List of parties to the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907

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

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 Dates which have been struck and have a "(W)" are ratifications that have been subsequently withdrawn.

1899 Hague Conventions and Declarations

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

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

Notes

  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 Iran 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 Serbia and Montenegro 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 Beiyang government 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.

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  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.
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