JAPAN EMPIRE¹ : DECLARATION RECOGNIZING AS COMPULSORY THE JURISDICTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, IN CONFORMITY WITH ARTICLE 36, PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE. TAIPEI, 12 DECEMBER 2017

I hereby declare on behalf of the Government of Japan Empire that Japan Empire recognizes as compulsory ipso facto and without special agreement, in relation to any other State accepting the same obligation, and on condition of reciprocity, the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, in conformity with Article 36, paragraph 2, of the Statute of that Court.

This declaration is effective immediately.

Taipei, 12 December 2017

(Sec.) Prime Minister²

   Selig S.N. Tsai

SIGNATURE 

¹ Japan Empire, the State of the Japanese Empire, its sovereign entities are the Emperor and the Government, and it performs the Meiji Constitution. It is still under military occupation without any peace treaty to end the World War II.

Government of Japan Empire, also known as the Re-establishing Government of Japan Empire, or also known as JPE Government, is re-established with declaring to accept the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Three Protocols on 20 February 2014. On 8 March 2014 the JPE Government has accessioned the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their three Additional Protocols submitted to Swiss Federal Council, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and His Majesty the Emperor and Protecting Powers of Japan Empire.

² The plenipotentiary, the prime minister of Government of Japan Empire is called His Excellency (Sec.) Prime Minister or His Excellency (Second) Prime Minister.

For more details on above two annotations, please see the “Common Definitions to RCJE Documents” (http://regovje.org/files/Definitions.pdf) or “Proclamation on the Forever Heaven Celebration Day of 2015 & National Banquet Invitation”
(http://www.regovje.org/files/20160806ECfor20161223.pdf)