In 1903 the United States and Colombia signed the Hay-Herran Treaty. The United States would have acquired a renewable 99 year lease on 6 mile wide strip across Panama for $10,000,000 and an annual payment. Though it was ratified by the United States Senate on March 14 it was not passed by the Colombian Senate.
... these documents than had been enshrined in the British Bill of Rights or the United States Bill of Rights. It is because of this similarity with European Human Rights law ...