Agreement
League of Nations mandate over South West Africa, 1920
South Africa received a League of Nations mandate over South West Africa on 17 December 1920 and, after refusing to place the territory under UN Trusteeship following the Second World War, continued to administer it; the International Court of Justice ruled in 1971 that this continued occupation was illegal.
What happened
South Africa received a League of Nations mandate over South West Africa on 17 December 1920. After the Second World War it refused to place the territory under the new United Nations Trusteeship system and continued to administer it as a mandate. The International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion on the territory's status in 1950, ruled on contentious South West Africa cases brought by Ethiopia and Liberia in 1966 (dismissed on procedural grounds), and in a 1971 advisory opinion declared South Africa's continued presence in the territory illegal.[1]
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Claim: South Africa received a League of Nations mandate over South West Africa on 17 December 1920. After refusing to place the territory under UN Trusteeship following the Second World War, it continued to administer it; the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion on its status in 1950, ruled on contentious South West Africa cases in 1966 (dismissed on procedural grounds), and in a 1971 advisory opinion declared South Africa's continued presence in the territory illegal.
- South West Africa (Wikipedia) link, Mandate period and International Court of Justice sections. Source record