Hague Peace Conference
Americannoun
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a meeting held at The Hague, Netherlands, in 1899, that established The Hague Permanent Court of Arbitration.
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a meeting held at The Hague, Netherlands, in 1907, that defined prisoner-of-war treatment, maritime warfare, and wartime neutrality.
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At 19, he was secretary of China's delegation at the Second Hague Peace Conference; at 30, he served on the Reparations Commission at Versailles.
From Time Magazine Archive
While still a junior at Princeton, Dulles was taken by his grandfather to the Second Hague Peace Conference in 1907.
From Time Magazine Archive
Through the efforts of the United States, and particularly through Mr. Root's efforts as Secretary of State, all of the American republics were invited to the Second Hague Peace Conference.
From Latin America and the United States Addresses by Elihu Root by Robert Bacon
This is a well-established rule, and was formally affirmed by the Great Powers at the Hague Peace Conference of 1907.
From Why We Are at War (2nd Edition, revised) by University of Oxford. Faculty of Modern History
But since the first Hague Peace Conference that is definitely no longer the case.
From The Future of International Law by L. (Lassa) Oppenheim
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