In a surely unrelated turn of events, a wholly new delegation enters a debate chamber, dressed in white, trimmed in shimmering gold. The largest of the two - nearly seven feet tall, - was covered in places by long spines, jutting out from the otherwise soft looking tunic. Their tips seemed to have been dipped in gold, some even having been bound together by silvery fabric rings.
The smaller of the two was hardly up to Thesaan’s knees, and their dress was a simpler set, mostly of thin fabric strips decorating their green-blue wings and feathers.
Ixsukat hopped up onto a stool that had been placed behind the podium at some point, retrieved a well-folded copy of the draft from a pouch, and began to present it for debate.
On Refugee CrisesCategory: Civil Rights || Strength: StrongOutsider Directive
"To know that we are not alone."
Writings of:
Thesaan, Bound of Cyranthes,
Ixsukat, Firstborn,
The World Assembly,
Concerned by the lack of legislation adequately protecting those fleeing from persecution or conflict,
Horrified by the policies of many nations against refugee welfare or basic rights,
Seeking to end these injustices immediately,
Hereby:
Defines:
- Refugee, as any individual fleeing oppression of civil rights, as defined by the Member-State in question and International Law, Genocide, or Conflict, in a nation of origin,
- Concentration, as any laws or guidances, requiring or recommending the confinement of refugees, as a class, to ghettos, camps, or otherwise similar sites,
- Separation, as any laws or guidances, requiring or recommending the separation of refugee families or similar during settlement or processing,
Mandates:
- That Member-States rescind any laws or guidances defined as Separation or Concentration, and prohibit the issuance of any further such laws or guidances,
- That Member-States utilizing short-term concentration take any and all practical measures to ensure the settlement of refugees in normal conditions,
- That Member-States offer emergency asylum to any refugee fleeing genocide,
- That Member-States offer either optional repatriation, or a method of acquiring permanent residence or citizenship, when the reasons for refugee status have been resolved,
Prohibits:
- Member-States from engaging in concentration, as defined by this resolution, except on a strictly temporary basis as an immediate precursor to transportation or settlement,
- Member-States from engaging in separation, as defined by this resolution, except on a strictly temporary basis where strictly required for privacy or safety reasons,
- Member-States from refusing refugees fleeing from genocide, or from conflicts in which the Member-State is involved,
- Member-States from forcibly repatriating refugees for any reason,
Clarifies:
- That emergency asylum status, as mandated by this resolution, is to be sustained until such time as transportation and resettlement in another safe Member-State has been secured,
- That nothing in this resolution may be construed as to prohibit the placement of refugees in medical quarantine, or otherwise necessary confinement, on an individual, case-by-case basis,
OOC:
Yes, yes, we all know what this is about. Draft is very early, so tear it apart however you please.