Declaration concerning expanding bullets
E477605
Hague Convention declaration
arms control treaty
international humanitarian law treaty
multilateral treaty
The Declaration concerning expanding bullets is an international humanitarian law treaty adopted at the 1899 Hague Peace Conference that prohibits the use of bullets designed to expand or flatten easily in the human body.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hague Convention declaration
ⓘ
arms control treaty ⓘ international humanitarian law treaty ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ |
| adoptedAt | First Hague Peace Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adoptionDate | 1899-07-29 ⓘ |
| aimsTo | limit unnecessary suffering of combatants ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Dum-Dum Bullets Declaration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo | international armed conflicts ⓘ |
| bindingOn | States Parties ⓘ |
| category |
arms limitation and disarmament treaty
ⓘ
treaty on the conduct of hostilities ⓘ |
| countryOfAdoption | Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enteredIntoForce | 1899-09-04 ⓘ |
| field | public international law ⓘ |
| fullName | Declaration (III) concerning Expanding Bullets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArticleCount | 1 ⓘ |
| hasNormativeCharacter | treaty law ⓘ |
| hasSignificance | early codification of weapons restrictions in international law ⓘ |
| hasStatus | in force ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent customary international humanitarian law on weapons causing unnecessary suffering ⓘ |
| influencedBy | development of dum-dum bullets in the late 19th century ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
principle of superfluous injury
ⓘ
principle of unnecessary suffering ⓘ |
| motivatedBy | humanitarian considerations in warfare ⓘ |
| negotiatedBy | participating States at the 1899 Hague Peace Conference ⓘ |
| oftenCitedIn | discussions on legality of hollow-point ammunition in armed conflict ⓘ |
| placeOfAdoption | The Hague NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prohibits |
use of bullets which expand or flatten easily in the human body
ⓘ
use of hollow-point bullets in international armed conflict ⓘ use of soft-point bullets in international armed conflict ⓘ |
| regulates | use of expanding bullets in armed conflict ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Hague Convention II of 1899
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hague Conventions of 1899 NERFINISHED ⓘ Hague Conventions of 1907 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setsStandardFor | permissible small arms ammunition in war ⓘ |
| shortName | Declaration on Expanding Bullets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
international humanitarian law
ⓘ
law of armed conflict ⓘ weapons law ⓘ |
| typeOfProhibition | weapons use prohibition ⓘ |
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