The World Assembly:

Believing that collective punishment is grossly unfair, as it purposefully targets the innocent, and therefore a serious violation of sapient rights; and

Observing that collective punishment is a favoured tool of authoritarian regimes to suppress opposition;

Hereby, within the confines of past, standing World Assembly law:

1. Bans member states from purposefully punishing, convicting, or otherwise targetting for punishment, any individual for:

   1. Any act they did not personally commit or knowingly conspire, suppress evidence of, encourage, or facilitate; or

   2. Connection or relationship to an individual, on the basis that that individual has committed a punishable or unlawful act;

2. Demands that all past convictions contravening this resolution by member states be fully rescinded; and

3. Clarifies that this resolution does not ban member states from purposefully punishing, convicting, or otherwise retaliating against persons for:

   1. Membership in a proscribed organisation; or

   2. A punishable act unambiguously committed under their authority.

General Assembly Resolution #604 “Access to Scientific Knowledge” (Category: Education and Creativity; Area of Effect: Educational) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

Recognizing the value of scientific knowledge and its publication to the international community,

Committed, however, to the principles of ethical research, which take precedence over convenient access to data,

The World Assembly hereby repeals General Assembly Resolution #604, Access to Scientific Knowledge, for the following causes:

1. Section 4 fails to consider the privacy and confidentiality rights of research participants.

   1. It institutes no procedures whatsoever for the anonymization of participant data which the Council for Scientific Dissemination collects: neither member states nor research entities operating under their jurisdiction nor the Council for Scientific Dissemination are directed to perform any anonymization, regardless of its necessity to the protection of personal information.

   2. It requires the communication of personal information—which may include their names, associations, place of residence, employment, sexual, or medical history, or demographic characteristics—to the Council for Scientific Dissemination whenever it is included in government-funded research or data.

2. Section 6 exacerbates these failures by directing the Council for Scientific Dissemination to publish all of this unethically communicated data.

3. Section 4 further bulldozes research ethics in coercing government-funded researchers to violate informed consent agreements with participants where these agreements specify that some collected information will not be published or communicated to third parties. This harms participants of past scientific research and erodes public trust in the sciences and the will of scientists to examine their hypotheses, for fear of harming participants.

General Assembly Resolution #25 “WA Counterterrorism Act” (Category: International Security; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

The World Assembly,

Recognizing the implicit bias of this Assembly against social, political, or religious groups of people not associated with governments of member states, and yet who exist within member states;

Recognizing the implicit bias of this Assembly in favor of the governments of member states, however legitimate or illegitimate, regardless of corruption, disregard for shared morals, or unjust treatment of their populations;

Understanding that governments of member states often utilize tactics which the target resolution prohibits non state actors from utilizing, creating a disadvantage for non-state actors in conflict with their governments, without regard for the justifications of these groups;

Believing that groups of non state actors should be afforded every right under the law as the governments of member nations in the interests of securing liberty from tyrannical governments;

Hereby Repeals General Assembly Resolution #25 “WA Counterterrorism Act” for the following reasons:

1) The resolution defines terrorism as an act committed by “non state actors”, reserving the ability to target civilian populations for the governments of member states, yet denying it to any group of non state actors opposing them, regardless of the justifications of either belligerent in a conflict, creating an unfair advantage in in favor of potential tyrannical governments.

2) The resolution defines civilian populations as “persons who are not members of their nation's armed forces or police”, meaning that the resolution prohibits non state actors from targeting politicians, scientists and engineers, manufacturers of weapons of war, and other non-military assets used in war, however allows governments of member nations to attack these targets, furthering the disadvantage of groups of non state actors, regardless of their justifications;

3) The resolution requires member nations to take action against any group of non state actors which exist inside their own borders who may be unjustly labeled under the resolution as terrorists by the governments of which they are at war, forcing member states to side with the governments of member states in internal conflicts, regardless of the justifications of either belligerent.

4) The Resolution prohibits member states from providing aid to any non state group who may be unjustly labeled under the resolution as “terrorists” by the governments of which they are at war, while simultaneously allowing aid to these governments, regardless of their justifications.

5) The Resolution requires members states to seize the assets of any non state group unjustly labeled under the resolution as “terrorists” by the governments of which they are at war , further disadvantaging these non state groups in their conflicts, regardless of their justifications.

6) The Resolution would punish any member state which supports a non state group which has been labeled under the resolution as “terrorists” by the governments of which they are at war , regardless of their justifications.

General Assembly Resolution #576 “Preventing Identity Theft” (Category: International Security; Strength: Mild) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.

The World Assembly,

Puzzled at Clause 5 of GA#576 "Preventing Identity Theft", which mandates that "[i]n cases where victims were affected financially by the relevant identity theft, the total sum of losses shall be repaid to the victim",

Dismayed that if member states are unable to recover all of the money stolen by the perpetrators of identity theft, they may have to pay the victims themselves in order to avoid facing fines and sanctions for noncompliance,

Shocked that member states will have to resort to paying exorbitant amounts of money to victims of identity theft due to the multitude of phishing and credit card scams that occur on a daily basis, resulting in less money being available for disaster relief or pillow advertisement campaigns,

Distressed that this clause may even prompt unscrupulous residents of WA states to fraudulently claim to be victims of identity theft in order to obtain "monetary compensation", further draining member states of funds, and

Believing that this critical flaw with GA#576 is sufficient to warrant its repeal so as to prevent more member states from forking out precious taxpayer money to compensate those negligent enough to fall for these identity theft scams,

Hereby repeals General Assembly Resolution #576, "Preventing Identity Theft".