The World Assembly,
Acknowledging previously passed basic protections for medical facilities inside areas of conflict;
Believing that these protections are not sufficiently comprehensive;
Appalled by the thought of attacking of people in need of or providing medical care;
Seeking to ensure that such people are safeguarded against unnecessary violence even during a war;
Approving of similar measures already protecting civilians stipulated in GAR #317;
Hereby,
1. Defines, for the purposes of this resolution,
- a non-civilian as someone in the employment of a nation's military forces,
- a patient as a non-civilian suffering from a medical ailment requiring the attention of medical professionals,
- medical personnel as those who provide medical treatment or triage, who are either unarmed or bear light arms exclusively for protection of themselves and patients currently under their care, and
- a medical facility as a site used for medical treatment or triage, and the associated infrastructure, which bears clearly visible markings indicating its status as such;
2. Makes it a war crime to attack a medical facility, while knowing of its existence, in a manner that is damaging and has the potential to cause fatalities, except where the medical facility is also used for military acts of war;
3. Forbids member nations' military forces from:
- using violence against non-civilian medical personnel providing medical treatment or triage in a medical facility, or against patients being provided with medical treatment in a medical facility, or
where inability to receive medical treatment or triage would endanger the patient's life, unless doing so is necessary for preservation of the patient's long-term health; and
- preventing a patient from accessing a medical facility,
- removing a patient from a medical facility, or
- preventing medical personnel from treating a patient in a medical facility,
4. Forbids the calculated use of medical personnel or patients as living shields to protect a strategic military target.
Co-authored by Araraukar.
‘This is our proposed “patch” for GAR #121, seeing as all the issues we raised in our draft repeal of said resolution could actually be fixed without needing a repeal. It’s deliberately been written so as only to apply to non-civilians, in order to avoid legality complications with GAR #317 - speaking of which, we are very grateful to Ambassador Bell for allowing us to use some of the C.D.S.P.’s work from GAR #317. The purpose of this is simply consistency.
‘Any and all feedback is appreciated. We particularly seek help with clause four, as we believe that the removal of protections from facilities which also “aid the member nation’s war efforts” - an alternative phrasing we were considering - would be too prone to abuse, and so we prefer to produce a list of specific actions which might be considered “aiding war efforts”. However, such a list could easily get long and contorted and so any advice on how best to address this issue is very welcome. We’d also be grateful for help regarding clause two: we are unsure whether it is a good idea as, on the one hand, it removes the opportunity for member nations in violation of this potential resolution to claim ignorance - but on the other hand, we don’t want to facilitate the execution of war crimes.’
‘Any and all feedback is appreciated. We particularly seek help with clause four, as we believe that the removal of protections from facilities which also “aid the member nation’s war efforts” - an alternative phrasing we were considering - would be too prone to abuse, and so we prefer to produce a list of specific actions which might be considered “aiding war efforts”. However, such a list could easily get long and contorted and so any advice on how best to address this issue is very welcome. We’d also be grateful for help regarding clause two: we are unsure whether it is a good idea as, on the one hand, it removes the opportunity for member nations in violation of this potential resolution to claim ignorance - but on the other hand, we don’t want to facilitate the execution of war crimes.’
Protections for Medical Staff and PatientsGlobal Disarmament | Mild
The World Assembly,
Acknowledging the basic protections already afforded by this body to medical facilities inside areas of conflict;
Concerned, however, that said protections are so minimal as to necessitate new and more effective legislation on this area;
Reaffirming its disapproval of the dishonesty and immorality inherent in the attacking of people in need of or providing medical care;
Seeking to ensure that such people are fairly and comprehensively safeguarded against uncalled-for violence during war;
Hereby:
- Defines, for the purposes of this resolution:
- A ‘medical patient’ as a non-civilian person suffering from any type of injury or disease, including, but not limited to, physical injury and psychological damage;
- ‘Medical staff’ as non-civilian people trained to treat one or more types of injury or disease;
- A ‘medical facility’ as a building or complex in which medical patients’ injuries or diseases are treated or in which medical staff treat injury or disease;
- Charges the International Humanitarian Aid Coordination Committee with documenting and making available to member nations the locations of all medical facilities in areas of war and in areas upon which war has been declared;
- Forbids member nations’ military forces from violently attacking medical patients inside medical facilities and from violently attacking medical staff inside medical facilities:
- Unless in response to open aggression against them by medical patients or staff, in which case they may respond with equivalent force only;
- Except where such action is rendered, in the strictest sense, an absolute necessity by military strategy. The use of violence against medical patients or staff for the purposes of coercion or reprisal shall never be considered a military necessity by member nations;
- Forbids member nations’ military forces from deliberately damaging medical facilities unless the medical facility is also being used for the production of weapons or for the training of military personnel, in which case a sincere effort must be made to avoid harming medical patients and staff.
Protections for Medical Staff and PatientsGlobal Disarmament | Mild
The World Assembly,
Acknowledging the basic protections already afforded by this body to medical facilities inside areas of conflict;
Concerned, however, that said protections are so minimal as to necessitate new and more effective legislation on this area;
Reaffirming its disapproval of the dishonesty and immorality inherent in the attacking of people in need of or providing medical care;
Seeking to ensure that such people are fairly and comprehensively safeguarded against uncalled-for violence during war;
Hereby:
- Defines, for the purposes of this resolution:
- a ‘medical patient’ as a person suffering from any type of injury or disease, including, but not limited to, physical injury and psychological damage;
- ‘medical staff’ as people trained to treat one or more types of injury or disease;
- a ‘medical facility’ as a building or complex in which medical patients’ injuries or diseases are treated by medical staff;
- Requires member nations intending to carry out area bombardment to notify the International Humanitarian Aid Coordination Committee (IHACC) of the location of the planned area bombardment;
- Charges the IHACC with:
- documenting the locations of all medical facilities in areas of war and in areas upon which war has been declared (this information may not be revealed to any person outside of the committee);
- notifying member nations, where applicable, that the planned area bombardment has a high risk of damaging a medical facility, in which case the member nation may not carry out the area bombardment;
- notifying the administrators of any medical facilities at risk of damage through a planned area bombardment of said risk and aiding the evacuation of these medical facilities where it is sought;
- Forbids member nations’ military forces:
- from using violence against non-civilian medical patients inside or travelling to a medical facility;
- from using violence against non-civilian medical staff inside or travelling to a medical facility; and
- from attempting to access medical facilities' data on medical staff or patients without authorisation;
- Creates exceptions to the mandates of clause 4, where such action:
- is a response to open aggression against them by non-civilian medical patients or staff, in which case they may respond with the minimum force needed to remove the threat only; or
- is rendered, in the strictest sense, an absolute necessity by military strategy. The use of violence against non-civilian medical patients or staff for the purposes of reprisal shall never be considered a military necessity by member nations;
- Forbids member nations’ military forces from deliberately damaging medical facilities unless the medical facility is also being used for the production of weapons or for the training of military personnel, in which case the damage deliberately inflicted upon the medical facility must not affect the treatment of medical patients within it.
Protections for Medical Staff and PatientsGlobal Disarmament | Mild
The World Assembly,
Acknowledging the basic protections already afforded by this body to medical facilities inside areas of conflict;
Concerned, however, that said protections are so minimal as to necessitate new and more effective legislation on this area;
Reaffirming its disapproval of the dishonesty and immorality inherent in the attacking of people in need of or providing medical care;
Seeking to ensure that such people are fairly and comprehensively safeguarded against uncalled-for violence during war;
Hereby:
- Defines, for the purposes of this resolution:
- a ‘medical patient’ as a person suffering from any type of injury or disease, including, but not limited to, physical injury and psychological damage;
- ‘medical staff’ as people trained to treat one or more types of injury or disease;
- a ‘medical facility’ as a building or complex in which medical patients’ injuries or diseases are treated by medical staff;
- Requires member nations intending to carry out area bombardment to notify the International Humanitarian Aid Coordination Committee (IHACC) of the location of the planned area bombardment;
- Charges the IHACC with:
- documenting the locations of all medical facilities in areas of war and in areas upon which war has been declared (this information may not be revealed to any person outside of the committee);
- notifying member nations whether the planned area bombardment has a high risk of damaging a medical facility;
- member nations' military forces may not carry out an area bombardment on another member nation until the IHACC notifies them that the planned area bombardment does not have a high risk of damaging a medical facility;
- notifying the administrators of any medical facilities at risk of damage through a planned area bombardment of said risk and aiding the evacuation of these medical facilities where it is sought;
- Forbids member nations’ military forces:
- from using violence against non-civilian medical patients inside or travelling to a medical facility;
- from using violence against non-civilian medical staff inside or travelling to a medical facility; and
- from attempting to access medical facilities' data on medical staff or patients without authorisation;
- Creates exceptions to the mandates of clause 4, where such action:
- is a response to open aggression against them by non-civilian medical patients or staff, in which case they may respond with the minimum force needed to remove the threat only; or
- is rendered, in the strictest sense, an absolute necessity by military strategy. The use of violence against non-civilian medical patients or staff for the purposes of reprisal shall never be considered a military necessity by member nations;
- Forbids member nations’ military forces from deliberately damaging medical facilities unless the medical facility is also being used for the production of weapons or for the training of military personnel, in which case the damage deliberately inflicted upon the medical facility must not affect the treatment of medical patients within it.
Protections for Medical Staff and PatientsGlobal Disarmament | Mild
The World Assembly,
Acknowledging the basic protections already afforded by this body to medical facilities inside areas of conflict;
Concerned, however, that said protections are so minimal as to necessitate new and more effective legislation on this area;
Reaffirming its disapproval of the dishonesty and immorality inherent in the attacking of people in need of or providing medical care;
Seeking to ensure that such people are fairly and comprehensively safeguarded against uncalled-for violence during war;
Hereby:
- Defines, for the purposes of this resolution:
- a ‘medical patient’ as a person suffering from any type of injury or disease, including, but not limited to, physical injury and psychological damage;
- ‘medical staff’ as people trained to treat one or more types of injury or disease;
- a ‘medical facility’ as a building or complex in which medical patients’ injuries or diseases are treated by medical staff;
- Requires member nations intending to carry out area bombardment to notify the International Humanitarian Aid Coordination Committee (IHACC) of the location of the planned area bombardment;
- Charges the IHACC with:
- documenting the locations of all medical facilities in areas of war and in areas upon which war has been declared (this information may not be revealed to any person outside of the committee);
- notifying member nations whether the planned area bombardment has a high risk of damaging a medical facility;
- member nations' military forces may not carry out an area bombardment on another member nation until the IHACC notifies them that the planned area bombardment does not have a high risk of damaging a medical facility;
- notifying the administrators of any medical facilities inside member nations at risk of damage through a planned area bombardment of said risk and aiding the evacuation of these medical facilities where it is sought;
- Forbids member nations’ military forces:
- from using violence against non-civilian medical patients inside or travelling to or from a medical facility;
- from using violence against non-civilian medical staff inside or travelling to or from a medical facility; and
- from attempting to access medical facilities' data on medical staff or patients without authorisation;
- Creates exceptions to the mandates of clause 4, where such action:
- is a response to open aggression against them by non-civilian medical patients or staff, in which case they may respond with the minimum force needed to remove the threat only; or
- is rendered, in the strictest sense, an absolute necessity by military strategy, in which case the minimum force possible must be used to achieve the strategical necessity. The use of violence against non-civilian medical patients or staff for the purposes of reprisal shall never be considered a military necessity by member nations;
- Forbids member nations’ military forces from deliberately damaging medical facilities unless the medical facility is also being used for the production of weapons or for the training of military personnel for combat, in which case member nations' military forces may damage the medical facility only while making a good-faith effort to do so to the smallest possible detriment of the medical staff or patients and while attempting to target only the production of weapons or training of military personnel.
Protections for Medical Staff and PatientsGlobal Disarmament | Mild
The World Assembly,
Acknowledging the basic protections already afforded by this body to medical facilities inside areas of conflict through GAR #121;
Concerned, however, that said protections are so minimal as to necessitate new and more effective legislation on this area;
Reaffirming its disapproval of the dishonesty and immorality inherent in the attacking of people in need of or providing medical care;
Seeking to ensure that such people are fairly and comprehensively safeguarded against uncalled-for violence during war;
Also noting with approval that civilians are already protected from violence from member nations' military forces by GAR #317;
Hereby:
- Defines, for the purposes of this resolution:
- a ‘medical patient’ as a person suffering from any type of injury or disease, including, but not limited to, physical injury and psychological damage;
- ‘medical staff’ as people trained to treat one or more types of injury or disease;
- a ‘medical facility’ as a building or complex in which medical patients’ injuries or diseases are treated by medical staff;
- Requires member nations intending to carry out area bombardment to notify the International Humanitarian Aid Coordination Committee (IHACC) of the location of the planned area bombardment;
- Charges the IHACC with:
- documenting the locations of all medical facilities and their associated infrastructure in areas of war and in areas upon which war has been declared (this information may not be revealed to any person outside of the committee);
- notifying member nations whether the planned area bombardment has a high risk of damaging a medical facility or its associated infrastructure;
- only in the case that member nations' military forces must carry out an area bombardment in order to prevent significant harm to their own personnel or citizens may they do so without confirmation of permission from the IHACC, although should the IHACC notify the member nation intending to carry out an area bombardment that said bombardment would have a high chance of damaging a medical facility or its associated infrastructure, the member nation's military forces may not carry out the area bombardment; otherwise,
- member nations' military forces may not carry out an area bombardment on another member nation until the IHACC notifies them that the planned area bombardment does not have a high risk of damaging a medical facility or its associated infrastructure;
- evaluating, objectively and methodically, whether member nations whose military forces carried out area bombardments acted in accordance with 3.b., and did so in good faith; should this not be the case, the IHACC must present any relevant evidence, with the conclusions drawn from such and the arguments used to arrive there, to the WACC;
- notifying the administrators of any medical facilities inside member nations at risk of damage through a planned area bombardment of said risk and aiding the evacuation of these medical facilities where it is sought;
- Forbids member nations’ military forces:
- from using violence against non-civilian medical patients inside or travelling directly to or from a medical facility;
- from using violence against non-civilian medical staff inside or travelling directly to or from a medical facility; and
- from attempting to access medical facilities' data on medical staff or patients without authorisation;
- Creates exceptions to the mandates of clause 4, where such action:
- is a response to open aggression against them by non-civilian medical patients or staff, in which case they may respond with the minimum force needed to remove the threat only; or
- is rendered, in the strictest sense, an absolute necessity by military strategy, in which case the minimum force possible must be used to achieve the strategical necessity. The use of violence against non-civilian medical patients or staff for the purposes of reprisal shall never be considered a military necessity by member nations;
- Forbids member nations’ military forces from deliberately damaging medical facilities, their associated infrastructure, or their supplies, unless the medical facility is also being used for the production of weapons or for the training of military personnel for combat, in which case member nations' military forces may damage the medical facility only while making a good-faith effort to do so to the smallest possible detriment of the medical staff or patients and while attempting to target only the production of weapons or training of military personnel.
Protections for Medical Staff and PatientsGlobal Disarmament | Mild
The World Assembly,
Acknowledging the basic protections already afforded by this body to medical facilities inside areas of conflict through GAR #121;
Concerned, however, that said protections are so minimal as to necessitate new and more effective legislation on this area;
Reaffirming its disapproval of the dishonesty and immorality inherent in the attacking of people in need of or providing medical care;
Seeking to ensure that such people are fairly and comprehensively safeguarded against uncalled-for violence during war;
Also noting with approval that civilians are already protected from violence from member nations' military forces by GAR #317;
Hereby:
- Defines, for the purposes of this resolution:
- a ‘medical patient’ as a person suffering from any type of injury or disease, including, but not limited to, physical injury and psychological damage;
- ‘medical staff’ as people trained to treat one or more types of injury or disease;
- a ‘medical facility’ as a building or complex in which medical patients’ injuries or diseases are treated by medical staff;
- Requires member nations intending to carry out area bombardment to notify the International Humanitarian Aid Coordination Committee (IHACC) of the location of the planned area bombardment;
- Charges the IHACC with:
- documenting the locations of all medical facilities and their associated infrastructure in areas of war and in areas upon which war has been declared (this information may not be revealed to any person outside of the committee);
- notifying member nations whether the planned area bombardment has a high risk of damaging a medical facility or its associated infrastructure;
- member nations' military forces may not carry out an area bombardment within whose intended target area the member nation knows of the existence of a medical facility or its associated infrastructure; otherwise,
- only in the case that member nations' military forces must carry out an area bombardment in order to prevent significant harm to their own personnel or citizens may they do so without confirmation of permission from the IHACC, although should the IHACC notify the member nation intending to carry out an area bombardment that said bombardment would have a high chance of damaging a medical facility or its associated infrastructure, the member nation's military forces may not carry out the area bombardment; otherwise,
- member nations' military forces may not carry out an area bombardment on another member nation until the IHACC notifies them that the planned area bombardment does not have a high risk of damaging a medical facility or its associated infrastructure;
- evaluating, objectively and methodically, whether member nations whose military forces carried out area bombardments acted in accordance with 3.b., and did so in good faith; should this not be the case, the IHACC must present any relevant evidence, with the conclusions drawn from such and the arguments used to arrive there, to the WACC;
- notifying the administrators of any medical facilities inside member nations at risk of damage through a planned area bombardment of said risk and aiding the evacuation of these medical facilities where it is sought;
- Forbids member nations’ military forces:
- from using violence against non-civilian medical patients inside or travelling directly to or from a medical facility;
- from using violence against non-civilian medical staff inside or travelling directly to or from a medical facility; and
- from attempting to access medical facilities' data on medical staff or patients without authorisation;
- Creates exceptions to the mandates of clause 4, where such action:
- is a response to open aggression against them by non-civilian medical patients or staff, in which case they may respond with the minimum force needed to remove the threat only; or
- is rendered, in the strictest sense, an absolute necessity by military strategy, in which case the minimum force possible must be used to achieve the strategical necessity. The use of violence against non-civilian medical patients or staff for the purposes of reprisal shall never be considered a military necessity by member nations;
- Forbids member nations' military forces from changing medical facilities' data on medical staff or patients without authorisation;
- Forbids member nations’ military forces from deliberately damaging medical facilities, their associated infrastructure, or their supplies, unless the medical facility is also being used for the production of weapons or for the training of military personnel for combat, in which case member nations' military forces may damage the medical facility only while making a good-faith effort to do so to the smallest possible detriment of the medical staff or patients and while attempting to target only the production of weapons or training of military personnel.
Protections for Medical Staff and PatientsGlobal Disarmament | Mild
The World Assembly,
Acknowledging the basic protections already afforded by this body to medical facilities inside areas of conflict through GAR #121;
Concerned, however, that said protections are so minimal as to necessitate new and more effective legislation on this area;
Reaffirming its disapproval of the dishonesty and immorality inherent in the attacking of people in need of or providing medical care;
Seeking to ensure that such people are fairly and comprehensively safeguarded against uncalled-for violence during war;
Also noting with approval that civilians are already protected from violence from member nations' military forces by GAR #317;
Hereby:
- Defines, for the purposes of this resolution:
- a ‘patient’ as a person suffering from any type of injury or disease, including, but not limited to, physical injury and psychological damage;
- ‘non-combatant medical personnel’ as people:
- providing medical transportation or treatment, and
- unarmed or bearing light arms exclusively for protection of themselves and patients currently under their care;
- a ‘medical facility’ as any site used for medical treatment, triage, or transport and bearing clearly visible markings indicating such;
- 'non-civilian' as in the employ of a nation's military forces;
- Requires member nations intending to carry out area bombardment to notify the International Humanitarian Aid Coordination Committee (IHACC) of the location of the planned area bombardment;
- Charges the IHACC with:
- documenting the locations of all medical facilities and their associated infrastructure in areas of war and in areas upon which war has been declared (this information may not be revealed to any person outside of the committee);
- notifying member nations whether the planned area bombardment has a high risk of damaging a medical facility or its associated infrastructure;
- member nations' military forces may not carry out an area bombardment within whose intended target area the member nation knows of the existence of a medical facility or its associated infrastructure; otherwise,
- only in the case that member nations' military forces must carry out an area bombardment in order to prevent significant harm to their own personnel or citizens may they do so without confirmation of permission from the IHACC, although should the IHACC notify the member nation intending to carry out an area bombardment that said bombardment would have a high chance of damaging a medical facility or its associated infrastructure, the member nation's military forces may not carry out the area bombardment; otherwise,
- member nations' military forces may not carry out an area bombardment on another nation until the IHACC notifies them that the planned area bombardment does not have a high risk of damaging a medical facility or its associated infrastructure;
- evaluating, objectively and methodically, whether member nations whose military forces carried out area bombardments acted in accordance with 3.b., and did so in good faith; should this not be the case, the IHACC must present any relevant evidence, with the conclusions drawn from such and the arguments used to arrive there, to the WACC;
- notifying the administrators of any medical facilities inside member nations at risk of damage through a planned area bombardment of said risk and aiding the evacuation of these medical facilities where such help is sought;
- Forbids member nations’ military forces:
- from using violence against non-civilian patients inside or travelling directly to or from a medical facility and bearing clear identifying symbols as such;
- from using violence against non-civilian non-combatant medical personnel inside or travelling directly to or from a medical facility and bearing clear identifying symbols as such; and
- from attempting to access medical facilities' data on patients or non-combatant medical personnel without authorisation;
- Creates exceptions to the mandates of clause 4, where such action:
- is a response to open aggression against them by non-civilian patients or non-combatant medical personnel, in which case they may respond with the minimum force needed to remove the threat only; or
- is rendered, in the strictest sense, an absolute necessity by military strategy, in which case the minimum force possible must be used to achieve the strategical necessity. The use of violence against non-civilian patients or non-combatant medical personnel for the purposes of reprisal shall never be considered a military necessity by member nations;
- Forbids member nations' military forces from changing medical facilities' data on patients or non-combatant medical personnel without authorisation;
- Forbids member nations’ military forces from deliberately damaging medical facilities, their associated infrastructure, or their supplies, unless the medical facility is also being used for the advancement of military aims unrelated to medical treatment, triage, or transport, in which case member nations' military forces may damage the medical facility only while making a good-faith effort to do so to the smallest possible detriment of the patients and non-combatant medical personnel and while attempting to target only the actions advancing military aims unrelated to medical treatment, triage, or transport.
Wartime Healthcare ProtectionsGlobal Disarmament | Mild
The World Assembly,
Acknowledging the basic protections already afforded by this body to medical facilities inside areas of conflict through GAR #121;
Concerned that said protections are minimal and require new and more effective legislation on this area;
Disapproving of the perfidy inherent in the attacking of people in need of or providing medical care;
Seeking to ensure that such people are safeguarded against uncalled-for violence during war;
Approving that civilians are already protected from violence from member nations' military forces by GAR #317;
Hereby enacts the following:
- A ‘patient’ is a person suffering from any type of injury or disease, including physical injury and psychological damage.
- ‘Non-combatant medical personnel’ are those who provide medical transportation or treatment, who are either unarmed or bear light arms exclusively for protection of themselves and patients currently under their care.
- A ‘medical facility’ is a site used for medical treatment, triage, or transport and bearing clearly visible markings indicating such.
- 'Non-civilian' is in the employ of a nation's military forces;
- Member nations intending to bombard an area must notify the International Humanitarian Aid Coordination Committee (IHACC) of the target area.
- The IHACC must:
- document the locations of all medical facilities and their associated infrastructure in conflict areas.
- maintain strict confidentiality of such information within the organization.
- advise member nations whether the planned area bombardment has a high risk of damaging a medical facility or its associated infrastructure;
- Member nations' military forces bombard areas if the member nation knows of a medical facility or its associated infrastructure within the target area.
- Only in the case that member nations' military forces must carry out an area bombardment in order to prevent significant harm to their own personnel or citizens may they do so without confirmation of permission from the IHACC.
- Notwithstanding the above, should the IHACC notify the member nation intending to carry out an area bombardment that said bombardment would have a high chance of damaging a medical facility or its associated infrastructure, the member nation's military forces may not carry out the area bombardment.
- Otherwise, member nations' military forces may not carry out an area bombardment on another nation until the IHACC notifies them that the planned area bombardment does not have a high risk of damaging a medical facility or its associated infrastructure;
- objectively and methodically evaluate whether member nations whose military forces carried out area bombardments acted in accordance with 3.b., and did so in good faith. If not, the IHACC must present any relevant evidence, with the conclusions drawn from such and the arguments used to arrive there, to the World Assembly Compliance Commission as a violation of international law;
- notify the administrators of any medical facilities inside member nations at risk of damage through a planned area bombardment of said risk and aid the evacuation of these medical facilities where such help is sought.
- Member nations’ military forces may not:
- use violence against non-civilian patients inside or travelling directly to or from a medical facility and bearing clear identifying symbols as such.
- use violence against non-civilian non-combatant medical personnel inside or travelling directly to or from a medical facility and bearing clear identifying symbols as such.
- attempt to access medical facilities' data on patients or non-combatant medical personnel without authorisation.
- Notwithstanding the mandates of clause 4, where such action:
then member nations may use the minimum force possible to achieve the strategical necessity. Violence against non-civilian patients or non-combatant medical personnel for the purposes of reprisal is never a military necessity for member nations.
- is a response to open aggression against them by non-civilian patients or non-combatant medical personnel, in which case they may respond with the minimum force needed to remove the threat only, or
- is rendered, in the strictest sense, an absolute necessity by military strategy,
- Member nations' military forces may not change medical facilities' data on patients or non-combatant medical personnel without authorisation.
- Member nations’ military forces may not deliberately damage medical facilities, their associated infrastructure, or their supplies, unless the medical facility is also used for the advancement of military aims unrelated to medical treatment, triage, or transport, in which case member nations' military forces must make a good-faith effort to do so to the smallest possible detriment of the patients and non-combatant medical personnel and target only the actions advancing military aims unrelated to medical treatment, triage, or transport.
Wartime Healthcare ProtectionsGlobal Disarmament | Mild
The World Assembly,
Acknowledging that GAR 121 provides basic protections for medical facilities inside areas of conflict;
Believing that more effective legislation is needed to improve these protections;
Appalled by the perfidy inherent in the attacking of people in need of or providing medical care;
Seeking to ensure that such people are safeguarded against uncalled-for violence during war;
Approving that civilians are already protected from similar violence by GAR 317;
Hereby enacts the following:
- A ‘patient’ is a person suffering from any type of injury or disease, including physical injury and psychological damage.
- ‘Non-combatant medical personnel’ are those who provide medical transportation or treatment, who are either unarmed or bear light arms exclusively for protection of themselves and patients currently under their care.
- A ‘medical facility’ is a site used for medical treatment, triage, or transport and bearing clearly visible markings indicating such.
- 'Non-civilian' is in the employment of a nation's military forces.
- 'Area bombardment' is a damaging, low-accuracy attack.
- Member nations intending to bombard an area must notify the International Humanitarian Aid Coordination Committee (IHACC) of the target area.
- The IHACC must:
- document the locations of all medical facilities and their associated infrastructure in conflict areas.
- maintain strict confidentiality of such information within the organization.
- advise member nations whether the planned area bombardment has a high risk of damaging a medical facility or its associated infrastructure;
- Member nations' military forces may not bombard an area if the member nation knows of a medical facility or its associated infrastructure within the target area.
- Only in the case that member nations' military forces must carry out an area bombardment in order to prevent significant harm to their own personnel or citizens may they do so without confirmation of permission from the IHACC.
- Notwithstanding the above, should the IHACC notify the member nation intending to carry out an area bombardment that said bombardment would have a high chance of damaging a medical facility or its associated infrastructure, the member nation's military forces may not carry out the area bombardment.
- Otherwise, member nations' military forces may not carry out an area bombardment on another nation until the IHACC notifies them that the planned area bombardment does not have a high risk of damaging a medical facility or its associated infrastructure;
- objectively and methodically evaluate whether member nations whose military forces carried out area bombardments acted in accordance with 3.b., and did so in good faith. If not, the IHACC must present any relevant evidence, with the conclusions drawn from such and the arguments used to arrive there, to the World Assembly Compliance Commission as a violation of international law;
- notify the administrators of any medical facilities inside member nations at risk of damage through a planned area bombardment of said risk and aid the evacuation of these medical facilities where such help is sought.
- Member nations’ military forces may not:
- use violence against non-civilian patients inside or travelling directly to or from a medical facility and bearing clear identifying symbols as such.
- use violence against non-civilian non-combatant medical personnel inside or travelling directly to or from a medical facility and bearing clear identifying symbols as such.
- attempt to access or change medical facilities' data on patients or non-combatant medical personnel without authorisation from the medical facility's administrator.
- Notwithstanding the mandates of clause 4, where such action:
then member nations may use the minimum force possible to achieve the strategical necessity. Violence against non-civilian patients or non-combatant medical personnel for the purposes of reprisal is never a military necessity for member nations.
- is a response to open aggression against them by non-civilian patients or non-combatant medical personnel, in which case they may respond with the minimum force needed to remove the threat only, or
- is rendered, in the strictest sense, an absolute necessity by military strategy,
- Member nations’ military forces may not deliberately damage medical facilities, their associated infrastructure, or their supplies, subject to the mandates of clause 3 or unless the medical facility is also used for the advancement of military aims unrelated to medical treatment, triage, or transport, in which case member nations' military forces must make a good-faith effort to do so to the smallest possible detriment of the patients and non-combatant medical personnel and target only the actions advancing military aims unrelated to medical treatment, triage, or transport.
The World Assembly,
Acknowledging previously passed basic protections for medical facilities inside areas of conflict;
Believing that these protections are not sufficiently comprehensive;
Appalled by the thought of attacking of people in need of or providing medical care;
Seeking to ensure that such people are safeguarded against unnecessary violence even during a war;
Approving of similar measures already protecting civilians;
Hereby,
1. Defines, for the purposes of this resolution,
- a non-civilian as someone in the employment of a nation's military forces,
- a patient as a non-civilian suffering from a medical ailment requiring the attention of medical professionals,
- medical personnel as those who provide medical transportation or treatment, who are either unarmed or bear light arms exclusively for protection of themselves and patients currently under their care,
- a medical facility as a site used for medical treatment, triage or transport, and the associated infrastructure, which bears clearly visible markings indicating its status as such,
- destructive military action as a damaging, often low-accuracy area of effect attack, with potential to cause fatalities;
2. Requires member nations to document the locations of all medical facilities in areas controlled by them, and mark such areas clearly so that they can be identified from the air as well as the ground;
3. Bans member nations' military forces from using destructive military actions if there is a high risk for the attack to damage or destroy a medical facility;
4. Further makes it a war crime to intentionally target a medical facility for a destructive military action;
5. Encourages member nations to evacuate medical facilities in areas under their control that are at a reasonable risk of being targeted by destructive military actions;
6. Forbids member nations' military forces from:
- preventing patients from accessing a medical facility,
- preventing medical personnel from transporting a patient to a medical facility,
- using violence against non-civilian medical personnel providing medical treatment or triage in a medical facility, or against patients being provided with medical treatment in a medical facility;
7. Clarifies that a medical facility that is also used for military actions of war, or is maintained despite the ongoing use of its occupant medical personnel or patients as living shields to protect a strategic military target, does not fall under the protections laid out in this resolution.
Co-authored by Araraukar.
The World Assembly,
Acknowledging previously passed basic protections for medical facilities inside areas of conflict;
Believing that these protections are not sufficiently comprehensive;
Appalled by the thought of attacking of people in need of or providing medical care;
Seeking to ensure that such people are safeguarded against unnecessary violence even during a war;
Approving of similar measures already protecting civilians stipulated in GAR #317;
Hereby,
1. Defines, for the purposes of this resolution,
2. Requires member nations to document the locations of all medical facilities in areas controlled by them, and mark such areas clearly so that they can be identified from the air as well as the ground;
3. Bans member nations' military forces from carrying out collateral strikes if there is a high risk for said collateral strike to damage or destroy a medical facility;
4. Further makes it a war crime to intentionally target a medical facility for a collateral strike;
5. Encourages member nations to evacuate medical facilities in areas under their control that are at a reasonable risk of being targeted by collateral strikes;
6. Forbids member nations' military forces from:
7. Clarifies that a medical facility that is also used for military actions of war, or is maintained despite the ongoing use of its occupant medical personnel or patients as living shields to protect a strategic military target, does not fall under the protections laid out in this resolution.
Co-authored by Araraukar.
Acknowledging previously passed basic protections for medical facilities inside areas of conflict;
Believing that these protections are not sufficiently comprehensive;
Appalled by the thought of attacking of people in need of or providing medical care;
Seeking to ensure that such people are safeguarded against unnecessary violence even during a war;
Approving of similar measures already protecting civilians stipulated in GAR #317;
Hereby,
1. Defines, for the purposes of this resolution,
- a non-civilian as someone in the employment of a nation's military forces,
- a patient as a non-civilian suffering from a medical ailment requiring the attention of medical professionals,
- medical personnel as those who provide medical transportation or treatment, who are either unarmed or bear light arms exclusively for protection of themselves and patients currently under their care,
- a medical facility as a site used for medical treatment, triage or transport, and the associated infrastructure, which bears clearly visible markings indicating its status as such,
- a collateral strike as a damaging, often low-accuracy area of effect attack, with potential to cause fatalities;
2. Requires member nations to document the locations of all medical facilities in areas controlled by them, and mark such areas clearly so that they can be identified from the air as well as the ground;
3. Bans member nations' military forces from carrying out collateral strikes if there is a high risk for said collateral strike to damage or destroy a medical facility;
4. Further makes it a war crime to intentionally target a medical facility for a collateral strike;
5. Encourages member nations to evacuate medical facilities in areas under their control that are at a reasonable risk of being targeted by collateral strikes;
6. Forbids member nations' military forces from:
- preventing patients from accessing a medical facility,
- preventing medical personnel from transporting a patient to a medical facility,
- using violence against non-civilian medical personnel providing medical treatment or triage in a medical facility, or against patients being provided with medical treatment in a medical facility;
7. Clarifies that a medical facility that is also used for military actions of war, or is maintained despite the ongoing use of its occupant medical personnel or patients as living shields to protect a strategic military target, does not fall under the protections laid out in this resolution.
Co-authored by Araraukar.