Affirmative Action Accord
Category: Advancement of Industry | Area of Effect: Labor Deregulation
The World Assembly,
NOTING that previous resolutions passed by this august organisation champion the cause of equal opportunity,
ACKNOWLEDGING that legitimate disagreement may exist on whether affirmative action, including the use of quota systems, furthers this cause or hinders this cause,
BELIEVING, therefore, that member states should not be prevented from deciding on how best to respond to this controversy, so long as the spirit of equal opportunity is maintained,
HEREBY:
- DEFINES affirmative action, for the purposes of this resolution, as the favouring of an individual in employment or in education based on an innate characteristic in cases where individuals with said characteristic are considered in good faith to be at a societal disadvantage,
- DEFINES a quota system, for the purposes of this resolution, as a method of achieving affirmative action in which a fixed percentage of places in a work or educational centre is allocated to individuals based on an innate characteristic in cases where individuals with said characteristic are considered in good faith to be at a societal disadvantage,
- AFFIRMS that member states retain the absolute right to decide for themselves whether to pursue affirmative action, including any quota systems, in state education and/or employment, except for any restrictions placed by this resolution and by prior unrepealed WA legislation,
- AFFIRMS that member states retain the absolute right to decide for themselves whether to compel private businesses and/or educational centres to pursue affirmative action, including any quota systems, except for any restrictions placed by this resolution and by prior unrepealed WA legislation,
- REQUIRES that those member states that pursue affirmative action, including any quota systems, must end the practice for individuals with a particular innate characteristic once said individuals are no longer considered in good faith to be at a societal disadvantage,
- REQUIRES that those member states that compel private businesses and/or educational centres to pursue affirmative action, including any quota systems, must compel private businesses and/or educational centres to end the practice for individuals with a particular innate characteristic once said individuals are no longer considered in good faith to be at a societal disadvantage,
- PROHIBITS member states from implementing or from compelling private businesses and/or educational centres to implement a quota system in which at least ten percent more places are allocated to individuals with an innate characteristic than is representative of the total population of that member state.
OOC: OK, let's deal with the elephant in the room. Does this proposal duplicate and/or contradict GA #35 a.k.a The Charter of Civil Rights?
On a further note, I am unsure of which category fits this best, though my instinct is to go with Human Rights.
Also, in case you're wondering, I do plan on submitting this proposal if it is found to be legal. In my opinion, a blocker is the only acceptable way for the World Assembly to deal with the matter of affirmative action.