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Sweden’s IHL Manual (1991) states: “The responsible commander shall verify that the attack is really directed against a military objective and not against [a] civilian population or civilian objects.”
Sweden, International Humanitarian Law in Armed Conflict, with reference to the Swedish Total Defence System, Swedish Ministry of Defence, January 1991, Section 3.2.1.5, p. 70.