Sanctions (Axis of Time)

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In John Birmingham's Axis of Time series of novels, Sanctions are a system of Field Punishments applied to enemy combatants. First adopted by the Australian Defence Force in 2008, it was adopted in the United States of America by Executive Order of President Hillary Clinton, also in 2008, and enacted into law by Congress in 2009.

The system was standardised across the world in the Wellington Agreement of 2012, as signed by the 'Echelon' western countries

1 Official Sanctions
2 Unofficial Sanctions
3 Source

[edit] Official Sanctions

[edit] Sanction One

Indefinite incarceration in extra-judicial prision

[edit] Sanction Two

Physical punishment.

[edit] Sanction Three

Relevant punishment up to summary execution and disposal of remains in culturally relevant manner.

[edit] Sanction Four

Summary Execution after hostile debrief, followed by disposal of remains in culturally relevant manner.

[edit] Unofficial Sanctions

[edit] Sanction Five

Enemy combatants destroyed in such a way that they cannot be martyred for the cause. Where possible the indiviual is 'disappeared' before a bomb destroys their house, leaving behind a small amount of DNA. The combatant is then subjected to months of hostile debrief before being exposed to their defamation in the outside world. Followed by execution and disposal of remains in a culturally irrelevant manner. Examples are for Muslims to be sewn up in a pigskin and buried in the jungle somewhere. Similar to Room 101 in 1984.