Annex to World Legislative Act #1
Appendix to World Legislative Act Number One, To Prohibit Weapons of Mass Destruction, Including Nuclear Weapons, and to Create a World Disarmament Agency; Short title: Bomb Prohibition, adopted at the first session of the Provisional World Parliament, meeting at Brighton, England, 11 September 1982, convened in conformance with Article 19 of the Earth Constitution. Entry into force 11 March 1983. Amended at sixth session Provisional World Parliament, meeting at Bangkok, Thailand, December 2003. Sentencing parameters adopted at seventh session of Parliament, Chennai, India, December 2003. Formatting amendments adopted at eighth session of Parliament, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, August 2004.
The Assembly of States Parties, in according with the Assembly's version of Act #20 (Rome Statute), may deliberate the adoption of this Annex in April of 2009. However, this waiting period may waive by negotiation for the provisional World Parliament version of the Rome Statute (Act #20 - World Court Criminal Bench)
Annex to World Legislative Act #1
Referenced from Part Two, Article 8.2.2.20. of the Statute for the World Bench for Criminal Cases
(Provisional World Parliament version)
Referenced from Part Two, Article 8.2.b.xx. of the Rome Statute for the International Criminal
Court (Assembly of States Parties version)
Appendix - Annex 1
Definitive List of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Nuclear weapons, including fission and fusion explosive weapons, as well as explosive or non-explosive radiological weapons containing radioactive materials, such as depleted uranium; radiological wastes may be considered a WMD when not safely sequestered;
Bio-chemical weapons, including nerve gas, bacterial weapons, mass defoliants, any other kind of poison gas or bio-chemical weaponry;
Fire bombs, block-buster bombs, anti-personnel bombs, cluster bombs, neutron bombs, and other kinds of bombs;
Cruise missiles, Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, short range missiles, and other missiles used to deliver nuclear or other weapons of mass death and destruction;
Bombers, military aircraft, and military aircraft carriers;
Battleships, military submarines and any other ocean launched weaponry;
Satellite weaponry or weapons stationed in or maneuverable from upper or outer space or the Moon;
Laser ray weapons, and any other weapons which might in future be developed for mass death and destruction;
Delivery systems for nuclear weapons, bio-chemical weapons and all other weapons defined herein;
Delivery systems of means when used to convey military weapons across national boundaries.
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Adopted as Appendix to World Legislative Act Number One at the first session of the provisional World Parliament, meeting at Brighton, England, 11 September 1982. Entry into force 11 March 1983. Amended at sixth session provisional World Parliament, meeting at Bangkok, Thailand, December 2003. Sentencing parameters adopted at seventh session of Parliament, Chennai, India, December 2003. Formatting amendments adopted at eighth session of Parliament, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, August 2004.
Attested: Dr. Terence P. Amerasinghe, Barrister-at-Law, Secretary (1st & 3rd sessions)
Provisional World Parliament
Eugenia Almand, JD, Secretary
Provisional World Parliament
Prohibited methods of warfare are defined in World Legislative Act #13, Article 2.
Annex 2 (From World Legislative Act #14, the World Security Act, adopted by provisional World Parliament in March 2003, Bangkok, Thailand) 14.4. Equipment Restrictions
In typical law enforcement situations, Law enforcement officers must not use weapons unsuitable for use in the apprehension of suspects.
A principle of suitability is that if use of a weapon destroys evidence, it tends to be unsuitable for law enforcement. Evidence is required to determine innocence and guilt in court. For instance, witness testimony is a form of evidence. If a witness is killed, evidence is destroyed. On these grounds, more lethal weapons, that is, those which ordinarily kill upon customary use, tend to be unsuitable for law enforcement.
Weapons unsuitable for government use in typical law enforcement situations include these:
Any weapons classified in World Legislation as a weapon of mass destruction;
Blade weapons of any kind; flexible weapons which might cause mortal injury upon impact;
Blackjacks, brass knuckles, saps;
Strap weapons which might easily cause strangulation are unsuitable, except for strap batons, which have been shown less likely to cause strangulation than batons alone when used properly;
All cartridges with bullets designed to explode or fragment are unsuitable, except for such safety bullets designed to be unlikely to cause mortal injury or permanent damage when used properly;
All mortars or launchers are unsuitable for use;
Neither tear gas, stun grenades nor force may be used as a means of crowd dispersal, except in the event of organized armed insurrection, and then only on receipt of a warrant from the World Attorneys General or Regional World Attorneys, describing the individual or individuals who are to be arrested, the alleged crime or crimes, and the evidence for the alleged crime or crimes.
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Enforcement officers will train with certain weapons to learn effective skills for neutralizing attacks with the unsuitable weapons. For instance, officers will train with blade weapons as part of the standard training program, primarily since blade weapons are a common weapon of aggression against which enforcement officers are at risk.
Annex 3 (From World Legislative Act #14, the World Security Act, adopted by provisional World Parliament in March 2003, Bangkok, Thailand) 14.5. Recommended Equipment Recommended equipment for law enforcement purposes include these weapons:
Handcuffs, other temporary restraints which ordinarily cause no permanent damage when properly used;
Body armor;
Handheld-dispenser pepper spray, handheld dispenser mace;
Softwood batons, hardwood short sticks, flashlights;
Single-action or semi-automatic firearms using less lethal munitions;
Electronic stunning devices of a current/voltage combination that ordinarily do not cause permanent harm when used properly;
Acoustic devices which do not ordinarily cause permanent harm when used properly;
Strap batons which can be shown to be safer and less likely to cause strangulation than ordinary batons in effecting arrest of suspects are recommended;
Safety bullets, designed to impact or fragment without ordinarily producing lethal injury; and
Sedative darts and chemical bullets which sedate, irritate or put a suspect temporarily unconscious, yet ordinarily without permanent harm when properly used.
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Of course, enforcement officers will have other equipment, particularly communications equipment, navigational aids and recording equipment, such as redundant digital video/audio systems, first aid kits, appropriate munitions, etc.
Although laser ray weapons are prohibited, lasers per se may continue to be used as effective tools, for instance in sighting mechanisms used in conjunction with appropriate instruments of enforcement. A pistol, revolver or rifle with laser sighting mechanism can be more secure to the public, the officer and the person being apprehended than these instruments without the sighting mechanism.
Appendix to World Legislative Act Number One, To Prohibit Weapons of Mass Destruction, Including Nuclear Weapons, and to Create a World Disarmament Agency; Short title: Bomb Prohibition, adopted at the first session of the Provisional World Parliament, meeting at Brighton, England, 11 September 1982, convened in conformance with Article 19 of the Earth Constitution. Entry into force 11 March 1983. Amended at sixth session Provisional World Parliament, meeting at Bangkok, Thailand, December 2003. Sentencing parameters adopted at seventh session of Parliament, Chennai, India, December 2003. Formatting amendments adopted at eighth session of Parliament, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, August 2004.
The Assembly of States Parties, in according with the Assembly's version of Act #20 (Rome Statute), may deliberate the adoption of this Annex in April of 2009. However, this waiting period may waive by negotiation for the provisional World Parliament version of the Rome Statute (Act #20 - World Court Criminal Bench)
Annex to World Legislative Act #1
Referenced from Part Two, Article 8.2.2.20. of the Statute for the World Bench for Criminal Cases
(Provisional World Parliament version)
Referenced from Part Two, Article 8.2.b.xx. of the Rome Statute for the International Criminal
Court (Assembly of States Parties version)
Appendix - Annex 1
Definitive List of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Nuclear weapons, including fission and fusion explosive weapons, as well as explosive or non-explosive radiological weapons containing radioactive materials, such as depleted uranium; radiological wastes may be considered a WMD when not safely sequestered;
Bio-chemical weapons, including nerve gas, bacterial weapons, mass defoliants, any other kind of poison gas or bio-chemical weaponry;
Fire bombs, block-buster bombs, anti-personnel bombs, cluster bombs, neutron bombs, and other kinds of bombs;
Cruise missiles, Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, short range missiles, and other missiles used to deliver nuclear or other weapons of mass death and destruction;
Bombers, military aircraft, and military aircraft carriers;
Battleships, military submarines and any other ocean launched weaponry;
Satellite weaponry or weapons stationed in or maneuverable from upper or outer space or the Moon;
Laser ray weapons, and any other weapons which might in future be developed for mass death and destruction;
Delivery systems for nuclear weapons, bio-chemical weapons and all other weapons defined herein;
Delivery systems of means when used to convey military weapons across national boundaries.
* * * * * * * * * *
Adopted as Appendix to World Legislative Act Number One at the first session of the provisional World Parliament, meeting at Brighton, England, 11 September 1982. Entry into force 11 March 1983. Amended at sixth session provisional World Parliament, meeting at Bangkok, Thailand, December 2003. Sentencing parameters adopted at seventh session of Parliament, Chennai, India, December 2003. Formatting amendments adopted at eighth session of Parliament, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, August 2004.
Attested: Dr. Terence P. Amerasinghe, Barrister-at-Law, Secretary (1st & 3rd sessions)
Provisional World Parliament
Eugenia Almand, JD, Secretary
Provisional World Parliament
Prohibited methods of warfare are defined in World Legislative Act #13, Article 2.
Annex 2 (From World Legislative Act #14, the World Security Act, adopted by provisional World Parliament in March 2003, Bangkok, Thailand) 14.4. Equipment Restrictions
In typical law enforcement situations, Law enforcement officers must not use weapons unsuitable for use in the apprehension of suspects.
A principle of suitability is that if use of a weapon destroys evidence, it tends to be unsuitable for law enforcement. Evidence is required to determine innocence and guilt in court. For instance, witness testimony is a form of evidence. If a witness is killed, evidence is destroyed. On these grounds, more lethal weapons, that is, those which ordinarily kill upon customary use, tend to be unsuitable for law enforcement.
Weapons unsuitable for government use in typical law enforcement situations include these:
Any weapons classified in World Legislation as a weapon of mass destruction;
Blade weapons of any kind; flexible weapons which might cause mortal injury upon impact;
Blackjacks, brass knuckles, saps;
Strap weapons which might easily cause strangulation are unsuitable, except for strap batons, which have been shown less likely to cause strangulation than batons alone when used properly;
All cartridges with bullets designed to explode or fragment are unsuitable, except for such safety bullets designed to be unlikely to cause mortal injury or permanent damage when used properly;
All mortars or launchers are unsuitable for use;
Neither tear gas, stun grenades nor force may be used as a means of crowd dispersal, except in the event of organized armed insurrection, and then only on receipt of a warrant from the World Attorneys General or Regional World Attorneys, describing the individual or individuals who are to be arrested, the alleged crime or crimes, and the evidence for the alleged crime or crimes.
* * * * * * * * *
Enforcement officers will train with certain weapons to learn effective skills for neutralizing attacks with the unsuitable weapons. For instance, officers will train with blade weapons as part of the standard training program, primarily since blade weapons are a common weapon of aggression against which enforcement officers are at risk.
Annex 3 (From World Legislative Act #14, the World Security Act, adopted by provisional World Parliament in March 2003, Bangkok, Thailand) 14.5. Recommended Equipment Recommended equipment for law enforcement purposes include these weapons:
Handcuffs, other temporary restraints which ordinarily cause no permanent damage when properly used;
Body armor;
Handheld-dispenser pepper spray, handheld dispenser mace;
Softwood batons, hardwood short sticks, flashlights;
Single-action or semi-automatic firearms using less lethal munitions;
Electronic stunning devices of a current/voltage combination that ordinarily do not cause permanent harm when used properly;
Acoustic devices which do not ordinarily cause permanent harm when used properly;
Strap batons which can be shown to be safer and less likely to cause strangulation than ordinary batons in effecting arrest of suspects are recommended;
Safety bullets, designed to impact or fragment without ordinarily producing lethal injury; and
Sedative darts and chemical bullets which sedate, irritate or put a suspect temporarily unconscious, yet ordinarily without permanent harm when properly used.
* * * * * * * * * *
Of course, enforcement officers will have other equipment, particularly communications equipment, navigational aids and recording equipment, such as redundant digital video/audio systems, first aid kits, appropriate munitions, etc.
Although laser ray weapons are prohibited, lasers per se may continue to be used as effective tools, for instance in sighting mechanisms used in conjunction with appropriate instruments of enforcement. A pistol, revolver or rifle with laser sighting mechanism can be more secure to the public, the officer and the person being apprehended than these instruments without the sighting mechanism.