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3. Military standards of justice & social objectives
 
  Article 13-Military standards and social objectives  
13.1 Military standards and social objectives  
  The existence of Military standards and procedures in relation to all function, operation of all matters brought before any court concerning military law shall ensure that the operation of the law shall be uniform for all courts across all branches and levels of the military of (nation).  
13.2 The acknowledgment and accountability of the military  
  The nature of war and conflict means that inevitably non-combatants are killed and property damaged and destroyed. Even with the existence of the Geneva Convention, there has never been the legal mechanism to provide a method by which a military force might remain capable of achieving its military objectives, while at the same time legally accountable for the actions of its soldiers, without leaving itself exposed and/or liable under international treaties.  
  This is done through the structure of the Military Code to recognize that in all actions that involve the death and damage to non-combatants, that cannot be legally justified in direct combat that some acknowledgment of a wrong, however small compared to the loss experienced by the victim(s) is recognized.  
  The essential assumption that all actions are accountable is fundamental to a military force operating justly. In contrast, the lack of legal accountability leaves open the possibility of various individuals of the armed forces behaving criminally as has been the tradition experienced by all armies in occupation or overseas territorial missions since the beginning of civilization.  
13.3 Holding prisoners accountable to one or more criminal charges under military law  
  Probably one of the most unique and powerful elements of universal justice under this Military Code is the recognition that in order for a military prisoner to be held beyond certain limits of custody, some kind of charge or charges must be filed and that some kind of fair hearing and trial must occur.  
  This is an alien concept to the tradition of the Geneva Convention on prisoners, which sought to define levels of minimum humane treatment on the custody of prisoners. In contrast, the Military Code legally enables (nation) to rightfully prosecute prisoners captured as either combatants or non-combatants according to a set of offences which mirror natural criminal law.  
  In other words, a military prisoner under the Military Code can be tried and convicted of an offence according to the highest standards of jurisprudence and justice without having to refer the matter to a criminal court or international court.  
  Furthermore, it provides a legal precedent and justification for the ongoing incarceration of military prisoners beyond the statutes previously espoused by the Geneva Convention on the basis of the criminal convictions given by fair trial.  
     
 
 

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