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Institution:

The Council of the League of Nations

Document Type:

Request for Advisory Opinion

Title:

Designation of the Workers' Delegate for the Netherlands at the Third Session of the International Labour Conference

Initiated By:

The Council of the League of Nations

Initiated On:

1922.05.22

Link:

http://www.worldcourts.com/pcij/eng/decisions/1922.07.31_ILC_delegates/docs/1922.05.22/

Citation:

ILC Delegates (CLN) 1922 WrldCrts 0522 E1

Original Publication:

Publications of the Permanent Court of International Justice, Series B – No. 1, Collection of Advisory Opinions, A.W. Sijthoff’s Publishing Company, Leyden, 1922.

 

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Table of Contents

 

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Request for Advisory Opinion

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[*5] League of Nations.

 

To the Permanent Court of International Justice.

 

[1]   In execution of the Resolution of the Council of the League of Nations adopted on May 12th, 1922, of which a certified true copy is annexed hereto, and by virtue of the authorisation given by this Resolution,

[2]   The Secretary General of the League of Nations has the honour to present to the Permanent Court of International Justice the request of the Council that the Court will, in accordance with Article 14 of the Covenant of the League, give an advisory opinion upon the following question :


“Was the Workers Delegate for the Netherlands at the Third Session of the International Labour Conference nominated in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 of Article 389 of the Treaty of Versailles ?”

 

[3]   Documents are attached hereto setting out the facts out of which the present request for the Court's opinion has arisen, and showing the circumstances in which, and the manner by which, the Delegate in question was nominated, and the doubts which have been raised as to whether this nomination was in accordance with the terms of the Treaty.

[4]   They consist of a letter from the Director of the International Labour Office, dated March 17th, 1922, communicating the request of the competent organs of the Labour Organisation that the Council would take the opinion of the Court, and of the fifteen annexes referred to in the letter.

 

(Signed) Eric Drummond,

Secretary General of the League of Nations.

Geneva, May 22nd, 1922.