That aside though, Mouse wants to repeal the CPA and asked me to write up a replacement. Here. Maybe she'll stop beating me now.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Prevention of Child Abuse
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
Category: Human Rights | Strength: Significant | Proposed by: Sanctaria
The General Assembly,
COGNISANT of the inherent innocence and naivety possessed by a child,
APPALLED that individuals may sometimes violate and/or take advantage of these attributes to further their selfish enterprises,
DESIROUS of a resolution where these natural attributes are protected and violations of the same result in swift retribution,
Hereby
DEFINES the following for the purpose of this resolution:
- A child as any individual under the national threshold of majority, or equivalent,
- A guardian as any individual that is legally accountable for a child, or the biological parent in nations where such definitions do not exist,
- Child abuse as any and/or all of the following:
- the forcing of unwanted or nonconsensual sexual behaviour and/or desire upon a child,
- the causing of excessive physical pain, injury or harm with a malicious intent, or through negligence, outside that which may occur from peer-to-peer bullying,
- any deliberate act and/or behaviour which results in serious emotional and mental trauma in a child,
- when a guardian deprives, intentionally or otherwise, a child of necessities such as care, nourishment, shelter, and/or healthcare on a long term or continuous basis, if that guardian is capable of providing such;
AFFIRMS that all children have the right, and expectancy, to be free from all forms of child abuse;
MANDATES that all acts of child abuse be criminalised;
REQUIRES nations to investigate fully, and to the best of their ability, all reports of child abuse;
INSISTS that such investigations be confidential, as well as respectful and impartial to the parties involved;
REQUIRES nations take all reasonable steps to ensure the safety of the victims of reported child abuse, both during and after such investigations;
FORBIDS the transport of children to a country not covered by this resolution for the purpose of contravening the articles of this resolution;
PROHIBITS the creation and/or distribution of materials without artistic merit depicting child abuse except for those which are needed for credible and genuine educational and research purposes, as well as for the investigation and prosecution of child abuse;
CLARIFIES that nothing in this resolution prohibits nations from enacting more stringent legislation on the subject of child abuse.
Co Author: The Dourian Embassy