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(Draft) Regarding Abuse Of Youth In Facilities And Programs

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(Draft) Regarding Abuse Of Youth In Facilities And Programs

Postby The Daeldo Empire » Sun Oct 13, 2024 11:47 am

Hi guys! This is my first ever attempt at writing a resolution and I was hoping y'all could give me some recommendations or criticism?
"The World Assembly,

Keeping in mind that many educational/behavioral correctional facilities can help to rehabilitate delinquent youth,

Noting the use of force authorized by legal guardians or parents to forcibly restrain and remove children from their homes in a worryingly violent fashion which is sponsored by some of these types of facilities,

Concerned by the outright denial to contact parents or the otherwise monitoring or manipulation of what children may tell their parents which is enforced in some facilities and programs,

Abhorred by the means of punishment used in some facilities, such as but not limited to food deprivation, solitary confinement, and the use of "restraining" tactics for children usually entailing many adults physically forcing children to the ground, with some reports of staff members choking children or other excessively violent means, in some cases corroborated by video footage of such "restraints,"

Hereby,

1. Defines educational/behavioral correctional facilities as any educational institution or retreat and any long term camp or otherwise programs,

2. Prohibits the use of violence in such facilities or programs unless there is probable cause for fear of imminent danger to the safety of others or oneself,

3. Prohibits the use of solitary confinement, denial of food, or the long term prohibition of students or children of speaking to one another,

4. Mandates that students or children shall not be denied the right to speak to or otherwise contact their parents in any time and any way in an unmonitored and unmanipulated fashion,

5. Mandates that students and children shall have the right to file reports on any educational/behavioral correction facility staff member or facility, the reports shall be handled by the government of the home nation,

6. Encourages member states to monitor such facilities or programs to prevent the systematic abuse of children in such facilities or programs."

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Postby Jedinsto » Mon Oct 14, 2024 8:58 pm

Hello, welcome to the WA!

I like the idea of the draft but there are a few things you need to keep in mind from the beginning. Firstly, be mindful of resolutions that already exist on the topic- I believe there is one that covers child abuse, I know there is one that prohibits solitary confinement, one on self defense, and I wrote on myself regarding imprisoned youth. I do apologize for not getting the numbers on those right now, I don’t have access to a computer at the present moment but wanted to acknowledge this draft especially since you’re new. The point being, if your proposal overlaps with those resolutions it could become illegal for duplication or contradiction, so just watch out for that.

As for specifics about what you’ve already wrote I have a few concerns:

For clause 1, what exactly is this supposed to mean? Why is any long term camp considered a correctional facility?

For clause 2, it would be good for you to elaborate on what kind of violence you’re prohibiting, as in if you wish to target staff on child abuse specifically, you should make that more clear. You’ll also probably need more comprehensive rules about what exactly “violence” means and when it could be used- for instance should staff be prohibited from striking students in a way not meant to restrain but rather just to injure? Maybe staff should be able to forcefully move somebody if they refuse to do so but also don’t pose a danger? I also don’t think “probable cause” is the best phrase here.

For clause 4, I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect facilities to allow kids to contact their parents at literally any time and any way, because that can mean being forced to allow cell phones or such things that might not be allowed in a corrections facility.


For clause 5, it could be useful to establish some kind of WA-wide standard for these facilities, and that the WA itself could force one to shut down if proven to be abusive rather than letting the home government which was already sponsoring the abuse continue to do so.

In general I support the idea but this definitely needs some work. I wish you the best of luck!


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