Advisory Opinion on the International Status of South-West Africa

E47949

The Advisory Opinion on the International Status of South-West Africa was a landmark 1950 decision by the Permanent Court of International Justice that clarified the legal status of the former German colony under South African administration and the continuing obligations of the League of Nations mandate system.

AI illustration

How this image was made

AI-generated illustration of Advisory Opinion on the International Status of South-West Africa

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Advisory Opinion on the International Status of South-West Africa (The Advisory Opinion on the International Status of South-West Africa was a landmark 1950 decision by the Permanent Court of International Justice that clarified the legal status of the former German colony under South African administration and the continuing obligations of the League of Nations mandate system.)

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf advisory opinion ⓘ
decision of the International Court of Justice ⓘ
international legal case ⓘ
areaOfLaw international law ⓘ
law of international organizations ⓘ
law of mandates ⓘ
citation 1950 I.C.J. Reports 128 ⓘ
clarified continuing international status of South West Africa as a mandated territory ⓘ
that South Africa could not unilaterally alter the international status of South West Africa ⓘ
that South Africa was under an obligation to accept international supervision of the mandate ⓘ
that South Africa was under an obligation to submit reports on the administration of South West Africa ⓘ
concernsAdministeringPower South Africa ⓘ
Union of South Africa ⓘ
concernsFormerColonialPower Germany ⓘ
concernsPresentDayTerritory Namibia ⓘ
concernsTerritory South West Africa ⓘ
linked to: Namibia
countryOfCourt Netherlands ⓘ
court International Court of Justice ⓘ
date 1950-07-11 ⓘ
decade 1950s ⓘ
foundThat League of Nations mandate for South West Africa had not lapsed with the dissolution of the League of Nations ⓘ
South Africa remained bound by the obligations of the mandate for South West Africa ⓘ
international obligations under the mandate continued under the United Nations system ⓘ
hasConsequence provided legal basis for later UN actions regarding Namibia ⓘ
strengthened United Nations role in supervising former mandate territories ⓘ
involvedOrganization League of Nations ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
involvedState South Africa ⓘ
involvedTerritory South West Africa ⓘ
linked to: Namibia
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalContext League of Nations mandate system ⓘ
United Nations Charter ⓘ
placeOfCourt The Hague ⓘ
predecessorCourtMentioned Permanent Court of International Justice ⓘ
relatedCase South West Africa cases (Ethiopia v. South Africa; Liberia v. South Africa) ⓘ
relatedTo Namibia Advisory Opinion (Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia) ⓘ
decolonization ⓘ
international trusteeship system ⓘ
self-determination of peoples ⓘ
requestedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
subjectMatter international status of South West Africa ⓘ
year 1950 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Permanent Court of International Justice → significantCase → Advisory Opinion on the International Status of South-West Africa ⓘ
South-West Africa Campaign → successor → South African administration of South West Africa ⓘ
linked to: Advisory Opinion on the International Status of South-West Africa
Advisory Opinion on the International Status of South-West Africa → foundThat → League of Nations mandate for South West Africa had not lapsed with the dissolution of the League of Nations ⓘ
linked to: Advisory Opinion on the International Status of South-West Africa
Advisory Opinion on the International Status of South-West Africa → relatedCase → South West Africa cases (Ethiopia v. South Africa; Liberia v. South Africa) ⓘ
linked to: Advisory Opinion on the International Status of South-West Africa
Damara people → affectedBy → South African administration in Namibia ⓘ
linked to: Advisory Opinion on the International Status of South-West Africa
South African occupation of South West Africa → subjectOfCase → South West Africa cases (ICJ) ⓘ
linked to: Advisory Opinion on the International Status of South-West Africa