Alabama Claims arbitration

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The Alabama Claims arbitration was an 1872 international tribunal in Geneva that resolved U.S. demands for damages from Britain over Confederate commerce raiders built in British shipyards during the American Civil War, becoming a landmark in the peaceful settlement of international disputes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
international arbitration tribunal ⓘ
international legal case ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Alabama Claims Tribunal ⓘ
Geneva Arbitration of the Alabama Claims ⓘ
appliesToEvent American Civil War ⓘ
awardAmount 15000000 US dollars ⓘ
cause U.S. demands for damages for losses to its merchant marine ⓘ
construction and fitting out of Confederate cruisers in British shipyards ⓘ
chronology took place after the American Civil War and before the First Hague Peace Conference ⓘ
compensationPaidBy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
compensationPaidTo United States of America ⓘ
concernedWith British neutrality during the American Civil War ⓘ
CSS Alabama ⓘ
CSS Florida ⓘ
CSS Shenandoah ⓘ
Confederate commerce raiders ⓘ
neutrality law ⓘ
countryInvolved United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfDecision 1872-09-14 ⓘ
describedAs landmark in the peaceful settlement of international disputes ⓘ
endTime 1872 ⓘ
followedBy increased use of arbitration in international law ⓘ
hasArbitrator Alexander Cockburn ⓘ
Charles Francis Adams Sr. ⓘ
Count Federico Sclopis ⓘ
Friedrich von Scherer ⓘ
Jacques Staempfli ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasParticipant British government ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
implementedRule due diligence standard for neutral states ⓘ
legalBasis Treaty of Washington (1871) ⓘ
location Geneva ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
mainSubject Alabama Claims ⓘ
organizedBy international tribunal constituted under the Treaty of Washington ⓘ
partOf history of United Kingdom foreign relations ⓘ
history of United States foreign relations ⓘ
history of international law ⓘ
result Britain found liable for indirect damages caused by Confederate cruisers built in British shipyards ⓘ
United States received monetary compensation instead of territorial concessions ⓘ
significantFor Anglo-American relations ⓘ
development of international arbitration ⓘ
evolution of the law of neutrality ⓘ
peaceful settlement of international disputes ⓘ
startTime 1872 ⓘ

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Anglo-American wars → notableEvent → Alabama Claims arbitration ⓘ
Arguments before the Geneva Tribunal on the Alabama Claims → mainSubject → Alabama Claims ⓘ
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Grant administration → hasEvent → Alabama Claims settlement with Great Britain ⓘ
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CSS Shenandoah → relatedTo → Alabama Claims ⓘ
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Treaty of Washington (1871) → resolvedDispute → Alabama Claims ⓘ
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Treaty of Washington (1871) → includesProvisionOn → Alabama Claims arbitration ⓘ
Alabama Claims arbitration → alsoKnownAs → Alabama Claims Tribunal ⓘ
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Alabama Claims arbitration → mainSubject → Alabama Claims ⓘ
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