The Hague Conventions of October 18, 1907 (Links to the Avalon Project at Yale)

Hague I - Pacific Settlement of International Disputes

Hague II - Limitation of Employment of Force for Recovery of Contract Debts

Hague III - Opening of Hostilities

Hague IV - Laws and Customs of War on Land [click here for PDF]

Hague V - Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War on Land

Hague VI - Status of Enemy Merchant Ships at the Outbreak of Hostilities

Hague VII - Conversion of Merchant Ships into War Ships

Hague VIII - Laying of Automatic Submarine Contact Mines

Hague IX - Bombardment by Naval Forces in Time of War

Hague X - Adaptation to Maritime War of the Principles of the Geneva Convention

Hague XI - Restrictions With Regard to the Exercise of the Right of Capture in Naval War

Hague XIII -Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers in Naval War