The capturing of prizes (enemy equipment, vehicles, and especially ships) during wartime is a tradition that goes back as far as organized warfare itself. The International Prize Court was to hear appeals from national courts concerning prize cases. Even as a draft, the convention was innovative for the time, in being both the first ever treaty for a truly international court (as opposed to a mere arbitral tribunal), and in providing individuals with access to the court, going against the prevailing doctrines of international law at the time, according to which only states had rights and duties under international law. The convention was opposed, particularly by elements within the United States and the United Kingdom, as a violation of national sovereignty.
the capturing of prizes (enemy equipment vehicles and especially ships) during wartime is a tradition that goes back as far as organized warfare itself the international prize court was to hear appeals from national courts concerning prize cases even as a draft the convention was innovative for the time in being both the first ever treaty for a truly international court (as opposed to a mere arbitral tribunal) and in providing individuals with access to the court going against the prevailing doctrines of international law at the time according to which only states had rights and duties under international law the convention was opposed particularly by elements within the united states and the united kingdom as a violation of national sovereignty