NationStates Jolt Archive


Re-submitted: Convention Against Terrorism

Sydia
24-09-2004, 11:43
Convention Against Terrorism

A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.

Category: International Security

Strength: Significant

Proposed by: Sydia

Description: ARTICLE 1 - PREAMBLE

DEFINING the use of the term Terrorist for this resolution to mean:
- One who engages in deliberate attacks against civilians who does so with deadly intent against non-combatants.
ALSO DEFINING the use of the term Civilian for this resolution to mean:
- Any person who is not an active member of the military or police force.
RECOGNISING that this resolution refers only to the use of terror tactics on civilians to coerce a sovereign government,
FIRMLY BELIEVING that no cause, no matter how just, warrants such methods,

ARTICLE 2 - DOMESTIC RESPONSE

1. Encourages all nations to share intelligence relating to any organisation that uses terror tactics;

2. Bans the use of terror tactics by UN nations on any other nation, where "terror tactics" are defined as attacks and intimidation against civilian populations;

3. Condemns any government harbouring or providing support and / or armaments to groups utilizing terrorist tactics against another nation;

4. Declares the rights of any captured terrorist to be equal to that of a captured enemy combatant under the Wolfish Convention on POW;

5. Appreciates the value of educating the public about what to do in the event of a terrorist attack;

6. Insists all nations take suitable counter-measures in large-scale public events to protect their population from terrorist attack;

7. Strongly discourages governments conceding to terrorist demands;

8. Encourages all nations to provide for the needs of injured victims from terrorist attack, (with physical and psychological injury) and the families of those killed from terrorism in a nation's own borders.

ARTICLE 3 - INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE

1. Terrorists captured by authorities shall be given a fair trial, as defined in the resolution "Definition of a Fair Trial," and if found guilty, given the aptly severe punishment by law in the country tried;

2. If a captured terrorist is a national of a nation where capital punishment is outlawed, then capital punishment is prohibited as a punishment and the presiding judge must find a fitting surrogate punishment;

3. Asks nations to establish international tribunals for those capture terrorists suspected of participating in international terrorism both abroad and in the nation captured;

4. Encourages nations with suspected international terrorists in custody, to enact extradition charges in order that the terrorist be tried in the nation he or she committed acts of terrorism;

ARTICLE 4 - PREVENTING TERRORISM

1. Takes measures to ensure that all major national and international public airports place strict security measures to prevent any persons to board who would endanger the safety of the aircraft and its passengers;

2. Seeks to address the social, economic and political roots of international terrorism by means of humanitarian aid;

3. Requires parties to take steps to prevent and counteract the financing of organisations which seek to employ terror tactics on civilians, whether direct or indirect, despite groups claiming to have charitable, social or cultural goals;

4. Provides for the identification, freezing and seizure of funds allocated for terrorist activities, providing this is within national borders. In the event of bank secrecy, a warrant may be needed as required by national law;

5. Makes it an offence for a person to seize a civilian ship by force, threat, or intimidation; and harm either the crew or ship itself. Unfortunately I had to trim a lot of the original down, it was over the character count by about 1000.

Opinions, comments?
TilEnca
24-09-2004, 16:02
The only part I have issue with is the rule about capital punishment. My nation does not support it, but it does accept that there are other nations in the world that do. And I would accept, and expect, that in all criminal cases the law of the presiding nation has precedence over the law of the nation of the criminal. And so, may the Lords prevent it, one of my citizens was being tried for terrorism in a country where the punishment for such a crime is death, I would expect and accept that, should they be convicted, they would be executed.

Because otherwise each nation's law would be imposed over other nations, which I find unacceptable.


1. Terrorists captured by authorities shall be given a fair trial, as defined in the resolution "Definition of a Fair Trial," and if found guilty, given the aptly severe punishment by law in the country tried;

2. If a captured terrorist is a national of a nation where capital punishment is outlawed, then capital punishment is prohibited as a punishment and the presiding judge must find a fitting surrogate punishment;


These two points would appear to be at odds. And it is the second one that I have issue with.