This matter is addressed by the use of the Apostille, a means of certifying the legalization of a document for international use under the terms of the 1961 Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents.

Documents which have been notarized by a notary public, and certain other documents, and then certified with a conformant apostille are accepted for legal use in all the nations that have signed the Hague Convention.

Signed at The Hague on 16 December 1970, the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft contains 14 articles relating to what constitutes hijacking as well as guidelines for what is expected of governments when dealing with hijackings.

The Convention was drafted by the Council of Europe after World War II in response to a call issued by Europeans from all walks of life who had gathered at the Hague Congress ( 1948 ).

A second conference was held at The Hague in May 1911, and out of it came the first international drug control treaty, the International Opium Convention of 1912.

In the years that followed, other states subscribed to limitations of their conduct, and numerous other treaties and bodies were created to regulate the conduct of states towards one another in terms of these treaties, including, but not limited to, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in 1899 ; the Hague and Geneva Conventions, the first of which was passed in 1907 ; the International Court of Justice in 1921 ; the Genocide Convention ; and the International Criminal Court, in the late 1990s.

An international agreement to create it, the Convention Relative to the Creation of an International Prize Court, was made at the Hague on October 18, 1907.

It was later modified by the Additional Protocol to the Convention Relative to the Creation of an International Prize Court, done at the Hague on October 18, 1910.

* 1899 – The First Hague Convention is signed.

* 1912 – The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.

From June 26 until December 22, 2006, two children, Ammar ( 12-13 ) and Sara ( 10-11 ), lived in the Dutch embassy in Damascus because of a child custody dispute between the Dutch mother, supported by Dutch law and the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, and the Syrian father, supported by Syrian law ( Syria is no participant of this convention ).

In regards to laying mines, "... the laying of mines in the waters of another State without any warning or notification is not only an unlawful act but also a breach of the principles of humanitarian law underlying the Hague Convention No. VIII of 1907.

* 1980 – Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude at The Hague.

7 of the 1976 Hague Convention on Marriage and Matrimonial Property Regimes.

* Why the Hague Convention on jurisdiction threatens to strangle e-commerce and Internet free speech, by Chris Sprigman

Specifically, Chapter II of the Annex to the 1907 Hague Convention covered the treatment of prisoners of war in detail.

Trusts are widely used internationally, especially in countries within the English law sphere of influence, and whilst most civil law jurisdictions do not generally contain the concept of a trust within their legal systems, they do recognise the concept under the Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on their Recognition ( partly only the extent that they are parties thereto ).

The Hague Convention also regulates conflict of trusts.

* January 23 – The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.

* October 25 – Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude at The Hague.

* October 18 – Hague Convention revised by ( second ) Hague Peace Conference ( effective 26 January 1910 ).

This is unlike marriage and ‘ matrimonial causes ’ which are recognised by sections 51 ( xxi ) and ( xxii ) of the Australian Constitution and internationally by Marriage law and conventions, Hague Convention on Marriages ( 1978 ).

The Hague Convention of 1899, Declaration III, prohibited the use in international warfare of bullets that easily expand or flatten in the body.

They married in The Hague on 7 January 1937, the date on which Princess Juliana's grandparents, King William III and Queen Emma, had married fifty-eight years earlier.

Representing William III in The Hague as Ambassador-Extraordinary and as commander of English forces, Marlborough was tasked to negotiate a new coalition to oppose France and Spain.

Section III of the Hague Convention of 1907 required hostilities to be preceded by a reasoned declaration of war or by an ultimatum with a conditional declaration of war.

The Hague Convention of 1899, Declaration III, prohibits the use in international warfare of bullets which easily expand or flatten in the body, giving as example a bullet with a jacket with incisions or one that does not fully cover the core.

The official international protocol for declaring war was defined in the Hague Convention ( III ) of 1907 on the Opening of Hostilities.

* Hague Convention ( III ) in 1907 defines the protocol for starting hostilities

In terms of international and civil law, all of these acts were illegal from their inception, according to section III of the Fourth Hague Convention ( 1907 ) accepted by Germany.

The German invasion of Belgium, for instance, was a violation of Hague III ( 1907 ), which states that hostilities must not commence without explicit warning.

Despite thick cloud, I. and III ./ Kampfgeschwader 4 ( KG 4 ) and Kampfgeschwader 54 ( KG 54 ), along with Richthofen's Ju 87s, drove the French back preventing them from supporting the Dutch at The Hague.

Specifically " Laws and Customs of War on Land " ( Hague IV ); October 18, 1907: " Section III Military Authority over the territory of the hostile State.

With the capture of Saddam Hussein on December 13, 2003, an Iraqi Special Tribunal was announced, with Salem placed in charge by an order signed by L. Paul Bremer III, the head of the occupation authority, As such, Salem was responsible for the setting up and the administration of the tribunal, including the nomination of judges and prosecutors ; he also arranged for the judges to visit the Slobodan Milošević ' tribunal at the Hague.

The Hague Convention of 1899 later declared that expanding bullets for use on humans were inhumane, and as a result the Mk III, Mk IV, and Mk V were withdrawn from active service.

Elevated as a Permanent Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on December 10, 1989, Member of the Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament Law of the International Law Association ; participated in Symposium under the Auspices of International Law Association held at Geneva on 9th & 10 June, 1995, on the subject or “ ONGOING PROLIFERATION CHALLENGES: Legal Aspects ”; attended Seminar on “ The Rights and Duties of States ” that have signed or ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention, on 2 July, 1997, at Hague, Netherlands ; contributed an Article published in Volume III of Arms Control and Disarmament Law titled “ Future Legal Restraints on Arms Proliferation ” published by the United Nations and launched at United Nations Headquarters in November, 1996 ; Member of the Executive Council of Allama Iqbal Open University from September, 1996 to December, 1997 ; Chairman, Pakistan Zakat Council from August, 1991 to July, 1994.

His most famous pictures, in addition to the Assumption already cited, are the Entry of Paul III into Bologna ; the Francis I Touching for Kings Evil ; a Power of Love, painted under a fine ceiling by Agostino Carracci, on the walls of a room in the ducal palace at Parma ; an Adam and Eve ( at The Hague ); and two of Joseph and Potiphars Wife ( at Dresden and Copenhagen ).

Gaspar Fagel ( 25 January 1634, The Hague – 15 December 1688 ) was a Dutch statesman, writer and quasi-diplomat who authored correspondence from and on behalf of William III, Prince of Orange during the English Revolution of 1688.

The projectile is fired by the burning of the propellant ; small arms projectiles very rarely contain explosives, and such ammunition is banned by the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907.

This period also saw the development of international law, with the first Geneva Conventions establishing laws dealing with humanitarian relief during wartime, and the international Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 governing rules of war and the peaceful settlement of international disputes.

At the Second Hague Peace Conference in 1907, a draft convention for a permanent Court of Arbitral Justice was written, although disputes and other pressing business at the Conference meant that such a body was never established, owing to difficulties agreeing on a procedure to select the judges.

The foundation of The Hague as an " international city of peace and justice " was laid in 1899, when the world's first Peace Conference took place in The Hague on Tobias Asser's initiative, followed by a second in 1907.

; Early concepts: Civilizing mission, Platt Amendment, Holy Alliance, Hague Conventions ( 1899 and 1907 )

In 1907, Gojong was forced to abdicate after Japan learned that he sent secret envoys to the Second Hague Conventions to protest against the protectorate treaty, leading to the accession of Gojong's son, Emperor Sunjong.

A Second Hague Conference was called in 1907 leading to additions and amendments to the original 1899 agreement.

The legality of such action was at the time governed by international law found in the Hague Regulations on Land Warfare of 1907, which state " the attack or bombardment, by whatever means, of towns, villages, dwellings, or buildings which are undefended is prohibited ".

With the construction of the railway between Rotterdam, The Hague though Wassenaar towards its final destination the coastal area of Scheveningen in 1907, the course of which now forms the Landscheidingsweg.

A modified version by Horace Porter was adopted at the Hague in 1907, adding that arbitration and litigation should always be used first.

In addition, the Nuremberg War Trial judgment on " The Law Relating to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity " held, under the guidelines Nuremberg Principles, that treaties like the Hague Convention of 1907, having been widely accepted by " all civilised nations " for about half a century, were by then part of the customary laws of war and binding on all parties whether the party was a signatory to the specific treaty or not.

* 1907 Hague Conventions had thirteen sections, of which twelve were ratified and entered into force, and two declarations

Hospital ships were covered under the Hague Convention X of 1907.

In addition to leading the teams developing chlorine gas and other deadly gases for use in trench warfare, Haber was on hand personally to aid in its release despite its proscription by the Hague Convention of 1907 ( to which Germany was a signatory ).

These efforts came together in the Hague Convention ( 1907 ).

The " Martens clause " in the Hague Convention 1907 extended to the protection of " the principles of the laws of nations as established by and prevailing among civilized nations, by the laws of humanity, and the demands of public conscience ".

He was delegate to both Hague Conferences held on 1899 and 1907.

* Final Act of the Second Peace Conference, The Hague, 18 October 1907

A text of the Hague convention pointed directly on that the base for it acceptance is a principle of cultural values protection during the war established at Hague peace conventions in 1899 and 1907 and also in the Roerich Pact.