Class C mandate

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A Class C mandate was a type of League of Nations territorial administration applied to sparsely populated, remote former German colonies, placing them under the full control of a mandatory power subject to certain international obligations.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Class C mandate canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf League of Nations mandate ⓘ
international territorial administration regime ⓘ
administeredBy mandatory power ⓘ
administeredByExample Australia ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
Union of South Africa ⓘ
appliedBy League of Nations ⓘ
appliedTo former German colonies ⓘ
remote territories ⓘ
sparsely populated territories ⓘ
characterizedBy absence of a fixed time limit for the mandate ⓘ
administration as an integral part of the mandatory’s territory subject to League supervision ⓘ
full control of the territory by the mandatory power ⓘ
international obligations for the mandatory power ⓘ
classificationLevel C ⓘ
contrastedWith Class A mandate ⓘ
Class B mandate ⓘ
endedWith dissolution of the League of Nations ⓘ
followedBy United Nations trust territories ⓘ
incorporation into independent states ⓘ
geographicScope Nauru ⓘ
New Guinea ⓘ
Pacific Islands north of the Equator ⓘ
linked to: Micronesian islands

South West Africa ⓘ
Western Samoa ⓘ
linked to: Samoa
includesExample Nauru mandate ⓘ
New Guinea mandate ⓘ
Pacific Islands (Japanese Mandate) ⓘ
South West Africa mandate ⓘ
Western Samoa mandate ⓘ
languageUsedInInstruments English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalBasis Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations ⓘ
Covenant of the League of Nations ⓘ
obligatedTo prevent abuses such as the slave trade ⓘ
promote the well-being and development of the inhabitants ⓘ
submit annual reports to the League of Nations ⓘ
precededBy German colonial rule ⓘ
purpose administration of former enemy colonies after World War I ⓘ
to place remote and sparsely populated territories under international oversight ⓘ
relatedConcept international trusteeship ⓘ
mandate system ⓘ
startDate 1920 ⓘ
supervisedBy Council of the League of Nations ⓘ
Permanent Mandates Commission ⓘ
timePeriod interwar period ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Japanese South Pacific Mandate → legalForm → Class C mandate ⓘ