Greater Cesnica wrote:OOC: Daarwyrth is currently on LOA due to a stomach bug, but I will pass this on to him. I agree that Section two should be reworded. I have been deliberating about whether to include something like 4(b) or not.
OOC: 4b. Bear in mind that even if it's removed, member states still retain the ability to grant pardons. Explicitly disallowing it would hardly increase the chances of success.
Section 2 thingy. If the reference to domestic law is just removed, it will turn the section into no more than a general statement of a fairly weak principle. There'd be nothing stopping member states from continue to protect individual officials from legal action on, say, the grounds that they're held responsible through the normal hierarchy and disciplinary procedures in whatever organisation they're employed by. This could work right up to the national executive who in many countries are either responsible to the legislature or the electorate.
I'd be happy enough to support this potential scenario as I'm still totally unconvinced that opening up individual civil and public servants and employees to legal action from any crank is sound policy. I mean, we hardly want the WA to mandate legal action against delivery drivers for delays in delivering a pizza.