Brussels Convention

The Brussels Convention of 1924, also known as the Hague Rules, was an international code that defined the rights and liabilities of a carrier in maritime law. These rules were introduced at a meeting in Brussels in 1921 and were subsequently adopted into bills of lading before becoming the Brussels Convention on Limitation of Liability.1

It is important to distinguish this from the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, which were a series of treaties addressing various aspects of warfare and international dispute resolution, including the laws of land and naval warfare, and the establishment of the Permanent Court of Arbitration.2