Repeal: “Death Penalty Ban”
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.
General Assembly Resolution #535 “Death Penalty Ban” (Category: Civil Rights; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
The General Assembly,
Applaud that there have been constant debates on whether death penalty shall be banned for member nations.
Raising honourable examples Repeal: “Crime And Punishment” and Repeal: “International Criminal Protocol”.
Commend the author of GAR#535 for pushing the debate into a new area.
Concerned, however, to find contradictions to currently standing resolution on this topic.
Referencing Article 1 of GAR#535,
"The death penalty is abolished except for crimes under a military penal code committed during time of war."
Interpreting, that under the aforementioned resolution, death penalty for civilians is abolished for all World Assembly members nations under all circumstances.
Therefore, citing both GAR#2 "Rights And Duties Of WA States" and GAR#443 "Preventing The Execution Of Innocents".
"Every WA Member State has the duty to carry out in good faith its obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law, including this World Assembly..."(GAR#2, Section III, Article 9).
"...member nations are permitted to sentence and carry out capital punishment within their jurisdictions."(GAR#443, Article 1).
Believed, that every passed resolution shall be carried out in good faith and maintained to the highest standard,
Conclude that the rights granted, namely, the rights to carry out capital punishments on civilians, in Article 1 of GAR#433 shall be upheld.
Dismayed, to find out that there currently is a contradiction with GAR#535.
Referencing, also, to GAR#535.
"Gravely concerned that even under stringent protocols death penalties are issued against people who are actually innocent of the crimes for which they are to be punished,"(GAR#535, Introduction)
Referring to GAR#433,
"And whereas it is best to set a compromise, where the Assembly does its best efforts to permit, with effective regulations, capital punishment so to best reduce the chance of it falling upon those who have not committed the crime they are accused of: "(GAR#433, Introduction)
Believed that there is enough protection against death penalty for the innocents.
Conclude that the basis of GAR#535 shall not stand.
To better upheld past passed resolutions and clear contradictions in the current World Assembly Legislation,
Hereby repeals GAR#535 Death Penalty Ban.