# Canonical recap data for Hague Peace Conference (1899)
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slug: hague-peace-conference
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1899/hague-peace-conference"
title: Hague Peace Conference
subtitle: The first international peace conference brought 26 nations together to establish rules for war and create mechanisms for arbitrating disputes.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1899-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1899
decade: 1890
country:
name: Netherlands
slug: netherlands
summaryShort: The Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 are a series of international treaties and declarations negotiated at two international peace conferences at The Hague in the Netherlands, the First Hague Conference of 1899 and the Second Hague Conference of 1907. Along with the Geneva Conventions, the Hague Conventions were amon
summaryLong: The Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 are a series of international treaties and declarations negotiated at two international peace conferences at The Hague in the Netherlands, the First Hague Conference of 1899 and the Second Hague Conference of 1907. Along with the Geneva Conventions, the Hague Conventions were among the first formal statements of the laws of war and war crimes in the body of secular international law. A third conference was planned for 1914 and later rescheduled for 1915, but it did not take place because of the start of World War I.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/The_First_International_Peace_Conference%2C_the_Hague%2C_May_-_June_1899_HU67224.jpg/1280px-The_First_International_Peace_Conference%2C_the_Hague%2C_May_-_June_1899_HU67224.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907"
importance: 77
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hague_Conventions_of_1899_and_1907"
  title: Hague Peace Conference (1899)
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
metaDescription: The Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 are a series of international treaties and declarations negotiated at two international peace conferences at The Hague in
wikidataQid: Q1566316
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260630040546/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hague_Conventions_of_1899_and_1907"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-30
  label: Hague Peace Conference (1899)
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hague_Conventions_of_1899_and_1907"
