[REPLACEMENT/CLOSED] Regulation of Capital Punishment

[Xanthal]

Fine, but I'm calling dibs on "poopy face."

[United Massachusetts]

Compromise to accommodate those backwater nations that insist on executing people is one thing...

Woah there. If we start name-calling now, how will we lower the debate once a replacement actually gets to a vote?

I mean, they are backwater, though.

[Xanthal]

I mean, they are backwater, though.

:P

Yeah, well you're a poopy face.

[Agarntrop]

I've made some edits following constructive criticism by several nations

[Sierra Lyricalia]

"So every single condemned convict gets to appeal her sentence to this international court of last resort. What is the court's exact role? Can it overturn convictions, or only death sentences? What are the necessary criteria for it to do so? What powers do nations retain and what rights do appellants gain? You can't just toss in a whole entire international criminal tribunal as an apparent afterthought and expect the Assembly to be hunky-dory with it. These are questions that need answering."

[Ru-]

Of course, the Havenic position is that a ban on citizens owning non-citizens is completely unjustifiable and unnecessary.

Yea, so "compromise" with slavery for 60 years.

Do not strawman me. Slavery is not a divisive issue among modern democratic nations, capital punishment in certain circumstances very much is. We can alienate the very few nations that still hold onto slavery and not miss out on much. Abortion and especially the death penalty are other matters entirely.

Enjoy your supermajority and how far it can take you all you like, it is your right to do so and we obviously can't stop you. But pretending that slavery and gunning down protesters in the streets are equivalent human rights issues with reproductive rights and capital punishment is disingenuous and it disappointments me that several ambassadors have made a habit of this.

[Agarntrop]

/bump

[Kenmoria]

“You need to clarify clause 3. It is currently extremely vague and could mean a multitude of different things, a lot of which are impractical or unusable.”

[Wallenburg]

Recognising the frequency of miscarriages of justice which can result in the execution of innocents, which results in the deaths of human beings which have done nothing wrong resulting in utter tragedy for the friends and family of the person executed.

"Your racist, anthropocentric language is not appreciated. 'Sapient individuals', if you must, although I would suggest a total rework of this clause to avoid repetition:

Recognising the miscarriages of justice which can result in the tragic execution of innocents,

"Of course, I must point out that this clause makes little sense, since your proposal does nothing to reduce miscarriages of justice."

Affirming that solitary confinement and lifelong imprisonment can often be a much psychologically harsher punishment for heinous crimes than the death penalty.

"That torture might be considered a worse fate than execution is not an argument for the regulation of execution."

Arguing that in many nations, the death penalty is often given out to ethnic minorities more often whereas life imprisonment is given to the ethnic majority more often.

"In any state that has institutionalized racism in its criminal justice system, marginalized ethnicities will be convicted and sentenced more frequently across the board. This clause also has nothing to do with the active clauses, since your proposal does nothing about racism in criminal trials."

Further Arguing that the execution of minors is morally wrong and ought to be outlawed.

"I imagine many member states would disagree."

Noticing that independent nations should reserve the right to allow the death penalty in extreme circumstances.

"If you believe that member states should retain such powers, why have you not put forward any clause guaranteeing them that power?"

With the above pledges recognised, and with the consent of the world assembly's members and delegates, hereby:

"What herebies?"

1. Bans the use of death penalty on all offences except from rape, murder or high treason in wartime.

"Treason in peacetime is no less egregious. Exclude that as well. Also, it should be 'for', not 'from'."

2. Bans the death penalty for minors under the age of legal majority in their nation and persons with mental health issues.

"Depression is a mental health issue. Narcissism is a mental health issue. Why are people experiencing these issues protected from execution?"

3. Establishes the IDPTC (International Death Penalty Tribunal Centre), which all people sentenced to death in their home WA nation have the right to appeal their death sentences.[/align]

"What is this International Death Penalty Tribunal Centre? And why are you tasking a World Assembly committee with handing out death sentences?"

Literally all of my criticisms stand unaddressed.

[Sierra Lyricalia]

[OP: Last edited by Agarntrop on 31 Aug 2018, 13:44, edited 14 times in total.]

/bump

"...These are questions that need answering."

...Literally all of my criticisms stand unaddressed.

OOC: Please don't bump the thread if you haven't made any changes to your draft.

[Agarntrop]

I'm shutting this thread down for now as I simply don't have enough time for it. This is why my draft stands unedited.

[Linux and the X]

I'm shutting this thread down for now as I simply don't have enough time for it. This is why my draft stands unedited.

Just to clarify, do you intend to return to this at some point?

[Agarntrop]

I'm shutting this thread down for now as I simply don't have enough time for it. This is why my draft stands unedited.

Just to clarify, do you intend to return to this at some point?

Yes