London Declaration of the Law of the Sea
The London Declaration of the Law of the Sea was adopted in 1909 as a counterpart to the Hague Land Warfare Regulations at the London Conference on the Law of the Sea, which was a follow-up conference to the second Hague Peace Conference . The problems of naval warfare that had not yet been resolved there should now be resolved and, in particular, a basis for the jurisprudence of the XII. Hague Agreement , the International Prize Court will be created. The negotiating delegations initially succeeded in doing this with the declaration. However, like the XII. Agreement not ratified by the House of Lords and never entered into force as a treaty.
Nevertheless, the London Declaration of the Law of the Sea retained great importance as a generally accepted collection of applicable customary law. On this basis, several states, including Germany in 1909, decided to change national regulations on prize law .
