THE 1929 WARSAW CONVENTION Convention pour l’Unification de Certaines Règles relatives au Transport Aérien International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air
‘Warsaw Treaties’ • 1705: Treaty of Warsaw between the Swedish Empire and the Polish- Lithuanian Commonwealth • 1745: Treaty of Warsaw between Great Britain, Austria, the Dutch Republic and Saxony, to uphold the pragmatic sanction enabling their favored candidate Maria Theresa to take throne of the Austrian Empire • 1955: Treaty of Warsaw, better known as Warsaw Pact
The origin of the 1929 Warsaw Convention • 1923: proposal by French government for a conference on liability of air carriers • 1925: first International Conference on Private Air Law, in Paris; “draft Convention relating to the liability of the carrier in international carriage by aircraft” led to: • 1926: Committee of experts “Comité International Technique d’Experts Juridiques Aériens” (C. I. T. E. J. A) • 1927 -28: C. I. T. E. J. A. prepared new draft convention, to be submitted to new conference • 1929 (Warsaw, 4 -12 Oct): Conference taking place on the initiative of the Polish Government adoption of the Convention for the unification of certain rules relating to international carriage by air • 1933: Entry into force of the Warsaw Convention
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