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GENETIC DISCRIMINATION
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights

Description: Since the mapping of the Human Genome, science has been able to identify the genes that make each human unique. While our DNA contains information about and individual’s physical and personality characteristics it also contains information about our susceptibility to illnesses and disabilities which can be passed on to our descendants.


The UN resolves that:

1. A person may not be limited, discriminated against or restricted access to any of the following based on the information in their DNA:

• Social Services provided by governments including, but not limited to, Health, Justice, Education, Housing, Unemployment benefits, etc

• Commercial Services provided by the non-government sector including, but not limited to, Insurance, Financial Services, Information Services, other Goods & Services, etc

2 The pursuit of a Career, Recreational Activity or Commercial Enterprise shall not be limited by the information contained in a person's DNA.

3. A person may not be denied reproductive rights due to the information contained in their DNA.

4. A person may not be denied any other rights guaranteed by previous UN resolutions based on the information contained in their DNA.





please be kind It's my first go at this - constructive critisism would be appreciated :) :)

Done, over and over and over and over........

How is this distinct from the BioDeclaration Act (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=7030146&postcount=57)?

GENETIC DISCRIMINATION
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights

Y'know, when I read this I couldn't help but think about the infanticide condemnation Mikitivity has been interested in passing. They're only slightly related, but still: that's what I thought of.

Description: Since the mapping of the Human Genome, science has been able to identify the genes that make each human unique. While our DNA contains information about and individual’s physical and personality characteristics it also contains information about our susceptibility to illnesses and disabilities which can be passed on to our descendants.

I suggest you make it clearer that genes alone do not make the person, unless that's what you're trying to say. I mean, I recall it being both nature and nurture that formed a person's uniquenesses. Then, again you might just be talking about physical uniqueness, in which case, I suppose genetics is almost entirely in control.

I just think this should be clarified.

1. A person may not be limited, discriminated against or restricted access to any of the following based on the information in their DNA:

• Social Services provided by governments including, but not limited to, Health, Justice, Education, Housing, Unemployment benefits, etc

• Commercial Services provided by the non-government sector including, but not limited to, Insurance, Financial Services, Information Services, other Goods & Services, etc

2 The pursuit of a Career, Recreational Activity or Commercial Enterprise shall not be limited by the information contained in a person's DNA.

3. A person may not be denied reproductive rights due to the information contained in their DNA.

4. A person may not be denied any other rights guaranteed by previous UN resolutions based on the information contained in their DNA.

Like Forgottenlands points out, there are a lot of anti-discrimination resolutions in the mix already in the UN, it would be hard to differentiate this one.

I mean, there is no current protection against genetic profiling (like protection against abortion/second-class status/genetic engineering/insurance exorbance because of genetic information uncovered while a baby is still in the womb). But, given the vastness of your discrimination legislation (it covers job discrimination, reprudictive rights, etc.) it seems very likely it overlaps with something.

I don't think you should scrap this idea. On the contrary, I think it's a very unque idea. I just think you should consider focusing on genetic discrimination directly after birth, and insurance coverage based on genetic information.

Also, you might want to consider looking at any draft Mikitivity has for the condemnation of infanticide (if he has a draft).

Maybe you should also consider a repeal of a previous anti-discrimination resolution you feel inadequate (such as "Discrimination Accord", "Rights of Minorities and Women", or so on). There are many of us who want those and other previous resolutions repealed (UCPL, Public Domain).

Genetic Mixing and mingleing.

Someday the wingspan of a Condor could be yours although along with this you may be found making lazy circles in the sky over a fresh road Kill.
Giving a gerbil a human's intelligence!!
A monkey evolving?
A proposal that advancement of nature instead of a conservancy?

Umm...when was the last time someone was turned down for a job because of their genes?

Skin, gender, sexual orintation, criminal record, mental health, sure. But DNA?

I don't think that is a big enough problem that the UN needs to step in.

P.S. Sorry if this is an old topic, but I just had to say something.

perhaps he's living in a extreme Hi-Tech nation where genetic profiling is completely doable, commonplace and accurate.

Even if that were the case, it would be a matter for his nation alone to deal with, not the UN as most nations on earth don't have that kind of tech yet.

Nations like Central Americas, for instance.

Ehh...I dunno. I need to get back to my country.

Still gotta figure out how to bump these taxes down.

Actually that's an interesting question - some nations would play in magical/super high tech worlds - what'äs to stop them from having their own methods of discrimination?

Are UN proposals allowed to be fantasy-based? Can we try to pass a proposal on elven superiority or superhero city destruction laws?

Also I was just reading about a repeal to the UCPL, and I was just wondering - if the universal copyright/patent law requires all copyright be the same in UN nations, then does that mean we have genetic copyright or not? and thus this would be a good twist to your genetic resolution - to include freedom of genetic information especially if some company has research DNA codes that you possess - I mean obviously any product they produce based on these would still be theirs but the elucidated sequence is ..well everyone's