Declaration on the Prohibition of War as Mass Murder
PREAMBLE
We, the representatives of the peoples of the world, recognizing human life as the highest value,
aware of the planetary scale of modern armed conflicts,
affirm that war is a form of mass murder
and cannot be regarded as an acceptable political instrument.
ARTICLE 1. DEFINITION OF WAR
War is defined as any armed conflict in which the total number of deaths
reaches 1,000 or more people, regardless of formal declaration,
designation, rhetoric, or political justifications.
ARTICLE 2. LEGAL STATUS OF WAR
War is recognized as an especially grave international crime against humanity.
ARTICLE 3. OBLIGATION TO INTERVENE
States that have signed this declaration undertake
to take all possible measures to stop war,
including political, economic, legal, and other forms of pressure.
ARTICLE 4. COMPLICITY
Failure to intervene when there is a real possibility to do so
is recognized as a form of complicity in the crime.
ARTICLE 5. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
Persons who:
— initiated a war,
— participated on the side of the aggressor,
— carried out propaganda of war,
bear personal criminal responsibility without a statute of limitations.
ARTICLE 6. SOVEREIGNTY
The principle of sovereignty cannot serve as a justification for mass murder.
ARTICLE 7. PRIORITY OF LIFE
The protection of human life has unconditional priority
over territorial, political, and ideological claims.
CONCLUSION
This declaration affirms a new level of civilizational development
in which the mass destruction of human beings is recognized as unacceptable
regardless of form, flag, or rhetoric.