The discussion credits the Declaration of Paris with some impact while questioning how far it constrained later practice. The examples raised include the American Civil War, late nineteenth-century imperial activity, and armed merchant ships in both world wars. These examples support the panel's criticism that later practice left room around the original framework. The exchange does not examine the legal status of each example or equate every armed merchant vessel with a privateer.
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The Declaration of Paris and later armed merchant ships
A brief discussion contrasts the declaration's intended framework with the later practices cited by the panel.