Central European Papers 2015, 3(2):34-44 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2015.016

Organisational aspects of the Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920)

René PETRÁŠ
Ústav právních dějin, Právnická fakulta, Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Institute of Legal History, Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague, Nám. Curieových 901/7, 116 40 Praha1, Czech Republic, petras@prf.cuni.cz

The Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920) was expected to resolve all the numerous issues after World War I, but the organisation of this gigantic event was rather insufficient. The conference was held in Paris, recognising the important position of the principal country of the Allied victors. In the past, conferences were predominantly attended by professional diplomats, capable of "coaching" their sovereigns or politicians. The Paris Peace Conference was officially supposed to be different in that secret diplomacy undertaken by diplomats was disavowed. The criticism of the old traditions prevalent in diplomacy resulted in a different composition of delegations. Rather than professional diplomats with a legal background as in the past, the participants in the conference were economists, soldiers, or experts in various branches of social sciences.

Keywords: Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920), World War I, history of diplomacy, League of Nations, international legal protection of minorities

Published: September 1, 2015  Show citation

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