Convention concerning the rights and duties of neutral Powers in naval war

General information

• Entry into force: 26-01-1910

Kingdom part

Netherlands (in Europe)

• Entry into force: 26-01-1910

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

• Signature: 18-10-1907

Austria

• Ratification: 12-11-1918 (Su)
• Entry into force: 12-11-1918

Austria/Hungary

• Signature: 18-10-1907
• Ratification: 27-11-1909 (R)
• Entry into force: 26-01-1910

Belgium

• Signature: 18-10-1907
• Ratification: 08-08-1910 (R)
• Entry into force: 07-10-1910

Bolivia

• Signature: 18-10-1907

Brazil

• Signature: 18-10-1907
• Ratification: 05-01-1914 (R)
• Entry into force: 06-03-1914

Bulgaria

• Signature: 18-10-1907

Chile

• Signature: 18-10-1907

Colombia

• Signature: 18-10-1907

Denmark

• Signature: 18-10-1907
• Ratification: 27-11-1909 (R)
• Entry into force: 26-01-1910

Ecuador

• Signature: 18-10-1907

El Salvador

• Signature: 18-10-1907
• Ratification: 27-11-1909 (R)
• Entry into force: 26-01-1910

Ethiopia

• Ratification: 05-08-1935 (A)
• Entry into force: 04-10-1935

Finland

• Ratification: 10-04-1922 (A)
• Entry into force: 09-06-1922

France

• Signature: 18-10-1907
• Ratification: 07-10-1910 (R)
• Entry into force: 06-12-1910

Greece

• Signature: 18-10-1907

Guatemala

• Signature: 18-10-1907
• Ratification: 15-03-1911 (R)
• Entry into force: 14-05-1911

Haïti

• Signature: 18-10-1907
• Ratification: 02-02-1910 (R)
• Entry into force: 03-04-1910

Hungary

• Ratification: 16-11-1918 (Su)
• Entry into force: 16-11-1918

Iceland

• Ratification: 08-12-1955 (Su)
• Entry into force: 17-06-1944

Italy

• Signature: 18-10-1907

Laos

• Ratification: 18-07-1955 (Su)
• Entry into force: 18-07-1955

Liberia

• Ratification: 04-02-1914 (A)
• Entry into force: 05-04-1914

Luxembourg

• Signature: 18-10-1907
• Ratification: 05-09-1912 (R)
• Entry into force: 04-11-1912

Mexico

• Signature: 18-10-1907
• Ratification: 27-11-1909 (R)
• Entry into force: 26-01-1910

Nicaragua

• Ratification: 16-12-1909 (A)
• Entry into force: 14-02-1910

Norway

• Signature: 18-10-1907
• Ratification: 19-09-1910 (R)
• Entry into force: 18-11-1910

Panama

• Signature: 18-10-1907
• Ratification: 11-09-1911 (R)
• Entry into force: 10-11-1911

Paraguay

• Signature: 18-10-1907

Peru

• Signature: 18-10-1907

Portugal

• Signature: 18-10-1907
• Ratification: 13-04-1911 (R)
• Entry into force: 12-06-1911

Romania

• Signature: 18-10-1907
• Ratification: 01-03-1912 (R)
• Entry into force: 30-04-1912

Sweden

• Signature: 18-10-1907
• Ratification: 27-11-1909 (R)
• Entry into force: 26-01-1910

Switzerland

• Signature: 18-10-1907
• Ratification: 12-05-1910 (R)
• Entry into force: 11-07-1910

Uruguay

• Signature: 18-10-1907

Venezuela

• Signature: 18-10-1907

Belarus

• Ratification: 04-06-1962 (Su)
• Entry into force: 04-06-1962
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  04-06-1962
  The Government of the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic recognises the Hague Conventions and Declarations of 1899 and 1907 as ratified by Russia and considers itself a party to them to the extent that they do not conflict with subsequent international agreements to which the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic is party.

China

• Ratification: 15-01-1910 (A)
• Entry into force: 16-03-1910
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  15-01-1910
  Accession subject to reservations to paragraph 2 of Article 14, paragraph 3 of Article 19 and to Article 27.

Dominican Republic

• Signature: 18-10-1907
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  18-10-1907
  Subject to a reservation to Article 12.

Germany

• Signature: 18-10-1907
• Ratification: 27-11-1909 (R)
• Entry into force: 26-01-1910
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  27-11-1909
  Subject to reservations to Articles 11, 12, 13 and 20.

Iran

• Signature: 18-10-1907
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  18-10-1907
  Subject to reservations to Articles 12, 19 and 21.

Japan

• Signature: 18-10-1907
• Ratification: 13-12-1911 (R)
• Entry into force: 11-02-1912
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  13-12-1911
  Subject to reservations to Articles 19 and 23.

Netherlands, the Kingdom of the

• Signature: 18-10-1907
• Ratification: 27-11-1909 (R)
• Entry into force: 26-01-1910
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• 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.

Russian Federation

• Signature: 18-10-1907
• Ratification: 27-11-1909 (R)
• Entry into force: 26-01-1910
• 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.

Thailand

• Signature: 18-10-1907
• Ratification: 12-03-1910 (R)
• Entry into force: 11-05-1910
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  12-03-1910
  Subject to reservations to Articles 12, 19 and 23.

Türkiye

• Signature: 18-10-1907
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  18-10-1907
  Subject to the reservation expressed in the declaration concerning Article 10 contained in the minutes of the eighth plenary session of the Conference held on 9 October 1907: The Ottoman delegation declares that Article 10 cannot in any way apply to the straits of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus. The Imperial Government could undertake no engagement whatever tending to limit its indisputable rights over these straits.

Ukraine

• Ratification: 29-05-2015 (Su)
• Entry into force: 24-08-1991
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  29-05-2015
  According to Article 7 of the Law of Ukraine on Succession of Ukraine of 12 September 1991 Ukraine is a successor of rights and obligations under international treaties of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics unless they are in conflict with the Constitution of Ukraine and interests of the State. Taking into account the aforementioned and without prejudice to the Note of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR dated 4 April 1962 No. 39 addressed to the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Moscow, the Ukrainian Side confirms validity for Ukraine, by way of succession and as from the date of succession on 24 August 1991, of the 1899 and 1907 Hague Conventions and Declarations recognised by the former USSR in the format and scope as envisaged by the Note of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR dated 7 March 1955 No. 67/I addressed to the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Moscow.

United Kingdom

• Signature: 18-10-1907
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  18-10-1907
  Subject to reservations to Articles 19 and 23.

United States of America

• Ratification: 03-12-1909 (A)
• Entry into force: 01-02-1910
• Reservations / Declarations: Yes
• Objections: No

• reservation
  03-12-1909
  [...] that the United States adheres to the said Convention, subject to the reservation and exclusion of its Article XXIII and with the understanding that the last clause of Article III thereof implies the duty of a neutral power to make the demand therein mentioned for the return of a ship captured within the neutral jurisdiction and no longer within that jurisdiction.