[PASSED] Wartime Healthcare Protections - Concrete Slab - 01-01-2020
Wartime Healthcare Protections
A resolution to slash worldwide military spending.
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Category: Global Disarmament | Strength: Mild | Proposed by: Maowi |
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 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 or triage in a medical facility, or
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- 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,
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
4. Forbids the calculated use of medical personnel or patients as living shields to protect a strategic military target.
Co-authored by Araraukar. |
RE: [AT VOTE] Wartime Healthcare Protections - The Tecorogan Federation - 01-02-2020
"Wouldn't this resolution prevent our military officers from transporting or regulating the transport of patients during times of danger?"
RE: [AT VOTE] Wartime Healthcare Protections - Concrete Slab - 01-03-2020
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RE: [PASSED] Wartime Healthcare Protections - Concrete Slab - 01-05-2020
The proposal "Wartime Healthcare Protections" was passed 9966 (74.9%) votes to 3340 (25.1%) votes and is now a General Assembly Resolution. Thank you to all nations who cast their votes and voiced their opinions.
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