USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

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Where was the Permanent Court of International Justice based?

(A) ** The Hague

(B) Bern

(C) Paris

(D) Geneva

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The first elections were held on 14 September 1921. Following approaches by the Netherlands Government in the spring of 1919, it was decided that the PCIJ should have its permanent seat at the Peace Palace in The Hague, which it would share with the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

Concept note-2: -During 1920-1922, experts and diplomats established the Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ), located in The Hague.

Concept note-3: -The establishment of the Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ), the predecessor of the International Court of Justice, was provided for in the Covenant of the League of Nations. It held its inaugural sitting in 1922 and was dissolved in 1946.

Concept note-4: -In fact, they argue that it started 750 years ago when famous jurist Hugo Grotius wrote The Freedom of the Sea, known as the basis for modern international law. Since then, other great minds lived and worked in The Hague. As such, it was only logical that organizations should follow.