text: Appendix A
  Major Law of Armed Conflict Treaties and Their Status
  A-1. Law of Armed Conflict Treaties to Which the United States is a Party:
  * Washington Convention Regarding the Rights of Neutrals at Sea of October 31, 1854 (10 Stat.
  1105, TS 300, 11 Bevans 1214).
  * Hague Convention for the Exemption of Hospital Ships, in Time of War, from the Payment of all
  Dues and Taxes Imposed for the Benefit of the State of December 21, 1904 (35 Stat. 1854, TS
  459, 1 Bevans 430).
  * Hague Convention III of October 18, 1907, Relative to the Opening of Hostilities (36 Stat. 2259,
  Treaty Series 538).
  * Hague Convention IV of October 18, 1907, Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land
  (36 Stat. 2277, TS 539) (Hague IV), and the Annex thereto, entitled Regulations Respecting the
  Laws and Customs of War on Land (36 Stat. 2295, TS 539) (HR).
  * Hague Convention V of October 18, 1907, Respecting the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers
  and Persons in Case of War on Land (36 Stat. 2310, TS 540) (Hague V).
  * Hague Convention VIII of October 18, 1907, Relative to the Laying of Automatic Submarine
  Contact Mines (36 Stat. 2322, TS 541, 1 Bevans 669) (Hague VIII).
  * Hague Convention IX of October 18, 1907, Concerning Bombardment by Naval Forces in Time
  of War (36 Stat. 2351, TS 542) (Hague IX).
  * Hague Convention XI of October 18, 1907, Relative to Certain Restrictions with Regard to the
  Exercise of the Right of Capture in Naval War (36 Stat. 2396, TS 544, 1 Bevans 711) (Hague XI).
  * Hague Convention XIII of October 18, 1907, Concerning the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers
  in Naval War (36 Stat. 2415, TS 545, 1 Bevans 723) (Hague XIII).
  * Procès-Verbal Relating to the Rules of Submarine Warfare set forth in Part IV of the Treaty of
  London of April 22, 1930 (3 Bevans 298) (London Protocol).
  * Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed
  Forces in the Field of August 12, 1949 (6 UST 3114, T.I.A.S. 3362, 75 UNTS 31) (GWS).
  * Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked
  Members of Armed Forces at Sea of August 12, 1949 (6 UST 3217, T.I.A.S. 3363, 75 UNTS 85)
  (GWS Sea).
  * Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of August 12, 1949 (6 UST
  3216, T.I.A.S. 3364, 75 UNTS 135) (GPW).
  * Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of August 12,
  1949 (6 UST 3516, T.I.A.S. 3365, 75 UNTS 287) (GC).
  * Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict of May
  14, 1954 (249 UNTS 240) (1954 Hague Cultural Property Convention).
  * Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which
  May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects of October 10,
  1980, its Protocols I, II, III, IV, and V, its Amended Protocol II, and its extended scope of
  application (1342 UNTS 137) (CCW).
  * Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of Children in
  Armed Conflict, May 25, 2000 (Optional Protocol on Children in Armed Conflict).
  * Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Adoption
  of an Additional Distinctive Emblem (Protocol III), December 8, 2005 (AP III).
  A-2. Arms Control Agreements to Which the United States Is a Party That Are of Direct Relevance to the
  Law of Armed Conflict: