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title: Article 13
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/14-article-13/
description: Article 13, from The Covenant of the League of Nations (1919) by The Paris Peace Conference (Allied and Associated Powers).
section: FRAME
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# Article 13

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- **Work:** [The Covenant of the League of Nations (1919)](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/)
- **Author:** The Paris Peace Conference (Allied and Associated Powers)
- **Published:** 1919

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- **Rights:** A treaty text published in 1919 with no individual author, so in the public domain in the United States by age.

Chapters

1. [Preamble](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/01-preamble/)
2. [Article 1](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/02-article-1/)
3. [Article 2](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/03-article-2/)
4. [Article 3](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/04-article-3/)
5. [Article 4](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/05-article-4/)
6. [Article 5](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/06-article-5/)
7. [Article 6](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/07-article-6/)
8. [Article 7](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/08-article-7/)
9. [Article 8](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/09-article-8/)
10. [Article 9](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/10-article-9/)
11. [Article 10](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/11-article-10/)
12. [Article 11](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/12-article-11/)
13. [Article 12](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/13-article-12/)
14. [Article 13](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/14-article-13/)
15. [Article 14](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/15-article-14/)
16. [Article 15](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/16-article-15/)
17. [Article 16](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/17-article-16/)
18. [Article 17](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/18-article-17/)
19. [Article 18](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/19-article-18/)
20. [Article 19](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/20-article-19/)
21. [Article 20](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/21-article-20/)
22. [Article 21](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/22-article-21/)
23. [Article 22](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/23-article-22/)
24. [Article 23](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/24-article-23/)
25. [Article 24](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/25-article-24/)
26. [Article 25](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/26-article-25/)
27. [Article 26](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/27-article-26/)

[← Article 12](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/13-article-12/) [Article 14 →](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/15-article-14/)

The Members of the League agree that whenever any dispute shall arise between them which they recognise to be suitable for submission to arbitration or judicial settlement and which cannot be satisfactorily settled by diplomacy, they will submit the whole subject-matter to arbitration or judicial settlement.

Disputes as to the interpretation of a treaty, as to any question of international law, as to the existence of any fact which if established would constitute a breach of any international obligation, or as to the extent and nature of the reparation to be made for any such breach, are declared to be among those which are generally suitable for submission to arbitration or judicial settlement.

For the consideration of any such dispute, the court to which the case is referred shall be the Permanent Court of International Justice, established in accordance with Article 14, or any tribunal agreed on by the parties to the dispute or stipulated in any convention existing between them.

The Members of the League agree that they will carry out in full good faith any award or decision that may be rendered, and that they will not resort to war against a Member of the League which complies therewith. In the event of any failure to carry out such an award or decision, the Council shall propose what steps should be taken to give effect thereto.

[← Article 12](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/13-article-12/) [Article 14 →](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/15-article-14/)

The Covenant of the League of Nations (1919), The Paris Peace Conference (Allied and Associated Powers). A treaty text published in 1919 with no individual author, so in the public domain in the United States by age. [Provenance and rights](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/league-of-nations-covenant-1919/).