International Law Association

International Law Association, Association de Droit International
Founded: 1873
Sources: HB 1921, HB 1923, HB 1925, HB 1929, HB 1936, HB 1938

Officers

Council of 60 members; 18 of them form the Executive Council (HB 1921-25). Council of 67 members, of whom 25 form the Executive Council (HB 1929). Conseil de soixante-quinze membres au maximum, dont vingt-cinq au maximum forment le Conseil exécutif (HB 1936). A Council of not more than sixty-five members, not more than twenty-five of whom form the Executive Council (HB 1938).

• Hugh Hale Leigh Bellot Honorary General Secretary (Secretary General) 1921-1929
• Wyndham A. Bewes Honorary Secretary (Secretary) 1929
• Lord Blanesburgh President 1936 : President of the Executive Council
• Malcolm Carter Honorary General Secretary (Secretary General) 1921-1923
• Dr. Zygmunt Cybichowski President 1929-1936
• Francis Temple Grey Assistant Honorary Secretary (Secretary) 1929
• Âke Hammarskjöld President 1925-1929
• Earl of Reading Rufus Issacs Honorary President (President) 1923-1929
• Dr. Danie President 1921-1923
• Prof. A. de Geouffre de La Pradelle Chairman (President) 1938 : Chairman of the Association
• Stephan Osvald President 1936-1938
• James A. Petrie Honorary General Secretary (Secretary General) 1923-1929
• George Grenville Phillimore Honorary General Secretary (Secretary General) 1921-1929
• Roland E. L. Vaughan Williams Treasurer 1936
• Dr. E. S. Zeballos President 1923-1925

Seats

• 2, King's Bench Walk: Temple: London: United Kingdom

Relationships with other Organisations

• this organisation (International Law Association) is member of International Bureau for the Unification of Criminal Law

Congresses

• 1921-1921 The Hague: Netherlands
• 1922-1922 Buenos Aires: Argentina
• 1923-1923 London: United Kingdom
• 1924-1924 Stockholm: Sweden
• 1928-1928 Warsaw: Poland
• 1934-1934 Budapest: Hungary
• 1936-1936 Paris: France
• 1938-1938 Netherlands announced, HB 1938

Object

Réformer et coordonner le droit des nations et améliorer les relations internationales (HB 1921/23/25). The reform and codification of the law of nations and the improvement of international relations (HB 1929). Réformer et codifier le droit des nations ; favoriser la coopération et la bonne entente internationales (HB 1936). The Association exists to study and elucidate international law, public and private, and so to contribute towards its development; to establish plans for the settlement of cases of the conflict of laws, and to promote good understanding in the relations between peoples (HB 1938).

Finances

Cotisation de membre: £ 1; cotisation d'une association: £ 2. (HB 1921-25) Subscriptions, £1 for members (life-membership, £10), £2 for associations (HB 1929). Cotisation des membres: 1 livre sterling par an ou 10 livres à vie. Pour les Associations, 2 livres par an (HB 1936). Subscriptions of members, £1 per annum (life membership £10). £2 per annum for associations (HB 1938).

Publications

Publication de rapports des conférences, monographies, etc.

Activities

Conférences internationales; publication de rapports des conférences, monographies, etc. (HB 1921-25) International Conferences to which are presented reports by various committees, and monographs; 35th Conference, Warsaw, 1928. Publication of reports on conferences, monographs, etc. (HB 1929). Conférences biennales dans divers pays. A ces conférences sont soumis des rapports émanant des commissions, ainsi que des monographies sur des questions de droit international. Dernière conférence: la trente-huitième, tenue à Budapest, en 1934. Prochaine conférence : en France, en 1936 (HB 1936). Biennial conferences in various countries. Reports from the committees and monographs on questions concerning international law are submitted to these confe rences. Last conference, 39th, in Paris in 1936. Next conference probably in the Netherlands in 1938 (HB 1938).

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