Zbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Splitu (Jan 2008)
LEGAL ASPECTS AND POLITICAL EFFECTS OF THE ROME TREATIES OF 18 MAY 1941
Abstract
Following the coup d'Etat of 27 March 1941 in Belgrade, in a short war the Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy occupied the entire territory of the then Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Upon their permission the Indepen dent State of Croatia was established in April 1941. On 18 May 1941 this entity concluded the three treaties with Italy in Rome. On their behalf Italy acquired the large ter ritories in the eastern coast of the Adria tic Sea and it also tried to es tablish a protec torate on the Croatian State. Here are descri bed the course of negotia tions, the content of these Treaties and Italian ter ritorial and political gains. Nonetheless, upon the Italian Armistice with the Allied Powers which was announced on 8 September 1943, the Government in Zagreb im mediately canceled these Treaties unilaterally. On its side, Italy also renounced all its gains and since then it considers the said Treaties not only void, but non-exis tent. That was indirectly confi rmed by the clauses relating to Yugos lavia and the Free Ter ritory of Trieste in the Paris Peace Treaty with Italy of 10 February 1947.
