Hague : Based on Lieber Code signed by Lincoln to American soldiers on how they should

conduct themselves in wartime Ethical treatment, Slavery,

(I): Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes[9]

This convention included the creation of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, which
exists to this day.

The PCA is not a court "in the traditional sense", but provides services of arbitral tribunal to
resolve disputes between member states, international organizations, or private parties arising
out of international agreements.[4][5] The cases span a range of legal issues involving territorial
and maritime boundaries, sovereignty, human rights, international investment, and
international and regional trade.

The section was ratified by all major powers and many smaller powers - 26 signatories in all,
including Germany, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, China, Denmark, Spain, United States of
America, Mexico, France, Great Britain and Ireland, Greece, Italy, Japan,
Luxembourg, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Persia, Portugal,
Romania, Russia, Serbia, Siam, Sweden and Norway, Switzerland, Turkey and Bulgaria.[10]

(II): Convention with respect to the Laws and Customs of War on Land
o Treatment of prisoners of war,
o Treatment of the wounded,
o Poisons, the killing of enemy combatants who have surrendered,
o looting of a town or place,
o attack or bombardment of undefended towns or habitations.
o Inhabitants of occupied territories may not be forced into military service against their
own country and collective punishment is forbidden. The section was ratified by all
major powers mentioned above.[11]

(III): Convention for the Adaptation to Maritime Warfare of the Principles of the Geneva
Convention of 22 August 1864
This convention provides for the protection of marked hospital ships and requires them to treat
the wounded and shipwrecked sailors of all belligerent parties. It too was ratified by all major
powers.

(IV,1): Declaration concerning the Prohibition of the Discharge of Projectiles and Explosives
from Balloons or by Other New Analogous Methods
This declaration provides that, for a period of five years, in any war between signatory powers,
no projectiles or explosives would be launched from balloons, "or by other new methods of a
similar nature." The declaration was ratified by all the major powers mentioned above, except
the United Kingdom and the United States.[13]

(IV,2): Declaration concerning the Prohibition of the Use of Projectiles with the Sole Object
to Spread Asphyxiating Poisonous Gases
This declaration states that, in any war between signatory powers, the parties will abstain from
using projectiles "the sole object of which is the diffusion of asphyxiating or deleterious gases."
Ratified by all major powers, except the United States. [14]

(IV,3): Declaration concerning the Prohibition of the Use of Bullets which can Easily Expand
or Change their Form inside the Human Body such as Bullets with a Hard Covering which
does not Completely Cover the Core, or containing Indentations
Ironic Trivia: to avoid instant kill when it is the main purpose of using the gun afterall
GENEVA CONVENTIONS

The Geneva Conventions is a body of Public International Law, also known as the Humanitarian Law of
Armed Conflicts, whose purpose is to provide minimum protections, standards of humane treatment,
and fundamental guarantees of respect to individuals who become victims of armed conflicts.