A Timeline of Human Rights
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November 12,
1868
St. Petersburg Declaration
Filed under: War
The first formal agreement prohibiting the use of certain weapons in war; specifically, it outlawed bullets designed to explode on impact.
The United States never ratified it.
General Sources
- International Committee of the Red Cross’ database of Documents and Treaties
[1].Grant R. Doty, The United States and the Development of the Laws of Land Warfare [pdf] 156 Mil. L. Rev. pp. 227 (June 1998).