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The World Assembly,
Recognizing that hunger strikes are detrimental to the health of people, and prolonged periods without any food can cause lifelong problems, or death,
Realizes that certain religions take part in hunger strikes,
Acknowledging that hunger strikes are impractical in the way that they can bring death to the participant,
Wishing to eliminate these politically fueled protests that are destructive to human health,
Further recognizing that hunger strikes can often lead to force-feeding, which is considered torture and can lead to death,
Hereby:
1. Defines hunger strikes as a method of non-violent resistance in which participants refuse to eat as an act of political protest or to provoke feelings of guilt in others.
2. Prohibits:
- A person or persons to partake in hunger strikes,
- In which the person subjects themselves to prolonged periods without food, water, or other products,
- To create or act as the impetus for:
- Political means,
- Inducing guilt,
- Spurring policy change,
- Protesting incarceration.
3. Permits:- A person or persons to partake in hunger strikes for religious purposes,
- In which the person subjects themselves to prolonged periods without food, water, or other products,
- For the reason of:
- Becoming closer to god,
- Focus on the plight of those who involuntarily go without food or water, and
- Requires that this fasting take place during recognized and known times
- Lent,
- Yom Kippur,
- Ramadan.