Legal Definition and Related Resources of Hague Conventions

The agreements signed by the Powers in conference at The Hague as to the rules of international law by which they shall be bound. They are: 1899.
(1) Pacific Settlement of International Disputes;
(2) Laws and Customs of War on Land ;
(3) Adaptation of Principles of Geneva Convention to Maritime War
1904. Hospital Ships.
1907.
(1) Pacific Settlement of International Disputes ;
(2) Employment of Force for Recovery of Contract Debts;
(3) Opening of Hostilities ;
(4) Laws and Customs of War ;
(5) Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers in War on Land ;
(6) Status of Enemy Merchant Ships on Outbreak of Hostilities ;
(7) Conversion of Merchant Ships into Warships ;
(8) Laying of Submarine Contact Mines ;
(9) Bombardment by Naval Forces in Time of War;
(10) Adaptation of the Principles of the Geneva Convention to Maritime War;
(11) Restriction on the Exercise of the Right of Capture in Maritime War;
(12) Establishment of the International Prize Court;
(13) Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers in Maritime War ;
(14) Declaration Prohibiting the Discharge of Projectiles and Explosives from Balloons ;
(15) Final Act

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Hague Conventions in Law Enforcement

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Work
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• Hague Conventions in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• Hague Conventions in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Definition of Hague Conventions

In the context of international law, the legal resource A Dictionary of Law, provides a definition of Hague Conventions : The Hague Conventions for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes: a series of international conventions on the laws of war (3 in 1899 and 13 in 1907). The 1899 Conventions established a *Permanent Court of Arbitration, which was active before the Permanent Court of International Justice and the *International Court of Justice functioned. The Hague Conventions are still in force but their provisions are often inapplicable to modern warfare.

See also general participation clause; Geneva conventions; Martens clause.