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Basically a replacement to the Universal Bill of Rights. It was submitted a while ago, but got deleted. Reformed, its now back.


Global Charter of Human Rights

A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.


Category: Human Rights


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: Gerainia

Description: The World Assembly,

WHEREAS many human beings still are subject to atrocities worldwide,

RECOGNISING that all people need firm rules to protect their human and civil rights,

CONCERNED that no such resolution exists,

HEREBY-

- DECLARES that all persons worldwide have the following rights:

1. The right to speak freely, as long as such speech does not genuinely endanger public security.

2. The right to assemble peacefully in public.

3. The right to not be tortured or subjected to cruel, unusual or humiliating punishment.

4. The right to not be subjected to slavery.

5. No person shall be discriminated against because of their race, sex, skin colour or beliefs.

6. Every person is entitled to a fair trial, and is innocent before proven guilty.

7. Every person has the right to a nationality, and may not be deprived of it, or be refused the right to change from it.

- MANDATES that all WA states and people are to respect these rights.

- COMMISSIONS the International Board of Human Rights (IBHR) to ensure that all people have and respect these rights.

As I enquired in the IDU forum, why are you only protecting Humans? :(

Hence the change to persons

Ok, but why is this proposal preferable to about five, bigger, proposals on freedom of conscience, expression, assembly and religion, and on torture? And if we manage to enact these, then will we need this?

All The Universal Bill of Rights ever did in the UN was create headaches for those interested in protecting civil liberties. No offence, but this will do the same. For example, your language about the fair trial: compare it to the proposal at vote, or the one in queue.

Human rights isn't an issue to be mucked about with, and the topics this proposal covers concern deserve much fuller attention than one single line.

My suggestion would be to pick one of the areas you're particularly concerned with, and write a proposal about that alone. For example, freedom of assembly (you could use Mikitivity's UN Resolution, "Freedom of Assembly", as a template), freedom of expression with several possible templates) or freedom from discrimination (the UN had two good resolutions on this topic, Discrimination Accord and Fairness and Equality Act). It will allow much more comprehensive coverage.

-- Samantha Benson

ok, this one is easy, "The right to assemble peacefully in public." why only in public? we cant assemble in private? that sux :p

Listen to Sam Benson, for she is wise and brief. Otherwise you'll have to listen to my boss, and he is wordy.

--
Cerys Coch, Permanent Undersecretary

We will not support this because of #6 mostly (also this will be possibly made illegal if the current proposal passes), and lesser because of #2.

You can read the reason for #6 in the current proposal thread and #2 because it would allow people to essentially sit in the middle of a highway, peacefully, and we could legally do nothing, even if that route was the only one to a place where a major catastophe occured and medical personel needed to go.

We will not support this because of #6 mostly (also this will be possibly made illegal if the current proposal passes), and lesser because of #2.

You can read the reason for #6 in the current proposal thread and #2 because it would allow people to essentially sit in the middle of a highway, peacefully, and we could legally do nothing, even if that route was the only one to a place where a major catastophe occured and medical personel needed to go.

You'd really just have to use your sensibilities.

taking away the states ability to stop someone changing their nationality is scandalous what if my chief weapons expert wants to emigrate to my greatest enemies kingdom are you honestly saying that i would just have to let him take all that secret knowledge off to my foe without any way to stop him !!!!!!!!!!!! :confused::confused::confused:

The Dominion of ka-Spel opposes any idea of a "universal bill of rights". As such, we will not be supporting this bill.

Princess Coldheart
Dominion of ka-Spel Secretary of State

We will not support this resolution for one reason

7. Every person has the right to a nationality, and may not be deprived of it, or be refused the right to change from it.


Criminals loose their Citizenship in TMZ, and in TMZ as in many Fatal Terrain Nations one has to earn Citizenship.

You'd really just have to use your sensibilities.Unfortunately, the resolution does not allow for sensibilities. It does not allow for exceptions to be made, ever.