Declaration concerning expanding bullets

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Hague Convention declaration arms control treaty international humanitarian law treaty multilateral treaty

The Declaration concerning expanding bullets is an international humanitarian law treaty adopted at the 1899 Hague Peace Conference that prohibits the use of bullets designed to expand or flatten easily in the human body.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Declaration (III) concerning Expanding Bullets	1
Declaration concerning expanding bullets canonical	1
Declaration on Expanding Bullets	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4883859 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Declaration concerning expanding bullets
Context triple: [First Hague Peace Conference, adoptedDocument, Declaration concerning expanding bullets]

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NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Declaration concerning expanding bullets
Target entity description: The Declaration concerning expanding bullets is an international humanitarian law treaty adopted at the 1899 Hague Peace Conference that prohibits the use of bullets designed to expand or flatten easily in the human body.

A. Rim Fire
The Rim Fire was one of California’s largest and most destructive wildfires, burning vast areas near Yosemite National Park in 2013.
B. Shotgun
"Shotgun" is a 1955 American Western film starring Sterling Hayden as a lawman pursuing outlaws across rugged frontier territory.
C. Enhanced Small Arms Protective Insert
The Enhanced Small Arms Protective Insert (ESAPI) is a ballistic plate used in modern military body armor to provide improved protection against high-velocity rifle rounds and armor-piercing ammunition.
D. Speer
Speer is a German surname most famously associated with Albert Speer, the Nazi architect and Minister of Armaments and War Production during World War II.
E. Stickin’ to My Guns
"Stickin’ to My Guns" is a 1990 studio album by legendary American singer Etta James that blends her powerful blues and soul vocals with contemporary R&B and pop production.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hague Convention declaration ⓘ arms control treaty ⓘ international humanitarian law treaty ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ
adoptedAt	First Hague Peace Conference ⓘ
adoptionDate	1899-07-29 ⓘ
aimsTo	limit unnecessary suffering of combatants ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Dum-Dum Bullets Declaration ⓘ
appliesTo	international armed conflicts ⓘ
bindingOn	States Parties ⓘ
category	arms limitation and disarmament treaty ⓘ treaty on the conduct of hostilities ⓘ
countryOfAdoption	Netherlands ⓘ
enteredIntoForce	1899-09-04 ⓘ
field	public international law ⓘ
fullName	Declaration (III) concerning Expanding Bullets ⓘ linked to: Declaration concerning expanding bullets
hasArticleCount	1 ⓘ
hasNormativeCharacter	treaty law ⓘ
hasSignificance	early codification of weapons restrictions in international law ⓘ
hasStatus	in force ⓘ
influenced	subsequent customary international humanitarian law on weapons causing unnecessary suffering ⓘ
influencedBy	development of dum-dum bullets in the late 19th century ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalBasis	principle of superfluous injury ⓘ principle of unnecessary suffering ⓘ
motivatedBy	humanitarian considerations in warfare ⓘ
negotiatedBy	participating States at the 1899 Hague Peace Conference ⓘ
oftenCitedIn	discussions on legality of hollow-point ammunition in armed conflict ⓘ
placeOfAdoption	The Hague ⓘ
prohibits	use of bullets which expand or flatten easily in the human body ⓘ use of hollow-point bullets in international armed conflict ⓘ use of soft-point bullets in international armed conflict ⓘ
regulates	use of expanding bullets in armed conflict ⓘ
relatedTo	Hague Convention II of 1899 ⓘ linked to: Hague Convention II Hague Conventions of 1899 ⓘ linked to: Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 Hague Conventions of 1907 ⓘ linked to: Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907
setsStandardFor	permissible small arms ammunition in war ⓘ
shortName	Declaration on Expanding Bullets ⓘ linked to: Declaration concerning expanding bullets
subject	international humanitarian law ⓘ law of armed conflict ⓘ weapons law ⓘ
typeOfProhibition	weapons use prohibition ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Hague Peace Conference → adoptedDocument → Declaration concerning expanding bullets ⓘ

Declaration concerning expanding bullets → fullName → Declaration (III) concerning Expanding Bullets ⓘ

linked to: Declaration concerning expanding bullets

Declaration concerning expanding bullets → shortName → Declaration on Expanding Bullets ⓘ