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