When1: 1874
Who: Brussels Conference
What: conference
Where: Brussels, Belgium
Detail: Conference used war rules of Francis Leiber for USA Civil War and proclaimed Declaration of Brussels. It prohibited pillage and bombardment of open towns and established occupation rules and prisoner-treatment rules. Britain did not ratify it, and it failed. Later, nations adopted its ideas.
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