Defeated General Assembly Resolutions

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Welcome to the Defeated General Assembly Resolutions. When a resolution is defeated, it is essentially erased from the World Assembly. The purpose of this thread is to keep a record on NationStates of resolutions that were defeated.

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1. Bodily Autonomy and Informed Consent by French New Wake Island
2. Judicial Access Act by Northern Slatavia
3. Freedom of Religion by Northern Slatavia
4. Promoting the Humanities in Education and Research by Atymnius
5. International Nuclear Compliance Commission by Maerkyja
6. Missing Persons Coordination Act by Northern Slatavia
7. Disability Assistance Law by Pax Russica
8. End Capital Punishment by Tinhampton
9. Repeal "Protecting Places of Cultural Significance" by Tinhampton

[Northern Slatavia]

Bodily Autonomy and Informed Consent
Proposed by: French New Wake Island

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Description:
Bodily Autonomy and Informed Consent

The General Assembly,

Recognizing that individuals retain inherent rights over their own bodies and personal autonomy,

Affirming that informed consent is a fundamental component of ethical medical practice and the protection of human dignity,

Concerned that the absence of clear international standards may enable coercive, harmful, or non‑consensual medical practices,

Determined to establish foundational protections while preserving the ability of member nations to administer their own medical systems,

Hereby enacts the following:

1. Definitions

For the purposes of this resolution:

a. “Medical intervention” means any procedure, treatment, examination, or action that directly affects an individual’s bodily integrity.

b. “Informed consent” means voluntary, revocable agreement to a medical intervention, given after the individual has been provided reasonably accessible information about the nature, purpose, risks, benefits, and alternatives of the intervention.

c. “Coercion” means any threat, penalty, manipulation, or undue pressure that would reasonably compromise an individual's ability to freely consent.

d. “Emergency circumstances” means situations in which delaying medical intervention would pose an imminent threat to an individual’s life or risk severe and immediate harm.

e. “Incapacitated individual” means any person who, due to age, unconsciousness, cognitive impairment, or other condition recognized by the member nation, cannot meaningfully provide informed consent.

f. “Responsible authority” means any medical professional or other lawfully empowered individual authorized to perform or order a medical intervention.

2. Rights

a. Individuals possess a fundamental right to bodily autonomy.

b. Individuals must not be subjected to medical intervention without informed consent, except as permitted under Section 4.

c. Individuals have the right to refuse or withdraw consent to a medical intervention, unless doing so would cause imminent harm under emergency circumstances.

d. Individuals must be informed of their basic rights and provided reasonably accessible information necessary to make an informed decision.

e. Individuals must not be subjected to coercive or involuntary medical procedures.

f. Individuals must have access to a lawful avenue to challenge alleged violations of bodily autonomy or informed consent.

3. Obligations of Member Nations

Member nations shall:

a. Establish and maintain lawful procedures ensuring that medical interventions generally require informed consent.

b. Take reasonable measures to prevent coercive medical practices within their jurisdiction.

c. Ensure that responsible authorities provide individuals with information sufficient for informed consent, adapted to the medical context and the individual’s circumstances.

d. Maintain procedures for obtaining consent from guardians or lawful proxies for minors or incapacitated individuals.

e. Maintain lawful processes for emergency circumstances in which consent cannot be obtained.

f. Provide individuals with a means to challenge violations of the rights established in this resolution, through judicial, administrative, or other lawful mechanisms.

4. Exceptions

The requirements of informed consent do not apply when:

a. Emergency circumstances make obtaining consent impracticable and immediate intervention is necessary to prevent imminent harm.

b. A minor or incapacitated individual receives consent from a guardian or lawful proxy, consistent with member nation law.

c. Member nations undertake public health interventions that do not involve bodily intrusion.

d. Member nations perform non‑intrusive medical screenings necessary for public safety or health.

e. Member nations identify additional emergency categories, provided such categories are justified, lawful, and consistent with the principles of bodily autonomy.

5. Implementation

a. Member nations retain full authority over the administration, enforcement, and regulation of consent procedures within their jurisdiction.

b. Nothing in this resolution shall be construed to require the creation of any new World Assembly body or to empower any existing body to compel member nations to act or refrain from acting.

c. The World Assembly may interpret this resolution through future legislation, but enforcement remains the responsibility of member nations.

6. Final Provision

This resolution establishes foundational protections for bodily autonomy and informed consent while preserving the flexibility necessary for member nations to administer their own medical systems.

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Votes For: 1,834
Votes Against: 10,871

Defeated July 30 2026

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[Northern Slatavia]

Judicial Access Act
Proposed by: Northern Slatavia

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Description:
The World Assembly,

Convinced that access to civil courts is a fundamental purpose of government,

Concerned that court costs can prevent individuals of limited means from seeking justice,

Determined that no individual should be denied access to civil courts because of their inability to pay court costs,

Recognizing that civil courts adjudicate disputes between private parties and that this resolution does not apply to criminal prosecutions,

Therefore:

Defines "court costs" as any fees, filing charges, service fees, or other expenses required to participate in civil proceedings,

Mandates that member nations cannot deny access to civil courts based on an individual’s inability to pay court costs,

Requires that if court costs are applied, nations must provide waivers or deferrals to ensure that economic hardship does not bar anyone from filing or defending a civil case,

Clarifies that nothing in this resolution prevents courts from dismissing frivolous or litigation or otherwise restricting abusive litigants.

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Votes For: 1,697
Votes Against: 10,523

Defeated August 11 2026

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[Northern Slatavia]

Freedom of Religion
Proposed by: Northern Slatavia

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Description:
The World Assembly,

Observing that religion and its many systems have been an important part of many societies for millennia,

Mindful that different people hold different beliefs, and that no person should be treated less favorably under the law because of their religion or lack of religious belief,

Disturbed that some governments have punished people for their faith, pressured them to abandon it, or forced beliefs upon them,

Maintaining that freedom of conscience and belief helps create more peaceful societies while allowing people to live according to their own values,

Hereby:

• Defines the following for the purposes of this resolution,
  
  1. Defines "religion" as a system of beliefs concerning the nature or purpose of existence,
     
  2. Defines "belief" as adherence to or rejection of any religious, spiritual, or ideological system of thought,
• Affirms that every person has the right to practice, change, conceal, or abandon a religion, to adhere to atheism, or to have no religion at all,
  
• Prohibits governments from coercing any person into adopting, renouncing, or professing a particular religion, atheism, or religious belief,
  
• Prevents governments from denying employment or education solely because of a person's religion, atheism, or lack of religious belief,
  
• Protects the practice of religion, provided that such practices do not infringe upon the fundamental human rights or physical autonomy of others, nor involve non-consensual psychological coercion,
  
• States that nothing in this resolution shall be construed as granting any person immunity from prosecution for criminal acts, violations of civil liberties, or incitement of violence or threats against public safety and order, even if such acts are committed in the name of that person’s beliefs,

Declares that nothing in this resolution shall be interpreted as favoring or endorsing any religion, atheism, or lack of religion.

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Votes For: 1,942
Votes Against: 9,370

Defeated August 27 2026

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[Northern Slatavia]

Promoting the Humanities in Education and Research
Proposed by: Atymnius

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Description:
This August Assembly,

Understanding the importance of the humanities in the study of societies and therefore believes such utility to aid in the proliferation of cultural preservation,

1. Defines:
   
   
   1. Humanities as the study of composition of which, for the the categorical purposes of this Resolution, shall consist of the “social humanities” describing the contextualization within society and the “natural humanities” representing physical phenomenon including but not limited to the arts;
      
   2. Art as the study of external composition through a designated medium with the “visual arts” to be categorized as sensory and “performance arts” as bodily;
      
   3. Language as the mode of communication allowing for the transferral of information between individuals, with “home language” to be seen as local dialects within a Member State and “foreign language” as dialects in the opposite of this respect being representative of external polities;
      
   4. Secondary or primary education as the elementary attainment of knowledge qualification across varying academic disciplines and tertiary education achieving subsequent advanced qualification including research catering from universities, think tanks and other relevant institutions.
2. Establishes the World Assembly Council for the Humanities (WACH) of which shall encompass a praesidium of researchers with the body to be formed in preserving academic standards within the humanities among all Member States and shall be given the authority to:
   
   
   1. Categorize emerging, new empirical disciplines within both the social and natural humanities of which shall be recognized among all Member States;
      
   2. Encourage cross-research between Member States and facilitate for global research guidelines and etiquette;
      
   3. Send international observers to Member States and assess metrics within the humanities subjects including institutional rankings, formal counsel and any subsequent recommendations with any necessary screening to be conducted by request of Member States;
      
      
      1. The relevancy of metrics and statistical methods utilized shall be formulated by the WACH and moderated by any relevant external committees or bodies within the World Assembly;
   4. Facilitate and administrate global academic journals;
      
   5. Provide research funding with encouraged subsequent cooperation from Member States;
      
   6. Create scholarship and bursary opportunities for tertiary degrees among Member States;
      
   7. Host annual academic conferences and conventions on new frontiers of emerging research.
3. Mandates the WACH to establish the Humanities Accords of which shall serve as long-term aims among Member States and shall encompass the following:
   
   
   1. Encourages the promotion of bilingual attitudes within schooling and tertiary institutions and the motivation of foreign language perspectives and learning;
      
   2. Encourages Member States to promote the arts within education through national curricula and tertiary programs spanning both visual and performance disciplines;
      
      
      1. Deems the above provisions to be relevant only where funding for such activities are feasible with any subsequent funding necessary to be delegated on the discretion of Member States to the WACH.
   3. Motivates for the preservation of national culture through museum incentivization, government-sponsored programs, tourist attractions and locales and other provisions necessary in depicting historical and present attitudes deemed important at the discretion of Member States;
      
   4. Advocates for the inclusion of history within generic tertiary humanities courses with relevancy to be attributed to Member States’ respective cultures and customs.

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Votes For: 2,961
Votes Against: 8,222

Defeated September 8 2026

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[Northern Slatavia]

International Nuclear Compliance Commission
Proposed by: Maerkyja

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Description:
The World Assembly,

Understanding the certain risks and dangers relating to nuclear energy generation,

Recognizing the effort and expertise required to maintain nuclear energy infrastructure, and the investments required to fuse and split the atom,

Concerned of the potential mismanagement, misunderstanding, and misuse of nuclear power,

Aiming to establish a concrete, just, and fair governing body to oversee and regulate safe nuclear generation efforts in member nations, establishes the following:

1. For clarity, defines:
   
   
   1. “Nuclear Energy”, for this resolution only, as any type of commercial or national power infrastructure, consisting of more than one structure, which uses energy from the interactions of an atomic nucleus with another subatomic particle or nuclei, and propagating any form of radiation or danger of nuclear contamination;
      
   2. “Criticality”, as any nuclear chain reaction that is self-sustaining, where each splitting atom releases enough neutrons to maintain a chain reaction under the control of Reactor Operators, in the terms of Nuclear Fission;
      
   3. “SCRAM”, as any emergency shutdown or automatic safety system in any type of nuclear energy, that forces the nuclear reaction to slow a significant degree, or stop;
2. The International Nuclear Compliance Commission (INCC) is established and funded as the World Assembly organization with the chief end of regulating and ensuring the safe use of Nuclear Energy. INCC shall then be responsible to the following duties:
   
   
   1. INCC shall publish and maintain an extensive list of safeguards, rules, regulations, and precautions that World Assembly members will subscribe to, defining the safe use and operations of Nuclear Energy, with revisions as needed;
      
   2. For member nations with no Nuclear infrastructure, the INCC will oversee any attempts to achieve criticality, and provide reasonable assistance when needed or requested by any member;
      
   3. Audit and ensure the compliance of member nations’ nuclear energy infrastructure, verifying that all operations are up to INCC standard, however, any facility inspections shall require the full voluntary consent of host nations;
      
   4. Maintain a safe clause of security around nuclear power, and educate and inform those nations wanting to learn more about the atom, its uses, and the boons of nuclear energy;
3. INCC shall, under good rapport and audit, establish, affirm, and administer the following non-autonomous organizations:
   
   
   
   1. The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safety (ACRS), to advise the Commission, with regard to national law, the hazards of proposed or existing reactor facilities in member nations, and to establish a safe working environment and sound SCRAM systems;
      
   2. The Emergency Nuclear Response Organization (ENRO), to coordinate response time, emergency efforts, and flow of information in the time of a nuclear disaster, with report to the INCC, and to assist with humanitarian organizations and national emergency response to convey prudent information on the disaster;

Declares the atom a safe, now regulated, source of energy.

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Votes For: 1,526
Votes Against: 9,941

Defeated September 20 2026

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[Northern Slatavia]

Missing Persons Coordination Act
Proposed by: Northern Slatavia

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Description:
The World Assembly,

Recognizing that uncountable amounts of individuals disappear each year due to armed conflict, natural disasters, hazards encountered during migration, crime, and other circumstances,

Alarmed that widespread or systematic disappearances may indicate ethnic cleansing, genocide, crimes against humanity, or other large-scale violations of individual rights,

Concerned that gaps in national investigative procedures and recordkeeping can allow disappearances to go unrecognized as part of broader patterns, particularly when authorities lack the means or willingness to investigate them,

Acknowledging that the timely collection and exchange of information concerning missing persons can assist in locating individuals, identifying unidentified remains, and detecting evidence of mass crimes,

Affirming that accurate records concerning missing persons may assist in preventing the concealment, denial, or repetition of large-scale atrocities,

Hereby:

1. Defines a "missing person" as an individual whose whereabouts are unknown and whose disappearance has been reported or otherwise brought to the attention of a government or non-governmental organization with a humanitarian or security mission,
   
2. Requires member states to maintain records of reported missing persons, including,
   
   1. identifying information,
   2. the circumstances and approximate date and location of the disappearance,
   3. any information relevant to determining whether the disappearance may be connected to armed conflict, persecution, forced displacement, or other large-scale violence,
   4. updates regarding the status of the investigation,
   5. a readily accessible method for individuals to request the correction or removal of inaccurate information,
3. Mandates member states to establish procedures for identifying unusual patterns or substantial increases in reported disappearances, particularly where such disappearances:
   
   1. are concentrated within a particular geographic area,
   2. appear to disproportionately affect a particular ethnic, religious, cultural, national, gender identity or other identifiable characteristic,
   3. occur alongside armed conflict, forced displacement, mass violence, or systematic persecution,
4. Encourages member states to establish procedures for sharing relevant identifying information, including fingerprints, medical records, photographs, and DNA profiles when:
   
   1. the information has been lawfully collected,
   2. appropriate safeguards exist to protect personal privacy,
   3. the exchange is reasonably necessary to locate missing persons, identify unidentified remains, or investigate possible mass atrocities,
5. Calls upon member states to inform the relatives of a missing person when:
   
   1. the missing person is located,
   2. the missing person's remains are positively identified,
   3. authorities determine that the case has been conclusively resolved,
6. Urges member states to establish procedures allowing relatives of missing persons to submit relevant information to competent authorities and request information concerning the status of an investigation, subject to applicable privacy and security protections,
   
   
7. Recommends that member states in which a missing person is located establish procedures for ensuring the person's safe and secure transfer to their country of nationality or residence, where appropriate and with the consent of the individual, including through cooperation with relevant authorities and humanitarian organizations,
   
   
8. Promotes cooperation between member states in locating missing persons and identifying unidentified remains, including through the exchange of relevant information and assistance with cross-border investigations,
   
   
9. Clarifies that nothing in this resolution shall:
   
   1. require member states to disclose classified information,
   2. require member states to initiate an investigation in every case involving a reported missing person,
   3. require the collection or exchange of information unrelated to the purposes of this resolution.

Co-Author: Fhaengshia

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Votes For: 3,138
Votes Against: 7,122

Defeated September 25 2026

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[Northern Slatavia]

Disability Assistance Law
Proposed by: Pax Russica

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Description:

The World Assembly,

Recognizing that there are only a few supportive measures for people with disabilities or neurodivergence,

Expressing dissatisfaction with the lack of assistance for such individuals,

At the same time, trusting that a regulation of this kind could resolve the issue, the World Assembly enacts legislation to support persons with disabilities and those who are neurodivergent.

1) Applicability of the law on means of transport, at stops, and in everyday commuting:
-1/a) Low-floor boarding and alighting areas at stops and on vehicles, elevators, automatic doors and ramps.
-1/b) Installation of tactile paving for the visually impaired on kerbs and vehicles, installing Braille writing on every important subtitle.
-1/c) Installation of devices at crossings that assist both the visually and hearing impaired via sound signals.

2) Applicability of the law on helps of people with neurodivergence:
-2/a) Designing quiet, calm, and uncluttered stores for autistic individuals, or at least introducing "quiet hours" into opening times.
-2/b) Designing schools for neurodivergent students where their needs are met to facilitate learning.
-2/c) Developing supportive education for students with dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia.
-2/d) Creating less rigid, more active lessons for students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
-2/e) Giving every neurodivergent student whatever they need to start a succesful life, where they're not rejected by the community.

3) Applicability of the law on online platforms:
-3/a) Optimizing websites and applications for screen reader software, such as sign language interpretation or text descriptions of images.
-3/b) Creating websites that allow users to switch to a dyslexia-friendly font at the touch of a button. Providing electronic, dictation-based, and predictive text input options instead of handwriting on official forms. Visually presenting numerical data.
-3/c) Creating clean websites free of advertisements and flashing elements, websites that don't cause sensoric overload.
-3/d) Use of simple, easy-to-understand language in documents; simple wording for invoices and informational materials.
-3/e) Enabling personalized administration service by providing—in addition to telephone support—chat options and scheduled, no-wait appointments.

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Votes For: 2,020
Votes Against: 9,706

Defeated September 25 2026

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[Northern Slatavia]

End Capital Punishment
Proposed by: Tinhampton

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Description:

No person may be killed or seriously injured as punishment under law.

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Votes For: 2,840
Votes Against: 9,360

Defeated October 10 2026

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[Northern Slatavia]

Repeal "Protecting Places of Cultural Significance"
Category: Repeal | Resolution: GA#9 | Proposed by: Tinhampton

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Description:
Finding that, while the titular aim of GA#9 may be noble, its implementation is fatally flawed and insufficiently respectful of national sovereignty,

Recognising that GA#9 outlines a three-step process by which the World Landmarks Oversight Board (WLOB) registers World Cultural Landmarks (WCLs):

1. it receives requests by member states for sites to be registered as WCLs, as this is "the sole process by which [WCLs] may be established" (Article 3),
2. it ensures that no sites other than "defined protected places," meaning "places of cultural significance" as defined in Article 1, are registered (Article 2), and
3. it is tasked with "[o]verseeing the evaluation, selection, establishment, and removal of" WCLs, with no restrictions imposed upon it in discharging these duties, other to ensure that only "defined protected places" which have been nominated by the appropriate member may be registered (Article 2a),

Observing that member states have no meaningful sovereign involvement in the process of registering or deregistering WCLs beyond nominating sites for registration, because:

1. there is no guarantee that any nominated site will be registered, even if it is a place of cultural significance, given WLOB's extensive Article 2a oversight powers,
2. in contrast to the "sole process" for registration established by Article 3, that Article's parallel deregistration process is not also proclaimed the sole process for deregistration, which - combined with WLOB's Article 2a powers - means that WLOB can suddenly and arbitarily deregister even well-maintained WCLs, and
3. while Article 2e tasks WLOB with "[e]ncouraging the further expansion" of WCLs, Article 3 requires WLOB to only register new WCLs if members "nominate locations within their jurisdictions" for such purposes; therefore, sites may be registered as WCLs not because the nominating member genuinely believes they are worthy of preservation, but rather because WLOB pressured them to seek registration to meet its own stated goal of "further expansion" of WCLs,

Emphasising that the dual mandate for WCL site protection - by which Article 4 requires member states "to take reasonable measures to identify, protect, and preserve all [WCLs] within their own jurisdiction," while Article 2b tasks WLOB with "[e]nsuring the proper protection, administration, and maintenance of" WCLs - defeats GA#9's stated intention of "[d]efending the freedom of World Assembly nations to safeguard" culturally significant sites, because it:

1. incentivises WLOB to intervene in member states to require actions to be taken to protect WCLs within their jurisdiction, even if (for example) the member in question or independent archaeological experts have well-founded objections to these actions, or can show that "reasonable measures" have already been taken by that member to protect it,
2. fails to incentivise members to act in earnest to protect their WCLs, because Article 2b requires WLOB to ensure that WCLs are protected and maintained, rather than simply making recommendations; and because Article 2a makes it trivially easy for WLOB to deregister a WCL (or credibly threaten to do so) if that member fails to implement the actions that WLOB prescribes to protect it, even if they are fully compliant with their Article 4 obligations, thus making a mockery of the principle of due deference enshrined in GA#2 "National Sovereignty," and
3. applies whether a WCL is on the Article 2d "list of [WCLs] at risk," or is well-kept and in no great danger; in fact, WLOB is not required to do anything extra in relation to WCLs at risk compared to other WCLs (such as offering tailored support or closer monitoring) beyond just keeping a list of them,

Concluding that GA#9 hinders the right of member states to maintain their own WCLs more than it secures it, because it entitles WLOB to force its own ideas of "proper protection" upon them; which may endanger their WCL status and associated Article 2c "designated funds" if not accepted; so risking a vicious cycle where culturally significant sites in need of protection (even at-risk sites that were already not guaranteed dedicated support) fall into decay and disrepair; all because their law-abiding custodians declined to implement WLOB's demands to gold-plate their already-sufficient protection measures, and

Convinced that it is better to have no resolution at all about the protection of cultural sites than it is to have the target resolution in force, because GA#9 introduces an opaque process by which WCLs can be registered, deregistered, and even micromanaged with only limited substantial involvement by its states parties, while reasonable member states can and will take meaningful steps to properly recognise and protect cultural sites within their jurisdiction as they see fit in the absence of any WA regulation...

The General Assembly hereby repeals GA#9 "Protecting Places of Cultural Significance."

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Votes For: 1,118
Votes Against: 9989

Defeated October 31 2026

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