The Hague Conventions and Declarations of 1899 and 1907: Accompanied by Tables of Signatures, Ratifications and Adhesions of the Various Powers, and Texts of ReservationsOxford University Press, 1915 - 303 pages |
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1900 September act of adhesion act of ratification Actes et documents adhere appointed Argentine Republic Article 15 Austria-Hungary belligerent Bolivia Britain Bulgaria capture Chile Colombia commission compromis contracting Powers Court of Arbitration December 16 delegate plenipotentiary denunciation deposit of ratifications deputy judges diplomatic channel disputes Dominican Republic duly certified copy Ecuador Envoy Extraordinary Extraordinary and Minister follow signatures force Foreign Affairs Germany Guatemala Hague Haiti hostilities instrument of ratification International Bureau International Prize Court June 15 March 12 ment military Minister Plenipotentiary Montenegro naval Netherland Government neutral Power Nicaragua Non-signatory Powers Norway notifying Power November 27 October October 18 pacific settlement paragraph Permanent Court Persia plenipo present Convention prisoners prisoners of war procès-verbal provisions received the notification recourse Reservation maintained reservation of Article Roumania Salvador Second Peace Conference September 19 Servia settlement of international Siam technical delegate tentiary territory tion tribunal Turkey Uruguay war-ships
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Page 215 - ... to prevent the departure from its jurisdiction of any vessel intended to cruise or carry on war as above, such vessel having been specially adapted, in whole or in part, within such jurisdiction, to warlike use.
Page 106 - Until a more complete code of the laws of war has been issued, the High Contracting Parties deem it expedient to declare that, in cases not included in the Regulations adopted by them, the inhabitants and the belligerents remain under the protection and the rule of the principles of the law of nations, as they result from the usages established among civilized peoples, from the laws of humanity, and the dictates of the public conscience.
Page 146 - Minister for Foreign Affairs. The subsequent deposits of ratifications shall be made by means of a written notification, addressed to the Belgian Government and accompanied by the instrument of ratification. A duly certified copy of the proces-verbal relating to the first deposit of ratifications...
Page 59 - Powers as the most effective, and, at the same time, the most equitable means of settling disputes which diplomacy has failed to settle.
Page 108 - Powers which have adhered to the Convention. In the cases contemplated in the preceding paragraph, the said Government shall inform them at the same time of the date on which it received the notification.
Page 165 - ... Each contracting Power is entitled to have access to this register and to be supplied with duly certified extracts from it. In faith whereof the plenipotentiaries have appended their signatures to the present Convention. Done at The Hague, the 18th October, 1907, in a single copy, which...
Page 106 - Until a more complete code of the laws of war is issued, the High Contracting Parties think it right to declare that in cases not included in the Regulations adopted by them, populations and belligerents remain under the protection and empire of the principles of international law, as they result from the usages established between civilized nations, from the laws of humanity, and the requirements of the public conscience.
Page 84 - Powers wishing to denounce the present Convention, the denunciation shall be notified in writing to the...
Page 127 - The authority of the legitimate Power having in fact passed into the hands of the occupant, the latter shall take all the measures in his power to restore, and ensure, as far as possible, public order and safety, while respecting, unless absolutely prevented, the laws in force in the country.
Page 60 - The Arbitration Convention is concluded for questions already existing or for questions which may arise eventually. It may embrace any dispute or only disputes of a certain category.