The Naulilaa Case (Port. v. F.R.G.)
Special Arbitral Tribunal, Judgment of 31 July 1928
2 Reports of International Arbitral Awards 1011 (2006)
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Due to translation and communication failures in Portuguese-controlled Angola, Portuguese troops killed three members of a German delegation. Without first demanding satisfaction, Germany retaliated by attacking the Portuguese post of Naulilaa and other Angolan posts, causing significant casualties and property damage. Portugal established a special arbitral tribunal under the Treaty of Versailles to hold Germany accountable for the attacks.
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Whether a country may lawfully take a reprisal against another country absent a prior act by that country violating the law of nations.