Convention Concerning the Rights and Obligations of Neutral Powers in Case of Naval Warfare

Japanese: 海戦ノ場合ニ於ケル中立国ノ権利義務ニ関スル条約 - かいせんのばあいにおけるちゅうりつこくのけんりぎむにかんするじょうやく

…After the war, the United States claimed damages, and the case was referred to arbitration under the Washington Treaty of 1971. The following year, 1972, the United Kingdom was found to have violated its neutrality obligations. As a result of this case, it was recognized that warships intended for use in the naval operations of a warring nation could not be built or outfitted in the territory of a neutral nation, and most of the rules of the Washington Treaty were incorporated into the 1907 Convention concerning the Rights and Obligations of Neutral Powers in Case of Naval Warfare. Neutrality [Kentaro Serida]. …

From [International Law of War]

…The majority of the numerous treaties and declarations adopted at the two Hague Peace Conferences in 1899 and 1907 concerned the laws of warfare and neutrality, such as the Convention on the Laws and Customs of War on Land and the Convention on the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers in Case of Naval Warfare. The motivation behind the development and codification of international law in wartime was that in wars between Western civilized nations, it was deemed appropriate and possible to regulate hostilities and to provide a certain degree of protection for wounded, sick, and prisoners of war, based on humanitarian as well as military requirements.

*This page contains some explanations of terms that refer to the "Convention Concerning the Rights and Obligations of Neutral Powers in the Event of Naval Warfare."

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…戦後，アメリカの損害賠償請求により，71年の英米のワシントン条約によって仲裁裁判に付せられ，翌72年イギリスの中立義務違反が認定された。本件により，交戦国の海軍作戦のために用いる意図のある軍艦を中立国領域内で建造または艤装（ぎそう）しえないことが認められ，ワシントン条約の定める規則は1907年の〈海戦ノ場合ニ於ケル中立国ノ権利義務ニ関スル条約〉に大部分とりいれられた。中立【芹田健太郎】。…

【戦時国際法】より

…なかでも1899年と1907年の2度にわたるハーグ平和会議で採択された多数の条約や宣言の大部分は交戦法規や中立法規に関するものであった。たとえば〈陸戦ノ法規慣例ニ関スル条約〉〈海戦ノ場合ニ於ケル中立国ノ権利義務ニ関スル条約〉がそれである。戦時国際法のこのような発展や法典化を促した動機は，西欧文明諸国間の戦争において軍事上の要請のほかに人道的要請から敵対行為を規制し，傷病兵や捕虜に一定の保護を与えることが適切でありまた可能であるとみなされたことにある。…

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