Desiring that their respective countries should be represented at the Third International American Conference, sent, thereto, duly authorized to approve the recommendations, resolutions, conventions and treaties that they might deem convenient for the interests of America, the following Delegates: Ecuador-Dr. Emilio Arévalo; Olmedo Alfaro. Paraguay-Manuel Gondra; Arsenio López Decoud; Gualberto Cardús y Huerta; Bolivia-Dr. Alberto Gutiérrez; Dr. Carlos V. Romero; Panamá-Dr. José Domingo de Obaldía; Cuba-Dr. Gonzalo de Quesada; Rafael Montoro; Dr. Antonio González Lanuza; Peru-Dr. Eugenio Larrabure y Unánue; Dr. Antonio Miró Quesada; Dr. Mariano Cornejo; El Salvador-Dr. Francisco A. Reyes; Costa Rica-Dr. Ascensión Esquivel; United States of Mexico-Dr. Francisco León de La Barra; Ricardo Molina-Hübbe; Ricardo García Granados; Guatemala-Dr. Antonio Batres Jáuregui; Uruguay-Luís Melian Lafinur; Dr. Antonio María Rodgríguez; Dr. Gonzalo Ramírez; Argentine Republic-Dr. J. V. González; Dr. José A. Terry; Dr. Eduardo L. Bidau; Nicaragua-Luís F. Corea; United States of Brazil-Dr. Joaquim Aurelio Nabuco de Araujo; Dr. Joaquim Francisco de Assis Brasil; Dr. Gastão da Cunha; Dr. Alfredo de Moraes Gomes Ferreira; Dr. João Pandiá Calogeras; Dr. Amaro Cavalcanti; Dr. Joaquim Xavier da Silveira; Dr. José P. de Graça Aranha; Antonio da Fontoura Xavier; United States of America-William I. Buchanan; Dr. L. S. Rowe; A. J. Montague; Tulio Larrinaga; Dr. Paul S. Reinsch; Van Leer Polk; Chili-Dr. Anselmo Hevia Riquelme; Joaquín Walker Martínez; Dr. Luís Antonio Vergara; Dr. Adolfo Guerrero; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers and found them to be in due and proper form, have agreed, to celebrate a Convention establishing the status of naturalized citizens who again take up their residence in the country of their origin, in the following terms: ARTICLE I. If a citizen, a native of any of the countries signing the present Convention, and naturalized in another, shall again take up his residence, in his native country without the intention of returning to the country in which he has been naturalized, he will be considered as having reassumed his original citizenship, and as having renounced the citizenship acquired by the said naturalization. ARTICLE II. The intention not to return will be presumed to exist when the naturalized person shall have resided in his native country for more than two years. But this presumption may be destroyed by evidence to the contrary. ARTICLE III. This Convention will become effective in the countries that ratify it, three months from the dates upon which said ratifications shall be communicated to the Government of the United States of Brazil; and if it should be denounced by any one of them, it shall continue in effect for one year more, to count from the date of such denounce ment. ARTICLE IV. The denouncement of this Convention by any one of the signatory States shall be made to the Government of the United States of Brazil and shall take effect only with regard to the country that may make it. In testimony whereof the Plenipotentiaries and Delegates have signed the present Convention, and affixed the Seal of the Third Internacional American Conference. Made in the city of Rio de Janeiro the thirteenth of August nineteen hundred and six, in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, and deposited with the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the United States of Brazil, in order that certified copies thereof be made, and sent through diplomatic channels to the signatory States. For Ecuador: For Paraguay: For Bolivia: For Colombia: For Honduras: EMILIO ARÉVALO. OLMEDO ALFARO. MANUEL GONDRA. GUALBERTO CARDÚS Y HUERTA. ALBERTO GUTIÉRREZ. CARLOS V. ROMERO. RAFAEL URIBE URIBE. FAUSTO DÁVILA. CONVENTION ESTABLISHING AN INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION. Signed at Rio de Janeiro August 23, 1906; ratification advised by the Senate February 3, 1908; ratified by the President February 8, 1908; proclaimed May 1, 1912.1 (Treaty Series, No. 565; 37 Statutes at Large, 1554.) ARTICLES. 1. Composition of International Commission of Jurists. 2. Notice of appointment of members of commission. 3. First meeting. 4. Creation of committee. 6. Expenses. 7. Principles. The proclamation by the President of May 1, 1912, states that, in addition to the United States, the Convention had been ratified by the Governments of the Argentin Republic, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guate mala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Salvador and Uruguay." The Government of Peru subsequently ratified the convention. Their Excellencies, the Presidents of Ecuador, Paraguay, Bolivia, Colombia, Honduras, Panamá, Cuba, Peru, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Costa Rica, the United States of Mexico, Guatemala, Uruguay, the Argentine Republic, Nicaragua, the United States of Brazil, the United States of America, and Chili; Desiring that their respective countries should be represented at the Third International American Conference, sent, thereto, duly authorized to approve the recommendations, resolutions, conventions and treaties that they might deem convenient for the interests of America, the following delegates: Ecuador-Dr. Emilio Arévalo; Olmedo Alfaro. Paraguay-Manuel Gondra; Arsenio López Decoud; Gualberto Cardús y Huerta; Bolivia-Dr. Alberto Gutiérrez; Dr. Carlos V. Romero; Panamá-Dr. José Domingo de Obaldía. Cuba-Dr. Gonzalo de Quesada; Rafael Montoro; Dr. Antonio. González Lanuza; Dominican Republic-E. C. Joubert; Peru Dr. Eugenio Larrabure y Unánue; Dr. Antonio Miró Quesada; Dr. Mariano Cornejo; El Salvador-Dr. Francisco A. Reyes; Costa Rica-Dr. Ascención Esquivel; United States of Mexico-Dr. Francisco León de La Barra; Ricardo Molina-Hübbe; Ricardo García Granados; Guatemala-Dr. Antonio Batres Jáuregui; Uruguay-Luís Melian Lafinur; Dr. Antonio María Rodríguez; Dr. Gonzalo Ramírez; Argentine Republic-Dr. J. V. González; Dr. José A. Terry; Dr. Eduardo L. Bidau; Nicaragua-Luís F. Corea; United States of Brazil-Dr. Joaquim Aurelio Nabuco de Araujo; Dr. Joaquim Francisco de Assis Brasil; Dr. Gastão da Cunha; Dr. Alfredo de Moraes Gomes Ferreira; Dr. João Pandiá Calogeras; Dr. Amaro Cavalcanti; Dr. Joaquim Xavier da Silveira; Dr. José P. da Graça Aranha; Antonio da Fontoura Xavier; United States of America-William I. Buchanan; Dr. L. S. Rowe; A. J. Montague; Tulio Larrinaga; Dr. Paul S. Reinsch; Van Leer Polk: Chili-Dr. Anselmo Hevia Riquelme: Joaquin Walker Martinez; Dr. Luís Antonio Vergara; Dr. Adolfo Guerrero; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers and found them to be in due and proper form, have agreed to establish an international Commission of Jurists, in the following terms: ARTICLE 1. There shall be established an international Commission of Jurists, composed of one representative from each of the signatory States, appointed by their respective Governments, which commission shall meet for the purpose of preparing a draft of a Code of Private Inter national Law and one of Public International Law, regulating the relations between the Nations of America. Two or more Governments may appoint a single representative, but such representative shall have but one vote. ARTICLE 2. Notice of the appointment of the members of the Commission shall be addressed by the Governments adhering to this Convention, to the Government of the United States of Brazil, which shall take the necessary steps for the holding of the first meeting. Notice of these appointments shall be communicated to the Government of the United States of Brazil before April 1st, 1907. ARTICLE 3. The first meeting of said Commission shall be held in the City of Rio de Janeiro during the year 1907. The presence of at least twelve of the representatives of the signatory States shall be necessary for the organization of the Commission. Said Commission shall designate the time and place for subsequent sessions, provided, however, that sufficient time be allowed from the date of the final meeting to permit of the submission to the signatory States of all drafts or all important portions thereof at least one year before the date fixed for the Fourth International American Conference. ARTICLE 4. Said Commission after having met for the purpose of organization and for the distribution of the work to the members thereof, may divide itself into two distinct committees, one to consider the preparation of a draft of a Code of Private International Law, and the other for the preparation of a Code of Public International Law. In the event of such division being made, the committees must proceed separately until they conclude their duties, or else as provided in the final clause of article three. In order to expedite and increase the efficiency of this work, both committees may request the Governments to assign experts for the consideration of especial topics. Both committees shall also have the power to determine the period within which such special reports shall be presented. ARTICLE 5. In order to determine the subjects to be included within the scope of the work of the Commission, the Third International Conference recommends to the Commissions that they give special attention to the subjects and principles which have been agreed upon in existing treaties and conventions, as well as to those which are incorporated in the national laws of the American States, and furthermore recommends to the special attention of the Commission the Treaties of Montevideo of 1889 and the debates relating |