[Ignore this]Repeal Refugee Protection

[Old Hope]

Recognizing the good intent of General Assembly Resolution 57, Refugee Protection, to protect refugees from civil rights violations,
Alarmed by the general prohibition of extradition to any state willing to prosecute the person in question
Determining that the resolution prohibits that even if the person would get a fair trial
Saddened by the fact that this hinders the just prosecution of crimes

The World Assembly

Repeals General Assembly Resolution 57, Refugee Protection.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION # 57
Refugee Protection

A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.


Category: Human Rights


Strength: Significant


Proposed by: Kelssek

Description: CONCERNED for the welfare and safety of people who have been displaced from their country of residence; and,

SEEKING to provide for the protection of persons against undue persecution and harm, and to encourage protection for persons fleeing violence and persecution,

The World Assembly hereby enacts the following:

A refugee shall be defined, for the purposes of this resolution, as any person who is for any reason outside the country of their nationality and cannot avail themselves of the protection of their country of nationality, or who refuses to do so because of a well-founded fear of unjust persecution. This shall not exclude persons also defined as refugees under different criteria by provisions of national or other international law.

1. No person, whether or not they meet the definitions of a refugee, shall be transported against their will, in any manner or for any reason, to a territory in which that person may be put at risk of persecution, unjustifiably discriminatory treatment, unjust incarceration or execution, torture, or other serious violations of their rights, whether by state or non-state entities.

2. Where a member nation has denied asylum to or expelled a refugee, the nation shall, as far as possible, seek to facilitate that person's transport to another nation which is willing to grant asylum, and must not obstruct that person's efforts to seek asylum in another nation.

3. Refugees shall not be discriminated against by reason only of their status as refugees, are entitled to full protection under national law, and shall not be arbitrarily expelled once granted asylum.

4. In recognition of the potential that the circumstances causing a person to become a refugee may exist in the long term, member nations shall as far as possible seek to facilitate the naturalisation and favourable integration of refugees, should the refugee request such assistance.

5. Nothing in this resolution shall place any restrictions on the right of member nations to grant asylum to any person they so wish; member nations are encouraged to apply greater and more liberal protections for refugees than mandated in this resolution, and neither shall this resolution be interpreted to compel any nation to grant asylum to any person.

6. With the exception of section 1, nothing in this resolution shall be interpreted to affect extradition or immigration policies of member nations in matters unrelated to refugee protection.

Votes For: 4,137 (77%)
Votes Against: 1,254 (23%)

Implemented: Mon Aug 17 2009

If anyone wonders, the problematic clause is this:

1. No person, whether or not they meet the definitions of a refugee, shall be transported against their will, in any manner or for any reason, to a territory in which that person may be put at risk of persecution, unjustifiably discriminatory treatment, unjust incarceration or execution, torture, or other serious violations of their rights, whether by state or non-state entities.

Note that this doesn't say unjust persecution, but only persecution. Which is bad.

[Herby]

You... you do realize there's a difference between "prosecution" and "persecution", yes?

[Old Hope]

You... you do realize there's a difference between "prosecution" and "persecution", yes?

Whoops. Nevermind. We didn't want to waste the time of World Assembly ambassadors, which we just did.