RIGHT OF PROTECTION IN MOROCCO
- Convention signed at Madrid July 3, 1880
- Effective from July 3, 1880
- Ratifications exchanged at Tangier May 1, 1881
- Senate advice and consent to ratification May 5, 1881
- Ratified by the President of the United States May 10, 1881
- Proclaimed by the President of the United States December 21, 1881
- Ratification of the United States deposited at Tangier March 9, 1882
- Amendment, implementation, and termination in part: Provisions of the General Act of Algeciras of April 7, 1906,[1] prevail over any conflicting provisions; article 11 implemented by article 60 of the General Act; extraterritorial jurisdiction in Morocco relinquished by the United States October 6, 1956;[2] article 15 relating to Moroccan nationality obsolete and without effect[3]
22 Stat. 817; Treaty Series 246
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His Excellency the President of the United States of America; His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia; His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary; His Majesty the King of the Belgians; His Majesty the King of Denmark; His Majesty the King of Spain; His Excellency the President of the French Republic; Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; His Majesty the King of Italy; His Majesty the Sultan of Morocco; His Majesty the King of the Netherlands; His Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves; His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway;
Having recognized the necessity of establishing, on fixed and uniform bases, the exercise of the right of protection in Morocco, and of settling certain questions connected therewith, have appointed as their plenipotentiaries at the conference assembled for that purpose at Madrid, to wit:
His Excellency the President of the United States of America, General Lucius Fairchild, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States near His Catholic Majesty;
