Declaration concerning asphyxiating gases

E477606

The Declaration concerning asphyxiating gases is an 1899 international agreement that prohibited the use of asphyxiating or deleterious gases as weapons in warfare.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Statements Referenced by

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf arms control agreement
international agreement
treaty
adoptedAt First Hague Peace Conference NERFINISHED
adoptedBy states participating in the First Hague Peace Conference
aimsTo limit methods of warfare
protect combatants from chemical weapons
alsoKnownAs Hague Declaration (IV, 2) concerning asphyxiating gases NERFINISHED
Hague Declaration concerning asphyxiating gases NERFINISHED
appliesTo international armed conflict
category 1899 in international relations
Arms control treaties
Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 NERFINISHED
concerns means and methods of warfare
dateOfAdoption 29 July 1899
enteredIntoForceInCentury 19th century
hasEffectOn customary international humanitarian law
hasLegalStatus binding on its contracting parties
hasNumberWithinHagueInstruments IV, 2
hasPurpose to codify restrictions on new weapons technologies
to mitigate the horrors of war
hasTypeOfWeaponAddressed asphyxiating gases
chemical weapons
deleterious gases
historicalSignificance one of the earliest international agreements restricting chemical warfare
inspired later chemical weapons prohibitions
isPartOf Hague law NERFINISHED
languageOfDocument English
French
legalDomain international humanitarian law
law of armed conflict
negotiatedAt First Hague Peace Conference NERFINISHED
partOf Hague Conventions of 1899 NERFINISHED
placeOfOrigin Netherlands NERFINISHED
prohibits use of projectiles whose sole object is the diffusion of asphyxiating or deleterious gases
prohibitsUseOf gas projectiles with asphyxiating effects
gas projectiles with deleterious effects
regulates use of asphyxiating gases in armed conflict
relatedTo Chemical Weapons Convention NERFINISHED
Geneva Protocol of 1925 NERFINISHED
signedAt The Hague NERFINISHED
signedInYear 1899
subject laws of war
prohibition of asphyxiating gases in warfare
timePeriod pre–World War I

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Hague Peace Conference adoptedDocument Declaration concerning asphyxiating gases