Legal > General election of the members of the Permanent Court of International Justice

[Distributed to the Council,
the Members of the League and
the Delegates at the Assembly.]
Official No.: A« 31. 1930. V.
Geneva, September 8th, 1930.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
GENERAL ELECTION OF THE MEMBERS
OF THE
PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE
LIST OF CANDIDATES NOMINATED BY THE NATIONAL GROUPS.
LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL BY THE
REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS LATIN-AMERICAN STATES
ON THE SUBJECT OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE COURT.
In accordance with Article 7 of the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice,
the Secretary-General has the honour to submit herewith to the Assembly and the Council a list,1
in alphabetical order, of the persons who have been nominated by the national groups for election
to the Court for the period of nine years commencing January 1st, 1931.
The Secretary-General has, at the same time, the honour to communicate to the Assembly and
the Council a letter dated July 19th, 1930, on the subject of the composition of the Court,
which has been addressed to him by the representatives of the following Latin-American States:
Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay,
Peru, Salvador.
The present document is, accordingly, divided into three parts:
Part I.—List of candidates nominated by the national groups;
Part II.—Statements of the careers of the candidates.
Part II contains the particulars regarding the careers of the candidates which have been
supplied by the national groups in accordance with the desire expressed by the Assembly in its
resolution of September 14th, 1929.
The relevant provisions of the Statute of the Court and the procedure to be followed in the
election are dealt with in a note by the Secretary-General which has already been distributed
to the Assembly and the Council (document A. 14.1930.V).
Part III.—Letter addressed to the Secretary-General by the representatives of various
Latin-American States on the subject of the composition of the Court.
M. Huber, M. Pessda and Mr. Wigmore, who have been nominated by certain national groups,
have informed the Secretary-General that they regret they would not be able to accept appointment'.
These communications are reproduced in the Annex to the present document.
Part I.
LIST OF CANDIDATES NOMINATED BY THE NATIONAL GROUPS.
M. Mineitciro Adatci (Japan).
Nominated by the national groups of Austria, Pelgiurn, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Chile,
Colombia, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Japan, Latvia, Luxemburg, Peru,
Persia, Poland,Portugal,Roumania, Salvador, Sweden, United States of America, Yugoslavia.
* was closed on September 8th, the period originally fixed for receiving nominations under Article 5 of the
Court s Statute having been extended, as on the occasion of the previous elections, in order to meet cases of delay in
transmission.
Series of League of Nations Publications
V. LEGAL
1930. V. 19
S.d.N. 1.580 (F.) x.210 (A.) 9/30. Imp. Kundig.