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 # 726
Ban on Juvenile Life Sentences without Parole
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
The World Assembly finds as follows:
It is unnecessarily cruel for member nations to sentence children to life imprisonment without parole.
Children have undeveloped brains which are not yet capable of adequately comprehending the long term effects of their actions, they cannot internalise the extremely long-term impacts of crime.
Children are capable of reforming with the right support, a fact which life imprisonment without parole implicitly denies.
It is broadly unjust to imprison people who have genuinely repented for their crimes and are extremely unlikely to commit them again.
The option of parole ought to be open to child offenders which meet such criteria.
The provision in section 4 of GA 299 "Legal Competence" which allows member nations to "set reasonable thresholds of maturity [or] mental capability for people to hold any other rights or responsibilities within their jurisdictions" does not contradict this proposal. It is not a right or responsibility to be subject to life imprisonment without parole; it would be the opposite of a right and, because being so subject would be a thing done to a person rather than something that person must do, not a responsibility.
Now, therefore, be it enacted as follows:
In this resolution, the term "life sentence" refers both to prison sentences issued for the period of a person's life as well as prison sentences issued, in total or otherwise, for a period equal to or exceeding the expected natural life of that person.
No member nation may sentence a person to a life sentence without parole, or possibility thereof, for crimes committed while that person is under the age of majority.
All sentences contravening this resolution, including those given prior to this resolution's enactment that would have been prohibited had this resolution been in force, must be commuted forthwith under procedures not inconsistent with World Assembly law.
Passed: |
For: | 9,044 | 72.1% |
Against: | 3,495 | 27.9% |
General Assembly Resolution # 727
Fair Work Visas Act
A resolution to enact uniform standards that protect workers, consumers, and the general public.
The World Assembly,
Believing that restrictions which tie work visas to the consent of a worker's current employer serve a profoundly anti-competitive effect by tying workers to the grace of their supervisors and
Concerned of the effect, both for domestic and foreign workers, this has on the ability for member nations to enforce workplace safety when possible whistleblowers are so dependent on their employers for legal status, therefore enacts as follows:
A "covered worker" is a worker in a member nation who is legally present and permitted to be employed due to a work visa.
Covered workers must be permitted to change employment and employers or otherwise leave that member nation, without regard to the approval of a current or previous employer.
No work visa may be revoked because a covered worker has a frictional break in employment. A break in employment is frictional when it is shorter than or equal to the time it would take a similarly situated native worker to find new and comparable employment in the same industry.
Passed: |
For: | 8,923 | 70.8% |
Against: | 3,677 | 29.2% |
General Assembly Resolution # 728
Repeal: “Right of Emigration”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #279 “Right of Emigration” (Category: Civil Rights; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The World Assembly (WA),
Affirming that it is a fundamental right for individuals to freely exit from a nation without hinderance;
Noting that the target resolution allows individuals to be prevented from leaving a WA state, subject to certain conditions, but these conditions contain several loopholes that can be exploited by others to deliberately impede someone from leaving a WA state, such as:
Exemption b permitting anyone undergoing legal proceedings to be prevented from leaving a WA state fails to:
distinguish between civil and criminal proceedings, nor the parties involved;
consider the severity of any legal proceedings, or whether they are frivolous in nature;
Exemption d for probable cause to commit a crime does not account for the scenario of certain actions by an individual being a crime in one WA states but not another, and require a more nuanced solution that accounts for, for example, the severity of the crime or any appeals;
Horrified that as a result of these loopholes, well-resourced malicious actors, government-affiliated or otherwise, can effectively prevent anyone from leaving a country through vexatious litigation, or a potential emigrant can be beholden to an inefficient court system or entangled in endless legal proceedings due to engaging in a profession that is prone to civil litigation;
Looking forward to the WA passing future resolutions that affirm the right to exit a WA state without the said flaws;
Hereby repeals the target resolution, Right of Emigration.
Passed: |
For: | 8,630 | 73.1% |
Against: | 3,182 | 26.9% |