Limitations On ConscriptionCategory: Human Rights I Strength: Mild I Author: Fauxia
Acknowledging the demand for military conscription,
Recognizing that military roles that involve open combat are far more dangerous than roles that do not involve combat,
Cognizant that conscripted persons do not consent to their roles, yet are required to act in them,
Believing that those that do not consent to danger should have reasonable protection from it,
Wishing to satisfy the demand for conscription, while ensuring reasonable safety standards for conscripts in open combat,
The World Assembly,
1. Defines combat role and all variants thereof, for the purposes of this resolution, as the active participation in open warfare against an enemy,
2. Defines conscription and all variants thereof, for the purposes of this resolution, as the mandatory enlistment of a person into the armed forces,
3. Mandates that no nation, during times of peace, may conscript any person for combat roles for periods of time that exceed one year,
4. Prohibits member nations from conscripting any person under the age of majority for combat roles,
5. Requires that nations discharge conscripts in military roles with all possible haste, following the completion of the term,
6. Commands that all member states compensate all conscripts in combat roles in a just and generous fashion, in proportion to the military service given,
7. Forbids nations from conscripting criminals for combat roles as a means of punishment for crimes.