65/1931 Coll. and n.
Convention
on the management of judicial, arbitration and conciliation between the Czechoslovak Republic and
the Republic of Lithuania
The name of the Czechoslovak Republic
The name of the Czechoslovak Republic
and
of the Republic of Lithuania
This Convention was agreed upon:
Convention
on the management of judicial, arbitration and conciliation between the Czechoslovak Republic and
the Republic of Lithuania
Sincerely desiring prohloubiti's mutual trust, the peace between upevniti
Nations, and to that end, the East by peaceful means the settlement of disputes,
that would probably do between their States,
Noting that šetřiti-based rights treaties or arising from
international law is binding on international courts
Recognizing that the rights of any State cannot be modified, but with his
the agreement,
considering that the sincere observance of peaceful control under the auspices of
The League of Nations allows you to rozřešiti all international disputes,
high vážíce's recommendation that the Assembly of the League of Nations has made
all States in its resoluci of 26 December. September 1928, to conclude the Convention
for the purpose of peaceful solutions to international disputes;
they decided to vtěliti in their common intention to Convention and name their
agents:
The President of the Czechoslovak Republic:
Mr. Edvard Beneš, Dra
the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czechoslovak Republic,
The President of the Republic of Lithuania:
Mr. Dra Dovase Zauniuse,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania,
who, složivše his full power, which they found in good and due form,
They agreed on the following provisions:
Title I Of The
About the peaceful settling of disputes at all
Article 1
Disputes of all kinds, which have arisen between the High Contracting Parties, and
that would not be a diplomatic way, vyříditi will be subject to a
the conditions imposed by this Convention proceedings before the Court, arbitration or
conciliation.
Article 2
Disputes, for which a solution is the other applicable conventions between the opposing
parties prescribed a specific procedure, will be dealt with according to the provisions of the
These conventions.
Article 3
1. In the case of a dispute, the subject of which, according to the internal legal order of one of the
the parties belong to the jurisdiction of the courts or administrative authorities, this page will be
to be able to make for the dispute was subjected to any proceedings under this
The Convention, until called to the Court (the Office) has not made within a reasonable time
the final decision.
2. a party, which in this case will have the intention to uchýliti to
procedure laid down in this Convention, shall, in writing, their intention to oznámiti
the other side, within one year from the decision above.
Title II
On the management of the judicial
Article 4
All disputes in which the parties were right, they will be
presented to judge what is the standing of Justice International Justice, but
should the parties agree, in the manner indicated below, by contacting the arbitration
the Court.
Is consensus, among the disputes referred to above fall in particular, on the
which makes mention of article 36. The Statute of the Permanent Court of international
Justice.
Article 5
If the parties agree, disputes that are marked in the preceding
the article was submitted to an arbitration tribunal, sepíší compromise, in which the
Specifies the subject of the dispute, the selection of the arbitrators and the procedure, according to which it is
postupovati. If they are not in compromise data or rather postačitelné
accurate, shall be used, if appropriate, the provisions of the Hague Convention of 18.
October 1907 concerning the settlement of the handling of international disputes. It does not identify the
the compromise, which the substantive law to be applied by the arbitrators, říditi
the Court of arbitration rules referred to in article 38. The Statute of the Permanent Court of
international justice.
Article 6
If the parties cannot shodnouti a compromise referred to in the preceding
Article, or if the provisions of the Arbitration Board, the one or the other
the party three months after the previous warning vznésti requests the dispute directly
the Permanent Court of international justice.
Article 7
1. As regards the disputes referred to in article 4, the parties may, before any
at the Standing Court of international justice or before any
the arbitration proceedings by mutual agreement, uchýliti first to control
conciliation, as provided for by this Convention.
2. If the conciliation procedure and not to have failed, none of the parties
vznésti dispute to the Permanent Court of international justice or to order
the Court of arbitration is established according to the article. 5, until one month from
termination of the work of the Conciliation Commission.
Title III
On the management of Justice of the
Article 8
Any dispute between the parties, with the exception of those that are indicated in the
Article 4 will be subjected to mandatory conciliation proceedings.
Article 9
The disputes marked in the preceding article shall be raised on a permanent or on a
the special conciliation Commission shall draw up, by the parties.
Article 10
The request sent by one party to the other party shall be in
six months of Permanent Conciliation Commission.
Article 11
The Conciliation Commission shall, unless the parties otherwise appointed as follows:
1. The Commission shall be five. Each Party designates one Commissioner,
that can be chosen from their own nationals. The other three
the Commissioner shall be determined jointly by the agreement of the nationals of third powers. These
must be of different nationality, shall not have their habitual
residence in the territory of the parties, or be in their services. Of them one
marks the party for the President of the Commission.
2. The Commissioner shall be appointed for a period of three years. Will be able to be again
elected. agreement between the parties will be jointly designated by the Commissioner may be nahraditi
other, and until their mandate not expired. Each of the parties will, at any time
free nahraditi, appointed Commissioner. Even though they were
replaced by other Commissioners will remain in Office until the ends of their work
already initiated.
3. If some of the Vacant place of the death, resignation or for any
Another obstacle, occupy again in the shortest possible time, and that the procedure
specified for the appointment.
Article 12
If at the time when the dispute here is not a permanent Conciliation Commission appointed
the Parties shall produce to the examination of the dispute, a Special Commission, within the time limit
three months from the request, sent by one party to another. The appointment of the members of the
shall be carried out in accordance with the preceding article, but should the parties decide about it
otherwise.
Article 13
1. If the appointment of the Commissioners, who have to be identified, together with the
happened within the time limit prescribed in articles 10 and 12, entrust the care of
the necessary appointment of third powers, which will be chosen by the parties jointly
by agreement, or, if that is the desire of the parties, the incumbent President of the Council
The League of Nations.
2. If there is no agreement on any of the following ways, each Party shall designate a
different power and the appointment becomes an agreement between the great powers as follows
selected.
3. If these two powers will not be able to dohodnouti within the time limit
the three-month, will propose to each of them, so many candidates to appoint
the members of the. Who of the candidates thus nominated, exam, decides
Los.
Article 14
1. The Conciliation Commission may, dovolati requests, by both the President of the
the parties, by agreement, or, if there is no such agreement, he shall submit one or
the second party.
2. the application will be obsahovati in addition to a brief summary of the dispute challenge
submitted to the Commission, to take all measures that could lead to
settlement.
3. If the request Comes only from one party, that party must without
delay oznámiti the other.
Article 15
1. Within 14 days of the date when one of the parties raised a dispute on a permanent
the Conciliation Commission, each of them to explore this dispute nahraditi
its Commissioner, a person qualified in the particular case of it.
2. a party that uses this law, it shall notify without delay to the side
the second; This will then be able to do the same thing, and within a fortnight
the date on which the notification was for her.
Article 16
1. If the parties have not agreed otherwise, the Conciliation Commission shall meet at the headquarters of
The League of Nations, or in any other place, which marks its
the President of the.
2. The Commission may, at any time, the company's Secretary General požádati
Nations to support it in its work.
Article 17
The work of the Conciliation Commission will be public, but agreed to it, the Commission shall
consent of the parties.
Article 18
1. If it is not the opposite of the agreement of the parties, the Conciliation Commission's adjusted itself to the proceedings,
that must always be disputed. During the investigation, the Commission will, if unanimously
decides otherwise, the provisions of title III, říditi. The Hague Convention of
October 18, 1907 on the amicable handling of international disputes.
2. the parties are to send representatives to a Conciliation Commission, which will be
zprostředkovati between them and the Commission; Moreover, can the parties přizvati
consultant and expert, which for this purpose shall designate, and to a hearing
any person whose testimony they seemed useful.
3. The Commission will have the possibility of vyžádati's oral explanations from the
representatives, advisers and experts of both parties, as well as from any person whose
the summons with the consent of its Government would be considered useful.
Article 19
If it is not the opposite of the agreement of the parties, the Conciliation Commission shall be decided by majority vote of the
and will be able to as the essence of the dispute only if all
its members are present.
Article 20
The parties undertake to facilitate the work of the Conciliation Commission and, in particular, that her
the greatest extent possible, provide all the necessary documents and explanations
as well as using all the resources that they are on hand to her
allow on its territory and under its legislation and předvolávati
vyslýchati witnesses and experts, and set out to do a local investigation.
Article 21
1. For the work of the Conciliation Commission, each of the Commissioners shall receive a refund; her
the above will be established jointly by agreement of the parties, each of which will pay
the same amount.
2. General expenditure, which emerge from the activities of the Commission, the same
in a way.
Article 23
1. the task of the Conciliation Commission will be to clarify the issues, took a
the purpose of the investigation or otherwise all the necessary explanations and to
smířiti parties sought. The Commission prozkoumavši the thing, can navrhnouti
the parties to the contents of the settlement, which she seemed appropriate, and
should the time limit to submit their comments.
2. At the end of its work, the Commission will acquire the registration check by things, either
that the parties have agreed and, if necessary, of the conditions, or that the
the parties could not be reconciled. This registration will not obsahovati the mention of
whether the decision of the Commission became a unanimous or majority vote.
3. the work of the Commission, unless the parties otherwise agree, must be finalized
within six months from the date on which the dispute was brought to the Commission.
Article 23
Write the Commission will, without delay, be notified to the parties. The parties will decide to
with the uveřejniti.
Article 24
Unless otherwise agreed by the parties within a month after the end of the work of the Conciliation Commission, the
the dispute continues to podléhati article 15. The Pact of the League of Nations. This
the provisions do not apply in the State of affairs of the vylíčeného to in article 7.
Title IV
General provisions
Article 25
1. At any time the dispute be dealt with in any arbitral or judicial proceedings, and
especially if the question at issue between the parties has its origins in the deeds,
that have already become, or have the right to be carried out, the Permanent Court
international justice according to the article. 41. your status, or arbitration
the Court shall, in the shortest period of time, what interim measures are
do. Parties are obliged to submit to them.
2. If a dispute Was raised on a Conciliation Commission, the parties may doporučiti
the interim measures, which will call for appropriate.
3. the parties undertake to refrain from any measures that could
have a detrimental effect on the performance of the judicial or arbitral statement or on the
the settlement proposed by the Conciliation Commission, and all that do not take anything, whether
would it be anything that could zostřiti or rozšířiti.
Article 26
He said if the Court or judge that the decisions or measures
made by a court or any authority of one of the parties to the dispute is completely
or partially in conflict with the law, if the international and constitutional
the law allows the parties concerned or the organism only imperfectly
odčiniti the consequences of this decision or measure, the parties agree to
judicial or arbitral statement admitted the damaged side of the reasonable
the satisfaction.
Article 27
Disputes concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention, including the disputes over the nature of
controversy will arise on the Permanent Court of international justice.
Article 28
This Convention being in consent with the Pact of the League of Nations, the
interpreted so, like limiting the mission to the League of Nations přikročiti
whenever the measures, which are effectively world peace and long life.
Article 29
1. this Convention shall be ratified and the ratifications exchanged at Kaunas. Will
registered in the Secretariat of the League of Nations.
2. this Convention is concluded for a period of five years from the date of the exchange of
the ratification.
3. If it is not denounced by at least six months before the expiry of this deadline,
will remain in force for a new period of five years and continue to be so.
4. If the Convention was denounced by one of the Contracting Parties, in
the proceedings at the date of expiration of the Convention was already in the stream,
Let us proceed to the regular end of the.
On conscience above appointed agents have signed this Convention.
Given in Prague, 8 December. March 1930 in duplicate.
Dr. Edvard Beneš in r.
In r. Zaunius.
Prozkoumavše this Convention endorsement and we confirm it.
The conscience we have signed this sheet and the seal of the Republic of
The Czechoslovak přitisknouti.
In the Topolčiankách of 29 April. one thousand years of the 30th September devítistého.
The President of the Czechoslovak Republic:
T. g. Masaryk in r.
Minister of Foreign Affairs:
Dr. Edvard Beneš in r.
Is that ratification were exchanged in Kaunas on 25 April February
1931, so according to article 29 of the Convention became that date international
the scope of the
Dr. Edvard Beneš in r.