Category: Health
Area of Effect: Healthcare
Proposed by Malairium
Section I: Preamble
RECOGNIZING that water is a resource essential for the existence of human life.
NOTING that current legislation does not adequately address this.
BELIEVING that every person has a right to live, and thus, a right to water, no matter their nationality.
Section II: Definitions
2a) For the purposes of this legislation, water is defined as liquids mostly containing the molecule dihydrogen monoxide, in potable conditions, or conditions such that it can be easily made potable.
2b) For the purposes of this legislation, potable is defined as safe to drink, such that doing so in moderation will cause no negative health consequences either immediately or in the future.
2c) For the purposes of this legislation, a person is defined as a human, water reliant AI, or any other sentient being that requires water to live or function.
2d) For the purposes of this legislation, the minimum volume of potable water required to sustain human life is estimated to be 2.5 litres per person per day, though the WATWR will be tasked with evaluating this value as the situation requires.
Section III: Requirements of Nations
Member nations will be required to:
3a) establish legislation, where current legislation does not already exist, that ensures each person the right to access the minimal amount of water required to survive.
3b) make efforts to provide public access to water where possible and reasonable. Each nation may determine the following for itself, provided all other provisions of this act are met:
i) Methods for production and distribution of water,
ii) Processes and chemicals used for purification of water,
iii) Usage of chemical additives for public health, and
iv) Water usage, conservation, and rationing regulations.
3c) establish legislation, where current legislation does not already exist, that limits or abolishes the direct ownership of water, such that this ownership threatens the right of others to live.
3d) in the case of a water crisis, as determined by the WATWR (detailed in Section IV, Subsection 4e), provide support as directed by the WATWR, for which they will be reasonably compensated with WA funds.
3e) establish legislation, where current legislation does not already exist, that aims to limit the use of unreasonbale volumes of water by inefficient or relatively large agricultural organizations or individuals.
3f) prohibit the destruction, contamination, or the conducting of any other action against potable water sources that renders them non-potable, for military advantage or law enforcement purposes.
Section IV: Duties of World Assembly Team on Water Rights (WATWR)
The WATWR will be tasked with:
4a) carrying out research and investigations into water security in cooperation with local governments.
4b) inspecting WA nations to confirm they are in compliance with Water Rights Act legislation.
4c) raising funds and awareness for international water crises.
4d) supporting eductation as to the importance of, and methods for, water conservation.
4e) determining and declaring the existence of water crises. This will occur when:
i) there exists within a region, nation, or other geographical area a lack of water, such that the continued survival of the area's inhabitants is threatened.
ii) a region's, nation's, or other geographical area's water supply becomes contaminated such that the water is no longer potable.
iii) a region's, nation's, or other geographical area's capability to obtain potable water is not sufficient to sustain reasonable consumption.
HEREBY enacting the Water Rights Act (WRA) and,
ESTABLISHING the World Assembly Team on Water Rights (WATWR)
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