Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Table of documents
- I Introduction to the negotiation history
- II Amendments to the Rome Statute on the Crime of Aggression
- III Historical documents
- 2 1919 Commission Report on War Responsibility (excerpts)
- 3 1919 Covenant of the League of Nations (excerpts)
- 4 1919 Treaty of Versailles (excerpts)
- 5 1923 Draft Treaty of Mutual Assistance (excerpt)
- 6 1924 Protocol for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes (excerpts)
- 7 1927 Declaration Concerning Wars of Aggression
- 8 1928 Havana Resolution
- 9 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact (excerpts)
- 10 1933 Soviet Draft Definition
- 11 1945 UN Charter (excerpts)
- 12 1945 London Charter (excerpts)
- 13 1945 Control Council Law No. 10 (excerpts)
- 14 1946 Tokyo Charter (excerpts)
- 15 1946 Nuremberg Judgment (excerpts)
- 16 1946 GA Resolution 95
- 17 1948 Tokyo Judgment (excerpts)
- 18 1950 Nuremberg Principles, with Commentary (excerpts)
- 19 1951 ILC Draft Code of Offences, with Commentary
- 20 1954 ILC Draft Code of Offences, with Commentary
- 21 1970 Friendly Relations Declaration (excerpts)
- 22 1974 GA Special Committee Report (excerpts)
- 23 1974 Sixth Committee Report (excerpts)
- 24 1974 GA Plenary Verbatim Record (excerpts)
- 25 1974 GA Resolution 3314
- 26 1991 ILC Draft Code of Crimes, with Commentary (excerpts)
- 27 1994 ILC Draft Statute, with Commentary (excerpts)
- 28 1996 ILC Draft Code of Crimes, with Commentary (excerpts)
- IV Travaux Préparatoires of the Amendments to the Rome Statute on the Crime of Aggression (1995–2010)
- V Index of Travaux Préparatoires
3 - 1919 Covenant of the League of Nations (excerpts)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Table of documents
- I Introduction to the negotiation history
- II Amendments to the Rome Statute on the Crime of Aggression
- III Historical documents
- 2 1919 Commission Report on War Responsibility (excerpts)
- 3 1919 Covenant of the League of Nations (excerpts)
- 4 1919 Treaty of Versailles (excerpts)
- 5 1923 Draft Treaty of Mutual Assistance (excerpt)
- 6 1924 Protocol for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes (excerpts)
- 7 1927 Declaration Concerning Wars of Aggression
- 8 1928 Havana Resolution
- 9 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact (excerpts)
- 10 1933 Soviet Draft Definition
- 11 1945 UN Charter (excerpts)
- 12 1945 London Charter (excerpts)
- 13 1945 Control Council Law No. 10 (excerpts)
- 14 1946 Tokyo Charter (excerpts)
- 15 1946 Nuremberg Judgment (excerpts)
- 16 1946 GA Resolution 95
- 17 1948 Tokyo Judgment (excerpts)
- 18 1950 Nuremberg Principles, with Commentary (excerpts)
- 19 1951 ILC Draft Code of Offences, with Commentary
- 20 1954 ILC Draft Code of Offences, with Commentary
- 21 1970 Friendly Relations Declaration (excerpts)
- 22 1974 GA Special Committee Report (excerpts)
- 23 1974 Sixth Committee Report (excerpts)
- 24 1974 GA Plenary Verbatim Record (excerpts)
- 25 1974 GA Resolution 3314
- 26 1991 ILC Draft Code of Crimes, with Commentary (excerpts)
- 27 1994 ILC Draft Statute, with Commentary (excerpts)
- 28 1996 ILC Draft Code of Crimes, with Commentary (excerpts)
- IV Travaux Préparatoires of the Amendments to the Rome Statute on the Crime of Aggression (1995–2010)
- V Index of Travaux Préparatoires
Summary
Article 10
The Members of the League undertake to respect and preserve as against external aggression the territorial integrity and existing political independence of all Members of the League. In case of any such aggression or in case of any threat or danger of such aggression the Council shall advise upon the means by which this obligation shall be fulfilled.
Article 11
Any war or threat of war, whether immediately affecting any of the Members of the League or not, is hereby declared a matter of concern to the whole League, and the League shall take any action that may be deemed wise and effectual to safeguard the peace of nations. In case any such emergency should arise the Secretary General shall on the request of any Member of the League forthwith summon a meeting of the Council.
It is also declared to be the friendly right of each Member of the League to bring to the attention of the Assembly or of the Council any circumstance whatever affecting international relations which threatens to disturb international peace or the good understanding between nations upon which peace depends.
Article 12
The Members of the League agree that if there should arise between the many dispute likely to lead to a rupture, they will submit the matter either to arbitration or to enquiry by the Council, and they agree in no case to resort to war until three months after the award by the arbitrators, or the report by the Council.
In any case under this Article the award of the arbitrators or the judicial decision shall be made within a reasonable time, and the report of the Council shall be made within six months after the submission of the dispute.
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- The Travaux Préparatoires of the Crime of Aggression , pp. 114 - 117Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011