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present Convention shall not be interpreted as affecting that Party's attitude on the general question of criminal jurisdiction as a question of international law.

Article 18
The present Convention does not affect the principle that the offences referred to in Article 3 should in each country, without ever being allowed impunity, be defined, prosecuted and punished in conformity with the general rules of its domestic law.
PART II

Article 19
The High Contracting Parties agree that any disputes which might arise between them relating to the interpretation or application of this Convention shall, if they cannot be settled by direct negotiation, be referred for decision to the Permanent Court of International Justice. In case any or all of the High Contracting Parties parties to such a dispute should not be Parties to the Protocol bearing the date of December 16th, 1920, relating to the Permanent Court of International Justice, the dispute shall be referred, at the choice of the parties and in accordance with the constitutional procedure of each party, either to the Permanent Court of International Justice or to a court of arbitration constituted in accordance with the Convention of October 18th, 1907, for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, or to some other court of arbitration.

Article 20
The present Convention, of which the French and English texts are both authentic, shall bear to‑day's date. Until the 31st day of December 1929, it shall be open for signature on behalf of any Member of the League of Nations and on behalf of any non‑member State which was represented at the Conference which elaborated the present Convention or to which a copy is communicated by the Council of the League of Nations.
It shall be ratified, and the instruments of ratification shall be transmitted to the Secretary‑General of the League of Nations, who will notify their receipt to all the Members of the League and to the non‑member States aforesaid.

Article 21
After the 1st day of January 1930, the present Convention shall be open to accession on behalf of any Member of the League of Nations and any of the non‑member States referred to in Article 20 on whose behalf it has not been signed.
The instruments of accession shall be transmitted to the Secretary‑General of the League of Nations, who will notify their receipt to all the Members of the League and to the non‑member States referred to in Article 20.

Article 22
The countries which are ready to ratify the Convention under the second paragraph of Article 20 or to accede to the Convention under Article 21 but desire to be allowed to make any reservations with regard to the application of the Convention may inform