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LIMITATION OF EMPLOYMENT OF FORCE FOR RECOVERY OF CONTRACT DEBTS (HAGUE, II)

  • Convention signed at The Hague October 18, 1907
  • Senate advice and consent to ratification, with an understanding, April 17, 1908[1]
  • Ratified by the President of the United States, with an understanding, February 23, 1909[1]
  • Procès-verbal of first deposit of ratifications (including that of the United States) at The Hague dated November 27, 1909
  • Entered into force January 26, 1910
  • Proclaimed by the President of the United States February 28, 1910
36 Stat. 2241; Treaty Series 537

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II

Convention Respecting the Limitation of the Employment of Force for the Recovery of Contract Debts

His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia; the President of the United States of America; the President of the Argentine Republic; His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, etc., and Apostolic King of Hungary; the President of the Republic of Bolivia; His Royal Highness the Prince of Bulgaria; the President of the Republic of Chile; the President of the Republic of Colombia; the Provisional Governor of the Republic of Cuba; His Majesty the King of Denmark; the President of the Dominican Republic; the President of the Republic of Ecuador; His Majesty the King of Spain; the President of the French Republic; His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions Beyond the Seas, Emperor of India; His Majesty the King of the Hellenes; the President of the Republic of Guatemala; the President of the Republic of Haiti; His Majesty the King of Italy; His Majesty the Emperor of Japan;


  1. 1.0 1.1 The U.S. understanding reads as follows: ". . . the United States approves this convention with the understanding that recourse to the permanent court for the settlement of the differences referred to in said convention can be had only by agreement thereto through general or special treaties of arbitration heretofore or hereafter concluded between the parties in dispute."
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