On Plural UnionsCategory: Civil Rights || Strength: SignificantDirective:
"To know that we are not alone."
Contributions of:
Cirixiat, Representative-Major,
Thesaan, Bound of Cyranthes,
The World Assembly,
Recognizing standing efforts by the World Assembly to support international civil rights,
Applauding the World Assembly's commitment to ensuring recognition of civil unions and marriage internationally,
Dismayed by an unfortunate oversight in standing legislation,
Distraught that certain Member-States would suffer complete government and civil breakdown if ever forced to consider legally unclear matters which may be best resolved in accordance with basic reasoning abilities and legal competence,
Therefore obligated to micromanage the fragile and skittish legislatures of Member-States, lest they flee back into the forest, never to be seen again,
Hereby:
Defines:
- Civil Union as a legal union of two individuals which grants certain rights to partners therein, legally equivalent to marriage,
- Marriage as a legal union of two individuals which grants certain rights to partners therein, legally equivalent to a civil union,
- Plural Union as a legal union of three or more individuals, which grants certain rights to partners therein, legally equivalent to civil union or marriage,
Mandates:
- That all Member-States which recognize civil unions or legally equivalent marriage similarly recognize plural unions,
- That any and all rights reserved to civil unions or legally equivalent marriage be similarly extended to plural unions, subject to the following stipulations:
- That all plural unions include clearly delineated descriptions of the relations of all parties to the union, agreed upon by all parties, and subject to update on request,
- That all plural unions include delineated distributions of medical crisis and/or end-of-life rights, agreed upon by all parties, and subject to update on request,
- That all plural unions include clearly delineated distributions of parental rights and obligations, agreed upon by all parties, and subject to update on request,
- That the parties to plural unions may be removed as-per standard divorce procedure, involving all parties in a union relevant to divorce proceedings,
- That the parties to plural unions may be added with consent all of parties to whom the individual seeking addition claims a relationship to,
- That all Member-States allow parental, guardianship, and any other documents which may be relevant to a plural union, to include more than two individuals as necessary for legal completeness and accuracy,
OOC:
Totally not a personally-motivated drafting effort. Promise.