Abakhankasi bahlose ukushushisa izwe laseBrithani
Ngomhla lu-1 kuMfumfu abakhankasi bazoqala iphrojekthi entsha nenesifiso sokusungula ukushushiswa kwesakhamuzi kuHulumeni futhi ikakhulukazi uNobhala Wezwe Wezokuvikela ngokwephula umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe ngokusatshalaliswa kwawo okusebenzayo kohlelo lwezikhali zenuzi lwe-Trident.
I-PICAT ididiyelwe yi-Trident Plowshares futhi izobandakanya amaqembu kulo lonke elase-England nase-Wales ochungechungeni lwezinyathelo okuthemba ukuthi zizoholela emvuzweni yoMmeli Omkhulu wecala ukuze icala liyiswe ezinkantolo.
Amaqembu azoqala ngokufuna isiqinisekiso kuNobhala Wezokuvikela Wezokuvikela ukuthi izikhali zenuzi zase-UK ngeke zisetshenziswe, noma ukusetshenziswa kwazo kusatshiswe, ngendlela ezobangela ukulahlekelwa okukhulu kwempilo yabantu kanye nokulimala kwemvelo.
Uma kungekho mpendulo noma okungagculisi amaqembu ayobe esethintana nezimantshi zendawo ukuze abeke imininingwane yobugebengu (1). Uma imvume yecala ingaphumi ku-Attorney General umkhankaso uyobe usucabanga ukuya eNkantolo Yobugebengu Yamazwe Ngamazwe.
Umakadebona womkhankaso wokuthula u-Angie Zelter (2), osungule lolu hlelo kanye nommeli wamazwe omhlaba u-Robbie Manson (3), uthe:
“Uhulumeni wenqabile njalo ukunikeza ubufakazi bokuthi i-Trident noma enye indawo ingasetshenziswa kanjani ngokusemthethweni. Lo mkhankaso uwumzamo wokuthola inkantolo ezimisele ukuhlola ngokuyikho uma usongo lokusebenzisa i-Trident
empeleni kuwubugebengu njengoba abaningi bethu becabanga ukuthi kunjalo. Yindaba ebaluleke kakhulu emphakathini.
I-UK, kanye nezinye izifundazwe zezikhali zenuzi, isiya ngokuya ihlukaniswa nomfutho okhulayo womhlaba wonke wokwephula umthetho wezikhali zenuzi, njengoba kuvezwe kuSifungo Sobuntu, esesivele sihehe ukusayinwa kwezizwe eziyi-117.(4)”
URobbie Manson uthi:
“Ngihlale ngiqinile embonweni wokuthi kuyisizathu esifanele futhi esifanelekile ukulandela lezi zindaba, ngisho nasezinkantolo, futhi ngamandla uma kubhekwa ubukhulu besidingo sobuntu, ukubaluleka kwezepolitiki kanye nezinga lobuzenzisi bobuzwe lapho abaholi bezepolitiki bathembele ekufezeni imiklamo yabo. "
Le phrojekthi isekelwa uhlu oluhlaba umxhwele lofakazi abangochwepheshe (5), okuhlanganisa uPhil Webber, uSihlalo Wososayensi Bomsebenzi Womhlaba Wonke, uProfesa Paul Rogers, uMnyango Wezifundo Zokuthula eNyuvesi yaseBradford, noJohn Ainslie we-Scottish CND.
Amakhasi ewebhu omkhankaso: http://tridentpughshares.
amanothi
Abakhankasi bagqamisa izinhlinzeko ze-Article 51 ye-First Addiction Protocol 1977 ezingqungqutheleni ezine zasekuqaleni zase-Geneva zango-1949 - Ukuvikelwa kwezakhamuzi kanye ne-Article 55 - Ukuvikelwa kwemvelo yemvelo, kanye ne-Article 8(2)(b)(iv) we-Rome Statute for an International Criminal Court 1998, ehlangene yabeka imikhawulo ecacile nebalulekile emalungelweni ama-belligerents kanye nabanye ukuthi baqale ukuhlasela okungase kubonakale kungabangela ukulimala okungenakulinganiswa, okungadingekile noma ngokweqile ezimpilweni zabantu nasezimpahleni, noma okwemvelo. imvelo, engathethelelwanga inzuzo yezempi elindelwe iyodwa.
U-Angie Zelter uyisishoshovu sokuthula nemvelo. Ngo-1996 wayeyingxenye yeqembu elakhululwa ngemuva kokukhipha izikhali i-BAE Hawk Jet eya e-Indonesia lapho yayizosetshenziselwa ukuhlasela i-East Timor. Muva nje usungule i-Trident Ploughshares, ekhuthaza ukuncishiswa kwabantu izikhali okusekelwe emthethweni wobuntu wamazwe ngamazwe futhi wakhululwa ngokudumile njengomunye wabesifazane abathathu abaphuca isikebhe esihlobene ne-Trident e-Loch Goil ngo-1999. Ungumbhali wezincwadi ezimbalwa ezihlanganisa ne-'Trident on Trial icala Lokuhoxiswa Kwezikhali Zabantu”. (Luath -2001)
U-Robbie Manson waba nesandla esikhulu ekumiseni igatsha lase-UK leProjekthi Yenkantolo Yomhlaba, waba nesandla ekutholeni Umbono Wokululekwa we-ICJ wango-1996 mayelana Nosongo Nokusetshenziswa Kwezikhali Zenuzi futhi wasungula i-Institute for Law, Accountability & Peace (INLAP) ekuqaleni kwawo-1990. Ngo-2003 wazibandakanya njengomeluleki futhi waba ngummeli weqembu lezishoshovu zokuthula ezi-5 okwathi ngezikhathi ezahlukene zangena eRAF Fairford ngaphambi kokuqala kweMpi yokugcina yase-Iraq, ngemizamo yokucekela phansi amabhomu aseMelika ayelinde lapho ukuze ahlasele iBaghdad. Uveze ukuthi izenzo zabo zifanelekile emzamweni ozwakalayo wokuvimbela ubugebengu obukhulu, okuwukuthi ubudlova bamazwe ngamazwe. Icala ladluliselwa e-House of Lords njengo-R v Jones ngo-2006.
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