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Ok, this is my Draft for a Resolution i had in mind called the Human Equality Act. The resolution, if my plans go well will be a basic cornerstone of International Law. The Act itself will stress the importance of the principle that all members of humanity are created Equal. Ur comments and suggestions will be Appreciated.

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Category - Human Rights
Effect - Strong

We the People of the World, by the power, jurisdiction and authority given to us by the World Assembly hereby pass the following Articles of Human Rights entitled the Human Equality Act.
We the people hereby recognize that Equality among citizens of the World is a key foundation of Humanity. Therefore We the People have chosen to pass this Charter for the advancement of Human Equality, Dignity and Life.

Article 1 - All humans are born free and Equal. No one is above or below anyone.

Article 2 - Every Human is entitled to the same Rights and protection set forth in this Charter regardless of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other stance, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.

Article 3 - The Right to Life and liberty is a Right of all Human beings.

Article 4 - Slavery of any sort is hereby made illegal under this Charter. All Human are Free and shall not be regarded as property of another.

Article 5 - A - All Humans are Equal under the eyes of the law.
- B - Every Human being has the right to a Fair Trail. No one shall be treated with more respect and be given more justice than another regardless of said classifications set forth in Article 2.

Article 6 - A - Every Human has the Right to their own personal opinion and thought.
- B -Everyone has the Right to express their views and opinions unless it interferes with the security and /or dignity of a fellow Human Being.

Article 7 - Everyone has the Right to security knowing full well that if they abide by International Law, no harm shall reach them, their property, their loved ones and or get harmed mentally or emotional.

Article 8 - A - Everyone has the right to the basic necessities of human rights such as food, water and other nourishment needed for a healty mental and physical state. Other necessities such as shelter, clothing and social services are also defended by this Charter.
- B - Everyone has the Right to Healthcare.
- C - Education is a Right of every human being and shall be made compulsory for Primary and Secondary Education. Government must provide all necessary goods and services to every citizen to make sure that their educational needs are met. Higher education is not compulsory but is a Right under this Charter.

Article 9 - Everyone has to right to his/her property without fear that it will be stolen, harmed or manipulated by another human being without consent.

Article 10 - Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. Upon employment they shall be without fear of any form of discrimination in pay, welfare and work conditions and shall rest assured knowing that
his rights and dignities are defended by this Charter.

Article 11 - The following Rights are hereby defended by International Law. All human beings are under the same rights and responsibilities and no human, state, government or institution shall be approved to remove these rights from any individuals nor are they allowed to interpret these rights to perform any action that may damage or abuse them.

We the World Assembly hereby approve the said Articles.

Ok, this is my Draft for a Resolution i had in mind called the Human Equality Act. The resolution, if my plans go well will be a basic cornerstone of International Law. The Act itself will stress the importance of the principle that all members of humanity are created Equal. Ur comments and suggestions will be Appreciated.

OOC: Just so you know, I will be providing comments both IC and OOC. The IC ones are related primarily to my nations IC policy. The OOC ones are a purely technical examination of the document. Please do not take any IC comments wrong, as my IC WA delegate is not exactly the nicest. I usually prefer to limit OOC, but in this case I am making an exception.

Once we're done with the question of contents in this, I will, if you wish, help you format it to more properly resemble a resolution.

Also, right now, I'm just focussing on what needs to be cut or reworded. What needs to be expanded is next.

We the People of the World, by the power, jurisdiction and authority given to us by the World Assembly hereby pass the following Articles of Human Rights entitled the Human Equality Act.
We the people hereby recognize that Equality among citizens of the World is a key foundation of Humanity. Therefore We the People have chosen to pass this Charter for the advancement of Human Equality, Dignity and Life.

IC: We do not. For one thing, no one is truly equal. Someone is always better than someone else in some area. It is through proper balancing of these inequalities that a balance is created.

OOC: A suggestion: Use the past resolutions of the WA as an example of how to more accurately set up your proposal. What category is this? What strength? Questions like that are also important.

Also, try to not make this human-centric. Not all nations in NS feature humans. Instead, try to replace "human" with "person" and similar words throughout this text. It will save you a lot of objections.

Article 1 - All humans are born free and Equal. No one is above or below anyone.

IC: See above.

OOC: Honestly, I would remove this particular one, just due to it being an ideological stance and the simple fact that you're going to get a lot of arguments on it.

Article 2 - Every Human is entitled to the same Rights and protection set forth in this Charter regardless of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. All Humans are equal under the Laws set forth in this Charter.

IC: Hmm... We fully support this.

OOC: Pretty good, actually. Change "opinion" to "stance" and remove the last sentence. The first part itself already covers what the last sentence states, so it is redundant.

Article 3 - The Right to Life and liberty is a Right of all Human beings.

IC: A nice ideological stance, but we must question the necessity of this article.

OOC: Honestly? I would remove it. You will get vast amounts of resistance on this due to the "life" part and the part about liberty is redundant with the inclusion of the next section.

Article 4 - Slavery of any sort is hereby made illegal under this Charter. All Human are Free and shall not be regarded as property of another.

IC: We are openly opposed. Many of our slaves are quite happy in their current position and many of them would not have advanced as far in society without slavery.

OOC: Remove "under this Charter" from it. And remove the second sentence. Also, I dunno if this is necessarily a good idea for including in this... some may want the slavery issue as a different proposal. I'll let someone more experienced give their opinion on it.

Article 5 - A - All Humans are Equal under the eyes of the law.
- B - Every Human being has the right to a Fair Trail. No one shall be treated with more respect and be given more justice than another regardless of said classifications set forth in Article 2.

IC: We have no problem with this article. But, it has already been covered by this assembly.

OOC: Remove this entire article. It is already covered by the "Fair Criminal Trial" resolution.

Article 6 - A - Every Human has the Right to their own personal opinion and thought.
- B -Everyone has the Right to express their views and opinions.

OOC: Remove this entire section. The necessary protections to make this work would require an entirely new proposal, and one quite detailed. However, I would like to see a draft covering just this specific topic at a later date.

Article 7 - Everyone has the Right to security knowing full well that if they abide by International Law, no harm shall reach them, their property, their loved ones and or get harmed mentally or emotional.

OOC: I'm pretty sure this is effectively covered by a couple of resolutions, or at least as covered as you're going to expect for now. Remove this entire article.

Article 8 - A - Everyone has the right to the basic necessities of human rights such as food, water and other nourishment needed for a healty mental and physical state. Other necessities such as shelter, clothing and social services are also defended by this Charter.
- B - Everyone has the Right to Healthcare.
- C - Education is a Right of every human being and shall be made compulsory for Primary and Secondary Education. Government must provide all necessary goods and services to every citizen to make sure that their educational needs are met. Higher education is not compulsory but is a Right under this Charter.

OOC: Remove this entire section. Each part of it would require a separate proposal in order to properly cover. However, I think you've got a good idea for a basis on how to write those, so use the text from each as a basis if you write those proposals.

Article 9 - Everyone has to right to his/her property without fear that it will be stolen, harmed or manipulated by another human being without consent.

OOC: Once again, this would require another proposal to properly cover. Remove this section.

Article 10 - The following Rights are hereby defended by International Law. All human beings are under the same rights and responsibilities and no human, state, government or institution shall be approved to remove these rights from any individuals nor are they allowed to interpret these rights to perform any action that may damage or abuse them.

We the World Assembly hereby approve the said Articles.

OOC: This section is unnecessary. The only way the rights in this proposal, if it became a resolution, could be removed is through repeal of the resolution.

If I say that all humans are born free and with equal RIGHTS then will it be sufficient.

Im sorry sir but the way u have done , it looks as it u have stipped this resolution from any power or motive.

Note that these are ur BASIC Human Rights. We can go into details further but we must come into agreement with the fundamentals such as wat the UN ha done in 1948. It we have the basics covered we will be able to propose other resolutions such as workers Rights and Social needs. But I will make some changes.

Another human right resolution...

I have some issues with article 6 and 8b.

It would seem that article 6 allows for any freedom of speech, including hate speech, defamation, etc. Plus there might be some instance where a nation need censorship for national security reason.

Article 8b would seem to advocate for free healthcare for everyone..

OOC: Actually, the reason why I did is that the WA is not the UN. They don't even share the same name.

The issue is that WA proposals are set up to deal with a specific subset of a certain overall topic. Civil Liberties is the human rights category. The idea is that we will improve life for people ICly through one area at a time, such as education or criminal proceedings. What you have is the basis for a number of different resolutions, but each one would require detail in order to be effective. This, as it stands, might get deleted before it even reaches queue (and, in fact, might even gain an entry on the bad proposals thread).

What I am trying to do is save you the trouble of that happening beforehand. Yes, it will take you a lot longer to get your goals accomplished, but you will also gain a reputation for writing good proposals by the time they all pass, thus making it easier for each successive one to pass.

MapleLeafss;14044124']Another human right resolution...
It would seem that article 6 allows for any freedom of speech, including hate speech, defamation, etc. Plus there might be some instance where a nation need censorship for national security reason.


I see where ur coming. Any suggestions for censorship and hate speech. Im am a supporter the philosophy of responsibility with one's rights.

I see where ur coming. Any suggestions for censorship and hate speech. Im am a supporter the philosophy of responsibility with one's rights.

I don't think you can address those conserns with an omnibus resolution. You will need a specific resolution dealing with freedom of speech...

Ok I made some changes to Article 6. Now let's move on to Article 8 shall we? any suggestions?

Quote from The Most Glorious Nation..

Omnibus Proposals make the WA Gnomes cry.

Damn, Ambassador, I was about to say that.

Seriously, a proposal which tries to do so many things will do none of them well. Pick on one facet of this lot and do it thoroughly.