[GA] At Vote: Repeal "Prevention of Torture" [Complete]

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Tomb

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION AT VOTE
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Repeal "Prevention of Torture"
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A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
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Category: Repeal Resolution: GA#9 Proposed by: Grey Earth
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Description: WA General Assembly Resolution #9: Prevention of Torture (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Strong) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Argument: ACKNOWLEDGING that torture can be used as an effective means of receiving information from the individual(s) subject to the torture;

UNDERSTANDING that torture, as defined in GAR#9, violates basic human rights;

REMINDING that those aforementioned rights are a privilege earned by respecting the rights of others;

FURTHER REMINDING that those rights may be taken away from those who take the rights of others;

FURTHER REMINDING that information obtained by torture is rendered useless if it is not allowed to be used in legal proceedings as is forbidden by GAR#9;

RECOGNIZING that those subject to torture have/may have information vital to the capture and/or containment of criminals and/or military enemies;

REALIZING that torture is used as a tool for information attainment rather than punishment;

HOPING that the value of torture to the justice system and the military is seen by the populous;

HEREBY repeals GAR #9 “Prevention of Torture”
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Please vote For, Against, Abstain, or Present.
 
Ministry Review
Written by Separatist Peoples
Voting Recommendation: Against

The North Pacific WA Ministry recommends voting Against Repeal “Prevention of Torture” for the following reasons:
The repeal on the whole supports the use of torture, which, in addition to being ineffective at generating accurate intelligence, is as gross a violation of internationally accepted standards of human rights as slavery.
The repeal in question is self-contradictory. In its REMINDING clause, it suggests that human rights are not rights, but privileges, despite identifying them as rights earlier in the sentence. Regardless of any individual view on what constitutes rights, the internal contradiction is a flaw that the General Assembly ought not endorse in its laws.
The language of the repeal supports the use of torture to ensure acquisition of information for security and legal purposes, which will only encourage the use of torture to further state ends at the cost of personal freedoms.
To this end, and after careful consideration, the WA Ministry determines that the passage of Repeal “Prevention of Torture” is not in the best interests of the citizens of The North Pacific, and recommends a vote Against.


 
The Democratic Republic of Tomb:
Ministry Review
Written by Separatist Peoples
Voting Recommendation: Against

The North Pacific WA Ministry recommends voting Against Repeal “Prevention of Torture” for the following reasons:
The repeal on the whole supports the use of torture, which, in addition to being ineffective at generating accurate intelligence, is as gross a violation of internationally accepted standards of human rights as slavery.
The repeal in question is self-contradictory. In its REMINDING clause, it suggests that human rights are not rights, but privileges, despite identifying them as rights earlier in the sentence. Regardless of any individual view on what constitutes rights, the internal contradiction is a flaw that the General Assembly ought not endorse in its laws.
The language of the repeal supports the use of torture to ensure acquisition of information for security and legal purposes, which will only encourage the use of torture to further state ends at the cost of personal freedoms.
To this end, and after careful consideration, the WA Ministry determines that the passage of Repeal “Prevention of Torture” is not in the best interests of the citizens of The North Pacific, and recommends a vote Against.
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Holy crap. Sep is already being, like, awesome.

Against.
 
REMINDING that those aforementioned rights are a privilege earned by respecting the rights of others;

FURTHER REMINDING that those rights may be taken away from those who take the rights of others;
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I really wanted to write a whole long rant about rights not being a privilege and how torture is never ok, not under any circumstances, but looks like SP got there first. And less angrily. :P

I have cast my vote against this proposal!
 
Voting on this resolution has ended.

Thanks to those nations who cast their votes. Your participation is a great help to the region.

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