City Ankh Morpork

WAKE UP S.S.P! its time to vote!

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Double Jeopardy Prohibition" was defeated 7,893 votes to 2,879.
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Preventing Multiple Trials

A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.

Category: Human Rights

Strength: Significant

Proposed by: Moronist Decisions

Description: RECOGNIZING the significant financial and psychological burden that criminal trials cause to innocent defendants.

DEPLORING the practice of trying individuals repeatedly for a single offense without valid justification,

NOTING the potential for governments to use multiple trials as a means of harassing defendants.

SEEKING to create a balance between preventing unjustified multiple trials of individuals while allowing nations to ensure justice through fair retrial,

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1.
DEFINES "retrial", for the purpose of this resolution, as a prosecution-initiated re-trial of a defendant after a final verdict was previously passed on a legal case based on substantially the same alleged actions as the previous verdict.

2.
OUTLAWS retrials except where significant and compelling miscarriages of justice can result from allowing the verdict previously reached to stand, such as when proper legal procedure was not followed in the course of the previous trial.

3.
MANDATES that each member nation shall independently determine, for their nation's legal system:
a.
Specific circumstances, which qualify as significant miscarriages of justice, under which retrials are allowed.

b.
A reasonably low limit on the number of such retrials.

4.
FORBIDS retrials under all circumstances within a given nation except as allowed under clause 3.

5.
REQUIRES defendants to be provided with
a.
Written notification of the decision to seek a retrial and the reasons for doing so; and

b.
the right to appeal, before an impartial judge, the decision to retry the case.

6.
FORBIDS the filing of new criminal complaints on an individual based upon substantially the same facts as a previously concluded trial for the purpose of circumventing restrictions on retrials.

7.
CLARIFIES that nothing in this resolution shall affect a defendant’s right to appeal their conviction or sentence.

Co-Authored by Ossitania
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Shall the region vote for, against or abstain in regards to the proposal?

SQUEAK.

Preventing Multiple Trials was passed 7,757 votes to 3,078.
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Fairness in Multilateral Trade

A resolution to reduce barriers to free trade and commerce.

Category: Free Trade

Strength: Significant

Proposed by: Auralia

Description: Concerned that protectionism often introduces harmful and unnecessary barriers to international trade,

Convinced that discrimination between World Assembly (WA) member nations in international trade is therefore a clear obstacle to worldwide economic prosperity and thus should be considered a serious hazard to national populations,

The General Assembly hereby adopts this resolution on fairness in multilateral trade:

Article I: Most-Favoured-Nation Status and National Treatment

Section 1: Any trade preference granted by a member nation for a good or service originating from or destined for another member nation must be granted to the same type of good or service originating from or destined for all other member nations.

Section 2: Any internal taxes or regulations on a good or service of domestic origin must be applied equally to the same type of good or service originating from other member nations.

Article II: Exceptions to Most-Favoured-Nation Status and National Treatment

Section 1: The provisions of Article I do not apply to any goods or services which originate from or are destined for a non-member nation.

Section 2: The provisions of Article I do not preclude the creation of free trade areas or customs unions or the continuation of existing ones, so long as such areas or unions are created to facilitate free trade between their members, not to raise trade barriers for all other member nations.

Section 3: The provisions of Article I may be suspended if a discriminatory subsidy applied by a member nation is causing significant damage to another member nation's domestic industries. Only proportional retaliation is authorized under this provision.

Section 4: The provisions of Article I may be suspended in order to take measures necessary to ensure reasonable quality control on goods and services, so long as such measures do not constitute unreasonable discrimination between goods and services from different member nations with similar issues.

Section 5: The provisions of Article I may be suspended in order to protect vital national security interests during serious international disputes or times of war, or in the event of a significant violation of international law.

Section 6: The provisions of Article I must be suspended in order to comply with previous WA resolutions. Furthermore, nothing in this resolution should be interpreted as preventing the WA from developing additional reasonable and appropriate international trade regulations that are consistent with the goals of this resolution, as well as the interests of sustainable development and poverty reduction.

Article III: Dispute Resolution Mechanism

Section 1: If any member nation believes another member nation is in violation of international trade law, or applying measures deemed both unfair and damaging to other member nations, regardless of their legality, the nations are requested to negotiate with one other to resolve the dispute.

Section 2: The matter may be referred to the International Trade Association (ITA) for non-binding mediation with the consent of both nations during this time.

Section 3: If the dispute is not resolved within a reasonable length of time, the matter may be referred to the ITA for binding arbitration with the consent of both nations. The ITA is empowered to impose any fines, penalties or sanctions it deems appropriate on nations which do not comply with its rulings.
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Have voted against this as life isn't fair...........unless you want me to change?

From The Fire and Chaos of Tim-Opolis
Greetings esteemed delegate:

I see that you have approved Liberate Region of reunited muslim states. But do you know what the natives of RORMS really believe in?

Terrorism:
Quote from the RMB of Region of Reunited Muslim States by Greater Islamic empire of Pakistan, original founder of RORMS.
"you all take the micky out of our religion, then you wonder why we come and bomb your houses and shoot your troops. Atleast now i know who to support."

Discrimination
Former Resident North Arabia declared that "israel isnt a real country"on RORMS RMB and also used a deragotary slur against The People's Republic of Gaylark based on the latter's sexual preferences.

Are these the values you believe in? Say No to Liberate Region of reunited muslim states
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Oh I did not know that, I'll remove my endorsement right away!

I would say that IF you guys had not raided us earlier this year, now it is standard practise to endorese liberation of any region you raiders hold that request it.

"Fairness in Multilateral Trade" was defeated 7,538 votes to 2,857.
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I have cast FOR the proposal before the WA protecting the fishies. If you disagree with the vote explain why please.