The Lausanne Agreement

This pretty much taken word-for-word from the Wikipedia article for the Lausanne Agreement, which is fairly clearly created and maintained by ISCO's PR team. I've put it here so I can add some much-needed commentary and context; something ISCO seems to be afraid of.

-Dr1ft

After the emergence of individuals with supernatural abilities around the globe caused death tolls to skyrocket, representatives of several world powers convened in secret in the city of Lausanne, Switzerland, and over several months, drafted an agreement that gave birth to the International Supernatural Containment Organization. The agreement details limits (or lack thereof) placed on ISCO authority, the organization's leadership structure, its funding sources, and requirements for all signatories.
The original 8 signatories (in listed order on the document) were the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, China, France, and Switzerland. The year it was ratified, 25 more countries signed on, including Russia, Mexico, India, and most of Europe. Today, a total of 98 countries are official signatories of the Lausanne Agreement, with more added every year.

Signatory Benefits

ISCO has no jurisdiction in countries that have not signed the Lausanne Agreement, and therefore cannot take individuals into custody as long as they remain in said country. Signatory countries are granted indirect access to ISCO's considerable resources, and can put in requests for offices and staging bases to be built anywhere in their territory to increase response times.
Some countries have also suggested a type of "work release" program, where individuals with certain useful abilities could be hired out to assist in infrastructure construction, disaster relief, and other beneficial tasks. However, so far, the risk of escape has been deemed too high to consider officially amending the agreement, and no solution has been proposed that does not violate either the constitutions of several member states or international UN treaties on human treatment, such as the Hague Conventions.

Signatory Requirements

Signatories are required to donate 5% of their GDP annually, referred to as Signatory Dues, directly to ISCO's Finanance & Requisitions department. This donation can be lump sum or broken into monthly installments, and can take many forms, which are broken up into the following categories:

• Monetary: The simplest form of imbursement. This can take the form of local or foreign reserve currenc. Many signatories choose this option to pay their dues either partially or completely, as it requires the least paperwork and the least effort.
• Material: Steel, brick, concrete, aluminum, and other raw materials used in the construction of ISCO infrastructure. The value of this material is determined based on several factors, such as market values in surrounding countries and transportation costs.
• Materiel: Not to be confused with material, materiel consists of military hardware and equipment such as firearms, vehicles, fuel or exoskeletons. This equipment is generally used by ISCO's Retrieval and Containment departments, but some things, like fuel, are used broadly by most departments. A recent amendment now factors demand into the value of Materiel donations, much to the chagrin of the United States, as many countries would use it to offload old and outdated military equipment, which ISCO had no use for.
• Work: A popular option for many developing nations, Signatory Dues can be paid with work contracts for services like construction, military engineering, cooking, and even cleaning crews. Signatory states provide the workers and pay their wages, and this value contributes toward their dues. Opponents of this method claim it is "nothing but glorified human trafficking for the third world," as nothing prohibits countries from conscripting workers into service, but most workers contracting with ISCO are paid more than the average rate for workers in their home countries, and all are given the same benefits as permanent ISCO employees, such as guaranteed hazard pay, and a generous death gratuity.

Type

Treaty, Diplomatic

Authoring Date

11/11/2034

Ratification Date

1/15/2035