m an Luiiird.ed.• The
:Hematiom\1Protectiou of Human Ri~h tls67), p. 22.
~e Pennanen tourt ofInternational Justice flX!Uiredcompliancc wi[h the
-ns[-World_War1 minorityprmectiontrearies. In MinoriSchools ifAlhan ha~only
;.tsebro~-hto it thainvolved thcsclreaticLhc,Permanent Cuurtconsttued the:-ttatc's
·oligarion requireclose protectionofright M i.oritSchouls in Albania.Permanent
~~ou ortInternationJustiçe,SerieA-B~ advi~o opiyion of 6 April1Y35! pp. 22-
:3. ThePe.rmanenrCourt ~tat eTh. idea underJyinthe treatiefor the protectioof
::inoritissto ~ecur fer certain clemenincorpuraLedina Stat ch~ populationol
..,.i1hiffers from them irace.languageor religiontl1epossihilitof living pcaccabiy
.iongside thar populatiand co-upcr11.L.amü:ably withit, while ctht sam~ lme
i
~rescr hinchar.u;teristwhic;hdisringuisthem from the majority. an~atisf yling
~:1su spncal needs." Minorit)Schoo!sin Albania! p. 17.
ln itsAnicte:. the Serb-Croa1-SlovcneTreaty Stated lhe basic obligatbeing
.~sum bed the Kingdom of the SerbC .~-.oaatd~Slovenc!i, r1.:amcly."The Serb-Crmu
-:ion;ne Staunderra ke~~ssu ftllund compl:te protecnonof lifeand liherrytoall
:-:h:!br.of t.1e:kine:dom without ilistinction of binh. naüo!ang\1agerace. or
·eligwn."Tne Tre:1ty furtherle-don theKingdom to en~u rqu-iityof trentment
x:f\JTthe!~w wi thouLàütinctiun atO raŒ. langua orerci'igio(Arride 7),and
--.vded for ":;e.curinvlé!\,.d infact'to "raciaL religioor linguistimmorities ·
Spcc!tïomv ISH.m was mi-idin theSerb-CroaL-Siovene Tr;;atfur lhc 1\-losi~m
..r.mu!anon~rric l0een~ure ·d:.theM~ssulmu n:ths matLclof family taw ;.u1d
:-en:ona! sra.tu'ipruvissuita for~regulating thematte in~accord.ancewith
\1ussulm uag:e."The Kingdom's compilW1Ce With itobligalionsunderthe Treaty wa>:
ra be monitored by the Counci1of the Lcug1.of Nations <Article 11).
2 ......... ..-- ..... --~1...~ .-~1•....
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~ II.THE SERR-CROAT-SLOVENE TREA'I'Y PROVIDED FOR THE COMftULSORY
REFERENCE OF IJISPUTESTO THE PEK~1AN~ ~ Tt:RT or INTERNATIONAL
JUSTICE.
IIJthe Serb-Croat-SloveneTreaty,thr;Kingd.om uf l.hSerbs. Croatsand Slovencs
and the Allied and Associated Power~grete har any dispurcover the performance ur
·he K1ngdom:s obhgationof justt:re~[ um einuritiecouid be adjudico.reby the
Penn311entCourt of ImcrnaLona1 Justice:
The Serb-Cro~u-S Statovuehe: agreestlnu anydifferenceuf opinion ilRtc
queslionsuf law or fact:.J.Iisoutof these Anid~ bsc~wc the:nerb·Crou.t.-
5Jove.neStateand any one uf Lt1ePrincipal Allieanà A~:sot: Piowl~eor uny
othcr Power. a metnber ofthe Counci1 ofthe League oî ~atio sn:ilbe.helà tu
he a dispute of an internatiodtaracterumkr Amcje 14 of the Covenam of the.
.League of~ario Tnhs .erh-Croat-Slovene Stathercby conse tnarany such
dispute shallifthe ornerpurty therctdem:mù:::...r=:icrre:o the P~rmancru
Courr of lntemationaJustice.The decision ofthePcrmiinentCourt ~ha ~llfinal
and shaH have the ~amfe ore= lmi cffeca:-;ann.warcunder Arttcle13 of the
Co veni.l:Arti<.'it 11).
Tne dispme that is thsubjecrof the ir.~ t .picalon r~!; o itdifère;cc on a
qu::.stiof fxtth l;t:!nd h1ct.
In additionAnicle 16 ot" L":Serc-C:oat-SloveneTn:OiLYbroadcncd thec1rcleoi
:-.tate.,t:njorightsunderA.rm.:!ll. Anide 16 sum::J:
A Il rii!ht:; ana leges ac:ord.eby theforegoingA 111cieto the Alliedam.t
AssociatecPower5 shaH =-etu.:corded t:'-wuaitil Stat~tembc oir~he League
of ~ations.
Thus. anv state mernber of the Leaguuf ~atiu was: nt;lçd ta rder a di~pu withe
theKingt!om w the Permanent Cuurt ofIntemarionalJu5tice.
3 III.THE PROVISJUNS PROVIDJNG FOR Jt'"RISDJCTION IN THE PERMANE~T
COURT Of JNTëKNATIONAL JlJSTlCE TODA Y SIGNIFY JURISDICfiON IN THJS
COURT.
Undcr the Statu or~che lnterm:ttiuCoun of Justice"w jhcnc.wcr :trcur:or
conventionin force providesforn:ferenc.ur:a matter ... to thePcnnu.ncnt Courr of
International Justice, rhe maucr shaH. as betwcca lhe parties to· the present Sta.tute, be
referreu to thInternationaCoun of Justice." I.C.StatutcAniclc 37. Tnus. the
jurisdicüonconf~r ryedhe Sc::rb-Croar-SlovenTreaty un LhePermanent Coun
transferred rthi C~ourt.
IV. AS A MEMBER STATE OF THE UNITED NATIO~S B.OSNIA-HERZllGOVINA
1AS THE RIGHT TO INVOKE TH~ JURISD1CTJON PROVISION OF THE SERB
CROAT-SLOVF.NE TREATY.
After ü1e ctemü;eof theLeague of Natiun Lh. GeneralAssembly of the lJnired
Nations conremp!atedthalthe L·nited ,\lattmi~ho Lssume pow~ cntru:: t~tte t.i
Lea~ue b. rrea.ues..v a resolution, the Gt:1eA:s~em :ltyd:
The, G~nera Als~embi willitselexamim:, or willsubrniLto the~:ppropr oraatc
of the United. Nationsa."lrequest f:omtheparties[har theUnited N~tion sould
asslune the ex:rc.:isefuncuo tfpuwscn: r.::r!lrto the League of Natio n~
treaues,international cvenion~ a.rc:::a::nand oth. int:rUmcntshnving a.
polaicaJ characteGeneral As:;embiy of the Lnite~ation Rsslution 24(1).
"T::.msfcr of Certain Functions. ActivandtA:-~: of~c1tLeague of Nation :s,''
29t.hpienarymeeting. 12 february1946, 1..;. Doçument ,V64, p. 35.
Av a resaution of 11:April 946. me League ot' ::.tioA!i)emb1y acccptcd theGcn~--ral
A:o.!t~m oTler'ssn::tlr.:LnlResolution 24(1).
•
Kcs9lution 24{1wa...partof a more general ii:s:sumptby the United Na1ionsof
League fun:cti ThenO~~.neraAl~s(:m bssumt:tlt.:ontrol ovthephy~ic sasets; othe
:
League. ft'also assumed theL.:;:aguenforcement roleregarding mandate terrirorica.~
recognized by thisCoun i.n its19~0 and 1971 rulings on the SouthWest Afric:4
mandate. One author.citing Resolution 24(1), sta"Thu~ te princip!c:: cnntinuity
4....
~
!between theLeague and the Lnitt:~alior wassclcarlyestab1i.!;hed.''AlcxKndcr
Ostrower. L~mgua~ Lew. and D1plomacy(1965). vol. 2p. 685.
Although no state pany ru the Serb-Croat-SJovenc TTeaty a.·dcecithe General
Assembly to assume the U:ague's functinand power r~gardingthe Tr-e:attheGeneral
A~semb .J~ubsr tseutfcrthe League Cuuncll. The trmsfer, followiRe~olution
'.24(1wa. ~utomatic:. despr.hfact thar Rc:suluü2~(1 p)nnittcd.'it o meakc ::1.
requesttn the General Asscmblif they su cho::Justa~ with respect to mandate
renitories and tLeague'sphysicalêJ.Ss t~h~Ge.eralAsscmbJy assumcd for it:sçùf
r:'owen:~ard ieague-funçtionundcr treaties.
The U.N. Secretariain its 1950 srudy othepu~t-Wor Wl:I lmtnonty tre!l.tle.~.
:.lftïmtthat the UniteNations hadreplaced thL=ague nt- :"üttions TT:gard.ing
supervi ~fihose m::aties. It stated.soectfitrcfcrc to~t;sc rreat îeat.the
. .
L'nited Nations has taken the place oLca~u: of No.tion:sanhas assumcd the
general funcrîonformer!yperformed by th~Lc21gue.Con!'lequcntifa Sture w~re
-'unjcct rabu.oi ;nIve~r~en otitenp311oi anotile~t~L aCd.wc:rcaccused by the
:<ltter nrnmn...oobserve üs obligations l:1 resof minuriLieitiwould be justirïcd
:n placwg the mauer bero ln~ied~atiu or~ga and would benefitfrom the
::roŒc· :1n othf(:'iarterStucy.of :.'Legal Valid.ity of the Underra.kings Concerning
\1inoririest.:.NDocument F./C~.4/ 3 67rl 1950, p. 17. The Secretariat sthat
·-~ mandare sv.stem wa"analogous.":.regilrdsU.~.a..~sur ofiLpü~onufeuncti ton:s~
~"l estem for protectioof minoritiesL",.>;.cumen::E/C-:./36 7p. 15. Thus,the
i_"neti \ auons. by ..-bothunf trs verstatusJ.:a universal 1nte:n.:nionul urgan i::.lltion
::nd of irs Resoluti24fl)assumt:ùthe L:a.gue'rule:: n:gardthe protecuonof
:ninoritiunder the posr-WorluWar 1 minority protectiotr..!a.tiès.
That Resolution24(1)operat o~ditown force to transfefum;tions10 the
GeneralAssemoly was agreecby states during Sixth Committdi:scussioin 1953 of
anothertreatyw1th League ~'Uperv iamicy,nhe Slaveryconvention of1926. The
United Kinguom delegutesaid thatRe~o!ur 24(1. wilhouLfunhcr•u;tioby any U.N.
organ, suft1ccd effecta.transfeof League functions unllc:r LheSla.vcry convention, wtd
5 t-
..
his vicw elicireno objection. GenerAss.t=mblSi.xl.hCommittce, 369th meeung12
Oclober 1Y53, U.N. Document A/C.6/SR.369,p.48.
Rosn1a-Herzcgovini:a~ u mcmber statenf theUnired Nationsrhus is in t.hc
;;osirion of the !;t:Uesdescin Article11 and 16 of LheSerb-Croat-Slovene Treaty,
:m.mcly the member states of t~a~ue .1mithus its dispwith Yugo,;lavia(Sçrbia
1
wd MonŒnegro) is oneuvcr whü.:hthis Counha5 jurisdicuon.
V. THE SERB-CROAT-SLOVENE TREATY !S STILL IN FORCE.
The Tre:u. containedno rimelimitatioon its vali.itv and no dcnunciution
~rovisJ aodnlhus the t.:ontcmplaticthe:fJW'Lieswathitt ~~oul continuein force
:nuet1nîtely.: The Treaty has neverdenc,unccdby anypany. There Üia strong
-:resumption thattre:uythat inot byit:; ternlimitein rime shalcontinue infore::.
The rennina.Iion of rrcatyirs ùenuncüuion or the withdl't)fi;pany, may takè
:Jla oncy as a rcsu!r of the applicanfntheprovisionuf lhe Lreaty oof the present
Convention.Vienna Convention un theL:~ .wTn:ati A rcl. 42(2).
Termination 1govemed by P11r.V, Secnon 3 utùu:Vi~nn Convention,whicn
.;~ h~ only pn~sib waes in which utttrnyobîigatiumay be cenninated(Article)4
:o o4t ~one of th~circumstam:t:the:-e spet.::ifoccurrcdr~:gard tiengcrb-
-:.::ro:n-Slone:.ny.
No party has withdrawn from orJcnounced Ùle Treaty(Artic l4.56). The
;umoer of pante ~.as not been reducet.i lLhan the minimumneccs::;a(Article55).
-:!1e pan1e.have no~.:onse tntesdspenstontAnides 57,5~) N.o later trcah11::~
:>een~.:onc! b:et.w~dtndparri e~icing un intcrlO termimue theTreary(Article
59). No sta1 pertyhas t~rmina frredate:-ibrea~ (nice 60). No state p·anhtt~
:nvoked im~o~~ ofipbcirlfiotry(mrclm .1:.Nu ~ta panyeha ~nvoked a
ründamemal change of c.;ircurnsta(Anidc 62).l11erchas beer\ no scvcrsncof
di.lomaticor cnnsularrelationthttwould affecth~ Treaty'npplicatio(Article63).No
new peremptnry norm of international law has emerged that mcontlictwith the
Treaty (Article 64).
6 Desu~tu nuycbe a ba.~ fnrl-âi\tCpanic:to decidelO su~pe nrdrcnnmatc i.t
rcarv. but ùesuetuùt.i ucloperare of irs own ticcurd without actiby me ~rares
)anit!sand hc!J'therehashecn nu suc.:act.ion. The lntemarionLaw Commission
Jtnitred desuetufrontdte Vienna Conv~nti havcn, d.eterminemar dcsucrudc1may
-xa facmal c.:ausoî tllrerm1nation nfa w:aty,"but tha"the JcsaJba~i of~such
::!nninatiowhen 1toccurs, is thcun~t !fnle pa.rtieo abw1don thetreaty,whîch LS
:r>be irnpHed from thCir conduct in nüatiLUthe ~rear Ty1."Commis:lion said tha.t
.-, wt~mld occur und.er drafr Article 51"uru.iwhi..:h trearymay be terrnin:ne·~t
~v ume by consent of aU the parties."'Yearoooof ti"te IntcniaüonLaw Commi~:sion.
~966(2))p. 23ï. ln thefinalversion of the Convention. d.rair Articl~ppea l.si
\rticle54, and the quoredphrastreads "ai anyrime by c.:onsemofali thept~rt aters
:nn~ulra \Vito.he otber contrac:t~~.'' Vienna Con\'enuon on the Luw of
~:-t>: Artcie s4(b).Emphasis aù.ù~ T1. addüion of the emphasizedphrase indicatcd
n:;.;he consentro rerminate mustbe ex.piilr~1. heartacit.H~re no such consultancn
.:1s occ;urred among tcomrac~ inne.s. antt:-tchas been no c;ç,prc:;:by them of
:ons~rnto te:-minr..
Hefore a treaty becomestnvalid !ode:>uerudc"iwihaLha~ -tnbt:proveu is tne
.:!e ;t;~un of the parties ro put an cnlLUa vaiid tn::aty. p(.,Soiüvconciu~ivè
·vtoenc:of intnt must be produceriFor instam::then: must be :suffictynrc::pcatcd
.:Js.w.nccsnf opposnion bypany m lhc applicatioof the trcatin qucsùon. when
T.voKcd bv the orner parties. :iaafinarenuncüuiun by thelatter of thcir rights to
.:l~ onSte per1·ormam.of !.het:-eatTnc !tbru~a efrctvc:n':;IJ:rnat rc~m urm
·ne conducr of the party alone nosirnplyforL'1rfa~ LaL no prac:tical u:;c of the treacy
;:rrovisions has been made ove~..!.temietperim of timt:." AthanassioVamvoukos,
The Terminarion of Tre:ttiein lmernationaLaw: The Dot;lrincs of Rebus Sic Stantibus
.1JlDc::;tletlld9R~) p~ 276.
Thu~ under me Vienna Convemiun un lhe Law of Treatics, which n:flct:ts the
:.:ustomary law, theisno bas1s forfindang thathe Scrb•CI'oat-SlovcneTreatyhas
:::eased heiin force.
7 ..
VI. THr: UNITED NATIONS SJ::CRETARIAT FOUND THE SERB-CROAT
SLOVENETRE:\TY TO RF. Ir\FORCE.
ln 1950; the United Nations Secretariat fuunùth~ ù1eSerb-Croat-Slovenc Tn::aty
was in force. ln 1948 the United Nations Commùs:sion on Human Rights had nsked the
Ectlnomic and SociaJ Council tuùetermine the ~tat ufsthe po~t-Wor WJar I minoriry
prorectinntreaües,stating.in itreque "htL ther i~hcrc involved a juridic;~itua.uon
wlliçh,owing to itsimplicationsand possibleconsequences. :shouldin ill1event be
:Jucidu.tcpossibly rhrough a re4ut::stlùle Econom aid~SochJ Council for W1
udvisorynpmion on this mHtter frorn the lmernutiunilCourt of Ju:;tü;eComrni:s:sionon
numan Riehts, H.econ to theEconomie and Social Cuum.:iion the Second Sc.~s ofio:ne
\,• '
Commission. helù at Geneva. from 2 ro 17 December 1947, ~37 ..~. Pocur.1enr E/600.
t7 Decemhcr l ~47.
Insteau of seeking anadvisury opuuon front this Ccmn. E.C.O.S.O.C.~oli~o a:ited
o pimon from the l-~• Secreralat.~kin it ra stuyithr: questioof "whether and LO
:.vhat extemthe treaties . .reiat1ngtu imerniltionaobligationsunc:it:rrnk.en to .
~rotm emctrme .. sho\Jlù be :egardeas being stili.nforce, at~~~ i~tso f:u as
:hey would t:ntaii between cont..:.tir.g states randlnblig::.ts.the cxbtcnce of whü.:h
·.vould beinde.~n dfetetr ~!-;a:;.u.y::theL~,;a ofgNct:ns.u Tne E.C.O.S.ü.C.
resolution llsteù. illnoothcrs.the Serb-Croat~ Sn:oyv :so:e to be indudcd in
·he ~tud..E.C.0 .S0. C. Resolu t:o116 (VI) C. 1 !\1a.rch 1948, Rc:utons :1dopted hy
'ne Econom ~nc Soc1al Councii ùuring its sbah session frum 2 Februaryto Il Mar~.;h
i
p. l'ïll'""
The knson that E.C.O.S.C.C. direcΝ ilS requestu the Secretariatru.L"lrh~ to
!
:his Co un,1na• 1ie1n the factthat many treatic!'! winvol cd,811d rus no weil-
detined.aue~ couliohave been poseù tù lheCourt. As noled by Prof. Dr. 13udi:slav
• 1 .
Vukas, Prufessor of Law at the Cniversicyof Zag,1-çb,Llfact that~erta ofithcse
~re~n migersfor one rea!!on ur anothcr hav~.:e rosbe in force would not requin; .1
similarconclusion regard.ingailof them. But.lislav Vukas"Biljeskao sudbini ugovomih
oàredaba o zastitîmanjina iz vremena Lige narod.a.." Zbumikpravnog fakultetlu Zagrcbu,
vol. 27, nu.4, p. 273 a[ p. 27~ (1977). The fact thal Lhn:qut:slwas made to the Secretaria.-;ugg tat::.~r.sO.S.ü.C.
was asking about the guarantesy!lïn:m r21tt.haabout chevalidityof the treatiessmcc
thtSecretaria-might be involvedin ùcvis aisnb~.tituto League mt~tchincry.
Itt19.:50rhe Secrerariat.response tuthe E.C.O.S.O.C. rcqucst, issued a stUdy
hll~ "dtudy of theLegal Validily of(hel.:ndctak.ingConccrning Minoritics.U.S.
Document E/CN.4/367, 7 April 1950.The Secretaria~ciw: rhat the philosophy
regardlng protection of minorities had broadeneù from pma-World War 1 nnrion that
only the ex-cnemy states wcrc rt:yuinlo ensure minorityrights, tc po~t W.orid WCI
Il notionof ?.generalizcd obligatiform~~ !)tale[Qprotect human rights,induding
:.ho;cof m\norities"Reviewing che siruation ~ witul t~eeforc,'~ai he Secretariat.
··one1~ :d.w com:ud.e thar betwet!1939 and 1947 ~in.:ursa.r 1sce ~ho1c:changeà
:o such an ext~ htl genenlllyspeaking. thsy~at s:ourdnbe cun~ide asehaving
ceasec.tocxist."U.N. Docwnent E/CN.4/36ï.p. 71.
However, theconcll1sionrat ·Lhesvstem" shuulu be cnnsid.c:red. as ha.;eascd
. -
Loc:o;xist.namelthe guaruntee systeformerly prov1ùt!by the League of Nations,d~d
r\otmean thatthe rreatîtthemselve:; r.ad.lapseti. Se:~n:t tu.tri otnror\'vicwcd
rhe United.\iati :ssn~cceeùingto rhe rok of tllLeague and thu~ a. ..d~rtuking: the
fuetions tùnT!eriexercisedby !he Le~gu enc,iethe minoritytremies. "Theob!igat ...t,n~
srud rhe Secretariregan.ling the mmmity!Jl"ùtecütrcat iwe~e.undcrttl.kcr\, nor
row4I' the~Leagut: ofNations il.a'legalenritur ~üwar dhs ,\1embersof the League
of Nations indiv1dua!ly. but towarthe lnten1alional community owhich the League of
;../atlom. was then torgan.The L~agu ef:-..'atiflasdi.'iJ.ppca.but the imcrnttt'ionnl
community remains and has setup .snew organ. wllici~the United Nation~ C.N.
Document E/CN.4/:ïo7, p. 14Thus, while the SecreŒriat mmlc lhc obvioufinding thar
the League's enforcemem system bJd cea:~ tocfuncrion. it Jinot r~ic tcetvalidiry of
the ohligationussumed under thepost-World War 1 minurityprotectiontrcatic:s. lnis
Oaude. NationalMinor1ties:An in~~rn: :TOilm n19l55),p. 153.
'lbe Secretariat cited the Gtneral AssemblR~solut 2i()n whîch, a:t notcd.
provil.Lcd for GenerAssembly assumption uf League functions undèr the minoriry
protectiontreaticsa.un indicationths1the Oenerdl A::iscntcnnsidcrcd the"etreatlc:;
9 'U31;:tS4!UJ55ll BS. 't<lB&VdP &llVO ..
still 10 in force.U.N. Document E/CN.-4/367p. 15.Obviuusly. th«Gcucral A::;NçJHI)Jy
would norassen for i~.s a~rl: nlguarantc:einthe enfnrcemenof rrcaricrhatwcrc
no lnnger inforce.
As regar de~cumiuuing vaJjdity of tposr-World War l minor1ty protection
:renries, rhe Secreriuiil ~wdy d.idnotrc~h a general conclwiioapplicabito ttll
:hese tretotties. RatnH.mdy~ each tre4tîndividuaHytO determine whcrhcrit
:-cmained ln force. founù thai.:t: onù1e minoricytrc~r hwciceasedto be 1n
i'orc.:e!hit foundLheSerb-Croal-SiuveneTreatystilvalid.Afti;rcviewing possible
::ircumstancthar might affect the Tn:at4.;unlinuivalidity, tSecretariaconcludcd.
·~s regaras rneordinarycau~c o:seAtinctioof obligationthere do notappcaT tohe
.Ulywhich would have theeffect ufc:xtlugulshlYugoslav obi~ai;ns conccrning the
::JnH~l ofiu nontics."L!.~ Document E'CN .4!36ip. 64.
Thns. the Secretariacom.:lu ~outnLhe Sl!rh-Croat-SlovcnTreatywa~ th\Hno
~ven ta.doccurredthat wuuld bavecau.sedtheT~~ty to lapsc. ,4.cc.ortonthe
Secr:t.ariYugos1avia'soblig;.u.ionminorir undt~r1.he Scrb-C:-o:.u-SiovTreaty
.;'ersnilv:llid.
\-'II. AS r'OU:'\'D THr~ UNlTt:.U ~ATIO!\ 'ECRETARTAT, ~0 l~TERVENING
;:VENTS HAVE AFFEl'TElJ TH±: VALIDITY Or· THF. SERB-CROAT -SLOVENE
:"REATY.
The Secr.:tarisaid iniL ~tuàyth'Hthe minurüy Lreil tnuci~g. theSerb
_._-:-:Jar-SiovcheTrwere nor abrogareby \Vorld \ViJI 11. U.N. Documenl::/CN.4/J67,
1 •
:1.Y. The sb:::-etuiSfttd that the t:~1wret:ot ~upr:rb :y;hedUenitcùNn.Lions
~J1arterwüA itshuman rights provisionThe Sc~.: fondc ~onT ;~ u ~'.on!!ica.L
1
;hat the L.:nÜeNationsCharterimpticit1y abrogates the um..il::gsthekfieldof the
Elrotec.:tinnof minoritit:s," U.N. Document E/C!\p.21. The Sec..'Tctatulcd ù1at
'
:-ninoriprotet:tiowa'i to sornc.l~ gunadcr thanthehuman rightsguanLtltCcby the
Charter. .Spe;cificminorttiesunder theminoritYtreatihw "the righttocnjoy spëci.o.l
privih~ (freexample. the rlghto U5e theminoritylanguage inth., cnunsand in
officiadocuments) and tomaimain spr;~ iinilrions (schnolcre,) ••.in orcierto
10 11
enable tlte nûnoritgroup to r::tAinilbindividualchar:u:tcrisrit.::;. Document
E/~.4/36 p.7.9.
Aftt:r Wurld War II, rtghts prutecuunprovisionswerc inscncd into pcatcc rrenues
wilh the defeatedeast Eurup~~ ;aa.tneam,ly, Bulgnria.Rnman..i:1. andHun~il The )'·
Secretariasaiù that tbeimplicationa.risi..ng frùu~s teaticswas that ''thefonncr
minorities pnnectiun regime hus cc~cd tu '<:'":'!Ofaras concem t~e c::x.-enemy
counrries with which those uearies have been concluded.". U.N.Doc;umenr E/L."N.4/367,p.
iO.
Regarding states like Yugoslavia. whit;h was av1c:.ostï::1n;'rVorJdWu. no such
rrearywas concluded. and thus no new minorirics umierLak.ing i.U'th~ t ight ~upersec:ic
rhe Scrh-Croat-Slnvenc Treary. Rt:-euuntiuLiuhistory of th= period rcgarding :JtUtcs tho.r
wcre vîcror statesin \Vorlcl W'M 11,one l:omnu::: _uays.ThOI:minority abliga.t <)fon~
Greece, l'oland.and Yugnslavia would appear ro have bccn unaffcctcd py th~ course or·
cvenrs."Alilll Renouf."Imcmational Law - I...!ag.ue oNi:itions- The Prç~c Fnoce or
the Mmonties Trt:alies.·· Canadian ur R~v1~w vol. 28, p.804, atl'·H11 (1950).
Tre:uy obligationsof ctlur unc.betwec:nt111among rhc :;ti:itesparties. Even
:!1ougnthe:Serb-Croat-Slovene Tn:<1tyi'un:; L.ag;e~ wnforcerncntit w~ Il tremy
.:.:oncludamong lts pan1es, and they ulom: wen: w a position to tcrmina.tobligations
imder the Treaty. As indicateù.none of t:,estatespanics has ra.kcn such actionThi::;
~il.C istoaricularlvrelcvam to theSeLn::1.4riaanaly.siswhich was bascd nn the
clausla _rebus~le~bUJti Ibwass.on tb: strength uf that conc::cpt that Secretariat
:.:onc1uded thu.with respet~ u certain ofthe n:inority protectiotreaues.the partie:i
mighr be entitledtu assen that thre ha.dheen a 1ap::;oFor example, the Secrc tôati
conside nh~dthe incorporation of therhreeBahü; )unes into theSovicL Union ws~u
"radical change of ctrcumstances" u.1ataffectethe tn:aLicprotc~r iingritic:in tht):1e
states, nccause thestatesthat hm.!assumed obligations no lon~ e"'isted. U.N. Document
E/CN.4/367. p. 4Y.
If, indeed.. th~}a rebus sic,Stanribu~uul Œu invokc:d rr:garcüngccnalinof
the minority treatiesthat did not mean thw. itt.:uulbe rcvokcd rcgardingothm. Vukns,
op. CH. p. 2RO. The Secretariat CJtamineea.chtrcatysçparat.elyThe dKusulo.rcbu ll-:
11 06108 913 11: 23 1!31 20 6203559 BS.vdB&vdPadvo
stantibu*iMa limiteddoctrine. Only a~ubsta rhHniealf factupl i.:ontwill suftice.
Sta[es haveinvokctl theuuctrineonly rnreJyand instancesarc difficulto findof a
recognitionof thedoctrine by liv~ny advencly affc:ctcd.. by W1 indepcndcntdc~i~iort
maker.
Tmponamly. a:-;inùicatcuthe dausula rebus. :sic stantibus beyinvokcd only by
a!:'tatepttrty. VienCnnvenLiOfl onthe Law of Treades. Article62. Arti~ 62(3lcstates:
'If ... a pany may invoke a funtl.arucmal·chw1ge ~;in.::\J ..ms,taecci!.l:io.Lot·d
\1cNair.Law of TrcaEies 1961), pp. 681-691. The Sc:r..:rc::ntlits1950 Srudy,
Œcognized this far.:t. U.N. DocumenE/C~.4/3 p.37. As inùicalc4.none of the parne:.;
ro the Scrb-Croat-Sluvenc Tre3ty ha'invokcd the clausularcbu!i~·isçmibus.
VIl!. AS FOUND BY THE UNITED .~ATION SECRETARIAT, THE LEAGUE OF
~ATIONS GUARANTC:I:: WAS NOT .~ CONDITION NECESSARY TO THE
TREATY'S VALTDITY, WHICH WAS ~OT AFFECTED BY THE DEMISF. OF TH!::
L.EAGUE.
11tc dissolution of the League of Nationdiù nutaffect the validitoi Ù)e Serb
Croat-Sinv Trnaty. The Treatywus t:on~lu udc:cdcntly of the League, s.nd
Lea~·ueat:c.otanceof thefùncr1onscontcmpl; :ns.not:t:~onditi noccc::...~~ ·e
Trea.v's vali.it\'. L~agm :oundi ù..id,by resolution uf Nuvembcr19, 1920, uccep[
:hest:! funcrmnantltht!reaft.erfunned them. Howc:vc:r.theTn::a~vdiJ not recitethar
:t'League, enfnrccmenr m::~.:ha wnisesscmüd lo ils va.iidity. Morcoveven 1f the
L:::al!lle ..:; en'fcouldnbe dee:-r::.n t:!'i:>econditionof lhe Trcaty,thi:.:t filet
'
.·.voukl hre!evi:tonly ir':iStll pa:rttied to lk::wum.:e 0rithdrw from the Trc:aty.
VH::nn:Con'vemion on the Law of Treari Ae~ile 44, and, a:indic;aLCdno Mu.tèparry
has donc so.
'l'he::L,tnrredNatiSecretariat. iüs 1950 Sluùy,round that the exrincuonof the
League, .111dhenr ts;~bilittu guatanteethe minorityprotectionrr=rics, didnot affc~t
the vaHdity of thu!'tn:ades. lt srate''the suppressioof lhe guarantccfonnerly
accompanying ihe obligat iiornsect of minurhie!:has not ex.tinguishod rhu:sc
obligationsthemselves."U.N. Document E/CN.4/367, p. 17.
12 'J1u:: Set'LJ-croal-SloTreary"sprovunon!on League enforccment wèrc of a
"prm.:~d narue.l"ukas, op. cir.• p. 2.78. 'T'hus.concProf. Vukas, the tcnnimuiun
uf Lt:aM.ueenfun.:emendid not rem1inatc thmaterialobligationunder the:Trcaty tc
protect rinority rit!'. Vuktlo~,,cit., 27:-:.
TfliL:um.:lusi1.sthemore nhv1ous ifone considcrsthe; purposc of the Trcaty.
The purpose was humUililarian. Manylreaticof a humanitariW'ch~ile tnerdc both
:-nalc:rand proceduralpnwisiun.!:l. Ortst.a.sre more rch.rc;;tto a.ccepprocc.dura.l
;mwisin tan~ m:uerialprovisi Nuneù.:iess.theeffon of the internationa~ommunity
:,ash~t: mn prornoreaï:ccptwu.uf:Uli;ill;obligati even~ where enforcen1enr
')rovisionwcrc rejecred. ThiCuurt rmillcthispoint regardinrhc Gcnuçid= Convention!
J.notherights prme<.:titn:atynuling. lhConventi "hnmanita.riaand civilizing
ïurpnse."Reservarionsm theCunveonliun nn r.hPreventionand Punishmcnt of the Crime
-dG ~noci daev. op. 18M::ly 1'151), 19.IC.J.at p. 23. On thi b~asi t~i~Coun
;;onclude.tat smres were pennincr.lO ma.k.reservationthal wcrc conshtcntwi thth!!
Convent1on·s object anpurpmtc.loiu..p.2~. 1l)t reservationati~;\ iUthatC:i!jC
.-duteto pn.t.:uiil tl\.s.c
As this Courtstatedm ltle:'\ahia r.:aslhc ac1 tat Lc:tguc o;upcvsior1
::;.Jchinedi~appe3 f..tat~dase itwa:;League: ma~,;hi fr:mtndate tcrritoriesà1à
-:ntn.ffecr obligatiounder them:::a :.aiiJduded refe~n r~esuch machîncry.Lc~t1.l
:~onse4ut :r!li"!tCefSthe Cominueù Pre:scm;;: Souû1 Africain Narnibia{South
'.'st Atnca) ~mwith~tll Securiy CgouncLlResolution 27n(1970), 1971 I.C.J.~up.
_:.:2.·rhCourt h~C Iaae thesamt: poim !n 1950,stati lhl;siJlCel'l1.1.1obligations
·du1not depend on th.e exisrenr.:c otLeague of Natiun:sLhey couid not be bruught Lo
.\nenù. rncrelbecause this supervisororgan \Xa.s t~ex:s.d ntc::.rnationa.l.Sta.tus of
South-\ .1tA'fica.1950 t.C.J.aL p.B 3, A~ pointedout by 0 sttowcr, who citesthe
Coun·s 1971 opinionas relevantm the~UC:l fimuinoritytrc:atictheCoun in the
iY:50 and 1971 ca.~ found that ù1c l..c: f:(tin~urçgi:trdinmandates automuticall)·
devnlvcd umu iHc United Nations. O~trnw op, et.. p.685.
13 .o.·~tur au~v
As regards the m1nnrity~a.Li hes,devolutionwas reinfnrced by the citcd
~csolut ofotnnh the UnitedNatiun!lGcm:ral Assembly and the Lcag~ -Assembly.
lllliSche devolutionwas even mun: dcw· ù1ru1 withrcgani to the mandates rcg1mc.
rX. MINORJTY PROTEC..'TIUN TREATIES HAVE SEEN RELrED UPON SINCE
WURLD VlAR IL
ll!.c cominuingvalidityof pO!n-Wurltl War I minoriry protcctJontrcatic1:s
Jemonstrated b• the facrtharcertain o1them have bccn invuked ~inc \eorid War II. ro
.;laimrightsfor panicular tninoriry groupRç~ard. ainosE-World Wu l minority
:::rotection trewith Czechoslovakia.the pusiüon wa."i takc~fte Wrorld Wv.r Il by
:-iungarywhich was inreresŒù in lhe situation uthe Hungarian minority irt Slovilküi.
:nat thetreatywas still in force. Bruegel, uciL p. 416.Ch1ude. op. cit.p. 122.
The Serb-Croar-Slovcnc Treaty came intu fun. c:ntigent on the: conüng into
;.m.:e of the. oeat~atv betw~ lhe AJhed and As:;m;ialedPowc~ ~nd Au!irria. ïb~u
. .
::-~ totyconrained minority ri~h L"viision asmcd Htprotectingthe Croat and
Slovenian minonnes m Austna. Those minnrity pruvision.su.rvivctWorld War II. as
~vtdenceu bv refere o.!hem in i\rtic!e149 oÏ lhc Au~m:: cmn stution of 1929.
.~,- aritlh cnnunued in force afler World "W'ar II am.i Lifù1~/\usnian sülte tre:lur
_1}.55.::gon Schwelb.···n1Au~.ar itaneTreuLy .-uuHuman·Rîghts," Internatiomd and.
_.<Jmü:ll'auve LawQuanery, vol..:'p. -u-.~at p.4._4( ."6)~ T1eodor V euer, Das R cent
::::: Vo !k.sg:r'JppenSprachmince:heitenin 6srei'Il:ich (197p.,512. The Au.:srriun
:-e::Hwas ci!edbefore the European Commixsiuu of HumM Rights in a Cii~ fil~d
1
:.g:ünsr Au.':ima 1962. and Austriaùid not come~ t.he~reata y'slic~bi lrinzy.op
'
:. Austria.ipp. 808/fiO.Decision of 8 March 1962, Yea.rbook of the European
:'onventinnbn Human Righrs. voL ~. p. l08 (1962).TIru&:sune pracricr~inW corld
..var Iindic taat e1eminority trcaties did nolapse.
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~.YUQQSLAVIA (SE!<BIA AND MON"fENEGRO) HAS SUCCE.EDED TO THE
' '
JBLICiA'I'lONS OF TH~ KINGDOM OF THE SERBS. CROATS • .'\ND SI..VENES
.'NDI1R TUE SF.RR CROI\T-SLOVENE-TREATY
The Serb-Croat-SloveneTreary ibinwn on Yugoslavla (Serbia. and Morucncgrol.
ecau~ Y~\l~ost (aebiaaandMomenegro) ha~su~L:e todtlet:cry obJigrujons of
1e Kingdom of theSerbs,Croat:and Slovenes.Yugo~la (vilaiaand Montcncgro)·na!ii
.~!\u hcdtreatubligationof the formerYugo~la Sicialisf.'ederRcpublic of
·ugostavia)The=former Yugu!ihtvia. although 0:~o:ha ilnamc, w~: th. ;ame stutc
~ the J<inSZ"dof the Serbs, CroHrs. und .Slovcnc:i.
""
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Momcnegrwu~ e::tabJishin 1992.it~pnriiamcnt
eclaringon J."April1992 rhat it woulbe bo:.md.bym;aLieof the fonncrYuso~lavia:
The FeU.CraRepubhc nf Yugoslavia,continuinthesl~~ etrnarionaJlegal and polit1cal
~!rsona ofiteySocialist Federal RepublicYugmdavi ~halsricrly abidhy üllthe
·:nmitmems thattheS if{of Yugoslata a.ssumetrn.c:matioj.1t:.~.Do cumc.t
..:4t1;'915. Annl'x Tl. 7 May 19g2.
Also on 27 .~pr 1992, and w tlle same effcct, Yugasla(Sc:oitu1d
iunttn~ eliered a ''~o tareci:7April 1992 trom lb:PermanentMis~t ofn
·.Jgosl toaveil.:nite~atio nds.ressed tht!St:i.:reury-Gcnersto.Iin"Strictly
~::.pe tht ontinuit)' ·of lnte:7tatiopensonality Yug\l~b. tveiatdcral
;;public of YugosJavia :-continu10 fulfil al! the ricanfcrrcutu. !lnd obhgl1tions
.:sumedby,:.1!SocialisFederal Republic Yugo.sht invn~ macionalrelnt ion~
.·;1..n its re!i:.nctShipal!Intemartonal organiZ:ltions aicipaon in nternauonaJ
·~:n rnfis or accedcd ro by Yugosiavia.U.~ D.ocument A/46/915.Anncx 1,7
l:v 1YY2. Althoughthe claiof Y~gosla( vSia:r bniJ'Aontc::negro)of continwith
:t:former YugosJavia has nobe~n acceptedby theVIJiteNntion.s, thci~no quc~tion
aout its commitmentlO abidtby tn:aLîes cf the fonYugoslavin.
The fonnerYugu~hlv (oaialisr fed:rRcpubl of~Yugosh1via)was the:.~tme
~:: anethe Kingdom of UteSerb C:~o.atad Slovenes.In 1929, thename of the$Ulte
-'a!"changc:d from Kingdoof theSerbs.Croat um~.Slovcncstv Kinsdnm of
·ugn~la Avfera.e end nf lhe World War Iloccupationth1~tat w u.n::···nAtrhcd
15 ·-,
·i.":dennPeopte·Republicof YugosJavia\st:Cun:sLilutofnthe r-ed.cratPcoplc·s
,:cpubliC oYugu:;lavi31 J41Ilua1946).The narnc wa:~ub~equc changcd to
:ocialist FcderaRepublic ofYugosl:.lV(~e :nnclitutiof the SocialisFçdcrutcd
~t.~p 1.Y1b1lis,via7 April196~).
J'he tinitcd Nations Secretwiar. in i~rud9on m1noritytre.a.lic:s.found the
erb-Croat-SloveneTreaty tobe bimli on1the Fcdcr~ todlc'sRcpublicof
··ugoslav1concluding, "Aregar he~ordimu")causesufex.tinctioofobligati rcn.:.
:u nol appeato beany which would.have thec:ffect extingu.ishiYugo)i~via's
oligationcom:~rn henprotectioof ninorlliesU.N. Documenr EICN.4n67. p. 64.
Thus, Yu~osla (S1ria and Mnntcnegro)by virruc ol ils 19Y2 declaration
cr;epting treary obligatiothè formeYugu~dav 1ia~p~rt ty the Scrb-Croac
:iovcnTre;uy.
::JCO~CLL'SIO NF ARGUMENT: THt:: SERB-CROAT-SLOVENE TREATY
JRQV!DES JUFHSniCTIUN TO THIS COURT OVt::R THE INSTANT APPLICATIOf\.·_
Th~ Serb-Cro:.u-Trear~main isfon.::::. h çalls fcnmpr..l ;uhsosi~· of
.ispu1 t0ehe Pennanem Court of Int:mationaJusiÜ.'hcm.:c tthi ~ourt.Oosniu
--!erzegovinais a statc to which the Mginvo~ &.:: Caun'jurisdi~ a;piisuThu:s.
'1S~crb-Cru~r-T preVireyforthe jurisdictofnu:b Coun ov~r theinstant
:...rpiic:uion.
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IN'fERNATION1\L LEGISLi\. TIO~
A COLI..l:::CTION OF THE TE...~ OFTS
7\'ft."L:nl"ARTTTl:::lNTf.R:\ATIONAl. IN'STRUl\fENTS
OF GENER-\ T.TNTEREST
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/JOjA~t.~ p<i'1't-\\'.
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French Republic, nnd of whleh . franç t id~nt tes ~pédi iti
authe11tica.tedcopieswillbe ttani
authentlque!5$ieron=-~m àic~:e~:!s
mitted to each uf the Signa.tcry cw1e dŒ PuLssa sinnil:trc;w~.·
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No. 5
rREATYbetwee.nthe AWedand. Associated Powers a.ndthe ItingdOZQ·l
of the Serbs, Croats alld SloveDes (Protection of Minoritiet.J
Signed at St. Germain-en-Laye S.eptember Io, rgro. ~~
TRAITt entre les puissances slliées et associées et le Royaume d~~
Serbest Croates !t Slovènes(Protection des minorités), Si&:DJ~
à St. Germa.i.n..en-Laye,lO septeiiJ.brIQlQ. ~
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~
.l::ru.I\o·r2.1'!-::-b.cnvisagsd in Art$1o{ theTraty erStGer~
~ptt:n o.e~rngad i:Ar.:i~~;olht'TreatufTr.ootuof June.4, t9;fnQiW.Ii
on thtrc: Îltte prntectloi~inori itt!lndorJune::$IQU)(r..Su.J),
ô~ prcx.-edollowsciby -eot!ncilu! the J.utX01:!onifdeilliv.·mi.ll;tlri!:llîil
q!.IP..n~enLtagut of NuliOff..lnmraJ,Sr:t-cSuppl!rr.i'ic. (f9~9),
R..".TIVIC.-\The Se.rb-C:oat-Sio5::~1.eced:o t~i &:aty b3
signe~t!\u•iDece:r.:j,:l9I9.3riti.r;..Ts~rù~J::,B (!!);m)ltatiJia.tioal
this tru.ty de~usi= <f.01.i!y: D:it:!ih I:::mpir~,9:0: J:tPilfl,Oet:lw
tc):lt:\iY, l"Jett:uOer TF:-Jnce,Ju!y1921.
!3:DLII)CUPIITl1e textthi$ t.fisôlsopubl!shtdJ12 ;;,t:n}lw. $!..
l. ~·";I''d ) ~ !~oo,'L.l• • ,..
pSla.: 1oviatte.~.. _..,se:'. ' ;J.:::ge::.e..,:;;o.IOs~tU,,,l3·,
Ia fore-=,July 19lO~
Te:c(.En ~f!r.B:h>i.rrey .St \o..7 T9Q);u•r~ .;rnhnuc~")"'~~
1;&pubiif !J3:~~.N:o~.s,Muy ~9lQ~::.
The Vnited Sr;1! of America. Les E::::n:iis d·Arn6dque,J'
• U''hL.' . .- Il
t.'lCorltl:.•.mp1rc, :rance, tay, pire Britannique,!u Fr.wce•l'
and J êl.?:the,P:inrip&iA\liedand ct 1(:Japon, pri1Linaie$ pui:.:lol
A~ooci~ !tur.r,(.m-:hone hand; :!16es 1t assm:iée.,':e part:
And the.Serb-Croat ~utt.cwf!net 1 E:at Serbc-Croll-.:"'u••-
on tnl!ochcrh01nd; d'autrc part; .
\Vhereas sinceth.ecomme:-.cement Consiidér::s.tue. dcpu:sle
of th~vear HJI3 extensiv:erritc::-iescncetnent de 1'annC:cI?t~,
havl!b·~ ruucd ::ur.heKin~d cim territoires étendU! ont éJOlntl
Serbi and. ·· royaume de Serbie:
\Vherus the s~rb Croa.t and Slo Cunj;t,idcr3Jlt que Je&
vene pcoplc:sof rhaforme:-Austro~ Croates et 1~Slovènes d~1
Hungcc.ri::Mon:1rchy h.:.vor their rn.onarr.hiiustro•hongroiseoat.
own free willdetermined tn unite leur propre volonté. résode
1R~ist weihtleSecreuuut ofthe Leque Nï:~ iot39•Octter~f, Serbiinn permanept unioîor avec la~-rb d'cne fa.çon perma·
purposoiforming single sovernente danslbut de formeun E'b.t
independentSule under the indépendant cuniiisous lnom dt!
oitht ~im:~d outh\ Serbs. rnyauxnc: Ueti Seruesl CroatCt
.a.a~;to., xnlnea. Slnv~nca:
the Prince Regent cf Con~idér que il ri:tt:i: régent
andt~e Serbiau Government de St:rlJic et le Gouvermserbe
a&;reetc thi!un,iou,a1:b ontac::e e :téaHs~r..:ucintett~
uencethe Kint:;<.lot lhe qu'encuutié~i il.É!eéormcelt;!
CroGland Slovenl!sha!:ibeeroyaume dt!s Scrlu ;!';ae:s et
tu.teït:thns i!Ssumed sovoSlovènes,yui .aùs:IU1nla.flltlUVe
ovcr tbt~rriti orhieShIer>!inctsurlesterrit haiié~spar
Cievenpl :ml . cc:p~::;"Jfe::
it n~cessti nirgulate Ct::r..:sa:.:c.'.est ::P.ce!!stlirc
ma:tC:"oiilern:z.tioeni"~de :-l:gcert~i 4\J:tin;d 'ir:têri't
ari~ ut ~f:!-;esaicl a.ddh.i;;r.s intequi sontsoul~· dues
-- ..··and nithi3union, aild faitd~dite as.cqui~i dtit!t !!l
toires~tùecetteunie::.;
s i;df!sirtoùto Serbia Considérantqu'i~f 'éllsrabde
cer~' ohhti.1tionswhi.o;he!ib6relil:Serbde certai obeli~ga~
k by :hèTreo.ty of Herl!tiens auxque!l~ilasouscritpo.:-le
8 to cc:-:srower ami t~ ::iiitde Berlin àe r878vis·â.·vi~
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gu~ci Kat:nnsand S'::uer des cuh'ta.tv1s-n-vJs uc
la.Soci ~et'1nions:
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a: Ani!ur J;'l.: Hnou:,'~James Bnlfour, Andt·ew I3onnr Law.
BonarJ.n.w, Viscr.nMii Vicomte :Mi\ner, George ~ic:oll
.._..!'\kulJ3arne ~:.l B~:~.r en:e:..;
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Kemp:
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fnr tnion of South .-\!rica ; V.iscour l'!'lio.Sud·Afric V~inc:
c.:ountM:!:1cr: ce~Î Mnilcr:c
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keni.ie-; M:J.r:rnie::
fo:!nùÎt Ruruu Siuha; pu1.1rI'Iuth:: BOSi11hu:
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His Maje~z t.eyKinS"of Italy: 5. ~1. leRr'i d'ItaliTvm:nll."'l.'
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re :::erb-lt-Slovne .'-:i;;~t:•ri;::e.r.r:-::.::f·!;es:ti&fl:vc·
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that no law, re~l;ni or.ofi.1l qu·~ur:u lnieaucun rt:J,;h nlmco.ni
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provi~i tln, !'i\th: of :he. Serb·le droit esexpresSC:n'lcret:unnu ..
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autre .!:talli@ou us!tedrlréKcr•·cr
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a' 1égl\1-ct~OU.~ lafi: :be(Y/CC~ :~icnt cm~c~ur eC!lativcmc:-:tau
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c( the1:p1"uv1 nnibnhn.~d;Ïany lelJ~·nê c:lC&;cdeîspo~it piur ns
P<lrttll"itcrritoryitt whic:recipro une part.ie quelr.oJtque !on terrj•
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r~pec or thes.ame ::;uhject !natter.rl~cipro nt'Mj'":i:l.C'Corccu ce
q·ulconcc.:·:l:mi!mc obict. INTER.~TION"A.tt;t.TI0~A
f within a. periodfve year~ Si,au co~ rnu.npériudde
from tb.e ccming:toforceoi Lhe
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presenTrentyr:.ogenec:onventionou present tm1té,~~
:u air..resaid shall !:ave beee~l!nê.. c,a;.:ie·ràC\~afiei~ts
cludcd unrletht ~uopic oe.te ~Oil~ .!uue;e.sil~u: dtpi~·es
Le.ilg~. .airn!':i,tSerb-C!•oat:soc:1ed~! Nat1o:t.s, ie
SlovcneSt.:nsh.:uelatlben y Il-:
met t~serbc~ tr~·rsclnav~,ne
:l:.rime there:lft.e: ::o g!vc qt.Œ_JCJmomP.n~ que c:esoit,
1~onth s1.ot ti~te.:Secrctary.aro•t cie m=ttrc r.nu1:'14~:~~U:icllli
Gt!e!'aoi::tLcague o.:\tlolto ~uP:r6~ :n\!"t àir~citin-,
c:-m.J.te·b::llbli;.:ï:ttions u~on~hieunr.~(· raiv<.;zntoil
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the deputiofrtii;;-:ns. verbalric~l~p dfrt~tinr ..ation
1nf.r.hwhercoft~cabovc-na::-.e!l:r. foide qlePlt:niootenrraLrCS
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present Trc:trv. T:;Ut(:,
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the tenthday of Sep.ternbone dix RCptenl.bmil neuf C(l!nt. CIL.\::
t.housa:tdnihundrt!d and ninetcen,f, en y,n sflue.~en1p laJUre
in a sinKle cowhich wiii~'em3inrestera rlépvsédale nrc:vt"Su
depoliiited the arc:hiveof the Gouvfl!r"ucment cla R6pu~li_quc
French Republic, and of whic:h fmn~.a e:sdont le~ t"Xpl'<.'ii11Un!i · copie will be t.:-11!!s-.heJJLqucs$e':'Onrer:-:ià(.cna
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Sfgned at St. Germain-en-Laye, Sepnunber IO, I9•9·;
r:Atln,.~ elA.tvr1e.ucontrole du com.me.rcedea tt.rOcs et àes
Signée à St. Ger:~ a.n-Laye, :a septe:nore 1919.'
·s .:,:=1'h:1:v~:nic waï,..;iç-r,.t rc::!.;:ln::.nis niej~dy-:,
a,:Jt~mi(-'(~if.'q.- p~:.r:·\io:.: ~:Ae.~(:l,lr.r~.,1·Seeaisgtheo
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Creecc. Gu~~cn:al lhi,i the b z-·r~ la1Gce;,:::~G.ua t.éma•..
Hedjaz, Itniv..k.p:tn,NH::.!. H:l!t!,~ n~Ja~. .'t~!~C1, T~-pon,
Par.ni!'ia, F~rr.'!o.l~ P!n!:H·i:.ul!Nïc:uag-t:.le flanamn, 1tPerc.HJ.
Rnurnnn.iat~~ .~crh·Cïnn.:-.5h.,\-·enc
:;'r'J;o~ :neP,ortugal.ln Rou·
Stare. Sin.ll:H!:zt:dm-Slovnkî.:i: marne, lr..ta..e:-neron.te.,::,ove::c,
le :Siam el'Etat Tchéco•Slovn4ue:
. \\"herr.the !ongwar nuw e~rlcd. Considér quutl~longue guerre
tn Whieb rtliJmH.iùns lmve =u~~es qui vient de .prendre ~t~.!:~.quelle
:iivelbttr.nme invol.;e!m. k-ù tn unt été l::IUCce.'i;SivtOl~: la;
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R~~Att wit'he-t:tPti:1Lnithe: i.MRUcNntioasNu.2on, Ja:~u 9:rpr.y
Amendment to the Application and Additional Grounds of Jurisdiction cited by Bosnia and Herzegovina