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2 - The Origins of Humanitarian Disarmament

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2020

Treasa Dunworth
Treasa Dunworth
Affiliation:
University of Auckland
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The chapter traces the emergence of transnational humanitarianism and efforts towards disarmament from the nineteenth century through to the outbreak of the Second World War. It explores the Hague Peace Conferences of 1899 and 1907 as exercises in humanitarian disarmament, and the neglected but significant work of the League of Nations. In studying the League’s legacy of humanitarian disarmament, a number of initiatives are explored including the ambitious but ultimately doomed Disarmament Conference 1932–1934, the creation and work of the League’s Temporary Mixed Commission on Armaments and its Permanent Armaments Commission, and the negotiation of the 1925 Geneva Protocol.

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HumanitarianismHague Peace Conference 1899League of NationsWorld Disarmament Conference 1932-1934Hague Peace Conference 1907St Petersburg Declaration 1868Temporary Mixed Commission on ArmamentsGeneva Protocol 1925
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Humanitarian Disarmament
An Historical Enquiry
 , pp. 13 - 47
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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