[GA - Missed Quorum] Repeal "Freedom of Association"

Repeal "Freedom of Association
Category: Repeal | GA #550
Proposed by: The Serendipitious | Onsite Topic
Replacement: Free Association Rights​

General Assembly Resolution #550 “Freedom Of Association” (Category: Civil Rights; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
Whereas General Assembly Resolution #550 "Freedom of Association" was passed by this chamber, with 10,882 votes being cast for, and 4,209 votes being cast against,
And whereas the resolution in question seeks to allow individuals residing within World Assembly to associate freely with organizations, entities, or any other legal and hate-free institutions,
And whereas the resolution contains a necessary clause exempting certain kinds of organizations from these freedoms, but the relevant clause has several issues, including:

1. Limiting organizations that pose a security or criminal threat to be on the national scale, which prevents protections on a local, provincial, or international scale,
2. Having no exception to the protections in the target for politicians and organizations that association would lead to conflicts of interest, which is a restriction that should wholly remain available by World Assembly members to minimize government corruption,
3. Not including a definition of "hate", which may very well lead malicious nations to apply this exception to groups exhibiting a strong message against benign social or political movements, or reasonably being applied against particularly vocal protest groups,

And whereas these exceptions only allow for criminal penalties, when in some cases, civil penalties may also be appropriate,
And whereas General Assembly Resolution #436 "Protecting Free Expression" and General Assembly Resolution #527 "Right to Assemble" cover much of the grounds of the targeted resolution, making it so that any potential damage caused in the time between repeal and replacement shall be minimal, and worthwhile to fix these crucial flaws,
And whereas harmful redundancy should be minimized when possible,
Therefore, be it resolved by the World Assembly that General Assembly Resolution #550, "Freedom of Association" is repealed and thus no longer enforceable.

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