Draft Proposal: Terrorism Prevention Act
Typhoonium
11-09-2005, 22:13
Terrorism Prevention Act
RECOGNIZING that terrorism is a growing trend and threat to international security, financial stability and the safety of citizens.
UNDERSTANDING that in some cases, terrorism is being sponsored by nation-states.
THEREFORE OUTLAWING the military right of a state within the UN to train terrorists for the purpose of attacking civilians of other nations.
DEMANDING that should there be conclusive proof an induvidual is behind a terrorist act, that the should they be sheltering in a UN country they shall give up that induvidual to be tried by all UN states and sentenced.
LEGISLATING that previous resolutions be amended so the right to self-defense does not include a UN member failing to comply with this charter.
ENCOURAGING the UN to take a strongly active role in the discouragment of terrorism.
I'm slightly unsure what catergory to file this under as well - thank you for any help anyone may be able to give.
Waterana
11-09-2005, 22:53
Just three bits of worthless advice.
Ammendments to passed UN resolutions are against the proposal rules, so you may want to drop that part of it.
No-one can be tried by all UN nations because there is no international court (yet).
Nations do have the Right to Refuse Extradition (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9052878&postcount=104) if the criminal faces execution so you might want to allow for that too :).
Forgottenlands
11-09-2005, 23:02
Terrorism Prevention Act
RECOGNIZING that terrorism is a growing trend
Not really. It's just the scale of the attacks and the actual threat to the western bloc as a whole has increased.
and threat to international security, financial stability and the safety of citizens.
UNDERSTANDING that in some cases, terrorism is being sponsored by nation-states.
Thank you
THEREFORE OUTLAWING the military right of a state within the UN to train terrorists for the purpose of attacking civilians of other nations.
Define a terrorist. I could argue that every single soldier in the American air force is a terrorist because they drop bombs from time to time on civilian targets. Perhaps not on purpose.....
DEMANDING that should there be conclusive proof an induvidual is behind a terrorist act, that the should they be sheltering in a UN country they shall give up that induvidual to be tried by all UN states and sentenced.
I note Waterana's comment. All you need to do is add something stating "PERMITS a stipulation in the member nation holding the terrorist to disallow the death penalty as punishment"
LEGISLATING that previous resolutions be amended so the right to self-defense does not include a UN member failing to comply with this charter.
Waterana's comment aside, Right to self-defense I do believe is regarding personal right to self defense, not national
ENCOURAGING the UN to take a strongly active role in the discouragment of terrorism.
Good
I'm slightly unsure what catergory to file this under as well - thank you for any help anyone may be able to give.
International Security, Significant
defining what a terrorist is or what terrorism is has to be the main priority for any nation planning to do a anti terror proposal.
I can do the first part pretty easily - a terrorist is a person who plans or executes an act of terrorism.
It's defining terrorism which is difficult.
Athens and Midlands
15-09-2005, 14:16
Just three bits of worthless advice.
Ammendments to passed UN resolutions are against the proposal rules, so you may want to drop that part of it.
No-one can be tried by all UN nations because there is no international court (yet).
Nations do have the Right to Refuse Extradition (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9052878&postcount=104) if the criminal faces execution so you might want to allow for that too :).
Yep, that's right. Let my terror arrests be dealt in my home soil.