%0 Journal Article
%T Polish Judge Defended the Iranian Stance (Anglo-Iranian Dispute in 1951)
%A Sierakowska-Dyndo, Jolanta
%J Studia Litteraria Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis
%V 2019
%R 10.4467/20843933ST.19.037.10980
%N Volume 14, Special Issue
%P 231-243

%@ 1897-3035
%D 2019
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-litteraria-uic/article/polish-judge-defended-the-iranian-stance-anglo-iranian-dispute-in-1951
%X 
	The nationalization of oil fields in Iran on 20 March 1951 turned into a conflict between the British and Iranian governments. It was a heavy blow for the oil company from Great Britain, which since the beginning of the 20th century was present in Iran (since 1933 under the name of Anglo-Persian Oil Company, the name was changed for Anglo-Iranian  Oil Company).  British government lodged a complaint against Iran with the International Court of Justice, and then on 22 June 1951 filed a further request for the interim measures of protection to be implemented until the dispute is resolved. Two of the judges of the International Court of Justice gave a dissenting opinion in this case, one of them was a Polish judge, Bohdan Winiarski. In his opinion, and also opinion of Egyptian judge Abdel Hamid Badawi Pasha, the British government was not a party to the contract because it was signed between the Iranian Government and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company not with the British Government. This opinion was accepted by the International Court of Justice in Hague. The positive verdict of the Court was a huge victory for Iran. Without doubt, the Polish judge, Bohdan Winiarski, contributed to it.