List of states without military

Countries without their own military

This is a list of states with no military .

Only independent states are taken into account and no dependent areas. There are around 25, so almost ¹ ⁄ _{8 of} all countries in the world have no (active) armed forces. Some countries have completed a demilitarization process and either have no armed forces , no standing army (mobilization only in the event of a defense), a militia (reserve army ) or a purely representative guard . Other states were founded without an army. Some of the states work together in a defense alliance or have a military protective power : Most are then defended by larger states. Regardless of this, all of these states have internal security forces (police), most of which also lead paramilitary units (special task forces, coast guards, etc.).

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States without standing armies

The following states either have no military at all, only a police / coast guard with paramilitary tasks or only a ceremonial guard unit (status: 1/2014):

country	Army established	demilitarized	Protecting power	Jurisdiction	Remarks
Andorra	13th century ( Sagramental )	1993	France , Spain	Govern (government)	Sometent (militia of the able- bodied ) normally responsible for internal security and as a representative guard (voluntary). There have been agreements withFranceorSpainon supportsince June 3, 1993.
Costa Rica	?	1949	-	Consejo de Gobierno (Cabinet)	The constitution forbids a standing since May 8, 1949 Military in peacetime; The Fuerza Pública (police) can be used for defense. Permanent neutrality since 1983.
Dominica	?	1981	United States , Canada	Regional Security System	No standing army since the military tried to take power with a coup in 1981 . Special Service Unit and Defense under the RSS. In the event of a voltage, the police force should serve as the military.
Grenada	?	1983	United States , Canada	Regional Security System	No standing army since the US invasion of Grenada in 1983 . Special Service Unit and Defense under the RSS. In the event of tension, the Royal Police Force should serve as the military.
Iceland	?	?	United States , NATO	?	Iceland does not have its own army, but is a member of NATO . There is a defense agreement from 1951 with the US, which maintained a military base in the country from 1951 to September 2006. Iceland has the Iceland Crisis Response Unit , the Icelandic Coast Guard , a police force and a special police unit ( Víkingasveitin ); see also the military situation in Iceland .
Kiribati	?	?	Australia , New Zealand	?	Kiribati only has a police force and a coast guard, but no military.
Liechtenstein	1342/1719	1868	-	?	After the dissolution of the German Confederation in 1868, it was abolished for cost reasons, since the German Armed Forces were no longer obliged to provide troops . There is no army in peacetime .
Marshall Islands	?	?	United States	?	Defense is the job of the United States.
Mauritius	?	1968	-	?	Without an army since 1968. But maintains a special unit and a coast guard.
Micronesia	?	?	United States	?	Defense is the job of the United States.
Monaco	?	?	France	?	Owned only by the castle guard company for representation purposes. Defense is France's job.
Nauru	?	?	Australia	?	Due to an informal agreement, defense is the responsibility of Australia .
Palau	?	1994	United States	?	Defense is the job of the United States; ABC Freedom in the Constitution (1981)
Panama	?	1990/94	-	?	Panama abolished the military in 1990; this was confirmed in 1994 by a unanimous parliamentary resolution for a constitutional amendment. Some units in the police force are limited in their ability to wage war.
Solomon Islands	?	?	?	?	Went through severe ethnic conflict from 1998 to 2006. Australia and other countries eventually intervened and restored peace and order.
Samoa	?	?	New Zealand	?	No standing army. Defense is New Zealand's job .
San Marino	?	?	Italy	?	Maintains a ceremonial guard, a police force and a border guard . Defense is guaranteed by Italy .
St. Lucia	-	1979	United States , Canada	Regional Security System	No standing army, special service unit and defense under the RSS. In the event of tension, the Royal Police Force should serve as the military.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	-	1979	United States , Canada	Regional Security System	No standing army, special service unit and defense under the RSS. In the event of tension, the Royal Police Force should serve as the military.
Tuvalu	?	?	-	?	Has no army, but the police have a maritime patrol unit.
Vanuatu	?	?	-	?	Maintains a small special unit .
Vatican city	1506 ( Cohors Helvetica )	1929	Italy	Curia: Secretariatus Status	The national defense is carried out unofficially by Italy. The permanent neutrality is in the Lateran Treaty of 1929 stipulated (Art. 24). According to international law, the Pontifical Swiss Guard belongs to the Holy See and therefore cannot be regarded as the military of the Vatican State.

States that only have no military de jure

•  Japan : The countrydoes notmaintaina militaryunder Article 9 of its constitution . However, the self-defense forces with a total of 241,000 soldiers must de facto be viewed as such.

Formerly demilitarized states

States are not led here in the times after lost wars or conquests; these are listed under occupation time . The following countries were sovereign states without armed forces:

•  Haiti : 1996 dissolution of the Forces Armées d'Haïti  (FAd'H) , the national police maintained some military units. Rebels demanded that the army be reorganized. In 2011, after the great earthquake (2010) , a Force de Défense Haïtienne was set up again (priority is civil protection); the Ministère de la Défense was also restored.

See also

• Permanent neutrality (neutral states)
• Military alliances

literature

• C. Barbey: La non-militarization et les pays sans armée: une réalité. APRED, Switzerland, 2001.

Web links

• APRED (demilitarization.org)

References and comments

1. ↑ Overview. 26 countries without armies , ARPED
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} The Caribbean: Defense and Security in the Anglophone Caribbean - The Roads to Cooperation . (PDF) In: Red de Seguridad y Defensa de América Latina (RESDAL): A Comparative Atlas of Defense in Latin America and Caribbean , 2010 edition, in particular tables Defense Force's Mission , p. 113, map p. 114 f, Legal functions related to defense in the system , p. 115, Organization of Defense and Security Forces p. 116 f. (full article pp. 113–128, resdal.org, p. 1 ff.) Treaty Establishing the Regional Security System (1996) . United States Department of State. Retrieved February 27, 2008. → en: Regional Security System the members are all Commonwealth Realms (with the Queen of England as head of state), the United Kingdom is also the protecting power ; the other alliance states, Antigua and Barbuda , Barbados, and St. Kitts and Nevis , maintain small armed forces ( Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force , Barbados Defense Force , Royal Saint Kitts and Nevis Defense Force ) ; → en: Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force , en: Barbados Defense Force ; all countries of the Alliance also maintain special forces ( Special Service Units ) as part of the RSS (Specification Resdal: The Caribbean , S. 117 / PDF p.5).
   
       
3. ↑ → ca: Sagramental
4. ↑ and the two protecting powers; diplomatic representation by the Coprínceps (co-princes, heads of state)
5. ↑ El Sometent. Una milícia popular a Andorra . recarrega.net; History in Catalonia → ca: Sometent
6. ↑ Art. 3 Aplicación Provisional del Tratado de Buena Vecindad, Amistad y Cooperación entre el Reino de España, la República Francesa y el Principado de Andorra, hecho en Madrid y París el 1 de junio de 1993 y en Andorra la Vieja el 3 de junio de 1993 . Butlletí Oficial de l'Estat núm. 155, 30 de juny de 1993 (boe.es): " El Reino de España y la República Francesa respetan la soberanía y la independencia del Principado de Andorra, así como la integridad de su territorio. Se compromises, en caso de violación o de amenaza de violación de la soberanía, de la independencia o de la integridad territorial del Principado, a proceder entre ellos y con el Gobierno andorrano, a consultas con vistas a examinar las medidas que pudieran resultar necesarias con el fin de garantizar su respeto. »(German:“ The Kingdom of Spain and the French Republic respect the sovereignty and independence of the Principality of Andorra and the integrity of its territory . They undertake, in the event of violation or threatened violation of the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of the Principality, with each other and with to advise the Andorran government and to examine which measures are necessary to ensure their respect. ") (translation Wikipedia)
7. ↑ « El Consejo de Gobierno […] las siguientes funciones: Solicitar de la Asamblea Legislativa la declaratoria del estado de defensa nacional y la autorización para decretar el reclutamiento militar, organizar el ejército y negociar la paz » Cap IV, Art. 147 Constitución de la República de Costa Rica (on it: wikisource)
8. ↑ Art. 12. Se proscribe el Ejército como institución permanente der Constitución ('Army as a permanent institution is abolished'): " Sólo por convenio continental o para la defensa nacional podrán organizarse fuerzas militares " (German: "Only for continental agreements and in case of defense armed forces are set up ") (translation Wikipedia)
9. ↑ the Presidente (head of government) or a minister appointed for this then commands according to Art. 140 16) Constitución : « [Son deberes y atribuciones que corresponden conjuntamente al Presidente y al respectivo Ministro de Gobierno:] Disponer de la fuerza pública preservar el orden, defensa y seguridad del país »
   1949–1996 Guardia Civil , a paramilitary police force
10. ↑ Costa Rica is also the seat of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the United Nations University of Peace
11. ↑ Independent since 1978, Royal Dominica Police Force founded in 1940
12. ↑ Police Act , Chapter 14:01; normally reports to the Minister of National Security , in the event of an emergency it reports to the President and the Prime Minister ; According to RESDAL: The Caribbean
13. ^ Monarchy since 1974, Royal Grenada Police Force , founded 1853
14. ^ The Police Act , Chapter 244; Usually subordinate to the Prime Minister's Office (the Minister of National Security reports to this; currently in one person at all), in the event of an emergency to the Governor General and the Premier According to RESDAL: The Caribbean
15. ↑ 1342 County of Vaduz , 1719 Liechtenstein
16. ↑ Monarchy since 1979, Royal Saint Lucia Police Force founded in 1834
17. ↑ Police Act , Chapter 14:01, 2001; Normally subordinate to the Minister for National Security (currently the Prime Minister in person ), in case of emergency to the Governor General and the Prime Minister; According to RESDAL: The Caribbean
18. ↑ Monarchy since 1979, Royal Saint Vincent and the Granadines Police Force founded in 1979
19. ^ Police Act , 280; Usually subordinate to the Minister of National Security (currently the Prime Minister in person ), in case of emergency to the Governor-General and the Prime Minister; According to RESDAL: The Caribbean
20. ↑ the Swiss Guard, with a strength of 110 men, is responsible for the personal protection of the Pope as well as security and honorary services ( personal and property protection ); the gendarmerie is subordinate to the Curia ( Directorate of Security and Civil Protection Services ) ; the other two Garden, needle guard (from 1801) and Palatine Guard were abolished in 1969/70
21. ↑ miwsr.com (PDF)
22. ^ The World Factbook . CIA . Retrieved June 17, 2012.
23. ↑ the army originally established in the 19th century was abolished in 1916 after the US invasion. The Gendarmerie d'Haïti became the Garde d'Haïti in 1928 , and in 1958 it was renamed the Forces Armées under Duvalier .
    Historique , md.gouv.ht, accessed January 30, 2014;
    Haiti - Armée: Priorité à la Force de Defense civile . In Haiti libre online, 10/10/2013;
    Haiti-Armée: Une nouvelle force armée pour la défense civile , Alix Laroche, Haiti Press Network, hpnhaiti.com, undated .;
    → en: Armed Forces of Haiti