League of Nations Class C mandate

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The League of Nations Class C mandate was a category of colonial administration applied to sparsely populated or remote territories, placing them under the control of a mandatory power to be governed as integral parts of its own territory under international oversight.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf League of Nations mandate category
international legal regime
administeredBy Australia NERFINISHED
Japan NERFINISHED
New Zealand NERFINISHED
Union of South Africa NERFINISHED
aimedTo place colonial administration under international supervision
appliedBy League of Nations NERFINISHED
appliedTo remote territories
sparsely populated territories
characterizedAs colonial administration category
classifiedAs least autonomous category of League mandates
consideredLessAdvancedThan Class A mandate territories
consideredMoreRemoteThan many Class B mandate territories
createdUnder Covenant of the League of Nations NERFINISHED
distinguishedFrom League of Nations Class A mandate NERFINISHED
League of Nations Class B mandate NERFINISHED
endedWith dissolution of the League of Nations
geographicCriterion remoteness from centers of civilization (as defined at the time)
governanceModel administered as integral part of mandatory power’s territory
historicalContext redistribution of German colonial empire after World War I
includedTerritory German New Guinea (Northeast New Guinea) NERFINISHED
Nauru NERFINISHED
Pacific Islands north of the Equator formerly under German control
South West Africa NERFINISHED
Western Samoa NERFINISHED
influenced development of later international trusteeship norms
legalBasis Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations NERFINISHED
mandatoryPowerObligation govern territory in interests of inhabitants and of humanity
submit annual reports to the League of Nations
mandatoryPowerRight administer territory under its own laws as integral territory
monitoredBy international community through League of Nations organs
oversightBy Council of the League of Nations NERFINISHED
Permanent Mandates Commission NERFINISHED
politicalEffect extended de facto colonial control of mandatory powers
populationCriterion very low population density
purpose administration of former German and Ottoman territories after World War I
relatedConcept colonialism
international trusteeship
self‑determination
startPeriod post–World War I era
successorRegime United Nations Trust Territory system NERFINISHED
supervisionMechanism mandatory powers’ reports examined by Permanent Mandates Commission
timeFrame approximately 1920s to 1940s

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Territory of New Guinea legalStatus League of Nations Class C mandate
United Nations Trusteeship Agreement for the Former Japanese Mandated Islands relatedTo League of Nations Class C mandate
this entity surface form: League of Nations Mandate for the South Seas Mandate