Treaties of Ireland - Peace Treaties of Ireland, Fourth Geneva Convention, United Nations Charter (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Peace treaties of Ireland, Fourth Geneva Convention, United Nations Charter, Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Wassenaar Arrangement, Anglo-Irish Treaty, Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, Belfast Agreement, First Geneva Convention, Third Geneva Convention, Anglo-Irish Agreement, Protocol I, Protocol II, Second Geneva Convention, Covenant of the League of Nations, Kilmainham Treaty, Treaty of Windsor 1175. Excerpt: The Anglo-Irish Treaty (Irish: ), officially called the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, was a treaty between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and representatives of the secessionist Irish Republic that concluded the Irish War of Independence. It established the Irish Free State as a self-governing dominion within the British Empire and also provided Northern Ireland, which had been created by the Government of Ireland Act, 1920, an option to opt out of the Irish Free State, which it exercised. The treaty was signed in London on 6 December 1921 by representatives of the British government (which included David Lloyd George, who was head of the British delegates) and envoys of the Irish Republic who claimed plenipotentiary status (i.e., negotiators empowered to sign a treaty without reference back to their superiors, including Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith). In accordance with its terms the Treaty needed to be and was ratified by the members elected to sit in the House of Commons of Southern Ireland and the British Parliament. Dail Eireann for the de facto Irish Republic also ratified the Treaty (narrowly). Though the treaty was duly ratified, the split led to the Irish Civil War, which was ultimately won by the pro-treaty side. The Irish Free State created by the Treaty came into ...