Abandoned Comprehensive Corporal Punishment Regulatory Act

[Crazybloxian Empire]

OOC: This is going to be a very long resolution.

Noting the extreme pain caused by corporal punishment,

Further noting that psychological research states that corporal punishment may cause negative effects in people who are caned, with psychological effects being more severe on children,

Seeking to regulate or minimise the unneeded suffering caused by corporal punishment,

Hereby for the purposes of this resolution defines

1. “Corporal punishment” shall define the administration of physical pain or discomfort as a punishment,
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   1. Also noting that it may be refered to “Hitting”, “Caning”, “Spanking”, or other terms hereby clarifies that if legislating in
      
      1. home environments, the term “spanking” shall be used.[/tab]
      2. judicial environments or other environments, the term “corporal punishment” shall be used.
2. Corporal device as a device for or set of pieces assembled with the purpose of administration of corporal punishment.
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3. “Administration” as the act of conducting the task of corporal punishment on any living being.
   
4. ”Child”, “Children”, or “Minor”, as a human not considered an adult,

Further,

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL

1. Mandates the regulation of Corporal Punishment or Spanking in all Lands of WA Members by respective governments.
2. Clarifies that self-defense by methods of hitting or other physical means involving physical pain will stay legal in this WA resolution and not regulated etc. by all provisions of this Resolution.
3. This resolution shall apply to all embassies and territories of all WA member nations.
4. Hereby establishes the WA-CPPREA (World Assembly Corporal Punishment Prohibition Resolution Enforcement Agency) which shall be allowed to establish a seperate unit in the police forces of a WA nation upon approval by said member nation and decision of the WA-CPPREA which shall handle judicial corporal punishment cases, and may be free to investigate any case of corporal punishment BUT ONLY WITH THE PERMISSION FROM THE PRESIDENT OF SAID MEMBER NATION.
5. URGES that member states create a special agency to monitor caning in home environments, keeping surveillance ONLY to a minimum and only doing such surveillance with consent of the kid and parent so as to respect privacy of parents,
6. MANDATING that caning of over 11 strokes shall require medical attention for the child caned.
7. Spanking in home environments shall be controlled by a special agency which may be created by any member state shall it’s government desire to do so.
   
   CHAPTER 2. CANING METHODS
8. The number of strokes in corporal punishment in a home environment shall be limited based on the material used.
   
   1. Usage of metal shall be limited to 3 strokes. Medical attention is mandatory regardless of the number of strokes.
   2. Usage of wood shall be limited to 5 strokes. Medical attention is mandatory if above 4 strokes.
   3. Usage of plastic shall be limited to 8 strokes. Medical attention is mandatory if above 5 strokes.
   4. Usage of hand shall be limited to 27 strokes and medical assistance mandatory if above 11 strokes.
9. Light or moderate force is only authorized with heavy force being unauthorised.
10. All caning shall be monitored by at least two WA-CPPREA monitoring officers.
11. The caning device must be modified
    
    1. to cause minimal or moderate pain with at least two layers of fluffy material or any other material capable of absorbing the force of such corporal punishment.
       
    2. To avoid scars from being created from such corporal punishment.
12. Caning shall be unauthorised on the following groups:
    
    1. children under 4,
    2. anyone suffering from neurological/psychological diseases or has been cleared of such diseases within one year of such caning (e.g someone who was cured of said disease on October 1 2018 can be caned on October 2, 2019),
    3. women, or those who fall under the “female” gender.
13. Such acts of caning shall not be done to the extent that it could directly cause psychological or physical harm, in such cases psychologists and the child’s doctor shall be sent to the scene, and declared high-priority whenever using public transport.
14. In family homes and schools, there shall be at least one caning room where all caning shall be conducted and no one shall be allowed to watch so as to avoid caning of the child.
15. Public caning shall be prohibited in all areas of WA member nations, regardless of age to avoid shaming on social media sites.
16. No caning shall be allowed on
    
    1. sensitive parts of the body,
    2. chest,
    3. back,
    4. buttocks,
    5. and knees and legs.
17. Before any caning may occur, the child shall be informed of the reason why said child is being caned.
18. The speed of the cane (i.e how fast the cane will strike the victim) shall be limited to:
    
    1. 30kmph (18.6mph) during home caning,
    2. 80kmph (49.7mph) during judicial caning,
    3. and 55kmph (34.1mph) during school caning.
    CHAPTER 3. HOME ENVIRONMENTS
19. In a family home, STRICTLY NO Video footage shall be taken and kept in the archives, but other statistics such as the number of times a child is caned and for research purposes concerning statistics may be kept only with consent of the kid, and parent/s.
    
    1. Footage may be uploaded to social media upon a two-thirds “Allowed” vote cast by the child caned, the child’s biological parents (or all alive contactable relatives of said child within two generations otherwise), friends, and the CEO of the social media site the video will be uploaded to. WA-CPPREA may override the decision and block the release, but cannot override the voting to yes.
    2. In the case of social media release approval, the post shall only be readable by friends and the CEO of the social media site MUST implement technological measures to prevent friends from sharing the video as the sharing may get out of control and eventually reach strangers.
    CHAPTER 4. JUDICIAL ENVIRONMENTS
20. Judicial caning shall only be done by authorized caning staff.
    CHAPTER 5. SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS
21. School caning shall only be done by a principal or teacher.
    CHAPTER 6. DUTIES OF WA-CPPREA
    
    CHAPTER 7. PUNISHMENTS
    
    CHAPTER 8. MEDIA
22. Journalists may only report on judicial caning.
23. In the case of a journalist reporting such judicial caning, the accused’s name may be revealed with said accused person consenting.
24. No permission shall be required for journalists to report on judicial caning cases

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OOC: I’m not done yet. Please do not lock thank you. I do not use list tags to enable the use of subclauses.

Note: If 3 or more WA Secretariats say (I Vote This Resolution Legal) I will submit this to ensure It can’t be illegal within 24hrs.

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[Kenmoria]

(OOC: Put [DRAFT] in the title so that others know it isn’t a draft and not a commentary, challenge, et cetera. Also, you should really have at least finished doing the whole text. Currently, as I’m sure you know, this is illegal for ‘No operator clause’.)

“Why do you define human? For a start, you exclude amputees, anyone missing fingers and toes and potentially the severely mentally disabled from ‘being able to perform a specific task’, if the definition is meant to include all the criteria.”

[Frisbeeteria]

(#6257JKEBWAGA)

Can you please stop adding random crap to your titles? We've got a perfectly workable system that we've been using for decades now. We're not interested in adopting whatever CrazyBloxian idea you have today.

1. Main Clause
.... 1.1. Subclause
2. Etc

We don't need definitions of stuff everyone knows either. Just use the rules and formats the rest of us use, for a change.

[Cosmopolitan borovan]

Bears arm has bears in their national country you may need to include every one by saying something else

Also I'm against Asians tend to use corporal punishment for discipline in not saying it's right or wrong but it interferes with parenting sovereignty obviously a line of abuse exist but different cultures do different things

[Valentine Z]

This is an absolute travesty of nonsense, my dear Ambassadors! Look, I can understand the reasoning behind it, but this is in extremely poor quality. Perhaps you should re-evaluate and re-write it. And yes, it is indeed a cultural thing. We may not like it, but sometimes, the more rebellious children just need a little spank to set them straight.
- Lead Ambassador Germaine Moira “Mercy” Sylvia Angelina Zoe Sophia Jen Alanna Hailie Constance

The human bit doesn't make sense. Why is there such a very evaluative definition on that? It is rather irrelevant, isn't it, when you can extend it to non-human species?
- Head Diplomat Charlene Jeannie Natalia Adeline Marceline Celestie Christine Irell Myong Suh-Hyung

[Tinhampton]

I do not use list tags to enable the use of subclauses.

Whilst I can't nitpick on an incomplete resolution, have you ever considered nesting your list tags before?

[Imperium Anglorum]

You can use subsections with list tags. My first resolution even has them. viewtopic.php?f=9&t=30&p=24711939#p24711939 . Use list tags.

[Imperial Polk County]

“A friend of my neighbor lost a hand while wresting a gator. Is he no longer a human?”

[Wallenburg]

"I see, so you are banning physical acts of self defense? That will go over well."

[Lord Dominator]

"How about no. While I am loathe to argue from national sovereignty, this is one issue I see reason to legislate from an international wonderland on."

[Kenmoria]

“‘Discomfort’ is a word I see no need to place in the definition of ‘corporal punishment’. Many punishments are not intended to be comfortable, including prison sentences and the death penalty.”

[Bears Armed]

Bears arm has bears in their national country

"And, for ourr Bears, imprisonment is psychologically worse than corporal punishment... So, if you push this ban through, then how would you expect urrs to punish ourr criminals?"

Artorrios o SouthWoods,
ChairBear, Bears Armed Mission at the World Assembly
for
The High Council of Clans,
The Confederated Clans of the Free Bears of Bears Armed.

[Ghost Land]

60s Music WA Ambassador Chad Microwave has commented that if this resolution came to vote, he would vote against it immediately, saying, "This is not an issue that should require a worldwide ruling, nor is corporal punishment something that should be banned in the first place. Yeah, parents shouldn't be allowed to beat their kids to death for the pettiest little things, but I got whupped quite a bit as a kid and I've turned out fine. I don't whup my son, but that's only because he's a good kid, not because I don't believe in it. Parents should be allowed to grab their kids and give them a good spanking if they do something really stupid, like smash a bunch of glass jars for no reason or beat up their sister."

He then turned and looked at the actual text of the resolution. "Does this mean my uncle isn't human just because he lost two or three toes in an accident? And does it mean my high school classmate who had a foot amputated isn't human either?"

[Crazybloxian Empire]

60s Music WA Ambassador Chad Microwave has commented that if this resolution came to vote, he would vote against it immediately, saying, "This is not an issue that should require a worldwide ruling, nor is corporal punishment something that should be banned in the first place. Yeah, parents shouldn't be allowed to beat their kids to death for the pettiest little things, but I got whupped quite a bit as a kid and I've turned out fine. I don't whup my son, but that's only because he's a good kid, not because I don't believe in it. Parents should be allowed to grab their kids and give them a good spanking if they do something really stupid, like smash a bunch of glass jars for no reason or beat up their sister."

He then turned and looked at the actual text of the resolution. "Does this mean my uncle isn't human just because he lost two or three toes in an accident? And does it mean my high school classmate who had a foot amputated isn't human either?"

I’ll make the goal of said resolution to regulate instead, not prohibit.

[Kenmoria]

(OOC: Setting specific age limits is illegal per contradiction of GA 299, clause 4. This makes your definition clause illegal. Also, using ‘kid’ in a formal-language proposal is going to raise a few eyebrows, even without the arbitrary limit you define.)

[Crazybloxian Empire]

Is this resolution ready to pass? I’ve got hopes on publishing the 500th resolution. Soon we’ll reach 1,000 probably in 2026, who knows.

Bump

[Wallenburg]

This was already on the front page and already seeing active participation from other players. There is no need for bumping.

[Separatist Peoples]

"Regulating spanking , a punishment that leaves no lasting physical evidence beyond temporary redness at best, in the private home sounds like an excellent way to encourage unsubstantiated accusations impossible to verify. If you think the current climate of sexual misconduct accusations concerning, having children making similar claims against family members, whether or not true, will be much, much worse. Opposed."

[Jamariche]

There are many concerning items in this proposal, none of which have to do with the act of corporal punishment itself. Please look at Section 1.4 :

4. Hereby establishes the WA-CPPREA (World Assembly Corporal Punishment Prohibition Resolution Enforcement Agency) which shall be allowed to establish a seperate unit in the police forces of a WA nation upon approval by said member nation and decision of the WA-CPPREA which shall handle judicial corporal punishment cases.

Even having the option to allow an extragovernmental agency to have oversight and judicial powers over the citizernry of any sovergn nation is abhorrent and a gross over-reach of WA powers.

Yes, Section 1.4 does say “upon approval by said member nation” allowing nations to opt-in or opt-out of the oversight, however, this should not be an option at all as it allows for what has already been stated.

The next concerning bit comes from Section 1.5 and 1.6

5. URGES that member states create a special agency to monitor caning in home environments, keeping surveillance ONLY to a minimum so as to respect privacy of parents,
6. MANDATES that member states monitor parents during their caning to avoid unbearable pain, also mandating that house caning comprising of more than 11 strokes shall require medical attention for the child caned.

Any monitoring within a non-public sector is a breach of privacy and shows no respect for the concept of privacy in any light, boarding on Tolterterianism. Add to this, forcing a child who is being punished to be watched and viewed by either a governmental or extragovenmental agency is far more harmful to the child’s psyche than any reasonable punishment would be.

The entirety of Section 3 falls under the gross breach of privacy that Sections 1.5 and 1.6 fall under.

[Liberimery]

Opposed. As a father myself, I have had to apply the firm slap of an open hand to my 2 year old child's bottom on a few occasions. At that age, the child is obstinate, irrational, illogical, unreasonable, emotional..." silently reads ahead in his script, "Ah, yes, here we are: And thinks it's appropriate to announce to the entire household that he has once again pooed in the toilet. Yes I do indeed have my correct speech. You would not believe how much alike my argument and my journal on personal feelings on dealing with the WA use the same words. Anyway, one day while in the kitchen, my two year old posed an interesting moral dilemma to me: would I as a parent, is it better to knowingly resort to an act that will cause a slight physical harm, or let someone unknowingly take a course of action that will harm him. Naturally, I reached the logical conclusion of "GREAT GOOGALLY MOOGALLY MY BABY IS REACHING FOR A RED HOT STOVE BURNER!" With haste I removed the child from the danger, firmly spanked him so that he did have some association with the desire to touch the stove and pain, and endured 10 minutes of my child's crying plus another thirty of a glare at me for the harm and the next morning we played blocks. Now, the sprat never again reached for the stove, and I'd like to think it was do to my quick thinking and downplay my possible disqualification from Father of the year, but the situation needs a damned quick solution and I didn't have time to alert authorities of the spanking squad.

As a parent, I cannot find anything of merit in your proposal that can justify its further intrusions into home life. Liberimery stands opposed to this attempt to maximize read tape.

[Slui]

Also I'm against Asians tend to use corporal punishment for discipline in not saying it's right or wrong but it interferes with parenting sovereignty obviously a line of abuse exist but different cultures do different things

OOC: This sounds like an IRL reference, maybe not the best grounds to object to legislation as it makes no reference to RL.

[Tinhampton]

ALL THE PEOPLE SO MANY PEOPLE

OOC: This is going to be a very long resolution. I know, right? Besides, your resolution is already at more than 6,000 characters.

Noting the extreme pain caused by corporal punishment,

Further noting that psychological research states that corporal punishment may cause negative effects in people who are caned, with psychological effects being more severe on children,

Seeking to regulate or minimise the unneeded suffering caused by corporal punishment,

Hereby for the purposes of this resolution defines

1. “Corporal punishment” shall define the administration of physical pain or discomfort as a punishment,
   ——
   
   1. Also noting that it may be refered to “Hitting”, “Caning”, “Spanking”, or other terms hereby clarifies that if legislating in
      
      1. home environments, the term “spanking” shall be used.[/tab]
      2. judicial environments or other environments, the term “corporal punishment” shall be used.
2. Corporal device as a device for or set of pieces assembled with the purpose of administration of corporal punishment.
   —
3. “Administration” as the act of conducting the task of corporal punishment on any living being.
   
4. ”Child”, “Children”, or “Minor”, as a human not considered an adult any living being that has not reached the age of majority,

Further,

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL

1. Mandates the regulation of Corporal Punishment or Spanking in all Lands of WA Members by respective governments. This resolution already pretty flagrantly does this regulation without you needing to magically will it into existence.
2. Clarifies that self-defense by methods of hitting or other physical means involving physical pain will stay legal in this WA resolution and not regulated etc. by all provisions of this Resolution.
3. This resolution shall apply to all embassies and territories of all WA member nations. All WA resolutions apply to all WA member nations. This does not need to be stated here.
4. Hereby establishes the WA-CPPREA (World Assembly Corporal Punishment Prohibition Resolution Enforcement Agency) which shall be allowed to establish a seperate unit in the police forces of a WA nation upon approval by said member nation and decision of the WA-CPPREA which shall handle judicial corporal punishment cases Why can individual nations not be trusted with doing so themselves?, and may be free to investigate any case of corporal punishment BUT ONLY WITH THE PERMISSION FROM THE PRESIDENT BUT WHAT IF YOUR NATION HAS A MULTI-MEMBER RULING COMMITTEE OR IS AN ANARCHY? OF SAID MEMBER NATION. Yeah, I can see where allowing member nations to decide if they want the WA-CPPREA to investigate them is gonna lead...
5. URGES that member states create a special agency to monitor caning in home environments, keeping surveillance ONLY to a minimum and only doing such surveillance with consent of the kid and parent Again, who will probably deny it so as to respect privacy of parents,
6. MANDATING that caning of over 11 strokes shall require medical attention for the child caned. How will this work, and why 11 strokes and not a nice, round 10 or 12? Why do you then go on to regulate The Divine Attention of St. Medical depending on which material is used in corporal punishment in section 8?
7. Spanking in home environments shall be controlled by a special agency which may be created by any member state shall it’s government desire to do so. Are you trying to make this mandatory or recommended?
   
   CHAPTER 2. CANING METHODS
8. The number of strokes in corporal punishment in a home environment shall be limited based on the material used.
   
   1. Usage of metal shall be limited to 3 strokes. Medical attention is mandatory regardless of the number of strokes.
   2. Usage of wood shall be limited to 5 strokes. Medical attention is mandatory if above 4 strokes.
   3. Usage of plastic shall be limited to 8 strokes. Medical attention is mandatory if above 5 strokes.
   4. Usage of hand shall be limited to 27 strokes and medical assistance mandatory if above 11 strokes.
9. Light or moderate force is only authorized with heavy force being unauthorised.
10. All caning shall be monitored by at least two WA-CPPREA monitoring officers. What if the member state or parents, or even child in question, do not want surveillance?
11. The caning device must be modified
    
    1. to cause minimal or moderate pain with at least two layers of fluffy material Yet you were just telling us in section 8 about regulating stroke counts for different, non-fluffy variants of material? or any other material capable of absorbing the force of such corporal punishment.
       
    2. To avoid scars from being created from such corporal punishment.
12. Caning shall be unauthorised on the following groups:
    
    1. children under 4 I hate RP wankery with a passion, but what if most of your nation's elderly die before their fourth birthday, or your nation defined the age of majority as being 3 or below?,
    2. anyone suffering from neurological/psychological diseases or has been cleared of such diseases within one year of such caning (e.g someone who was cured of said disease on October 1 2018 can be caned on October 2, 2019 How will such a "disease" be defined?),
    3. women, or those who fall under the “female” gender.
13. Such acts of caning shall not be done to the extent that it could directly cause psychological or physical harm As defined how?, in such cases psychologists and the child’s doctor What if the child does not have a doctor? shall be sent to the scene, and declared high-priority On what scale? whenever using public transport.
14. In family homes and schools, there shall be at least one caning room where all caning shall be conducted and no one shall be allowed to watch You're driving me up the wall here! Didn't you tell us in Section 10 that "[a]ll caning shall be monitored by at least two WA-CPPREA monitoring officers?" so as to avoid caning of the child.
15. Public caning shall be prohibited in all areas of WA member nations, regardless of age to avoid shaming on social media sites What if one's nation has banned social media?.
16. No caning shall be allowed on
    
    1. sensitive parts of the body As defined how?,
    2. chest,
    3. back,
    4. buttocks,
    5. and knees and legs. Where does that leave us, then? Smashing little Timmy's skull in? (note: the aforementioned is not recommended for obvious reasons)
17. Before any caning may occur, the child shall be informed of the reason why said child is being caned. How, by whom, and why?
18. The speed of the cane (i.e how fast the cane will strike the victim) shall be limited to:
    
    1. 30kmph (18.6mph) during home caning,
    2. 80kmph (49.7mph) during judicial caning, How can machines go that quickly?
    3. and 55kmph (34.1mph) during school caning.
    CHAPTER 3. HOME ENVIRONMENTS
19. In a family home, STRICTLY NO Video footage shall be taken and kept in the archives What archives?, but other statistics such as the number of times a child is caned and for research purposes concerning statistics may be kept By whom? only with consent of the kid, and parent/s.
    
    1. Footage may be uploaded to social media upon a two-thirds “Allowed” vote cast by the child caned, the child’s biological parents (or all alive contactable relatives of said child within two generations otherwise), friends What is defined as a "friend?" This resolution is quickly headed into Bureaucratic Overreach City (population: 1) very, very quickly!, and the CEO of the social media site the video will be uploaded to. WA-CPPREA may override the decision and block the release, but cannot override the voting to yes.
    2. In the case of social media release approval, the post shall only be readable by friends In the real world or on social media? Whose friends? and the CEO of the social media site Erm, ever heard of "software engineers" or "coders?" MUST implement technological measures to prevent friends from sharing the video Maybe I should add "video downloading software" to that list. as the sharing may get out of control and eventually reach strangers.
    CHAPTER 4. JUDICIAL ENVIRONMENTS
20. Judicial caning shall only be done by authorized caning staff.
    CHAPTER 5. SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS
21. School caning shall only be done by a principal or teacher.
    CHAPTER 6. DUTIES OF WA-CPPREA
    
    CHAPTER 7. PUNISHMENTS
    
    CHAPTER 8. MEDIA
22. Journalists may only report on judicial caning.
23. In the case of a journalist reporting such judicial caning, the accused’s name may be revealed with said accused person consenting.
24. No permission shall be required for journalists to report on judicial caning cases

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OOC: I’m not done yet. Please do not lock thank you. I do not use list tags to enable the use of subclauses.

Note: If 3 or more WA Secretariats say (I Vote This Resolution Legal) I will submit this to ensure It can’t be illegal within 24hrs.

0
out of 3
required votes
by a World As-
sembly Secre-
tariat for sub-
mission.

Subclauses:

1. Main Clause
.... 1.1. Subclause
2. Etc

[Kenmoria]

(OOC: This is currently over 6000 characters, well over the 5000 allowed. I suggest you cut down some of the more unnecessary and micromanaging clauses.)

[Essu Beti]

((OOC: As a woman, I’m feeling pretty damn insulted by article 12. We are NOT fragile butterflies who can’t comprehend what corporal punishment is. And I know damn well that if given a choice between a caning and an extended stay in jail, I’d choose the cane. It’s just less cruel.))

[Araraukar]

OOC: There already is a resolution banning child abuse, so this would mean any regulations on corporeal punishment could only be such applying to adults. Cutting out everything to do with children will shorten the text, too. Aside from that I think it's unnecessary micromanagement and about as sane as telling member nations what flavours of toothpaste they can or cannot have.

Also, please don't use "blocktext" code; it squishes up the text unnecessarily. If you must separate it from the rest of the post, put it inside the box code.