[GA - In Queue] Repeal "Combating International Piracy"

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Repeal "Combating International Piracy"
Category: Repeal | GA#655
Proposed by: Voopmont, Co-authored by: Imperium Anglorum | Onsite Topic
Replacement: None​

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Ahoy! The World Assembly;

Sees that this council has maintained a code against piracy for most all its history, now governed by GA#655;

Wary of the ambiguity in the term "malicious intent" in clause 1 and failure to exclude pirate vessels from the definition of a "ship";

Poses an example where a matey plunders a ship carrying booty intended for use in immoral acts, including genocide or slavery; then it not be clear whether this act is an example of "malicious intent" when it may be a form of resistance against those dastardly acts;

Interprets the lack of exception for self-defence in clause 1(b), which outlaws damage to a ship or her crew, as a ban on self-defence against pirate ships which includes inflicting those types of harm;

Reads 1(a) as stoppin' the seizin' of pirate ships for similar reasons, including for collecting bounties of the many great seadogs and buccaneers;

Concerned that clause 1(d) may also have those equipping civilian ships with arms for self-defence sent to walk the plank;

Aghast that clause 1 makes some types of piracy and privateering an offence in all the seven seas, even outside the World Assembly's waters;

Invoking parley to discuss how mad it be that member states can prosecute a matey for crimes committed with no relation to them or to the World Assembly under clause 3(b);

Commited to flying the jolly roger across the whole seven seas, savvy?

Yarr! Repeals GA#655

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