(DRAFT)Personal Documentation Act

[Doctis Rebus]

DEFINES personal documentation as an ID Card, Passport, or travel papers
CONCERNED that a minority of citizens of nations around the world are not provided with personal documentation, which seriously endangers their wellbeing
CONCERNED that within this group there are some who cannot pay a fee for the passport
RECOGNISES the benefits of having a personal documentation system as
i) Useful for the effective taxation of citizens of a given state
ii) Useful for keeping criminal records
iii) Useful for keeping medical records
iv) Useful for administrative/statistical purposes
Hereby,
MANDATES that nations endeavour to provide their citizens with personal documentation
SETS a target of 95% for the number of citizens who are in possession of personal documentation
MANDATES that citizens who cannot afford travel documentation should be provided with this for free or at a discounted price
CREATES a commission whose role is to monitor the provision of personal documentation to citizens

[Imperium Anglorum]

I did the stateless stuff already.

[Doctis Rebus]

Just out of interest, what resolution was that in?

[Kenmoria]

Just out of interest, what resolution was that in?

(OOC: It was Reducing Statelessness.)

[Imperium Anglorum]

Basically all nations must give everyone an ID?

[Grays Harbor]

Bah. If somebody can’t afford the paltry sum required for a passport, then they probably don’t need one. There are plenty of other valid forms of ID available. And if they don’t want that? Tattoo a barcode on them.

[Doctis Rebus]

Basically all nations must give everyone an ID?

That is an accurate summary

[Yohannes]

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The Realm of Yohannes Mission to the World Assembly opposes this proposal as it stands. That said, we would like to thank the Delegate of Doctis Rebus for taking the time and effort in writing this draft.

[Araraukar]

Basically all nations must give everyone an ID?

That is an accurate summary

OOC: Including newborn babies? What would they do with it? (In RL children under 5 or 6 or so, are usually included into their parents' passports when traveling, rather than having their own.)

[Imperium Anglorum]

Tax verification, medial benefits, etc. purposes.

[Doctis Rebus]

Tax verification, medial benefits, etc. purposes.

Good idea...

[Kenmoria]

“I don’t see a need for a committee, or commission as you call it, to be created. Member nations can do this without international oversight just fine. This applies not just to the last clause, but also probably to the proposal in general. Why is this an issue the General Assembly should address?”

[Araraukar]

Tax verification, medial benefits, etc. purposes.

OOC: But that can be handled without "an ID Card, Passport, or travel papers", and also I doubt many young children (humans up to 5 years old or equivalent) are going to be involved with taxation personally.

[Liberimery]

Bah. If somebody can’t afford the paltry sum required for a passport, then they probably don’t need one. There are plenty of other valid forms of ID available. And if they don’t want that? Tattoo a barcode on them.

There are people in boarder regions who commute over the boarder for work. They might not be able to afford their home nations fees.

[Araraukar]

There are people in boarder regions who commute over the boarder for work. They might not be able to afford their home nations fees.

OOC: Border, not boarder. Also, given that nations are now allowed to charge for passports and to require passports to move over the border, how are they commuting over the border already if they can't pay those fees? EDIT: Passports are from the nation they have citizenship in, and visas are from nations (that have visas) that they're going to, I think you're confusing the two.

[Imperium Anglorum]

Tax verification, medial benefits, etc. purposes.

OOC: But that can be handled without "an ID Card, Passport, or travel papers", and also I doubt many young children (humans up to 5 years old or equivalent) are going to be involved with taxation personally.

Illustrative example. http://articles.latimes.com/1989-12-11/ ... exemptions