Declaration concerning projectiles from balloons

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The Declaration concerning projectiles from balloons is an international agreement adopted at the First Hague Peace Conference that temporarily prohibited the use of balloons and similar methods for launching explosives in warfare.

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instanceOf Hague Convention declaration
arms control agreement
international agreement
adoptedAt First Hague Peace Conference NERFINISHED
adoptionDate 1899-07-29
aim to limit the use of emerging aerial warfare technologies
alsoKnownAs Hague Declaration (IV, 1) concerning the Prohibition of the Discharge of Projectiles and Explosives from Balloons NERFINISHED
appliesIn international armed conflict
cameIntoForce 1899-09-04
category arms limitation agreement
treaty on the conduct of hostilities
countryOfAdoption Netherlands NERFINISHED
depositary Government of the Netherlands NERFINISHED
draftedBy participants of the First Hague Peace Conference
field law of armed conflict
public international law
hasArticleCount single substantive article
hasNumbering Declaration (IV, 1) of 1899 NERFINISHED
historicalContext early development of military aviation
inForceFor states that ratified the declaration
language English
French
legalForm binding treaty for ratifying states
legalStatus temporarily prohibited certain methods of warfare
locationOfAdoption The Hague NERFINISHED
motivatedBy concerns about indiscriminate effects of aerial bombardment
negotiatedAt First Hague Peace Conference NERFINISHED
partOf Hague Conventions of 1899 NERFINISHED
prohibits discharge of explosives from balloons
discharge of projectiles from balloons
use of other similar new methods for launching projectiles or explosives
relatedConcept prohibition of indiscriminate attacks
regulation of means and methods of warfare
relatedTo Hague Convention (II) with respect to the Laws and Customs of War on Land NERFINISHED
Hague Conventions of 1907 NERFINISHED
significance one of the first international attempts to regulate aerial bombardment
subjectMatter international humanitarian law
laws of war
prohibition of discharge of projectiles and explosives from balloons
temporalNature time-limited prohibition
temporalScope five years from entry into force

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First Hague Peace Conference adoptedDocument Declaration concerning projectiles from balloons