Miscellaneous Treaties, Conventions and Agreements 1856 - Declaration of Paris; April 16 1863 - General Orders No. 100 - Instructions For the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field by Francis Lieber : April 24 1868 - Declaration of St. Petersburg; November 29 1904 - Convention for the Exemption of Hospital Ships, in Time of War, From the Payment of All Duties and Taxes Imposed for the Benefit of the State; December 21 1928 - Kellogg-Briand Pact and Associated Documents; August 27 Hague Conference of 1899 Correspondence, Instructions and Reports of the United States Commission Hague I - Pacific Settlement of International Disputes : 29 July 1899 Hague II - Laws and Customs of War on Land : 29 July 1899 Hague III - Adaptation to Maritime Warfare of Principles of Geneva Convention of 1864 : July 29,1899 Hague IV - Prohibiting Launching of Projectiles and Explosives from Balloons : July 29, 1899 Declaration I - on the Launching of Projectiles and Explosives from Balloons; July 29, 1899 Declaration II - on the Use of Projectiles the Object of Which is the Diffusion of Asphyxiating or Deleterious Gases; July 29, 1899 Declaration III - on the Use of Bullets Which Expand or Flatten Easily in the Human Body; July 29, 1899 Final Act of the International Peace Conference; July 29, 1899 Hague Conference of 1907 Hague I - Pacific Settlement of International Disputes : 18 October 1907 Hague II - Limitation of Employment of Force for Recovery of Contract Debts : October 18, 1907 Hague III - Opening of Hostilities : 18 October 1907 Hague IV - Laws and Customs of War on Land : 18 October 1907 Hague V - Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in Case of War on Land : 18 October 1907 Hague VI - Status of Enemy Merchant Ships at the Outbreak of Hostilities : 18 October 1907 Hague VII - Conversion of Merchant Ships into War Ships : 18 October 1907 Hague VIII - Laying of Automatic Submarine Contact Mines : 18 October 1907 Hague IX - Bombardment by Naval Forces in Time of War : 18 October 1907 Hague X - Adaptation to Maritime War of the Principles of the Geneva Convention : 18 October 1907 Hague XI - Restrictions With Regard to the Exercise of the Right of Capture in Naval War : 18 October 1907 Hague XIII -Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers in Naval War : 18 October 1907 Geneva Conventions 1864 - Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded on the Field of Battle; August 22 1928 - Geneva Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating Gas, and for Bacteriological Methods of Warfare; February 8 1929 - Convention Between the United States of America and Other Powers, Relating to Prisoners of War; July 27 1949 - Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, August 12 1949 - Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea, August 12 1949 - Convention (III) Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War; August 12 1949 - Convention (IV) Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, August 12 1975 - Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (1972); March 26

March 30, 1867 Treaty concerning the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias to the United States of America; Concluded March 30, 1867; Ratified by the United States May 28, 1867; Exchanged June 20, 1867; Proclaimed by the United States Continue reading “Treaty concerning the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias to the United States of America : June 20, 1867” »

Treaty of Commerce and Navigation Between the United States and the Ottoman Empire. Concluded at Constantinople, February 25, 1862. Ratifications exchanged at Constantinople, June 5,1862. Proclaimed by the President of the United States July 22, 1862. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Continue reading “Treaty of Commerce and Navigation Between the United States and the Ottoman Empire; February 25, 1862” »

Concluded May 26, 1868; ratification advised by the Senate June 39, 1868; ratified: by the President July 11, 1868; ratifications exchanged September 18, 1868; proclaimed October 8, 1868. His Majesty the King of Bavaria and the President of the United States of America, led by the wish Continue reading “Naturalization Treaty Between the United States and Bavaria; May 26, 1868” »

Concluded November 16, 1868; Ratification advised by the Senate April 12, 1869; Ratified by the President April 18, 1869,. Ratifications exchanged July 10, 1869; Proclaimed July 30, 1869. The President of the United States of America and His Majesty Continue reading “Belgian-American Diplomacy – Naturalization Convention: November 16, 1868” »

Concluded July 19, 1868; ratification advised by the Senate April 17, 1869; ratified by the President April 18, 1869; ratifications exchanged December 7, 1869; proclaimed January 10, 1870. The President of the United States of America and His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Baden, led by the wish Continue reading “Naturalization Convention Between the United States and Baden; July 19, 1868” »

Concluded September 20, 1870; ratification advised by the Senate March 1, 1871; ratified by the President March 24,1871; ratifications exchanged July 14, 1871; proclaimed August 1,1871. The President of the United States of America, and His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia Continue reading “Naturalization Convention Between the United States and Austria-Hungary; September, 20 1870” »

Postal Convention Between the United States of America and the Republic of Mexico; December 11, 1861 Postal Convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Mexico. Concluded at Mexico, December 11, 1861. Ratifications exchanged at Mexico, May 20, 1862. Continue reading “Postal Convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Mexico; December 11, 1861” »

Treaty Between the United States of America and the Republic of Mexico for the Extradition of Criminals; December 11, 1861 Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Mexico for the Extradition of Criminals. Concluded at Mexico, December 11, 1861 Continue reading “Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Mexico for the Extradition of Criminals; December 11, 1861” »

THE United States of America and his Majesty the King of Hanover, equally animated with a desire of placing the privileges of their navigation on a basis of the most extended liberality, and of affording otherwise every encouragement and facility for increasing the commercial intercourse between Continue reading “Treaty with Hanover of Commerce and Navigation; June 10, 1846.” »