Filar Salazar --
I submit that my feeble translation may be at fault here. It is clear to me that the Commission for Peace consists of one representative and one alternate from each State plus one representative of the stateless, approved by the Rangers and that action of the Commission is by a vote of its members.
Article 12 It acts in matters of international law when called upon by one of its members (not independently).
a) -- it supports humanitarian aid
b) It acts as a coordinator between the military commanders of the Nations when they are acting to pursue Marauders which is the only time such forces may enter another land. It reports back on its actions to the Nations.
c) If a criminal has fled, the Nation under whose laws the homin is a criminal can call upon the Commission to help them bring that criminal to justice. The Commisssion (representatives of the four Nations) decides whether it is worth it to do so, then proceeds if it is.
I don't see a lot of "power" here.
You express disdain for the Rangers, and see this as an increase in their power. But the Rangers have always been a force for order and hominity in Atys, even since the First Swarming. It was they who sponsored the meeting that led to the Declaration of Homin Rites. It is they who run the refugee camp in Silan at no expense to the States. It was they who cooperated with the Trytonists to rescue us from the Second Swarming when the Powers could not do so.
I think I saw you in the Refuge for the eight years that we stayed there while the Second Swarming scoured our cities and lands. That refuge was run by Rangers and Trytonists, who led us to it and supported us while we lived there. It was the Rangers who scouted through the Deep Roots for word of our lands and let us know when the Swarming had receded enough that it was no longer suicidal to come back to the New Lands.
What responsibility does it spare the stateless? The responsibility for running their own lives?
With respect,
Mac'Od Bittty, free Tryker.
I submit that my feeble translation may be at fault here. It is clear to me that the Commission for Peace consists of one representative and one alternate from each State plus one representative of the stateless, approved by the Rangers and that action of the Commission is by a vote of its members.
Article 12 It acts in matters of international law when called upon by one of its members (not independently).
a) -- it supports humanitarian aid
b) It acts as a coordinator between the military commanders of the Nations when they are acting to pursue Marauders which is the only time such forces may enter another land. It reports back on its actions to the Nations.
c) If a criminal has fled, the Nation under whose laws the homin is a criminal can call upon the Commission to help them bring that criminal to justice. The Commisssion (representatives of the four Nations) decides whether it is worth it to do so, then proceeds if it is.
I don't see a lot of "power" here.
You express disdain for the Rangers, and see this as an increase in their power. But the Rangers have always been a force for order and hominity in Atys, even since the First Swarming. It was they who sponsored the meeting that led to the Declaration of Homin Rites. It is they who run the refugee camp in Silan at no expense to the States. It was they who cooperated with the Trytonists to rescue us from the Second Swarming when the Powers could not do so.
I think I saw you in the Refuge for the eight years that we stayed there while the Second Swarming scoured our cities and lands. That refuge was run by Rangers and Trytonists, who led us to it and supported us while we lived there. It was the Rangers who scouted through the Deep Roots for word of our lands and let us know when the Swarming had receded enough that it was no longer suicidal to come back to the New Lands.
What responsibility does it spare the stateless? The responsibility for running their own lives?
With respect,
Mac'Od Bittty, free Tryker.
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Remembering Tyneetryk
Phaedreas Tears - 15 years old and first(*) of true neutral guilds in Atys.
(*) This statement is contested, but we are certainly the longest lasting.
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