Alabama Claims arbitration

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historical event international arbitration tribunal international legal case

The Alabama Claims arbitration was an 1872 international tribunal in Geneva that resolved U.S. demands for damages from Britain over Confederate commerce raiders built in British shipyards during the American Civil War, becoming a landmark in the peaceful settlement of international disputes.

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Alabama Claims	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ international arbitration tribunal ⓘ international legal case ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Alabama Claims Tribunal NERFINISHED ⓘ Geneva Arbitration of the Alabama Claims NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToEvent	American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardAmount	15000000 US dollars ⓘ
cause	U.S. demands for damages for losses to its merchant marine ⓘ construction and fitting out of Confederate cruisers in British shipyards ⓘ
chronology	took place after the American Civil War and before the First Hague Peace Conference ⓘ
compensationPaidBy	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
compensationPaidTo	United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
concernedWith	British neutrality during the American Civil War ⓘ CSS Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ CSS Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ CSS Shenandoah NERFINISHED ⓘ Confederate commerce raiders ⓘ neutrality law ⓘ
countryInvolved	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfDecision	1872-09-14 ⓘ
describedAs	landmark in the peaceful settlement of international disputes ⓘ
endTime	1872 ⓘ
followedBy	increased use of arbitration in international law ⓘ
hasArbitrator	Alexander Cockburn NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Francis Adams Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Count Federico Sclopis NERFINISHED ⓘ Friedrich von Scherer NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacques Staempfli NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasParticipant	British government NERFINISHED ⓘ United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ
implementedRule	due diligence standard for neutral states ⓘ
legalBasis	Treaty of Washington (1871) NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Geneva NERFINISHED ⓘ Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	Alabama Claims NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizedBy	international tribunal constituted under the Treaty of Washington ⓘ
partOf	history of United Kingdom foreign relations ⓘ history of United States foreign relations ⓘ history of international law ⓘ
result	Britain found liable for indirect damages caused by Confederate cruisers built in British shipyards ⓘ United States received monetary compensation instead of territorial concessions NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantFor	Anglo-American relations NERFINISHED ⓘ development of international arbitration ⓘ evolution of the law of neutrality ⓘ peaceful settlement of international disputes ⓘ
startTime	1872 ⓘ

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Anglo-American wars → notableEvent → Alabama Claims arbitration ⓘ

Arguments before the Geneva Tribunal on the Alabama Claims → mainSubject → Alabama Claims arbitration ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alabama Claims