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International Court of Justice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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South West Africa Cases (Ethiopia v. Union of South Africa and Liberia v. Union of South Africa): On November 4, 1960, applications were filed in the Registry of the Court by Ethiopia and Liberia, instituting separate proceedings against the Union of South Africa. Both applications concerned the mandate for South West Africa and the duties and performance of the Union, as mandatory, thereunder. The applicants alleged that the Union, acting through official bodies created by it to administer the territory, had violated, and was continuing to violate, Article 2 of the mandate and Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations by: 1) arbitrary and unreasonable legislation; 2) the suppression of rights and liberties essential to the orderly evolution of the inhabitants toward self-government; 3) the failure to render annual reports concerning the territory to the General Assembly of the UN; and 4) the exercise of administrative and legislative powers inconsistent with the international status of the territory. The applications contended that the Union of South Africa had thereby modified substantially the terms of the mandate without the consent of the UN, and sought declarations by the Court in accordance with their allegations.

Type
International Organizations: Summary of Activities: I. United Nations
Information
International Organization , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , Winter 1961 , pp. 184 - 187
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1961

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1 International Court of Justice, Application Instituting Proceedings filed in the Registry of the Court on November 4, 1960, South West Africa Case (Ethiopia v. Union of South Africa) and Application Instituting Proceedings filed in the Registry of the Court on November 4, 1960, South West Africa Case (Liberia v. Union of South Africa); see also International Court of Justice, Communiqué No. 60/28, 11 5, 1960Google Scholar.

2 Case concerning the Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, Limited (Belgium v. Spain), Order of November 11, 1960: I.C.J. Reports 1960, p. 189–190; see also International Court of Justice, Communiqué No. 60/29, 11 12, 1960Google Scholar. For previous information on the case, see International Organization, Autumn 1960 (Vol. 14, No. 4), p. 658CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

3. Case concerning the Arbitral Award Made by the King of Spain on December 23, 1906 (Honduras v. Nicaragua), Judgment of November 18, 1960: I.C.J. Reports 1960, p. 192–239; see also International Court of Justice, Communiqué No. 60/31, 11 18, 1960Google Scholar. For previous information on the case, see International Organization, Autumn 1960 (Vol. 14, No. 4), p. 658CrossRefGoogle Scholar.