International Law Studies – Volume 46
International Law Documents
U.S. Naval War College (Editor)
The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily of the U.S. government, the U.S. Department of the Navy or the Naval War College. TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION Page 1. Charter of the Organization of American States, Bogota, 30 April 1948 ...... 2. American Treaty of Pacific Settlement: "Pact of Bogota," Bogota, 30 April 1948...... 26 3. Treaty of Economic, Social and Cultural Collaboration and Col- lective Self-Defense (United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Luxem- bourg, and the Netherlands), Brussels, 17 March 1948...... 46 4. North Atlantic Defense Treaty, Washington, 4 April1949...... 52 5. Revised General Act for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, Lake Success, 28 April 1949...... 56 6. Statute of the Council of Europe, London, 5 May 1949...... 57
II. TRIALS OF WAR CRIMINALS 1. International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Indictment No. 1, 29 April 1946 (excerpts)...... 71 2. International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Judgment, 4-12 November 1948 (excerpts)...... 76 3. Tabulation of the Tokyo Sentences of Individual Defendants. . . . . 107
III. RIGHTS CLAIMED BY LITTORAL STATES IN ADJACENT SEAS 1. The Corfu Channel Case (Merits), International Court of Justice, Judgment of 9 April 1949...... 108 2. United States Laws and Regulations...... 156 (a) Harbors Closed to Foreign Vessels...... 156 (b) DefensiveSeaAreas ...... 157 (c) Maritime Control Areas...... 169 (d) Customs Enforcement Areas...... 176 (e) Laws concerning Pollution of Navigable Waters...... 180 3. Claims to the Continental Shelf...... • 182 (a) United States of America: Presidential Proclamation, 28 September 1945...... 183 (b) United States of America: Executive Order, 28 September 1945...... 184 (c) United Mexican States: Preiidential Declaration, 29 October 1945...... 185 (d) Panama: Constitution, 1 March 1946 (excerpt)...... 186 (e) Argentine Republic: Presidential Decree, 11 October 1946. 187 (f) Chile: Presidential Declaration, 25 June 1947...... 188 (g) Peru: Presidential Decree, 1 August 1947...... 190 (h) Nicaragua: Political Constitution, 22 January 1948 (ex- cerpt)...... 192 (i) Costa Rica: Decree Law, 27 July 1948...... 193 (j) Saudi Arabia: Royal Pronouncement, 28 May 1949...... 195 4. Territorial Waters...... 196 Saudi Arabia: Royal Decree, 28 May 1949...... 196
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IV. LAw OF THE Am Page 1. United States Airspace Reservations ...... 198 2. Foreign State Aircraft over National Territory...... 206
V. DEcLARATIONS CoNCERNING ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES
1. Argentine Republic ...... 217 (a) The Director of Argentine Posts and Telegraphs to the Director of the Universal Postal Union, 14 September 1927 218 (b) Presidential Decree, 30 April1940 ...... 219 (c) The Argentine Minister of Foreign Relations to the Chilean Ambassador, 12 November 1940 ...... 220 (d) The Argentine 1v1inister of Foreign Relations to the British Ambassador, 3 June 1946 ...... 222 2. Chile ...... 224 (a) Presidential Decree, 6 November 1940 ...... 224 (b) The Chilean Ministry of Foreign Relations to the Japanese Legation, 29 November 1940 ...... 225 3. Chile and the Argentine Republic ...... 226 (a) Joint Declaration on the Antarctic, Buenos Aires, 12 July 1947 ...... 226 (b) Joint Declaration on the Antarctic, Santiago de Chile, 4 March, 1948 ...... 227 4. French Republic ...... 228 (a) Presidential Decree, 27 March 1924 ...... 228 " (b) Report of the Minister of Colonies, 21 November 1924 .. . 228 (c) Presidential Decree, 21 November 1924 ...... 229 (d) Presidential Decree, 1 April 1938 ...... 230 5. Great Britain: Falkland Islands Dependencies ...... 231 (a) Letters Patent, 21 July 1908 ...... 231 (b) Letters Patent, 28 March 1917 ...... 233 6. Great Britain: Ross Dependency ...... 234 Order in Council, 30 July 1923 ...... 235 7. Great Britain: Australian Antarctic Territory ...... 236 Order in Council, 7 February 1933 ...... 236 8. Great Britain: OtherAntarctic Claims ...... 237 Summary of Pr ceedings of the Imperial Conference, 1926 (excerpt) .... o ...... · ...... 237 9. Norway: Bouvet Island...... 238 Law Concerning Bouvet Island, 27 February 1930...... 238 10. Norway: Peter I Island...... 239 Royal Proclamation, 1 May 1931...... 239 11. Norway: Norwegian Antarctic Territory ...... '.... 239 (a) Recommendation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 14 January, 1939...... 239 (b) Royal Proclamation, 14 January 1939...... 243 12 . United States of America ...... ·...... 243 Department of State Press Release, 28 August 1948 ...... 244 VII
VI. PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL LAw IN CoNSTITUTIONS ADoPTED SINCE 1945 Page 1. Constitution of the Argentine Republic, 16 March 1949...... 246 2. Constitution of the United States of Brazil, 18 September 1946 . . . 247 3. Constitution of the Union of Burma, 24 September 1947...... 249 4. Constitution of the Dominican Republic, 10 January 1947 ...... 249 5. Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador, 31 December 1946...... 250 6. Constitution of the French Republic, 27 October 1946 ...... 252 7. German Constitutions...... 253 (a) Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, 20 May 1949...... 253 (b) Constitution of the Republic of Bavaria, 1 December 1946 254 (c) Constitution of the State of Hesse, 1 December 1946.... . 255 (d) Constitution for Wiirttemberg-Baden, 24 November 1946. 255 8. Constitution of the Republic of Haiti, 23 December 1946...... 255 9. Constitution of the Italian Republic, 1 January 1948...... 256 10. Constitution of Japan, 3 November 1946...... 257 11. Constitution of Nicaragua, 22 January 1948...... 258 12. Constitution of the Republic of Panama, 1 March 1946...... 260 13. Constitution of the United States of Venezuela, S July 1947...... 261