Hague Convention, 1899

Agreement relating to the rights and duties of belligerents in wartime. It was reached by delegates of the peace conference that took place in the Hague, Netherlands, between May and July 1899. Its most important result was the establishment of a Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague, popularly known as the Hague Tribunal. The court arbitrated on cases of international dispute, but has lost much of its importance to the International Court of Justice, also at the Hague. A second Hague Convention followed in 1907.