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Modern IHL is based by the principle voiced by the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau: "that the purpose of using force is to overcome an enemy State, and that to do this it is sufficient to disable enemy combatants". The codification of the law did not begin until the 19th century...
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Although bilateral treaties applied to specific wars, the first multilateral treaty ? the Geneva Convention of 1864 ? applied to all wars. It clarified and strengthened old laws and customs of war protecting the wounded and the people caring for them...
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