General Assembly Resolution #691 “Cannibalism Act” (Category: Moral Decency; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

The World Assembly,

Hereby expresses, in its opinion:

Horrified that the practice of cannibalism puts WA states at risk of major public health crises, due to incurable and fatal neurodegenerative disorders deriving from cannibalism affecting sapient species, such as humans, that are very hard to detect based on technologies common across the multiverse, have devastating effects on the physical and mental ability of infected, and inevitably terminal for sapient individuals affected;

Even more terrified by the idea that the target resolution allows "person-sourced meat" to be sourced from those granting "the affirmative and notarised written consent of every person from whom it was produced", which neglects that, due to WA laws on legal competence (GA299), allow the ghastly situation of legal parents or guardians granting consent to themselves to eat their own children without their children's consent;

Noting that consent to be consumed should be able to be withdrawn at any time but that humans near death may not be able to rescind such so-called affirmative and notarised consent, such as the lack of access to a notary, the cost of a notary, or through their own substantial health issues;

Convinced that the collective benefits of avoiding horrible, painful deaths from consuming, even if inadvertently, food derived from cannibalism all WA states multiverse outweigh the minor infringement of autonomy on the part of the dead or the living, or the failure to satisfy the culinary preferences of a tiny portion of the populace;

Flummoxed that the said resolution's blocker in clause 6 means that humans can be force-fed meat from other humans under some circumstances, against the consent of the consumer;

Noting that an outright ban on cannibalism across WA states is not possible because of the blocker in clause 6 of the target resolution, where the WA "disclaims all authority to impose additional restrictions on cannibalism or person-sourced meat";

Urging the World Assembly to give careful as to whether a replacement is even necessary in the first place, and, if deemed so, to vote in favor of an outright ban on cannibalism;

Hereby repeals GA691, Cannibalism Act.

General Assembly Resolution #177 “Concerning Financial Fraud” (Category: Free Trade; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

The World Assembly (WA),

Acknowledging the noble intent of GA177 to combat financial fraud;

Concerned however, that a key operative clause of GA177 states that WA members shall ensure that "all victims of fraud shall receive compensation for their loss equal to or greater than the value of the loss and that this compensation shall be derived from the fiscal and/or material assets of the perpetrator of the act of financial fraud which resulted in the loss";

Believing that this requirement has highly undesirable consequences in some circumstances, namely that in the absence of WA laws to the contrary:

1. The wording "ensure… equal to or greater than the value of the loss… and shall be derived from the fiscal and / or material assets of the perpetrator" increases the likelihood that the said assets may be exhausted by the need to pay compensation;

2. That such exhaustion may result in victims of other more serious crimes by the same perpetrator, in the absence of other legislation, such as rape, rioting, or treason, to receive no compensation as a result;

3. Further, that such exhaustion also means other obligations of the perpetrator, such as child or spousal support, may also fail to be fulfilled; and

4. The said provision may also perversely incentivize an individual who is accused (but not yet convicted) of the said offence to waste their assets on hedonistic lifestyle choices while on bail, if such individuals are convicted that they would be found guilty of the said offence and do not have adequate assets to pay out as compensation;

Further noting, since the passage of this resolution:

1. Protection for savers and investors have been enhanced through GARs 625 and 723;

2. Tort law reforms have been in place through GARs 447 and 515;

Believing that, in many cases, a reasonable judicial process in a WA state can determine compensation for victims and the sources of such funds properly (such as from the assets of the perpetrator(s), as well as any co-conspirators), and without additional guidance from the WA, and that the WA should carefully consider if a replacement is necessary;

Hereby repeals the target resolution, 'Concerning Financial Fraud'.

General Assembly Resolution #706 “Procedural Rights Of Defendants” (Category: Civil Rights; Strength: Strong) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Recognizing the need that a criminal justice system seeks the impartial truth and exercises cautious judgement,

Upholding the sanctity of suspects' and defendants' rights,

Recognizing that the needs of the public versus the liberties of the accused must be carefully measured to acquire that truth by which member states reach justice,

Disappointed that GAR #706, "Procedural Rights of Defendants", extends well past the balance of these values by guaranteeing defendants the ability to pick and choose which questions they give testimony for,

Concerned that the pursuit of the truth is not only stymied but frustrated as GAR #706 enables defendants to block up their own trials, answering or not answering questions according to whatever whim prevails them, including such fundamental questions as:

• the identity of the defendant,

• whether the defendant has chosen counsel and the identity of the defendant's counsel,

• whether the defendant understands the charges brought against them, and

• how the defendant pleads to a criminal charge,

Recognizing the preexisting right of defendants not to self-incriminate as guaranteed by GAR #37, "Fairness in Criminal Trials",

Further concerned by the allowance of "reasonable interrogation tactics" to produce defendant testimony, which leaves open the likelihood that prosecutors, frustrated at defendants' ability to stonewall the prosecution's line of questioning while answering their own counsel's questions at length, will seek to apply whatever interrogation technique available to them short of torture in order to get answers on the court record,

Distraught that, in the same vein, the target may by its limitations encourage prosecutors to increasingly rely on practices and tools of dubious merit such as body language experts as a substitute for forthcoming defendant testimony,

Convinced of this body's ability to better render the necessary protections for suspects experiencing police interrogation without the aforementioned obstructions to court procedure,

The World Assembly hereby repeals GAR #706, "Procedural Rights of Defendants".

General Assembly Resolution #688 “Bail Conditions Arrangements” (Category: Regulation; Area of Effect: Legal Reform) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

The World Assembly,

Appreciating the noble intent of resolution number 688, “Bail Conditions Arrangements,” to expand due process and freedom for people prior to conviction,

Worried, however, by the self-contradictory nature of the resolution,

Citing the preamble which declares an intent to target the practice of cash bail as unfair towards the less wealthy, however in practice clause 3 requires that cash bail be the primary option for bail,

Acknowledging the writing of this clause was a mistake, and was intended to set cash bail to be used only if alternatives were impractical,

Believing this mistake to be detrimental to the resolution and rendering it nonsensical in its entirety, given that other clauses attempt to limit the use of cash bail, thus effectively eliminating the ability of many defendants to be granted bail, and

Wishing to handle the topic of bail more eloquently moving forward and with respect to the sovereignty of its member nations,

Hereby repeals resolution #688, “Bail Conditions Arrangements.”