Interdicting The Global Slave Trade
Category: Civil Rights | Strength: Strong | Proposed by: Barfleur
The World Assembly,
Acknowledging prior legislation on the national and international level to abolish slavery, forced labor, and the trafficking of sapient beings;
Dismayed to see that these deplorable practices still persist in many dark corners of the world;
Noting that such dark corners are not members of this august body, and as such not subject to its legislation, and have shown no interest in abolishing slavery, forced labor, and the trafficking of sapient beings of their own volition;
Believing that it can use its regulatory powers to kill the economic viability of slavery, forced labor, and the trafficking of sapient beings, with the aim of encouraging nations to transition to an economy based on free labor;
Hereby:
1. Defines, for the purpose of this resolution, a "person" as any sapient being;
2. Prohibits member nations and all persons and corporations doing business therein from transporting any person, by means of kidnapping, enticement, or other means to a foreign nation so that such person may be—a. held or disposed of as a slave;
b. forced to perform labor that they have not freely agreed to;
c. conscripted or enlisted into the armed forces of any nation of which they are not a citizen;
d. forced to perform sexual favors that they have not freely consented to;
e. subjected to medical experimentation which would be illegal, under international law, if performed in a member nation;
f. involuntarily deprived of any organ or limb; or
g. carried away to another nation to be subjected to any of the foregoing acts;
3. Tasks the International Humanitarian Aid Coordination Committee with monitoring the global enslavement and trafficking of persons, de jure as well as de facto, and reporting to the international community on methods to combat the same; and
4. Requires member nations to enforce this resolution by criminalizing the transportation of a person for any of the purposes specified in clause 2, and by freezing all assets and bank accounts held therein by persons who have engaged in any of the acts proscribed by this resolution.
EDIT LOG:
7/14/20: Began proposal, added a medical experimentation subclause and a trafficking subclause in clause 2, switched clauses 1 and 2, assigned additional duties to the IHACC rather than creating a new committee.
7/15/20: Added a subclause about organ theft.
7/16/20: Amended the enforcement clause to involve freezing bank accounts held by slavers and slave traders.