Declaration Of London

Uncertainty as to the Fate of the Declaration of London and of Some of the Hague Conventions

Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about Uncertainty as to the Fate of the Declaration of London and of Some of the Hague Conventions, wrote in 1921: 11. Neither all the results of the second Hague Peace Conference nor those of the London Naval Conference are as yet assured, for the Declaration of London has not yet been ratified, and so the fate of the International Prize Court is still involved in doubt. The fate of some of the numerous conventions of the second Hague Conference is still in similar doubt, and many of those conventions which have been ratified present only a fragmentary and provisional settlement of their respective topics. Whatever may be the fate of these agreements which are still in suspense, this much is certain, that international legislation, international administration of justice, and international organization occupy the foreground of affairs, have already been in part established, and must be in ever-increasing requisition by the present and the coming generation.

The Declaration of London Thoroughly Prepared Beforehand

Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about The Declaration of London Thoroughly Prepared Beforehand, wrote in 1921: 42. In contrast to the rules of the Peace Conferences, a really notable and exemplary preparation took place in connexion with the Declaration of London, and the befitting result was a law excellent alike in matter and in form. England, the state which summoned the Naval Conference of London, made a collection of the topics which would arise, and communicated it to the states attending the Conference with the request that they would send in full statements on the subjects mentioned. After the answers to this request had come in they were collated with regard to each of the points on which discussion would arise, and bases de discussion were elaborated which made a thorough examination of each point possible at the Conference. By this means it was at once made clear when the different states were in accord and when not. The door to compromise was opened. And apart from a few vexed questions an agreement was in this way successfully reached with regard to a comprehensive law resting at every point on exhaustive deliberation.

The Preparation of the Declaration a Pattern For Future International Legislation

Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about The Preparation of the Declaration a Pattern For Future International Legislation, wrote in 1921: 43. This model method must be the method of the future. If, as indicated in Sec.26 above, Art. 5, a permanent commission for the preparation of the Peace Conferences be successfully inaugurated, it will be its task to make preliminary preparations for the legislative activity of the Conferences in the manner just sketched out, and chance will no longer have the same part to play as heretofore. International legislation will no longer produce anything so full of gaps as the ‘Regulations respecting the laws of land warfare’, which leave essential matters–for instance, capitulations and armistices–without any adequate regulation.

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International Law; World War I

study by N. Bentwich (1911).

Further Reading (Books)

International Naval Conference. The Declaration of London, February 26, 1909: A Collection of Official Papers and Documents Relating to the International Naval Conference Held in London, December 1908-February 1909. New York: Oxford University Press, 1919.

Perkins, Bradford. The Great Rapprochement: England and the United States, 1895-1914. New York: Atheneum, 1968.

Pyke, Harold Reason. The Law of Contraband of War. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1915.

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Richard W.Van Alstyne

Further Reading (Articles)

PA officials doubt ‘joint declaration’. London paper claims Olmert offered to take in 20,000 refugees, Jerusalem Post; November 18, 2007; KHALED ABU TOAMEH

Remarks at Meeting of Jewish Community Leaders – Signing of the London Declaration, States News Service; April 23, 2013

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Landmark Is Reached but Much Still to Do to Save Wildlife; London Declaration Urges Practical Steps to Curb $19Bn Illegal Trade, The Star (South Africa); February 14, 2014

NATO London Declaration, Government, Politics, and Protest: Essential Primary Sources; January 1, 2006

Cites Secretariat Welcomes London Declaration on the Illegal Wildlife Trade, States News Service; February 14, 2014

International declaration to fight anti-Semitism signed in London. Sharansky impressed by conferences organization, content, Jerusalem Post; February 19, 2009; JONNY PAUL, Jerusalem Post correspondent

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE TO SEMINAR MARKING 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ‘DECLARATION BY UNITED NATIONS’ ORGANIZED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; January 19, 2012

REP. COURTNEY LAUDS WHITE HOUSE DECISION TO EXTEND DISASTER DECLARATION TO FAIRFIELD, NEW HAVEN, NEW LONDON, MIDDLESEX, AND WINDHAM COUNTIES., States News Service; May 28, 2010

Gov. Malloy: Residents Seeking Federal Assistance Must Register with FEMA Disaster Declaration Declared for Fairfield, New Haven, Middlesex and New London Counties, States News Service; October 31, 2012

London Olympic bid’s gold glory.(market after declaration of olympics), Public Private Finance; July 28, 2005

Blueprint for a new Assembly London Editor Brian Walker summarises the British and Irish Governments’ Joint Declaration, Belfast Telegraph; May 2, 2003; Brain Walker

Bitter debate over London parley’s agenda. Todays meet, with 21 foreitn ministers, to end with political declaration, Jerusalem Post; March 1, 2005; DOUGLAS DAVIS

‘In Diplomatic Circles the Approaching Crisis Is Considered Grave’; with Just a Week to Go before the Opening Declaration of War, the Balkan Crisis Is by Now Front-Page News in ‘The Times’ in London, but the Dangers Are Only Still Partially Understood- Mark Hennessy, The Irish Times; July 21, 2014; Hennessy, Mark

The Need for a Universal Declaration of Human Values, Free Inquiry; December 22, 1996; Solomon, Abe

Declaration Snub by SA Noteworthy Why Did South Africa Skip a Vital Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade? /Asks Dex Kotze, Daily News (Colombo, Sri Lanka); February 20, 2014

Declaration Snub by SA Noteworthy Why Did South Africa Skip a Vital Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade? Asks Dex Kotze, Daily News (South Africa); February 20, 2014

Fiftieth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Human and Civil Rights: Essential Primary Sources; January 1, 2006

Sinn Fein’s Adams says declaration isn’t enough, The Boston Globe (Boston, MA); December 22, 1993; Kevin Cullen, Globe Staff

Can an arbitrator’s declaration be enforced as a judgment?(West Tankers Inc v Allianz SPA & Generali Assicurazione Generali SPA ), Mondaq Business Briefing; April 28, 2012