General information
- Entry into force: 04-09-1900
Kingdom part
Netherlands (in Europe)
- Entry into force: 04-09-1900
Netherlands (Bonaire)
- Entry into force: 10-10-2010
Netherlands (Sint Eustatius)
- Entry into force: 10-10-2010
Netherlands (Saba)
- Entry into force: 10-10-2010
Aruba
- Entry into force: 01-01-1986
Curaçao
- Entry into force: 10-10-2010
Sint Maarten
- Entry into force: 10-10-2010
Party
Argentina
- Ratification: 15-06-1907 (A)
- Entry into force: 15-06-1907
Australia
- Ratification: 01-04-1960 (R)
- Entry into force: 01-04-1960
Austria
- Ratification: 12-11-1918 (R)
- Entry into force: 12-11-1918
Austria/Hungary
- Signature: 29-07-1899
- Ratification: 04-09-1900 (R)
- Entry into force: 04-09-1900
Belgium
- Signature: 29-07-1899
- Ratification: 04-09-1900 (R)
- Entry into force: 04-09-1900
Bolivia
- Ratification: 15-06-1907 (A)
- Entry into force: 15-06-1907
Brazil
- Ratification: 15-06-1907 (A)
- Entry into force: 15-06-1907
Bulgaria
- Signature: 29-07-1899
- Ratification: 04-09-1900 (R)
- Entry into force: 04-09-1900
Burkina Faso
- Ratification: 30-08-1961 (R)
- Entry into force: 30-08-1961
Cambodia
- Ratification: 07-01-1956 (R)
- Entry into force: 07-01-1956
Cameroon
- Ratification: 01-08-1961 (R)
- Entry into force: 01-08-1961
Canada
- Ratification: 19-08-1960 (R)
- Entry into force: 19-08-1960
Chile
- Ratification: 15-06-1907 (A)
- Entry into force: 15-06-1907
China
- Signature: 29-07-1899
- Ratification: 21-11-1904 (R)
- Entry into force: 21-11-1904
- Hong Kong SAR
Entry into force: 01-07-1997Macao SAR
Entry into force: 20-12-1999
Colombia
- Ratification: 15-06-1907 (A)
- Entry into force: 15-06-1907
Croatia
- Ratification: 07-10-1998 (R)
- Entry into force: 07-10-1998
Cuba
- Ratification: 15-06-1907 (A)
- Entry into force: 15-06-1907
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ratification: 25-03-1961 (R)
- Entry into force: 25-03-1961
Denmark
- Signature: 29-07-1899
- Ratification: 04-09-1900 (R)
- Entry into force: 04-09-1900
Dominican Republic
- Ratification: 15-06-1907 (A)
- Entry into force: 15-06-1907
Ecuador
- Ratification: 03-07-1907 (A)
- Entry into force: 03-07-1907
El Salvador
- Ratification: 20-06-1907 (A)
- Entry into force: 20-06-1907
Ethiopia
- Ratification: 30-07-2003 (A)
- Entry into force: 30-07-2003
Fiji
- Ratification: 02-04-1973 (R)
- Entry into force: 02-04-1973
France
- Signature: 29-07-1899
- Ratification: 04-09-1900 (R)
- Entry into force: 04-09-1900
Germany
- Signature: 29-07-1899
- Ratification: 04-09-1900 (R)
- Entry into force: 04-09-1900
Greece
- Signature: 29-07-1899
- Ratification: 04-04-1901 (R)
- Entry into force: 04-04-1901
Guatemala
- Ratification: 15-06-1907 (A)
- Entry into force: 15-06-1907
Haïti
- Ratification: 15-06-1907 (A)
- Entry into force: 15-06-1907
Honduras
- Ratification: 01-12-1961 (A)
- Entry into force: 01-12-1961
Hungary
- Ratification: 16-11-1918 (R)
- Entry into force: 16-11-1918
Iceland
- Ratification: 08-12-1955 (R)
- Entry into force: 08-12-1955
India
- Ratification: 29-07-1950 (R)
- Entry into force: 29-07-1950
Iran
- Signature: 29-07-1899
- Ratification: 04-09-1900 (R)
- Entry into force: 04-09-1900
Italy
- Signature: 29-07-1899
- Ratification: 04-09-1900 (R)
- Entry into force: 04-09-1900
Japan
- Signature: 29-07-1899
- Ratification: 06-10-1900 (R)
- Entry into force: 06-10-1900
Kingdom of Sweden and Norway
- Signature: 29-07-1899
- Ratification: 04-09-1900 (R)
- Entry into force: 04-09-1900
Kyrgyzstan
- Ratification: 04-06-1992 (R)
- Entry into force: 04-06-1992
Laos
- Ratification: 18-07-1955 (R)
- Entry into force: 18-07-1955
Luxembourg
- Signature: 29-07-1899
- Ratification: 12-07-1901 (R)
- Entry into force: 12-07-1901
Mauritius
- Ratification: 03-08-1970 (R)
- Entry into force: 03-08-1970
Mexico
- Signature: 29-07-1899
- Ratification: 17-04-1901 (R)
- Entry into force: 17-04-1901
New Zealand
- Ratification: 10-02-1959 (R)
- Entry into force: 10-02-1959
Nicaragua
- Ratification: 15-06-1907 (A)
- Entry into force: 15-06-1907
North Macedonia
- Ratification: 19-12-2000 (R)
- Entry into force: 19-12-2000
Norway
- Ratification: 17-06-1905 (R)
- Entry into force: 17-06-1905
Pakistan
- Ratification: 05-08-1950 (R)
- Entry into force: 05-08-1950
Panama
- Ratification: 15-06-1907 (A)
- Entry into force: 15-06-1907
Paraguay
- Ratification: 15-06-1907 (A)
- Entry into force: 15-06-1907
Peru
- Ratification: 15-06-1907 (A)
- Entry into force: 15-06-1907
Portugal
- Signature: 29-07-1899
- Ratification: 04-09-1900 (R)
- Entry into force: 04-09-1900
Senegal
- Ratification: 01-08-1977 (A)
- Entry into force: 01-08-1977
Slovenia
- Ratification: 01-10-1996 (R)
- Entry into force: 01-10-1996
Spain
- Signature: 29-07-1899
- Ratification: 04-09-1900 (R)
- Entry into force: 04-09-1900
Sri Lanka
- Ratification: 09-02-1955 (R)
- Entry into force: 09-02-1955
Sweden
- Ratification: 17-06-1905 (R)
- Entry into force: 17-06-1905
Switzerland
- Signature: 29-07-1899
- Ratification: 29-12-1900 (R)
- Entry into force: 29-12-1900
Thailand
- Signature: 29-07-1899
- Ratification: 04-09-1900 (R)
- Entry into force: 04-09-1900
United Kingdom
- Signature: 29-07-1899
- Ratification: 04-09-1900 (R)
- Entry into force: 04-09-1900
Uruguay
- Ratification: 17-06-1907 (A)
- Entry into force: 17-06-1907
Venezuela
- Ratification: 15-06-1907 (A)
- Entry into force: 15-06-1907
Vietnam
- Ratification: 29-12-2011 (A)
- Entry into force: 29-12-2011
Zimbabwe
- Ratification: 19-09-1984 (R)
- Entry into force: 19-09-1984
Belarus
Iraq
- Ratification: 31-08-1970 (A)
- Entry into force: 31-08-1970
- Reservations / Declarations: Yes
- Objections: No
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reservation
01-11-1970
The accession by the Republic of Iraq to the Hague Conventions for the Pacific Settlement
of International Disputes of 1899 and 1907 shall in no way signify recognition of
Israel, nor shall it be conducive to entry by the Republic of Iraq into such dealings
with her as may be entailed by the said Conventions.
Lebanon
Montenegro
- Ratification: 01-03-2007 (R)
- Entry into force: 01-03-2007
- Reservations / Declarations: Yes
- Objections: No
-
reservation
01-03-2007
[...] the Government of the Republic of Montenegro succeeds to the Convention for
the pacific settlement of international disputes, concluded at The Hague on 29 July
1899, and takes faithfully to perform and carry out the stipulations therein contained
as from 3 June 2006, the date upon the Republic of Montenegro assumed responsibility
for its international relations.
Netherlands, the Kingdom of the
- Signature: 29-07-1899
- Ratification: 04-09-1900 (R)
- Entry into force: 04-09-1900
- Reservations / Declarations: Yes
- Objections: No
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reservation
13-01-1986
On 1 January 1986 the island of Aruba, which was a part of the Netherlands Antilles,
has obtained internal autonomy as a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Consequently, the Kingdom consists of three countries, namely the Netherlands (the
European part of the Kingdom), the Netherlands Antilles (without Aruba) and Aruba.
As the changes of 1 January 1986 concern a shift only in the internal constitutional
relations within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the Kingdom as such will remain
the subject of international law with which treaties are concluded, the said changes
will have no consequences regarding this Convention, concluded by the Kingdom, which
was applicable to the Netherlands Antilles, included Aruba. This Convention remains
in force for the Netherlands (European part), the Netherlands Antilles and for Aruba
in its new capacity of country within the Kingdom.
reservation
18-10-2010
The Kingdom of the Netherlands consisted of three parts: the Netherlands, the Netherlands
Antilles and Aruba. The Netherlands Antilles consisted of the islands of Curaçao,
Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.
With effect from 10 October 2010, the Netherlands Antilles ceased to exist as a part
of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Since that date, the Kingdom consists of four parts:
the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten. Curaçao and Sint Maarten enjoy internal
self-government within the Kingdom, as Aruba and, up to 10 October 2010, the Netherlands
Antilles do.
These changes constitute a modification of the internal constitutional relations within
the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Kingdom of the Netherlands will accordingly remain
the subject of international law with which agreements are concluded. The modification
of the structure of the Kingdom will therefore not affect the validity of the international
agreements ratified by the Kingdom for the Netherlands Antilles. These agreements,
including any reservations made, will continue to apply to Curaçao and Sint Maarten.
The other islands that have formed part of the Netherlands Antilles - Bonaire, Sint
Eustatius and Saba - became part of the Netherlands, thus constituting 'the Caribbean
part of the Netherlands'. The agreements that applied to the Netherlands Antilles
will also continue to apply to these islands; however, the Government of the Netherlands
will now be responsible for implementing these agreements.
Romania
- Signature: 29-07-1899
- Ratification: 04-09-1900 (R)
- Entry into force: 04-09-1900
- Reservations / Declarations: Yes
- Objections: No
-
reservation
29-07-1899
Subject to the reservations formulated with respect to Articles 16, 17 and 19 of the
present Convention (15, 16 and 18 of the draft submitted by the Examining Committee)
and recorded in the proceedings of the session of the Third Commission held on 20
July 1899:
The Royal Government of Romania, while concurring entirely with the principle of optional
arbitration, whose importance in international relations it fully appreciates, does
not, however, intend to commit itself, through Article 15, to accepting arbitration
in all the cases provided for in that Article, and believes it should formulate express
reservations in that respect. It cannot therefore approve this Article, save with
the above reservation.
The Royal Government of Romania declares that it is unable to approve Article 16 save
with the express reservation, recorded in the proceedings, that it will not accept
in any circumstances international arbitration in respect of contestations or disputes
arising prior to the conclusion of the present Convention.
The Royal Government of Romania declares that in approving Article 18 of the Convention
it does not commit itself in any way to obligatory arbitration.
Russian Federation
- Signature: 29-07-1899
- Ratification: 04-09-1900 (R)
- Entry into force: 04-09-1900
- Reservations / Declarations: Yes
- Objections: No
-
reservation
07-03-1955
The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics recognises the Hague Conventions
and Declarations of 1899 and 1907 as ratified by Russia, 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.
Serbia
- Ratification: 07-09-2001 (R)
- Entry into force: 07-09-2001
- Reservations / Declarations: Yes
- Objections: No
-
reservation
09-06-2006
Following the declaration of the state independence of Montenegro, and under the Article
60 of the Constitutional Charter of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro, the
Republic of Serbia is continuing international personality of the state union of Serbia
and Montenegro, which was confirmed also by the National Assembly of the Republic
of Serbia at its session held on 5 June 2006.
Türkiye
- Signature: 29-07-1899
- Ratification: 12-06-1907 (R)
- Entry into force: 12-06-1907
- Reservations / Declarations: Yes
- Objections: No
-
reservation
29-07-1899
Subject to the declaration made at the plenary session of the Conference on 25 July
1899:
The Ottoman Delegation, considering that the work of the Conference has been an enterprise
of great integrity and humanity intended solely to strengthen the general peace while
safeguarding the interests and rights of everyone, declares, on behalf of its Government,
that it will accede to the overall draft that has just been adopted, on the following
conditions:
1. It is formally understood that recourse to good offices, mediation, commissions
of inquiry and arbitration is purely optional and could not in any circumstances take
on an obligatory character or degenerate into intervention;
2. The Imperial Government will have to judge for itself in what cases its interests
permit it to admit these means, nor should its abstention from them or its refusal
to have recourse to them be considered by the Signatory States as an unfriendly procedure.
It goes without saying that the means in question could never be applied to questions
of a domestic nature.
Ukraine
- Ratification: 04-04-1962 (R)
- Entry into force: 04-04-1962
- Reservations / Declarations: Yes
- Objections: No
-
reservation
04-04-1962
The Government of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic recognises the Hague Conventions
of 1899 and 1907 for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes as ratified
by Russia, to the extent that the said Conventions do not conflict with the Charter
of the United Nations.
United States of America
- Signature: 29-07-1899
- Ratification: 04-09-1900 (R)
- Entry into force: 04-09-1900
- Reservations / Declarations: Yes
- Objections: No
-
reservation
29-07-1899
Subject to the declaration made at the plenary session of the Conference on 25 July
1899:
While signing the Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes
in the form proposed by the International Peace Conference, the delegation of the
United States of America makes the following Declaration:
Nothing contained in the Convention may be interpreted as obliging the United States
of America to deviate from its traditional policy of abstaining from intervention,
interference and intrusion in the political questions or in the policy or in the domestic
administration of any foreign state. It is likewise understood that nothing in the
Convention shall be interpreted as implying the abandonment by the United States of
America of its traditional attitude in respect of purely American questions.
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