General Assembly Resolutions
Since the rise of the World Assembly from the ashes of its predecessor, the Bureaucracy That Cannot Be Named, WA member nations have worked tirelessly to improve the standard of the world. That, or tried to force other nations to be more like them. But that's just semantics.
Below is every World Assembly resolution ever passed.
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General Assembly Resolution # 616
Contact rights between Parent and Child
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
The World Assembly,
Recognizing that WA#39 (The Right to a Lawful Divorce) requires that for children of a divorce, member states shall resolve issues of custody and support with an overriding priority on the best interests of each and every child;
Noting that different laws and customs between member states may allow said child to become the purview of a sole parent or legal guardian due to varying definitions on legal parenthood and marriage laws, and the interests of a child and abhors the potential resulting lack of contact rights by other parents as a a result;
Defining, for the purposes of this Resolution:
"Child" as a person that has not yet attained the age of majority in the WA member state ("Resident State") in which the person ordinarily resides;
"Court" as the relevant court, tribunal, or other competent authority of the Resident State on matters pertaining to the welfare and custody of a child, including the child's best interests (and to interpret what constitutes "best interests");
"Contact" as inclusive of each of the following separate rights: (i) right of a child to stay for a limited period of time with or meeting a Parent with whom that child is not usually living, (ii) any form of communication (including telecommunication) between the child and such Parent; (iii) the provision of information to such a Parent about the child;
"Custody" as inclusive of each of the following separate rights (i) Legal Custody, the right to make decisions about the child, and (ii) Physical Custody, the right and duty to house, provide and care for the child;
"Parent(s)" as (i) persons holding legal parenthood in the Resident State, as defined by the laws of the Resident State and (ii) in custody disputes, any plaintiff or defendant who asserts the right to legal parenthood based on the laws of the WA member state to which the said plaintiff or defendant is a citizen of;
Hereby requires that:
1. A Parent shall have the right to obtain and maintain regular Contact with a child, unless such Contact(s) are deemed by the Court to be manifestly contrary to the best interests of the child;
2. The said right to Contact shall not be denied to a particular Parent solely on the grounds of the Child being accustomed to be in the presence of only one or a specific number of the child's Parent(s);
3. Each of the three Contact rights defined herein shall be considered separately by a Court on its own merits and the Court may impose, in any and all instances where such Contact rights are exercised, such safeguards as it deems to be in the best interests of a child;
4. A Parent that does not have the right to Physical Custody of the child shall, unless deemed by a Court to be contrary to the interests of the child, be consulted on matters of Legal Custody that are deemed by the Court to be important to the child's best interests;
5. A child deemed by a Court as sufficiently competent shall have the right, if deemed by the said Court to be in the child's best interests, to (i) to receive all relevant information and (ii) to be consulted with regards to such Contact, and that due weight shall be given to those views and to the ascertainable wishes and feelings of the child;
6. In disputes on Custody, a Court must recognize the legal parenthood of a citizen of another WA member state, and to define that person as a Parent, as long as that citizen of the other WA member state can conclusively demonstrate legal parenthood in the WA member state to which that person is a citizen, even if that person would not otherwise be entitled to legal parenthood in the Resident State, and Contact rights may not be curtailed on the grounds of differences in the definition of legal parenthood between WA member states.
Further, hereby encourages a WA member state to also extend the rights to said Contact(s) to a Parent that is a citizen of a non-WA member state.
Passed: | |
For: | 9,902 | 67.6% |
Against: | 4,742 | 32.4% |
General Assembly Resolution # 617
Repeal: “Contact rights between Parent and Child”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #616 “Contact rights between Parent and Child” (Category: Civil Rights; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The World Assembly,
Identifying the resolution as, while well-intentioned, fatally flawed due to its weak mandates, nearly all of which seem to allow straight-forward circumvention or be actively harmful,
Concerned that the resolution allows member nations to just rephrase any reason for removal of contact or other rights the resolution attempts to protect -- such as antiquated moral codes or political reasons -- as being for the "best interests" of the child,
Recognising that as nearly all of the resolution's mandates make an exception where a member nation's courts deem that compliance would be against the child's "best interests", this means that a member nation can easily avoid the vast majority of the resolution, rendering it ineffective to the point where its presence serves little use,
Emphasising that section 6 is also actively harmful, as it coerces member nations to recognise legal parenthood at the whims of any member nation in which said parents happen to be citizens, even if clearly harmful to the well-being of the child, opening the doors to WA-wide abuse of child's rights,
Unconvinced that a resolution that does not do anything meaningfully useful should stand, as it does not protect any rights, but instead stands in the way of legislation to properly protect the rights the resolution tries to protect,
Passed: |
For: | 8,471 | 53.5% |
Against: | 7,351 | 46.5% |
General Assembly Resolution # 618
Repeal: “Freedom of the Press”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #155 “Freedom of the Press” (Category: Education and Creativity; Area of Effect: Free Press) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The General Assembly,
Cognizant of the myriad benefits of a free and open press for the causes of accountability justice, and good governance,
Believing, however, that freedom of the press ought to be faced with minimal constraints,
Aware that the previous resolution on the subject, Freedom of the Press was well intentioned but contains several flaws that render it a toothless defense of the freedom of the press,
Finds as follows:
The proviso in clause 2 that international news media organisations may operate within a nations borders only when given explicit permission to do so impedes press reporting by allowing other nations to restrict the same. Additionally, this proviso, while countered with an encouragement in clause 3, is a mandate and thus restricts the reporting of international news media organisations, impeding the freedom of the press as a result.
In clause 4, the inclusion of and in the clause that citizens may not be punished for accessing news media that operates both within and outside the nation's borders, means that nations may punish citizens for accessing media originating solely within a nations borders or for accessing media originating from another nation such as dissident media. Thus, the resolution again undermines the goal of a free press by unintentionally restricting that media which citizens may absolutely lawfully access.
The phrase genuine threat to the security of the nation in clause 5 is unable to be judged and thus open to abuse because there is no adjudicative authority, and thus claims to censor information on the basis of national security grounds can be abused.
Additionally in clause 5, the second sentences overriding deference to national freedom of expression laws and broadcasting codes of conduct also impedes freedom of the press as national or international media may be restricted from reporting on topics that national media regulators may find obscene or which a nation may otherwise find objectionable.
Therefore let GAR#155: Freedom of the Press be repealed.
Passed: |
For: | 9,742 | 73.1% |
Against: | 3,579 | 26.9% |
General Assembly Resolution # 619
Sexual Predator Registry Act
A resolution to improve world security by boosting police and military budgets.
The General Assembly,
Understanding that those who have committed serious sexual offences with a predatory component may be at higher risks of recidivism,
Believing that it is in the interest of public safety for key information regarding sexual predators to be disseminated to the inhabitants of member nations,
Cognizant that the potential harm inflicted by sexual predators may extend beyond their home member nations, which is particularly manifested in the evils of child sex trafficking and sex tourism,
Recognizing the need for balancing public safety with the rights of convicted persons,
Hereby:
Defines for the purposes of this resolution:
"child" as someone under the age of sexual consent,
"position of trust" as an instance where an individual:
is the appointed guardian, advisor, carer, or advocate of the victim(s),
looks after the victim(s) in a medical, clinical, foster housing, detaining, or caring facility,
is a teacher, educator, or provider of apprenticeship to the victim(s), or
is an officer of any governmental body provided for in national or international law responsible for assessing or reporting on the state of the victim(s)' welfare,
"serious sexual offence" as:
any criminal offence involving non-consensual sexual intercourse or penetration,
sexual assault of a child,
any sexual offence involving abuse of a position of trust, or
the dissemination and/or production of child sexual abuse material and
"sexual predator" as an individual that has been convicted of committing a serious sexual offence.
Mandates that member nations carry out regular risk assessments of reoffence by each sexual predator under their jurisdiction not currently imprisoned on a full-time basis, based on factors including but not limited to rehabilitated status or rehabilitative potential, nature of past offences/reoffences, and mental state, but specifically excluding the presence or absence of any arbitrary and reductive characteristic; sexual predators being so assessed have the right to present evidence against their risk of reoffence.
Further mandates that member nations establish publicly accessible registries of sexual predators determined to be at high risk of reoffending within their respective member nations that are not currently imprisoned on a full-time basis, wherein at minimum the following information regarding added sexual predators shall be made accessible:
their identity, including full name, known aliases, and a photograph of the individual, if such photograph exists and accurately captures the likeness of the individual,
their general location(s) of residence,
their general location(s) of employment, if applicable, and
their applicable serious sexual offences.
Prohibits member states from barring access or use of publicly accessibly registries of sexual predators on the basis of said registries being used to perform a background check on a person,
Establishes the International Sexual Predator Registry (ISPR), to be administered by the World Assembly Judiciary Committee, and requires that member nations contribute information on any sexual predators within their jurisdiction that is contained in their respective publicly accessible registries, as well as any additional information of utility to law enforcement, border protection, and other applicable agencies in preventing serious sexual offences.
Directs the World Assembly Judiciary Committee to disseminate the ISPR to member nation law enforcement agencies, border protection agencies, child protection agencies, and any applicable organizations created by international legislation.
Clarifies that:
no individual shall be considered a "sexual predator" who has had each of their conviction(s) for serious sexual offences overturned or expunged, or has received a pardon,
no part of this resolution shall be construed to be applicable to individuals aged three years or less apart who engage in consensual sexual activity, excepting where an offence involved abuse of a position of trust,
member nations must censor or otherwise exclude information regarding sexual predators' offences that may detrimentally impact their victims' privacy, excepting situations where a victim has waived their right to anonymity, and that
member nations may adopt stricter policies concerning sexual offences in accordance with past and future international law.
Passed: | |
For: | 11,914 | 78.7% |
Against: | 3,216 | 21.3% |
General Assembly Resolution # 620
Protections During Territorial Transitions
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
Let it be known that this august body confirms that territorial transitions between member states may occur as part of trade agreements or other diplomatic proceedings, and that sovereign states have the right to manage their territory as they see fit;
Let it be further known that this international organisation applauds previously passed legislation and its mandate that member states allow their inhabitants to fulfil their basic needs, yet is left troubled about the fate of those inhabitants that must endure the effects of territorial transitions; and
Thus, the World Assembly enacts as follows:
For the purposes of this resolution, these terms will be defined in the following manner:
a "transition" as the transfer of territory from one sovereign state to another sovereign state resulting from economic, political or diplomatic proceedings and where at least one member nation either acquires or cedes territory;
a "receiving state" as a member state that acquires territory as a result of a transition;
a "ceding state" as a member state that cedes territory as a result of a transition;
an "affected inhabitant" as an inhabitant of any area of a member state that is directly affected by a transition;
Member states involved in a transition must inform affected inhabitants extensively and with sufficient advance notice on any jurisdictional changes that they will be subjected to as a result of a transition, and provide affected inhabitants with all other information relevant to that transition, and the changes it will inflict upon them, unless affected inhabitants have overtly communicated not to want such information or contact on the subject;
Ceding states must allow affected inhabitants who are unwilling to become the inhabitant of the receiving state as a result of a transition to relocate to another part of the ceding state that is suitable for civilian habitation, without any harmful impact upon their existing rights, duties and protections;
Ceding states must assist affected inhabitants who would be unable to see to their basic needs as a result of relocating within that state in line with their right as granted by Clause 3;
In cases of mass relocation as a result of a transition, or multiple transitions, which would cause a ceding state to be overwhelmed in terms of housing and the fulfilment of affected inhabitants' basic needs, Clauses 3 and 4 may be temporarily waived (and resolved through other suitable, temporary measures) until that state is no longer so overwhelmed;
Receiving states must offer affected inhabitants citizenship within their jurisdiction if the latter held that status within the ceding state, or any other equivalent right to residency that they enjoyed in said state;
Receiving states must automatically transfer any rights, privileges and duties that an affected inhabitant held in the ceding state, or grant them close equivalents to such rights, privileges and duties if such did not previously exist within the receiving state's jurisdiction;
Nothing in Articles 6 and 7 prevents receiving states from offering affected inhabitants new rights and privileges upon the finalisation of a transition;
Receiving states must grant inhabitants who have had their citizenship or right to residence transferred as a result of a transition, a period of acclimatisation to their change of jurisdiction, which must be of a fair length and grant them enough time to integrate into their new nation, and which should be taken into consideration by the authorities of the receiving state where appropriate and necessary;
Receiving states must provide affected inhabitants with aid and/or guidance regarding affairs such as legal integration into their new jurisdiction or the learning of the receiving state's official language(s) free of charge, should those inhabitants request such assistance;
Both receiving and ceding states must ensure that the safety and wellbeing of affected inhabitants are not unduly infringed upon as a result of a transition;
All member nations involved in a transition must have the provisions of this resolution included in the treaties and/or agreements regulating the transition of territories as per the definition of Clause 1a, regardless of whether the other nations involved in those agreements are or are not also WA members.
Co-author: Bears Armed Mission
Passed: |
For: | 9,814 | 64.9% |
Against: | 5,304 | 35.1% |