List of parties to the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907

The following tables indicate the states that are party to the various Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907. If a state has ratified, acceded, or succeeded to one of the treaties, the year of the original ratification is indicated. An "S" indicates that a state has signed but not yet ratified a particular treaty, and a "–" indicates that the state has taken no action with respect to the treaty. Italicised states have ceased to exist with no legal successor. Dates which have been struck and have a "(W)" are ratifications that have been subsequently withdrawn.

Parties of the Permanent Court of Arbitration
  Convention of 1907
  Convention of 1899
  Not a party

1899 Hague Conventions and Declarations

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State[note 1] (I)[1] (II)[2] (III)[3] (IV,1)[4] (IV,2)[5] (IV,3)[6]
  Argentina 1907 1907 1907
  Australia 1960
  Austria-Hungary[note 2] 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900
  Austria 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918
  Belarus[note 3] 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962
  Belgium 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900
  Bolivia 1907 1907 1907
  Brazil 1907 1907 1907
  Bulgaria[note 4] 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900
  Burkina Faso 1961
  Cambodia 1956
  Cameroon 1961
  Canada 1960
  Chile 1907 1907 1907
  China[note 5] 1904 1907 1904 1904 1904 1904
  Colombia 1907 1907 1907
  Croatia 1998
  Cuba 1907 1907 1907
  Democratic Republic of the Congo 1961
  Denmark[note 6] 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900
  Dominican Republic 1907 1907 1907
  Ecuador 1907 1907 1907
  El Salvador 1907 1902 1902
  Ethiopia 2003 1935[note 7] 1935[note 7]
  Fiji 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973
  France[note 8] 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900
  Germany[note 9] 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900
  Greece[note 10] 1901 1901 1901 1901 1901 1901
  Guatemala 1907 1906 1903
  Haiti 1907 1907 1907
  Honduras 1961 1906 1906
  Hungary 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918
  India 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950
  Iran[note 11] 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900
  Iraq 1970
  Italy[note 12] 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900
  Japan[note 13] 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900
  South Korea[note 14] 1903 1903
  Kyrgyzstan 1992
  Laos 1955 1955
  Lebanon 1968
  Luxembourg 1901 1901 1901 1901 1901 1901
  Republic of Macedonia 2000
  Mauritius 1970
  Mexico[note 15] 1901 1901 1901 1901 1901 1901
  Principality of Montenegro[note 16] 1901 1900 1900 1900 1900 1901
  Montenegro 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007
  Netherlands 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900
  New Zealand 1959
  Nicaragua 1907 1907 1907 1907 1907
  Norway 1905 1907 1905 1905 1905 1905
  Pakistan 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950
  Panama 1907 1907 1907
  Paraguay 1907 1906 1907
  Peru 1907 1903 1903
  Portugal[note 17] 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1907
  Romania[note 18] 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900
  Russia[note 19] 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900
  Senegal 1977
  Serbia[note 20] 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001
  Slovenia 1996
  South Africa 1978 1978 1978 1978
  Spain[note 21] 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900
  Sri Lanka 1955
  United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway[note 22] 1900 S 1900 1900 1900 1900
  Sweden 1905 1907 1905 1905 1905 1905
   Switzerland 1900 1907 1900 1900 1900 1900
  Thailand[note 23] 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900 1900
  Turkey[note 24] 1907 1907 1907 S 1907 1907
  Ukraine[note 25] 1962 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991
  United Kingdom[note 26] 1900 1900 1900 1907 1907
  United States 1900 1902 1900 S
  Uruguay 1907 1906 1906
  Venezuela 1907 1907 1907
  Vietnam 2011
  Yugoslavia[note 27] 1901 1901 1901 1901 1901 1901
  Zimbabwe 1984
Current total number of parties[note 28] 71 54 53 Lapsed[note 29] 35 35

1907 Hague Conventions

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State[note 1] (I)[7] (II)[8] (III)[9] (IV)[10] (V)[11] (VI)[12] (VII)[13] (VIII)[14] (IX)[15] (X)[16] (XI)[17] (XII)[18] (XIII)[19] (XIV)[20]
  Albania 2011
  Argentina S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
  Australia 1996
  Austria-Hungary[note 2] 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 S
  Austria 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918
  Bahamas 2016
  Bahrain 2008
  Bangladesh 2011
  Belarus[note 3] 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962 1962
  Belgium 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 S 1910 1910
  Belize 2002
  Benin 2005
  Bolivia 1909 S 1909 1909 1909 S S 1909 1909 S S S 1909
  Brazil 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 S 1914 1914
  Bulgaria 2000 S[note 4] S[note 4] S[note 4] S[note 4] S[note 4] S[note 4] S[note 4] S[note 4] S[note 4] S[note 4] S[note 4] S[note 4]
  Burkina Faso 1961
  Cambodia 1956
  Cameroon 1961
  Canada 1994 1909
  Chile 1997 S S S S S S S S S S S S
  China 1909[note 5] 1910[note 5] 1910[note 5] 1917[note 30] 1910[note 5] 1917[note 30] 1917[note 30] 1917[note 30] 1910[note 5] 1909[note 5] 1917[note 30] 1910[note 5] 1909[note 5]
  Colombia 1997 S S S S S S S S S S S S S
  Costa Rica 1999
  Cuba 1912 S S 1912 1912 1912 S 1912 1912 S S S
  Cyprus 1993
  Czechoslovakia[note 31] 1922
  Czech Republic 1993
  Democratic Republic of the Congo 1961
  Denmark 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 S 1909
  Djibouti 2016
  Dominican Republic 1958 S S 1958 S S S S S S S S
  Ecuador S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
  El Salvador 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 S 1909 1909
  Egypt[note 32] 1968
  Eritrea 1997
  Estonia 2003
  Ethiopia[note 7] 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935
  Fiji 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973 1973
  Finland 1922 1922 1922 1922 1922 1922 1922 1922 1922 1922 1922 1922 1922
  France[note 8] 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 (W) 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 S 1910
  Georgia 2015
  Germany[note 9] 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 S 1909
  East Germany[21][note 33] 1974 (1959)[note 34] (1959)[note 34] (1959)[note 34] (1959)[note 34] (1959)[note 34] (1959)[note 34] (1959)[note 34]
  Greece[note 10] S S S S S S S S S S S S S
  Guatemala 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 S 1911
  Guyana 1997
  Haiti 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 S 1910 1910
  Honduras 1961
  Hungary 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918
  Iceland 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955
  India 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950
  Iran[note 11] S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
  Iraq 1970
  Ireland 2002
  Israel 1962
  Italy[note 12] S S S S S S S S S 1937 S S S
  Japan[note 13] 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 S 1911
  Jordan 1991
  Kenya 2006
  South Korea 1999
  Kosovo 2015[note 35]
  Kuwait 2003
  Kyrgyzstan 1992
  Laos 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955 1955
  Latvia 2001 1923
  Lebanon 1968
  Liberia 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914 1914
  Libya 1996
  Liechtenstein 1994
  Lithuania 2004
  Luxembourg 1912 1912 1912 1912 1912 1912 1912 1912 1912 1912 1912 1912
  Republic of Macedonia 2000
  Madagascar 2009
  Malaysia 2002
  Malta 1968
  Mexico 1909 1909 (W) 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 S 1909
  Principality of Montenegro[note 16] S S S S S S S S
  Morocco 2001
  Netherlands 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 S 1909 1909
  New Zealand 2010
  Nicaragua 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909
  Nigeria 1986
  Norway 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 S 1910 1910
  Pakistan 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950 1950
  State of Palestine 2015[note 36] 2014
  Panama 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 S 1911 1911
  Paraguay 1933 S S S S S S S S S S S
  Peru S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
  Philippines 2010
  Poland[note 37] 1922 1925 1925 1925 1935 1935 1935 1935 1935
  Portugal[note 38] 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 1911 S 1911 1911
  Qatar 2005
  Romania[note 18] 1912 1912 1912 1912 1912 1912 1912 1912 1912 1912 1912
  Russia[note 19] 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909
  Rwanda 2011
  São Tomé and Príncipe 2014
  Saudi Arabia 2001
  Senegal 1977
  Kingdom of Serbia[note 39] S S S S S S S S S S
  Singapore 1993
  Slovakia 1993
  Slovenia 2004
  South Africa 1998 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978 1978
  Spain[note 21] 1913 1913 1913 1913 1913 1913 1913 1913 1913 S
  Sudan 1966
  Suriname 1992
  Swaziland 1970
  Sweden 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 S 1909
   Switzerland 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 S 1910 1910
  Thailand[note 23] 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 S 1910 1910
  Togo 2004
  Turkey[note 24] S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
  Uganda 1966
  Ukraine[note 25] 1962 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991 1991
  United Arab Emirates 2008
  United Kingdom 1970 1909[note 26] 1909[note 26] 1909[note 26] S[note 26] 1909 (W)[note 26] 1909[note 26] 1909[note 26] 1909[note 26] S[note 26] 1909[note 26] S[note 26] S[note 26] 1909[note 26]
  United States 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 1909 S 1909 1909
  Uruguay S S S S S S S S S S S S S
  Vanuatu 2024[note 40][27]
  Venezuela S S S S S S S S S S S
  Vietnam 2011
  Zambia 1999
Current total number of parties[note 28] 102 29 40 43 36 32 38 32 41 37 35 None[note 41] 32 22

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  1. ^ a b Unless otherwise specified, this is the current state for which the treaty is in force. If the ratifying state is different than the current state, this is noted in a footnote. Italicised states have ceased to exist with no legal successor. Dates which have been struck and have a "(W)" are ratifications that have been subsequently withdrawn.
  2. ^ a b Ceased to be a state on 11 November 1918.
  3. ^ a b Ratified as the   Byelorussian SSR.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Ratified as the Principality of Bulgaria.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i During the   Qing Dynasty.
  6. ^ Representing the Danish Realm.
  7. ^ a b c Ratified as "Abyssinia" by the   Ethiopian Empire.
  8. ^ a b Ratified as the government of the French Third Republic.
  9. ^ a b Ratified as the   German Empire.
  10. ^ a b Ratified as the   Kingdom of Greece.
  11. ^ a b Ratified as "Persia" by the   Qajar dynasty government.
  12. ^ a b Ratified as the   Kingdom of Italy.
  13. ^ a b Ratified as the Empire of Japan.
  14. ^ Ratified as the   Korean Empire.
  15. ^ During the Porfiriato.
  16. ^ a b Ceased to be a state on 28 November 1918.
  17. ^ Ratified as the   Kingdom of Portugal.
  18. ^ a b Ratified as the Kingdom of Romania.
  19. ^ a b Ratified as the Russian Empire. Ratifications were recognized by the Soviet Union "to the extent that the said Conventions and Declarations do not conflict with the Charter of the United Nations and provided that they have not been amended or superseded by subsequent international agreements to which the USSR is a party, such as the 1925 Geneva Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Similar Gases and of Bacteriological Means and the 1949 Geneva Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War."
  20. ^ Ratified as the   Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
  21. ^ a b By the government of Spain under the Restoration.
  22. ^ Ceased to be a state on 7 June 1905.
  23. ^ a b Ratified as "Siam".
  24. ^ a b Ratified as the   Ottoman Empire.
  25. ^ a b The   Ukrainian SSR recognized the conventions ratified by the Russian Empire, "to the extent that the said Conventions do not conflict with the Charter of the United Nations." In 2015, Ukraine declared, it considered itself bound from its independence in 1991 by way of succession to the conventions in force for the Soviet Union in the format and scape as envioned by (...) the USSR.
  26. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Ratified as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
  27. ^ Ratified as the   Kingdom of Serbia. Yugoslavia indicated that it considered itself to bound by the ratifications of the Kingdom of Serbia. Ceased to be a state on 28 April 1992.
  28. ^ a b Excludes states which ratified but subsequently withdrew ratification or ceased to exist
  29. ^ 24 parties when the treaty lapsed.
  30. ^ a b c d e Ratified as the   Republic of China government.
  31. ^ Ceased to be a state on 1 January 1993.
  32. ^ Ratified as the United Arab Republic
  33. ^ Ceased to be a state on 3 October 1990.
  34. ^ a b c d e f g East Germany (DDR) indicated in 1959 that the treaty would continue to be applied to them, but the Netherlands, as the depositary, did not recognize the DDR until 1973.[22]
  35. ^ The Government of the Netherlands (as the depositary) published a notice of the deposit of an instrument of accession by Kosovo. However, the United States, amongst others, filed a statement arguing that only powers invited to the second peace conference and UN members could accede unilaterally.[23] On 4 January 2016 the Administrative Council of the Permanent Court placed Kosovo's accession "under review", and the depository subsequently removed it from its treaty database. This decision was withdrawn on 13 June following a PCA Administrative Council vote (41 in favour, 24 against, 13 abstentions),[24] and it was re-added to the list by the depository.
  36. ^ The Government of the Netherlands (as the depositary) published a notice of the deposit of an instrument of accession by Palestine. Amongst others the United States filed objections stating that only powers invited to the second peace conference or UN members could accede unilaterally.[25] In March 2016, the Administrative Council of the Permanent Court of Arbitration took note of the membership of Palestine: 54 members voted in favour, while 25 abstained.[26]
  37. ^ Ratified as the government of the Second Polish Republic.
  38. ^ Ratified as the government of the First Portuguese Republic.
  39. ^ Ceased to be a state on 1 December 1918.
  40. ^ Set to become party on 11 August
  41. ^ 1 state ratified the treaty, but it never entered into force.

References

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  1. ^ Convention (I) for the pacific settlement of international disputes (1899): Parties.
  2. ^ Convention (II) with respect to the laws and customs of war on land (1899): Parties Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ Convention (III) for the adaptation to maritime warfare of the principles of the Geneva Convention of 22 August 1864 (1899): Parties.
  4. ^ Declaration (IV,1) concerning the prohibition of the discharge of projectiles and explosives from balloons or by other new analogous methods (1899): Parties Archived 2014-03-15 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ^ Declaration (IV,2) concerning the prohibition of the use of projectiles with the sole object to spread asphyxiating poisonous gases (1899): Parties Archived 2013-08-31 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ^ Declaration (IV,3) concerning the prohibition of the use of bullets which can easily expand or change their form inside the human body such as bullets with a hard covering which does not completely cover the core, or containing indentations (1899): Parties Archived 2013-12-09 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ^ Convention (I) for the pacific settlement of international disputes (1907): Parties.
  8. ^ Convention (II) respecting the limitation of the employment of force for recovery of contract debts (1907): Parties.
  9. ^ Convention (III) relative to the opening of hostilities (1907): Parties.
  10. ^ Convention (IV) respecting the laws and customs of war on land (1907): Parties Archived 2014-02-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ^ Convention (V) relative to the rights and duties of neutral powers and persons in case of war on land (1907): Parties.
  12. ^ Convention (VI) relative to the legal position of enemy merchant ships at the start of hostilities (1907): Parties.
  13. ^ Convention (VII) relative to the conversion of merchant ships into war-ships (1907): Parties.
  14. ^ Convention (VIII) relative to the laying of automatic submarine contact mines (1907): Parties Archived 2013-12-15 at the Wayback Machine.
  15. ^ Convention (IX) concerning bombardment by naval forces in time of war (1907): Parties.
  16. ^ Convention (X) for the adaptation to maritime warfare of the principles of the Geneva Convention (of 6 July 1906) (1907): Parties.
  17. ^ Convention (XI) relative to certain restrictions with regard to the exercise of the right of capture in naval war (1907): Parties.
  18. ^ Convention (XII) relative to the establishment of an International Prize Court (1907): Parties. Convention (XII) did not come into force.
  19. ^ Convention (XIII) concerning the rights and duties of neutral Powers in naval war (1907): Parties.
  20. ^ Declaration (XIV) prohibiting the discharge of projectiles and explosives from balloons (1907): Parties Archived 2014-03-16 at the Wayback Machine.
  21. ^ "Verdrag voor de Vreemdzame geslechting van internationale geschillen". Tractatenblad (96). Government of the Netherlands. 1981.
  22. ^ "Verdrag nopens de wetten en gebruiken van de oorlog te land". Tractatenblad (99). Government of the Netherlands. 1981.
  23. ^ "Declaration, United States" (PDF). Government of the Netherlands. 28 December 2015.
  24. ^ "Kosovo-New member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration". RTKlive. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  25. ^ "Declaration, United States" (PDF). Government of the Netherlands. 28 December 2015.
  26. ^ "New PCA Member State: Palestine". Permanent Court of Arbitration. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  27. ^ "VANUATU DEPOSITS INSTRUMENT OF ADHERENCE TO 1907 HAGUE CONVENTION FOR THE PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES" (PDF). Permanent Court of Arbitration. 2024-06-18.
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