Hague Convention

1899 - 1954
The Hague Convention
(Mostly Avalon Project Documents from the Yale Law School)

First Peace Conference at The Hague: Signed -- 29 July 1899;
entry into force -- 4 September 1900.


• Hague I -- Pacific Settlement of International Disputes
  
• Hague II -- Laws and Customs of War on Land
  
• Hague III -- Adaptation to Maritime Warfare of Principles of Geneva Convention of 1864
  
• Hague IV -- Prohibiting Launching of Projectiles and Explosives from Balloons
  
• Declaration I - on the Launching of Projectiles and Explosives from Balloons
  
• Declaration II - on the Use of Projectiles the Object of Which is the Diffusion of Asphyxiating or Deleterious Gases
  
• Declaration III - on the Use of Bullets Which Expand or Flatten Easily in the Human Body
  
• Final Act of the International Peace Conference; July 29, 1899

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Second Peace Conference at The Hague: Signed -- 18 October 1907;
entry into force -- 26 January 1910.



• Hague Convention I -- The Pacific Settlement of International Disputes
  
• Hague Convention II -- The Limitation of Employment of Force for Recovery of Contract Debts
  
• Hague Convention III -- The Opening of Hostilities
  
• Hague Convention IV -- The Laws and Customs of War on Land
  
• Hague Convention V-- The Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War on Land
  
• Hague Convention VI -- The Status of Enemy Merchant Ships at the Outbreak of Hostilities
  
• Hague Convention VII -- The Conversion of Merchant Ships into War-Ships
  
• Hague Convention VIII -- The Laying of Automatic Submarine Contact Mines
  
• Hague Convention IX -- Bombardment by Naval Forces in Time of War
  
• Hague Convention X -- Adaptation to Maritime War of the Principles of the Geneva Convention
  
• Hague Convention XI -- Certain Restrictions with Regard to the Exercise of the Right of Capture in Naval War
  
• Hague Convention XII -- The Creation of an International Prize Court (Never Ratified)
• Hague Convention XIII -- The Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers in Naval War




• List of Signatory Nations to the 1899 and 1907 Hague Conventions

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Slavery Convention: Signed -- 25 September 1926;
Protocol signed -- 7 December 1953.



• Convention and Protocol to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery

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Geneva Protocol to Hague Convention: Signed -- 17 June 1925;
Entry into force -- 8 February 1928.



• Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare

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The Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict -- 14 May 1954;
Entry into force -- 7 August 1956



• Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict

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