[GA—IN QUEUE] Repeal: "Standardized Passport Arrangements"

[Jinkies]

Repeal: "Standardized Passport Arrangements"
Category: Repeal | Target: GA#717
Proposed by: Belleroph | Onsite Topic​

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The World Assembly,

Understanding that travel between different nations is a necessity in the current state of the world and the benefit that passports provide to nations in facilitating such movement legally;

Acknowledging that GA#717 attempted to protect passport and travel rights amongst all WA member nations with the introduction of the Passports, Nationality and Refugees Administration (PASA);

Displeased with the mandate in clause 2a that all WA member states must follow templates laid down by PASA, stifling potential passport innovation and ingenuity with unnecessary and potentially burdensome requirements;

Distraught by PASA’s unabashed overreach in clause 5, wherein PASA is allowed to issue passports solely at its own discretion, with no restrictions on issuing passports to individuals belonging to a WA member nation that may otherwise be disallowed from having a passport by the laws of that WA member nation, allowing for the potential to circumvent the home rule of any WA nation;

Dismayed by the further overreach of PASA in clauses 5c and 5d, wherein with clause 5c, PASA is permitted to issue passports to citizens of collapsed WA members, with no distinction on how this is to be determined, thereby allowing for potential corruption of the system, and with clause 5d, wherein PASA is allowed to issue passports to individuals rendered stateless by non-WA member nations, which is a wholly unnecessary action for a WA body, and has the potential to pull the entire WA into disputes that the WA otherwise has no business being in;

Perturbed by PASA’s ability to interact with non-WA member nations at its own discretion, as stated in clauses 2f and 6b, as this body feels that PASA interacting with non-WA member nations feels like an opportunity for non-WA members to take advantage of the WA, gaining benefits of the WA without being a member subject to any of the rules and regulations that the WA may otherwise impose;

Disappointed that the end result is a committee with powers far extending from what should be acceptable from a WA regulated organization;

Hereby repeals GA#717 “Standardized Passport Arrangements"

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Detailed opinions with your vote are appreciated and encouraged!

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For	Against	Abstain	Present
8	3	0	1

 

[Jinkies]

IFV

 

[Jinkies]

[Non-WA]

For. Non-WA nationals aren't our concern and shouldn't be.

 

[Halsoni]

For due to author

 

[Chipoli]

For.

 

[Matzerati]

For

 

[nvxl]

Against

Not particularly swayed by this argument alone given the standing conventions

 

[Pallaith]

For

 

[Bankowiata]

Present

 

[Euler]

For

 

[Comfed]

Against.

 

[Simone]

Hard against and I have already said I'd campaign against it. (I normally don't campaign against repeals of my own resolutions if the target contains a drafting error)

"Please think of the refugees and asylum seekers. The proposal provides for important safeguards against citizens from failing to obtain their own passports, and to issue passports to individuals that are verifiably in dire circumstances, such as anyone, fleeing an active war, travelling as refugees or seeking asylum, or rendered stateless. These are vulnerable individuals. These are fundamental human rights. The proposal to abolish such rights in the name of "overreach" by the WA strips away fundamental human rights protections carried out (in real life) by the Red Cross and other organisations.

Thank you."

 

[Simone]

I'd also argue that the repeal is purely argued based on GA assumptions (especially the ones about good faith interpretation and the fact that the game assumes that mystic gnomes run the mechanics of the GA)

 

[Picairn]

For.

 

[Zash]

For

 

[Gymna]

Against