Mineichirō Adachi was a Japanese legal expert and President of the Permanent Court of International Justice at the Hague from 1931 until 1934.
Autochrome portrait by Georges Chevalier, 1929
Permanent Court of International Justice
The Permanent Court of International Justice, often called the World Court, existed from 1922 to 1946. It was an international court attached to the League of Nations. Created in 1920, the Court was initially well-received from states and academics alike, with many cases submitted to it for its first decade of operation.
The Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, home to the Permanent Court of International Justice
U.S. President Warren G. Harding, who had first suggested American involvement; the U.S. demanded a veto, however, and never joined.
Max Huber, the first Vice-President and second President of the Permanent Court of International Justice