JUDGMENT No. 12.-UPPER SILESIA (MINORITY SCHOOLS) having heard the observations and conclusions of Parties, delivers the following judginent : 5 the The German Government, by an Application instituting proceedings filed with the Registry of the Court on January and, 1928, in confomity with Article 40 of the Statute and Article 35 of the Rules of Court, has submitted to the Permanent Court of International Justice a suit concerning the exercise of the rights of minorities in connection with public schools in Upper Silesia, which rights are dealt with in Articles 74, 106 and 131 of the Gennan-Polish Convention concerning Upper Silesia. 111 the original Eiiglish versiori of the Application the Court is asked for judgment to the effect : "that Articles 74, 106 and 131 of the German-Polish Convention relating to Upper Silesia of May 15th, 1922, establish the unfettered liberty of an individual to declare according to his own conscience and on his own personal responsibility that he himself does or does not belong to a racial, linguistic or religious minority and to choose the language of instruction and the corresponding school for the pupil or child for whose education he is legally responsible, subject to no verification, dispute, pressure or hindrance in any form whatsoever by the authorities ; that any measure singling out the minority schools to their detriment is incompatible with the equal treatment granted by Articles 65, 68, 72, paragraph 2, and the Preamble to Division II".