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Full Title

1899 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes

Short Title / Abbreviations

Pacific Settlement of International Disputes (1899) / 1899 Convention / The Hague Convention 1899 / Hague (I) 1899

CIL Subject Classification
Citations to Text 1 Bevans 230, 1 AJIL 103 (1907)
Date of Adoption 29/07/1899
Place of Adoption The Hague, The Netherlands
Secretariat / Relevant Authority

Permanent Court of Arbitration

Depository

The Hague (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

Annexes

Entry Into Force Status Superseded
Date of Entry into Force

04/09/1900

Entry into Force / Termination Provisions

Article 58:

“The present Convention shall be ratified as speedily as possible. The ratifications shall be deposited at The Hague. A procès-verbal shall be drawn up recording the receipt of each ratification, and a copy duly certified shall be sent, through the diplomatic channel, to all the Powers who were represented at the International Peace Conference at The Hague.”

 

Article 59:

“The non-Signatory Powers who were represented at the International Peace Conference can adhere to the present Convention. For this purpose they must make known their adhesion to the Contracting Powers by a written notification addressed to the Netherlands Government, and communicated by it to all the other Contracting Powers.”

 

Article 61:

“In the event of one of the High Contracting Parties denouncing the present Convention, this denunciation would not take effect until a year after its notification made in writing to the Netherlands Government, and by it communicated at once to all the other Contracting Powers. This denunciation shall only affect the notifying Power.”

General Status 73 Parties (as of 07/10/2024)
Links to Current Status/Reservations Government of the Netherlands Treaty Database (Overheid.nl)
Status
ASEAN States
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia Accession 07/01/1956
Indonesia
Lao PDR Ratification 18/07/1955
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand Signature 29/07/1899
Ratification 04/09/1900
Vietnam Accession 29/12/2011
Related Instruments
Protocols / Amendments to this instrument

1907 Hague Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes

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Additional Information

The 1899 Hague Convention led to the creation of the Permanent Court of Arbitration.