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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

... methods adopted by States for securing redress from another State by taking retaliatory measures. Formerly, the term was restricted to the seizure of property or persons, but in its modern acceptation connotes coercive measures adopted by one State against another for the purpose of settling some dispute brought about by the latter’s illegal or unjustified conduct.  2, record 1, English, - reprisals

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The distinction between reprisals and retortion is that reprisals consist of acts which would generally otherwise be quite illegal whereas retortion consists of retaliatory conduct to which no legal objection can be taken. Reprisals may assume various forms, for example, a boycott of the goods of a particular State, an embargo, a naval demonstration, or bombardment.  2, record 1, English, - reprisals

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Reprisals can be positive or negative. Positive reprisals are such acts as would under ordinary circumstances involve an international delinquency. Negative reprisals consist in a refusal to perform such acts as are under ordinary circumstances obligatory, such as the fulfilment of a treaty obligation or the payment of a debt.  3, record 1, English, - reprisals

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

reprisals: Term and context reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.  4, record 1, English, - reprisals

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Acte en lui-même illicite accompli par un État pour répondre à un acte également illicite commis à son préjudice par un autre État, en vue d'obtenir la cessation du fait illicite et la réparation du dommage.  1, record 1, French, - repr%C3%A9sailles

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Reproduit de la Liste provisoire de termes juridiques se rapportant aux travaux de la Commission de droit international avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.  2, record 1, French, - repr%C3%A9sailles

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

represalias: Término reproducido del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.  2, record 1, Spanish, - represalias

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The preamble to Art. 51 of the Peace Treaty represents the cession of Alsace-Lorraine, under the unusual name of reintegration, as the fulfilment of "the moral obligation to redress the wrong done by Germany in 1871 both to the rights of France and to the wishes of the population, which were separated from their country in spite of the solemn protest of their representatives at the Assembly of Bordeaux".  1, record 2, English, - reintegration

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The territories which were ceded to Germany in accordance with the Preliminaries of Peace signed at Versailles on February 26, 1871, and the Treaty of Frankfurt of May 10, 1871, are restored to French sovereignty as from the date of the Armistice of November 11, 1918. The provisions of the Treaties establishing the delimitation of the frontiers before 1871 shall be restored.  2, record 2, English, - reintegration

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Remise, par un procédé autre dans son principe, ses modalités ou ses effets, que celui par lequel peut être acquise une situation juridique nouvelle, dans une situation juridique antérieurement perdue.  1, record 2, French, - r%C3%A9int%C3%A9gration

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Terme employé : A l'égard de l'Alsace-Lorraine, par le traité de paix de Versailles du 28 juin 1919, lequel dispose : "Les H.P.C., ayant reconnu l'obligation morale de réparer le tort fait par l'Allemagne en 1871, tant au droit de la France qu'à la volonté des populations d'Alsace et de Lorraine, séparées de leur Patrie malgré la protestation solennelle de leurs représentants à l'Assemblée de Bordeaux, - Sont d'accord sur les articles suivants : - Art. 51. Les territoires cédés à l'Allemagne, en vertu des Préliminaires de Paix, signés à Versailles le 26 février 1871 et du Traité de Francfort du 10 mai 1871, sont réintégrés dans la souveraineté française à dater de l'Armistice du 11 novembre 1918".  1, record 2, French, - r%C3%A9int%C3%A9gration

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish