At its session in Geneva in 1874 the Institute of International Law appointed a committee to study the Brussels Declaration of the same year and to submit to the Institute its opinion and supplementary proposals on the subject.
1874年，国际法研究院在日内瓦召开的会议上委派一个委员会专门研究当年签订的《布鲁塞尔宣言》，并就此问题向研究院提交意见和补充建议。