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 the 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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Waszą gościnność!