Oscar Chinn Case
The Oscar Chinn Case (Britain v. Belgium). [1937], P.C.I.J. (Ser. A/B) No. 70 was a case of the Permanent Court of International Justice.[1]
The Belgian government granted significant subsidies to a Belgian company, UNATRA, that offered transportation services in the Belgian Congo. Mr. Chinn, a British subject who operated a fluvial transport company on the Congo River could not compete (during the Great Depression) with the subsidised UNATRA's nominal prices and Britain brought a claim against the Belgian government as a matter of diplomatic protection.[2][3]
The Court decided, based on the Convention of Saint-Germain 1919 and general principles of international law, that the Belgian Government did not violate any international legal obligations to the United Kingdom.[4]
References
- ^ Oscar Chinn Case, UN Summaries of Judgements.
- ^ T. Olawale Elias, The International Court of Justice And Some Contemporary Problems. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 1983 Page 306
- ^ Britain v. Belgium 1934 Judgment at World Court.com
- ^ Britain v. Belgium 1934 Judgment paragraph 105 at World Court.com