Convention on the Establishment of a Common Court

The Convention on the Establishment of a Common Court is an ancillary treaty of the Micras Treaty Organisation. It established the MTO Court.

State Parties

•  Aerla (acceded 1723)
•  Benacian Union (acceded in 1712)
•  Floria (acceded 1705)
•  Kurum Ash-Sharqia (acceded 9.III.1706)
•  Meckelnburgh
•  Natopia
•  Normark (acceded 1705)
•  Nouvelle Alexandrie (acceded 1695)
•  New Batavia
•  Order of the Holy Lakes (Hurmu) (acceded 1705)
•  Sanama
•  Shireroth
•  Oportia (acceded 1731)

Text

1.Any State who has signed and ratified the General Membership Treaty and been accepted into the Micras Treaty Organisation, may sign and ratify, in accordance with its own constitutional procedure, the present Convention on the Common Court

2.The Parties to this Convention hereby establish the Common Court (“CC”, “the Court”) as an independent and free court of justice and law.

3.The Court shall have jurisdiction over matters pertaining to international dispute between signatory nations.

4.The Court shall have the power to interpret the Treaties and Conventions of the MTO, subject to the Treaties and Conventions themselves.

5.The Court shall consist of a panel of three jurists independent of the government of the participatory States, elected by the signatory nations of this treaty. The election shall be overseen by the Secretary General of the MTO. The Jurists of the Common Court need not be national representatives.

6. Disputes within a nation about a treaty or convention are dealt with by the concerning nations established court.

7. A signatory nation may grant, through the legal processes of that nation, additional powers to the Common Court, within the Jurisdiction of that signatory nation. The Common Court is not required to hear cases stemming from this clause.

8.This Convention may be amended by a qualified majority of the State Parties exceeding three fourths of the votes cast.

(Amended September 2011)