^{page 257 note 1} In the meaning of Resolution 2018 (XX) of the UN General Assembly, adopted on 1 November 1965.

^{page 257 note 2} The operations for the reuniting of families are not concerned with separations which have occurred for family reasons.

^{page 258 note 1} Beckh, H. G., “ICRC action on behalf of the ethnic minorities known as the ‘Volksdeutsche’ and of the Germans in the East”, Revue Internationale de la Croix-Rouge, 07 1950.Google Scholar

^{page 258 note 2} Articles 8, 25, 26, 27, 30, 50 and 82.

^{page 258 note 3} The 4th Convention of 1949 went into effect on 21 October 1950.

^{page 259 note 1} See also the Final Act of the United Nations Plenipotentiary Conference on the Status of Refugees and the related Convention of 28 July 1951, as well as Resolution XVIII of the Conference on Human Rights (Teheran, 1968).

^{page 259 note 2} This is also the case with the International Convention of 16 December 1966 on Civil and Political Rights, especially Article 12 (not yet in force).

^{page 259 note 3} Hague and Toronto Conferences, 1928 and 1952.

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^{page 260 note 1} Resolution No. XX of the Toronto Conference, 1952; No. XX of the New Delhi Conference, 1957, and No. XIX of the Vienna Conference, 1965.

^{page 260 note 2} See: Verdross, A., Statisches und dynamisches Naturrecht, pp. 89–91.Google Scholar