i n t r o d u c t i o n Convention (III) relative to the Opening of Hostilities. The Hague, 18 October 1907.
General title Second Peace Conference of The Hague, 1907.
Forum of adoption International Peace Conference 1907
Entry into force 26.01.1910
The war between Russia and Japan which broke out in 1904 without a declaration of war caused a movement for the adoption of some written rules on the commencement of war. The Institute of International Law adopted a resolution to that end in 1906 and the Second Hague Conference of 1907 produced the present Convention. Although this Convention concerns rather the ius ad bellum than the ius in bello it is reprinted here to include all the Hague Conventions relating the law of war.
Meetings of forum 15.06.1907 - 18.10.1907, The Hague
Dade of adoption 18.10.1907
Depositary Netherlands
Number of articles 8
Authentic text French
Source D.Schindler and J.Toman, The Laws of Armed Conflicts, Martinus Nihjoff Publisher, 1988, pp.57-59.
Keywords CONDUCT OF THE HOSTILITIES; BEGINNING OF HOSTILITIES; INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICT; NOTIFICATION
