International Convention with respect to the Laws and Customs of War by Land

Details

Treaty type

Multilateral

Subject

PEACE

Signed at

• The Hague

Signed on

29 July 1899

In force on

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Treaty document

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Parties

1. Antilles
2. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
3. Aruba
4. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
5. BELGIUM
6. BOLIVIA
7. BRAZIL
8. BULGARIA
9. BYELORUSSIA S S R
10. CHILE
11. COLOMBIA
12. CUBA
13. DENMARK
14. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
15. ECUADOR
16. Fiji
17. FRANCE
18. GERMANY
19. GREECE
20. GUATEMALA
21. HAYTI
22. HONDURAS
23. ITALY
24. JAPAN
25. KOREA
26. LUXEMBOURG
27. MEXICO
28. MONTENEGRO
29. NETHERLANDS THE
30. NICARAGUA
31. NORWAY
32. PANAMA
33. PARAGUAY
34. PERSIA
35. PERU
36. PORTUGAL
37. ROUMANIA
38. RUSSIA
39. SALVADOR
40. SERBIA
41. SIAM
42. SOUTH AFRICA
43. SPAIN
44. SWEDEN
45. SWEDEN AND NORWAY
46. SWITZERLAND
47. TURKEY
48. UNITED KINGDOM
49. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
50. URUGUAY
51. VENEZUELA
52. YUGOSLAVIA

Actions

Party	Action	Taken on	Effective on
Antilles	Extension	1 January 1986
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC	Accession	17 June 1907
Aruba	Extension	1 January 1986
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY	Signature	29 July 1899
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY	Ratification	4 September 1900
BELGIUM	Signature	29 July 1899
BELGIUM	Ratification	4 September 1900
BOLIVIA	Accession	7 February 1907
BRAZIL	Accession	25 February 1907
BULGARIA	Signature	29 July 1899
BULGARIA	Ratification	4 September 1900
BYELORUSSIA S S R	Succession	4 June 1962
CHILE	Accession	19 June 1907
COLOMBIA	Accession	30 January 1907
CUBA	Accession	17 April 1907
DENMARK	Signature	29 July 1899
DENMARK	Ratification	4 September 1900
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Accession	13 April 1907
ECUADOR	Accession	31 July 1907
Fiji	Succession	26 January 1973
FRANCE	Signature	29 July 1899
FRANCE	Ratification	4 September 1900
GERMANY	Signature	29 July 1899
GERMANY	Ratification	4 September 1900
GREECE	Signature	29 July 1899
GREECE	Ratification	4 April 1901
GUATEMALA	Accession	2 May 1906
HAYTI	Accession	24 May 1907
HONDURAS	Accession	21 August 1906
ITALY	Signature	29 July 1899
ITALY	Ratification	4 September 1900
JAPAN	Signature	29 July 1899
JAPAN	Ratification	6 October 1900
KOREA	Accession	17 March 1903
LUXEMBOURG	Signature	29 July 1899
LUXEMBOURG	Ratification	12 July 1901
MEXICO	Signature	29 July 1899
MEXICO	Ratification	17 April 1901
MONTENEGRO	Signature	29 July 1899
MONTENEGRO	Ratification	16 October 1900
MONTENEGRO	Succession	1 March 2007	3 June 2006
NETHERLANDS THE	Signature	29 July 1899
NETHERLANDS THE	Ratification	4 September 1900
NETHERLANDS THE	Declaration	18 October 2010
NICARAGUA	Accession	17 May 1907
NORWAY	Accession	1 January 1905
NORWAY	Ratification	5 July 1907
PANAMA	Accession	20 July 1907
PARAGUAY	Accession	12 April 1907
PERSIA	Signature	29 July 1899
PERSIA	Ratification	4 September 1900
PERU	Accession	22 January 1904
PORTUGAL	Signature	29 July 1899
PORTUGAL	Ratification	4 September 1900
ROUMANIA	Signature	29 July 1899
ROUMANIA	Ratification	4 September 1900
RUSSIA	Signature	29 July 1899
RUSSIA	Ratification	4 September 1900
SALVADOR	Accession	20 June 1902
SERBIA	Signature	29 July 1899
SERBIA	Ratification	11 May 1901
SIAM	Signature	29 July 1899
SIAM	Ratification	4 September 1900
SOUTH AFRICA	Succession	10 March 1978
SPAIN	Signature	29 July 1899
SPAIN	Ratification	4 September 1900
SWEDEN	Ratification	5 July 1907
SWEDEN AND NORWAY	Signature	29 July 1899
SWITZERLAND	Accession	20 June 1907
TURKEY	Signature	29 July 1899
TURKEY	Ratification	12 June 1907
UNITED KINGDOM	Signature	29 July 1899
UNITED KINGDOM	Ratification	4 September 1900
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Signature	29 July 1899
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Ratification	9 April 1902
URUGUAY	Accession	21 June 1906
VENEZUELA	Accession	1 March 1907
YUGOSLAVIA	Accession	11 April 1994

Citations

1. Treaty Series 011/1901: Cd. 800||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/1901-TS0011.pdf
2. British State Papers (BSP) 91/988/0: 0
3. Hertslet's Commercial Treaties 23/534/0: 0
4. Treaty Series 029/2007: Cm 7267||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2007-TS0029.pdf
5. Treaty Series 022/2010: Cm 8063||https://treaties.fcdo.gov.uk/data/Library2/pdf/2010-TS0022.pdf