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More About CPTI

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Conscience and Peace Tax International (CPTI) was founded in Hondarribia, Spain, on September 17, 1994. It was incorporated as an international non-profit association in Belgium by Royal Decree of March 20, 1996 and by publication of its articles of association on July 4, 1996 in the official Bijlagen tot het Belgisch Staatsblad (number 15.075/96). CPTI was granted ‘special consultative status’ with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the UNO in July 1999.

Objects:

The aim of the association is to obtain recognition of the right to conscientious objection to paying for armaments and war preparation and war conduct through taxes. It does this by means that conform to Belgian and international law. The association may also support the struggle of conscientious objectors and the struggle for the recognition of human rights generally. In furtherance of these objects the association lobbies international organizations, such as the United Nations, in order to obtain and/or improve legal and other instruments, which may be national and international legislation, conventions, resolutions, directives, declarations, etc. The association publicizes efforts to obtain recognition of the afore-said right. It facilitates coordination of similar activities of national movements at the international level.

Conscience:

The principle of conscience, a moral imperative governing the behavior of an individual, is central to the objectives and work of CPTI. Conscientious objection to war is a well-established concept in many western countries and the rights of conscientious objectors are enshrined in many countries in legislation relating to conscription. However the changes in warfare require an extension of legislation. Modern warfare is now more dependent on money than on physical conscripts, but fiscal conscripts have no legal mechanism for preventing their money, their taxes, being used to wage war. It is this that led to the establishment of many national movements and of CPTI.

Structure:

Conscience and Peace Tax International is legally based in Belgium, but has an international Board, with representatives from seven countries. Currently the Board is comprised of:

Marian Franz (Acting-Chair)
National Campaign
for a Peace Tax Fund
2121 Decatur Place N.W.
Washington, D.C.
20008-1923 U.S.A.
Telephone: +1-202-986-0667
e-mail: [email protected]

Hannelore Morgenstern-Przygoda
(Vice-Chair)
Netzwerk Friedenssteuer
Köln,
Germany
Telephone: +49-221-74 34 96
e-mail: hannelore.morgenstern@gmx.de

Pedro Otaduy (Treasurer)
Campaña de Objeción Fiscal
Pamplona-Iruñea,
Spain
Telephone: +34-948.220642
e-mail: [email protected]

Dirk Panhuis (Secretary)
Bruineveld 11
3010 Leuven
Belgium
Telephone: +32-16-25 40 11
e-mail: cpti@cpti.ws

Cosimo Tomaselli
Campagna di Obiezione alle Spese Militari
per le Difesa Populare Nonviolenta
Mestre (Venetia), Italy
Telephone:
+39-41.531.92.17
e-mail: [email protected]

Ricardo Esquivia
Sincelejo, Columbia
e-mail: [email protected]

Carla Goffi
email: [email protected]

Representatives to the ECOSOC / UNO in New York are Marian Franz, John Randall and Rosa Packard. The Representative in Geneva is Derek Brett.

A General Assembly meets every two years to review progress, approve the budget and accounts, and considers changes to the Board or the articles of association.

Formal membership is open to organizations that have been recognized in their own country, and to physical persons. New members should subscribe to the objects of the association.

Finance:

There is no fee for membership of CPTI. The association runs on a low budget, financed by contributions from members and supporters. Board members receive no remuneration and contribute their time on a voluntary basis.

Timeline in formation:

1992 – Brussels, Belgium: The 4th International Conference on War Tax Resistance and Peace Tax Campaigns named five persons to explore non-governmental organization (NGO) status to lobby in the United Nations' Economic Social Council and in the European parliament and other international bodies.

1994 – Hondarribia, Spain: The Founding General Assembly, held at the 5th International Conference on War Tax Resistance and Peace Tax Campaigns, adopted the articles of association, elected the Board of administration, decided formal repartition of tasks of officers, and signed documents. Incorporation as an International Association Without Lucrative Purpose, was asked at the Ministry of Justice of Belgium.

1996 – CPTI was incorporated by Belgian Royal Decree in March of 1996 by King Albert II and by publication of the articles of association in the Official Journal on July 4, 1996 (N° 15.075/96). This incorporation made CPTI eligible to apply for NGO status in the UNO.

1999 – CPTI is granted NGO ‘special consultative status’ with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. Advantages of such consultative NGO status are: attendance at meetings of the Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC), ability to propose items for the agenda, representative attendance at meetings at the UNO, and accessibility to documents. ECOSOC has a Commission on Human Rights. More information.

2000 – CPTI participated in the NGO Millennium Forum (May 22-26, 2000), which preceded the Millenium Assembly of the UNO in September 2000.

Activities:

The task of getting incorporation occupied the first two years since its foundation. The main activity for 1997 and 1998 has been the preparation of publicity materials and attendance at the Second European Ecumenical Assembly on Reconciliation in Graz (Austria, June 1997) and at the European Conscientious Objectors' Meeting (ECOM) in Norway (August 1997). Materials were distributed at other relevant conferences and gatherings (such as the Osnabrück Peace Congress in May 1998, and the meeting of Christian grass-root organisations in Maastricht, August 29, 1998).

In 1999 a web site (http://go.to/cpti or http://surf.to/cpti) was created and subsequently improved.

Since 1999 the right to conscientious objection to paying for the military through taxes is being brought to the attention of international NGO’s and the appropriate bodies of the UNO.

CPTI IS NOT an umbrella organization of all WTR-PTC’s (War Tax Resistance and Peace Tax Campaigns). Nor is it a board of the international WTR-PTC conferences, which have no board or governing body. The international conferences are organized and hosted by national movements. Those conferences have been held in Tübingen (Germany, '86), Vierhouten (The Netherlands, '88), Aosta (Italy, '90), Brussels (Belgium, '92), Hondarribia (Spain, '94), Hoddesdon (U.K., ’96), New Delhi-Bhajanpura (India, ‘98), and Washington, DC (USA, 2000), Berlin (Germany 2002), and Brussels (Belgium, 2004)

CPTI is an International non-profit organization (Belgium 15.075/98), an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

To make donations to CPTI:

In the USA and Canada:

Make out your check to:
PTF/CPTI
and send it to:
Marian Franz, CPTI, in care of NCPTF,
2121 Decatur Place NW,
Washington, D.C. 20008-1923, USA.

(The Peace Tax Foundation (PTF) is a registered non-profit 501 (c)(3) organiztion)

In the rest of the world: (no checks please)

Send payment to:
Conscience and Peace Tax International,
Bruineveld 11, 3010 Leuven (Belgium).

Within the euro zone you may pay through by bank or by IPMO

Outside of the euro zone it is best and cheapest to pay by IPMO

CPTI, Bank of the Post (agency: Kessel-Lo)
IBAN (International Bank Account Number): BE12 0001 7098 1492.
BIC (Bank Identification Code): BPOTBEB1

International Postal Money Order (IPMO):
At your local post office in any country you can send an IPMO in euros to CPTI.

Please DO NOT send checks to our office in Belgium.

More About CPTI CPTI brochure in A4 format (pdf file) or in US Letter format (pdf file) Brochure de CPTI dans le format A4 français (fichier de pdf) ou dans le format de lettre des USA (fichier de pdf) Conscience and Peace Tax International (CPTI) was founded in Hondarribia, Spain, on September 17, 1994. It was incorporated as an international non-profit association in Belgium by Royal Decree of March 20, 1996 and by publication of its articles of association on July 4, 1996 in the official Bijlagen tot het Belgisch Staatsblad (number 15.075/96). CPTI was granted ‘special consultative status’ with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the UNO in July 1999. Objects: The aim of the association is to obtain recognition of the right to conscientious objection to paying for armaments and war preparation and war conduct through taxes. It does this by means that conform to Belgian and international law. The association may also support the struggle of conscientious objectors and the struggle for the recognition of human rights generally. In furtherance of these objects the association lobbies international organizations, such as the United Nations, in order to obtain and/or improve legal and other instruments, which may be national and international legislation, conventions, resolutions, directives, declarations, etc. The association publicizes efforts to obtain recognition of the afore-said right. It facilitates coordination of similar activities of national movements at the international level. Conscience: The principle of conscience, a moral imperative governing the behavior of an individual, is central to the objectives and work of CPTI. Conscientious objection to war is a well-established concept in many western countries and the rights of conscientious objectors are enshrined in many countries in legislation relating to conscription. However the changes in warfare require an extension of legislation. Modern warfare is now more dependent on money than on physical conscripts, but fiscal conscripts have no legal mechanism for preventing their money, their taxes, being used to wage war. It is this that led to the establishment of many national movements and of CPTI. Structure: Conscience and Peace Tax International is legally based in Belgium, but has an international Board, with representatives from seven countries. Currently the Board is comprised of:
Marian Franz (Acting-Chair) National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund 2121 Decatur Place N.W. Washington, D.C. 20008-1923 U.S.A. Telephone: +1-202-986-0667 e-mail: [email protected]	Hannelore Morgenstern-Przygoda (Vice-Chair) Netzwerk Friedenssteuer Köln, Germany Telephone: +49-221-74 34 96 e-mail: hannelore.morgenstern@gmx.de
Pedro Otaduy (Treasurer) Campaña de Objeción Fiscal Pamplona-Iruñea, Spain Telephone: +34-948.220642 e-mail: [email protected]	Dirk Panhuis (Secretary) Bruineveld 11 3010 Leuven Belgium Telephone: +32-16-25 40 11 e-mail: cpti@cpti.ws
Cosimo Tomaselli Campagna di Obiezione alle Spese Militari per le Difesa Populare Nonviolenta Mestre (Venetia), Italy Telephone: +39-41.531.92.17 e-mail: [email protected]
	Ricardo Esquivia Sincelejo, Columbia e-mail: [email protected]
	Carla Goffi email: [email protected]
Representatives to the ECOSOC / UNO in New York are Marian Franz, John Randall and Rosa Packard. The Representative in Geneva is Derek Brett. A General Assembly meets every two years to review progress, approve the budget and accounts, and considers changes to the Board or the articles of association. Formal membership is open to organizations that have been recognized in their own country, and to physical persons. New members should subscribe to the objects of the association. Finance: There is no fee for membership of CPTI. The association runs on a low budget, financed by contributions from members and supporters. Board members receive no remuneration and contribute their time on a voluntary basis. Timeline in formation: 1992 – Brussels, Belgium: The 4th International Conference on War Tax Resistance and Peace Tax Campaigns named five persons to explore non-governmental organization (NGO) status to lobby in the United Nations' Economic Social Council and in the European parliament and other international bodies. 1994 – Hondarribia, Spain: The Founding General Assembly, held at the 5th International Conference on War Tax Resistance and Peace Tax Campaigns, adopted the articles of association, elected the Board of administration, decided formal repartition of tasks of officers, and signed documents. Incorporation as an International Association Without Lucrative Purpose, was asked at the Ministry of Justice of Belgium. 1996 – CPTI was incorporated by Belgian Royal Decree in March of 1996 by King Albert II and by publication of the articles of association in the Official Journal on July 4, 1996 (N° 15.075/96). This incorporation made CPTI eligible to apply for NGO status in the UNO. 1999 – CPTI is granted NGO ‘special consultative status’ with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. Advantages of such consultative NGO status are: attendance at meetings of the Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC), ability to propose items for the agenda, representative attendance at meetings at the UNO, and accessibility to documents. ECOSOC has a Commission on Human Rights. More information. 2000 – CPTI participated in the NGO Millennium Forum (May 22-26, 2000), which preceded the Millenium Assembly of the UNO in September 2000. Activities: The task of getting incorporation occupied the first two years since its foundation. The main activity for 1997 and 1998 has been the preparation of publicity materials and attendance at the Second European Ecumenical Assembly on Reconciliation in Graz (Austria, June 1997) and at the European Conscientious Objectors' Meeting (ECOM) in Norway (August 1997). Materials were distributed at other relevant conferences and gatherings (such as the Osnabrück Peace Congress in May 1998, and the meeting of Christian grass-root organisations in Maastricht, August 29, 1998). In 1999 a web site (http://go.to/cpti or http://surf.to/cpti) was created and subsequently improved. Since 1999 the right to conscientious objection to paying for the military through taxes is being brought to the attention of international NGO’s and the appropriate bodies of the UNO. CPTI IS NOT an umbrella organization of all WTR-PTC’s (War Tax Resistance and Peace Tax Campaigns). Nor is it a board of the international WTR-PTC conferences, which have no board or governing body. The international conferences are organized and hosted by national movements. Those conferences have been held in Tübingen (Germany, '86), Vierhouten (The Netherlands, '88), Aosta (Italy, '90), Brussels (Belgium, '92), Hondarribia (Spain, '94), Hoddesdon (U.K., ’96), New Delhi-Bhajanpura (India, ‘98), and Washington, DC (USA, 2000), Berlin (Germany 2002), and Brussels (Belgium, 2004) CPTI is an International non-profit organization (Belgium 15.075/98), an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. To make donations to CPTI: In the USA and Canada: Make out your check to: PTF/CPTI and send it to: Marian Franz, CPTI, in care of NCPTF, 2121 Decatur Place NW, Washington, D.C. 20008-1923, USA. (The Peace Tax Foundation (PTF) is a registered non-profit 501 (c)(3) organiztion) In the rest of the world: (no checks please) Send payment to: Conscience and Peace Tax International, Bruineveld 11, 3010 Leuven (Belgium). Within the euro zone you may pay through by bank or by IPMO Outside of the euro zone it is best and cheapest to pay by IPMO CPTI, Bank of the Post (agency: Kessel-Lo) IBAN (International Bank Account Number): BE12 0001 7098 1492. BIC (Bank Identification Code): BPOTBEB1 International Postal Money Order (IPMO): At your local post office in any country you can send an IPMO in euros to CPTI. Please DO NOT send checks to our office in Belgium.