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==Treaties and prohibitions== Poisonous bullets were a subject to an international agreement as early as the [[Strasbourg Agreement (1675)]]. The [[Saint Petersburg Declaration of 1868]] prohibited the use of explosive projectiles weighing less than 400 grams.<ref>{{cite web |title = Purposes and Basic Principles of the Law of War |first = William H. |last = Glover |url=http://williamhgloverjd.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/purposes-and-basic-principles-of-the-law-of-war/ |access-date = 2010-07-28 }}</ref> The [[Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907|Hague Conventions]] prohibits certain kinds of ammunition for use in war. These include poisoned<ref>{{Cite web |title=Regulations: Art. 23 |url=https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/hague-conv-iv-1907/regulations-art-23 |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=ihl-databases.icrc.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rule 72. Poison |url=https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule72 |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=ihl-databases.icrc.org}}</ref> and expanding<ref>{{Cite web |title=1899 Hague Declaration concerning Expanding Bullets {{!}} Weapons Law Encyclopedia |url=https://www.weaponslaw.org/instruments/1899-Hague-Declaration |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=www.weaponslaw.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rule 77. Expanding Bullets |url=https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule77 |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=ihl-databases.icrc.org}}</ref> bullets. [[Protocol on Incendiary Weapons|Protocol III]] of the 1983 [[Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons]], an annexed protocol to the [[Geneva Conventions]], prohibits the use of incendiary ammunitions against civilians.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 2021 |title=1980 CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS (CCW) |url=https://www.icrc.org/en/download/file/166960/dp_consult_8_1980_convention_on_ccw.pdf |website=International Committee of the Red Cross}}</ref>
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