Chorzów Factory case
E47946
international court case
judgment of the Permanent Court of International Justice
landmark case in international law
The Chorzów Factory case was a landmark 1928 decision of the Permanent Court of International Justice that established the foundational principle of full reparation for internationally wrongful acts in international law.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Case Concerning the Factory at Chorzów | 1 |
| Case concerning the Factory at Chorzów (Claim for Indemnity) – Merits | 1 |
| Chorzów Factory case canonical | 1 |
| Factory at Chorzów case | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T375885 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chorzów Factory case Context triple: [Permanent Court of International Justice, significantCase, Chorzów Factory case]
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A.
Krupp Trial
The Krupp Trial was a post–World War II Nuremberg military tribunal in which leading executives of the German arms manufacturer Krupp were prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity related to their use of forced labor and support of Nazi aggression.
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B.
Oskar Schindler’s Enamel Factory in Kraków
Oskar Schindler’s Enamel Factory in Kraków is a former industrial plant turned museum that commemorates Schindler’s rescue of Jewish workers and the broader history of Nazi-occupied Kraków during World War II.
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C.
Wilhelmstrasse Trial
The Wilhelmstrasse Trial was one of the subsequent Nuremberg war crimes trials, prosecuting high-ranking officials of Nazi Germany’s ministries and government agencies for their roles in planning and executing aggressive war and atrocities.
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D.
IG Farben Trial
The IG Farben Trial was a post–World War II Nuremberg military tribunal prosecuting executives of the German chemical conglomerate IG Farben for war crimes, including the use of forced labor and involvement in the Holocaust.
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E.
Gleiwitz incident
The Gleiwitz incident was a staged 1939 false-flag attack by Nazi Germany on a German radio station, used as propaganda to justify the invasion of Poland and the start of World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chorzów Factory case Target entity description: The Chorzów Factory case was a landmark 1928 decision of the Permanent Court of International Justice that established the foundational principle of full reparation for internationally wrongful acts in international law.
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A.
Krupp Trial
The Krupp Trial was a post–World War II Nuremberg military tribunal in which leading executives of the German arms manufacturer Krupp were prosecuted for war crimes and crimes against humanity related to their use of forced labor and support of Nazi aggression.
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B.
Oskar Schindler’s Enamel Factory in Kraków
Oskar Schindler’s Enamel Factory in Kraków is a former industrial plant turned museum that commemorates Schindler’s rescue of Jewish workers and the broader history of Nazi-occupied Kraków during World War II.
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C.
Wilhelmstrasse Trial
The Wilhelmstrasse Trial was one of the subsequent Nuremberg war crimes trials, prosecuting high-ranking officials of Nazi Germany’s ministries and government agencies for their roles in planning and executing aggressive war and atrocities.
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D.
IG Farben Trial
The IG Farben Trial was a post–World War II Nuremberg military tribunal prosecuting executives of the German chemical conglomerate IG Farben for war crimes, including the use of forced labor and involvement in the Holocaust.
-
E.
Gleiwitz incident
The Gleiwitz incident was a staged 1939 false-flag attack by Nazi Germany on a German radio station, used as propaganda to justify the invasion of Poland and the start of World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international court case
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judgment of the Permanent Court of International Justice ⓘ landmark case in international law ⓘ |
| aroseFrom |
Inter-Allied Commission for Upper Silesia
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surface form:
German-Polish Convention regarding Upper Silesia
Inter-Allied Commission for Upper Silesia ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Silesia Convention
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Chorzów Factory case
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surface form:
Factory at Chorzów case
|
| hasCitation | P.C.I.J. Series A, No. 17 ⓘ |
| hasCountryParty |
Germany
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Poland ⓘ |
| hasCourt | Permanent Court of International Justice ⓘ |
| hasDecisionType | merits judgment ⓘ |
| hasFullName |
Chorzów Factory case
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Case Concerning the Factory at Chorzów
|
| hasHistoricalRegion | Silesia ⓘ |
| hasHolding |
damages must cover both damnum emergens and lucrum cessans
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reparation must re-establish the situation which would have existed if the wrongful act had not been committed ⓘ unlawful expropriation engages international responsibility ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
International Law Commission Articles on State Responsibility
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customary international law on reparation ⓘ investment treaty arbitration practice ⓘ jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | League of Nations ⓘ |
| hasKeyPrinciple |
compensation equivalent to the value of the undertaking at the moment of dispossession
ⓘ
full reparation ⓘ reparation includes loss sustained and profit deprived ⓘ reparation must as far as possible wipe out all the consequences of the illegal act ⓘ restitutio in integrum ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfProceedings |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| hasLegalField |
international economic law
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international investment law ⓘ law of state responsibility ⓘ public international law ⓘ |
| hasLegalStatus | leading authority on reparation in international law ⓘ |
| hasLocationOfFactory |
Chorzów
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Upper Silesia ⓘ |
| hasOutcome | Germany entitled to reparation ⓘ |
| hasPhase |
jurisdiction phase
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merits phase ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
expropriation
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international investment protection ⓘ reparation for internationally wrongful acts ⓘ state responsibility ⓘ treaty interpretation ⓘ |
| hasTemporalContext | interwar period ⓘ |
| hasYearOfDecision | 1928 ⓘ |
| isPrecededBy | jurisdiction judgment in the Factory at Chorzów case ⓘ |
| relatesTo |
Treaty of Versailles
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post-World War I territorial settlements ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Chorzów Factory case Description of subject: The Chorzów Factory case was a landmark 1928 decision of the Permanent Court of International Justice that established the foundational principle of full reparation for internationally wrongful acts in international law.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Case Concerning the Factory at Chorzów
this entity surface form:
Factory at Chorzów case
this entity surface form:
Case concerning the Factory at Chorzów (Claim for Indemnity) – Merits