Warsaw Convention

Warsaw Convention
Convention for the Unification of certain rules relating to international carriage by air
Signatory countries of the Warsaw Convention
Signed12 October 1929
LocationWarsaw
Effective13 February 1933
Parties152[1]
DepositaryGovernment of Poland
LanguageFrench

The Convention for the Unification of certain rules relating to international carriage by air, commonly known as the Warsaw Convention, is an international convention which regulates liability for international carriage of persons, luggage, or goods performed by aircraft for reward.

Originally signed in 1929 in Warsaw (hence the name), it was amended in 1955 at The Hague, Netherlands, and in 1971 in Guatemala City, Guatemala.[2] United States courts have held that, at least for some purposes, the Warsaw Convention is a different instrument from the Warsaw Convention as amended by the Hague Protocol.

The Montreal Convention, signed in 1999, replaced the Warsaw Convention system in countries ratifying it.

  1. ^ "List of parties" (PDF). icao.int. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  2. ^ De Remer, Dale; Mc Lean, Donald W. (1998). Global Navigation for Pilots (2nd ed.). Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. p. 370. ISBN 978-1560273127.