The position is not the same as in the case o the individual liability to punishment of persons guilty of infringing clauses of the Convention. That is a comparatively new principle of the law of War, while here we are dealing with a chapter of international law in which there are numerous precedents. It is possible to refer, on the matter, to recognized rules embodied in the clauses of peace treaties [peace treaty], to provisions of statute law and to awards in international arbitration.