Chorzów Factory case
the Chorzów Factory case was a court hearing of the Permanent Court of International Justice|.[1][2] It was an early authority in international law that established a number of precedents in International Law [3][4]
Background
In the Upper Silesia plebiscite a majority of 31,864 voters voted to remain in Germany while 10,764 votes were given for Poland[5] Following three Silesian uprisings, the eastern part of Silesia, including Chorzow and Królewska Huta, was separated from Germany and awarded to Poland in 1922. Migrations of people followed. Because of its strategic value, the case of the nitrogen factory Oberschlesische Stickstoffwerke was argued for years before the Permanent Court of International Justice, finally setting some new legal precedences on what is "just" in international relations.[6]
Significance
The Court held that
- A State is held responsible for expropriation of alien property
- At International Law, a nation is responsible for acts of Government organs or officers.
- It is a basic rule of international law that reparation is to be made for violations of international law.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ Judgment of the Court in the Chorzów Factory Case.
- ↑ Factory at Chorzow (Germ. v. Pol.), 1927 P.C.I.J. (ser. A) No. 9 (July 26).
- ↑ Rosenne, Shabtai (2006). The Law and Practice of the International Court, 1920–2005 (4th ed.). Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff. ISBN 978-9-004-13958-9.
- ↑ Bedjaoui, Mohammed (2012). "An International Contentious Case on the Threshold of the Cold War". In Bannelier, Karine; Christakis, Theodore; Heathcote, Sarah. The ICJ and the Evolution of International Law: The Enduring Impact of the Corfu Channel Case. (London: Routledge, 2012). p15. ISBN 978-0-415-60597-7.
- ↑ [http://www.herder-institut.de/startseite/dokumente-und-materialien/moduluebersicht/zweite-polnische-republik/materialien.html?tx_himmat_pi1[showUid]=169&cHash=64c5894541f8d9b304ebee841028f938 Herder Institut] (German)
- ↑ "The Seventh Year of the Permanent Court of International Justice", Manley O. Hudson, The American Journal of International Law, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan., 1929), pp. 1-29, doi:10.2307/2190232, Jstor.org
- ↑ Rule 150 Reparations.