The Hague Convention of 1899 was the first attempt at codifying the principle of command responsibility on a multinational level and was reaffirmed and updated entirely by the Hague Convention of 1907. The doctrine was specifically found within "Laws and Customs of War on Land" (Hague IV); October 18, 1907: "Section I on Belligerents: Chapter I The Qualifications of Belligerents", "Section III Military Authority over the territory of the hostile State", and "Adaptation to Maritime War of the Principles of the Geneva Convention" (Hague X); October 18, 1907. Article 1 of Section I of the 1907 Hague IV stated that: