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Ban of Perfidy in Warfare; Proposed by Elke and Elba
Topic Started: Thursday Jun 5 2014, 09:15 PM (41 Views)
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William F. Buckley

What are your opinions on this General Assembly proposal?

Remember that World Assembly members are free to vote however they want on proposals.


Ban of Perfidy in Warfare
Proposed by Elke and Elba
Ban of Perfidy in Warfare
Category: Moral Decency
Strength: Mild
Proposed by: Elke and Elba


Believing that member states must observe certain codes of conduct in times of war,

Convinced that amongst these, the duty not to commit perfidious act is one of the more pertinent and integral one,

Recognising that concerted international action is required to prevent the shirking of this duty, and that concerted international action is required to establish laws to that effect, also,

Worrying that any act of perfidy conducted by any belligerent party in a war would only undermine trust and breed mistrust towards the adversary and/or humanitarian organisations,

The World Assembly,

1. PROHIBITS combatants of member states from resorting to perfidy in order to capture, wound or kill any adversary in any war, through methods including, but not limited to,
  1. falsely declaring to be a non-combatant,
  2. deceiving to be in distress,
  3. falsely declaring the intent to surrender or seek truce without the intention to do so;
2. FURTHER PROHIBITS combatants of member states from issuing any messages of intent (e.g. offer of surrender) that are meant to deceive, and falsely using any signs, signals, emblems and/or insignia, to seek protection and/or protected status, especially those,
  1. associated with the World Assembly,
  2. associated with humanitarian organisations;
3. FORBIDS combatants of member states from using any form of identification, military or otherwise, of any other sovereign state except their own during combat; of which such identification includes but is not limited to flags, coat of arms, emblems, uniforms and insignia, unless,
  1. the other sovereign state has agreed to a request made by the member state to use their own identification, and,
  2. the other sovereign state is an allied party participating in the conflict;
4. CLARIFIES that,
  1. any violation of this resolution is to be considered war crimes for the purposes of prosecution, and,
  2. member states are thus required to prosecute any non-compliant combatant;
5. FURTHER MANDATES the International Criminal Court (ICC) to try any non-compliant combatant if,
  1. the member state in which the said combatant had represented had ceased to exist, or,
  2. no member state is able to try the said combatant due to extenuating conditions not covered in clause 4 or sub-clause (a) of this clause, and;
6. FURTHER CLARIFIES that ruses of war are permitted as long as they do not violate any restriction enacted by this resolution. These include, but are not limited to,
  1. tactics that may utilize deceit, and/or,
  2. tactics that have the intent to mislead or provoke a reaction from their adversaries.
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This proposal never defines "perfidy," and Sections 1 and 2 have vague language potentially allowing for overly expansive interpretations of perfidy by the ICC: "including, but not limited to" and "especially."
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I think deception can be a very useful tactic when a larger country is potentially oppressing a smaller country and I think that we shouldn't be trying to make war "civil" through legislation as this seems to be doing. War will always be messy and putting restrictions on things like this wont help it will only put one side at a disadvantage. Against
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Though I sympathise with the intent of this resolution, the language is quite vague, and furthermore, it would be practically impossible to enforce.

Also, as a National Sovereigntist, I oppose any expansion of the World Assembly's powers over member nations.
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Friday Jun 6 2014, 01:30 AM
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Though I sympathise with the intent of this resolution, the language is quite vague, and furthermore, it would be practically impossible to enforce.

Also, as a National Sovereigntist, I oppose any expansion of the World Assembly's powers over member nations.
I support this statement for all of the above reasons, in addition to which I cannot help but see the vague language as being very deliberate in nature.

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