The Warsaw Convention of 1929 is a landmark international treaty that established a unified system of rules for international air travel.
Its primary purpose was to govern the liability of air carriers in the case of accidents involving the international carriage of persons, luggage, or goods.
It set limits on the amount of compensation an airline would have to pay in case of death, injury, or loss of goods, thereby protecting the nascent airline industry while providing a remedy for passengers.
It has since been updated by other protocols, most notably the Montreal Convention of 1999.