Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-15
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ORGANIZATION OF THE COURT


Article II. The permanent court Of
lnterpational justice shall be composed
~ : body of independent judges, elected
REGARDLESS Of their nationality. from
among persons Of high moral character,
who possess the qualifications required
a. their respective countries for ap-
pcintment to the highest judicial Offices,
az are jurisconsults of recognized com
petence in international law.
Article III. The court shall consist Of
Afteen members--eleven judges and
four deputy judges. The number of
Judges and deputy judges may be here
after increased by the assembly upon
the proposal of the council of the
League of Nations to a total of fifteen
Judges and six deputy judges.
Article w. The members OF the court
shall be elected by the assembly and the
council from list of persons nominated
by the national groups in the court of
arbitration. in accordance with the fol-
lowing provisions.
Article V. At least three months be-
fore the date of the election the secre-
tary general of the League of Nations
shall address q written request to the
pembers OF the court Of arbitration,
belonging to the states mentioned in
the annex to the covenant or to the
states which shall have joined the league
subsequently, inviting them to under
take by national groups the nomination
Of persons in n position to accept the
duties Of member Of the court.
No group may nominate more than
two persons; the nominees may be of
any nationality.
Article vi. Before making these nom
3nations each national group is hereby
xecommended to consult its highest court
Of Justice. its legal faculties and schools
Of law, and its national academies and
national sections of international acad-
srnies devoted to the study OF law.
IL Article VII. The secretary general of
@s League of Nations shall prepare a
list In alphabetical order of all the per-
SONS thus nominated. These persons
only shall be eligible for appointment,
sxcept as provided in Article XII, para
graph 2.
The secretary general shall submit
shis list to the assembly and to the
council.
Article VIII. The assembly and the
council shall proceed TO elect by inde-
pendent voting first the judges and then
the deputy judges.
Article TX. At every election the
electors shall bear in mind that not only
should all the persons appointed as
members or the court possess the quail =
6cations required. but the whole body
also should represent the main forms OF
civilization and the principal legal sys-
tems of the world.
Article Y. Those candidates who OBJ
tain an absolute majority of votes in
the assembly and the council shall be
considered as elected.
In the event of more than one candi
date of the same nationality being
elected by the votes Of both the assembly
and the council, the eldest of these only
shall be considered as elected.
Filling Vacant Seats
Article II--If. after the first sitting
held for the purpose of the election
one or more seats remain to be filled
n second and If necessary, n third sitting
shall take place.
Article XII-If otter the third sitting
one or more seats still remain untitled
joint conference consisting of 81,
members, three appointed by the assem-
bly and three by the council. may b,
formed, at any time, at the request o
either the assembly ur the council, fo