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| Animal Protection Act; Currently in Draft - to be submitted | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 15 2004, 09:04 PM (87 Views) | |
| Hersfold | Nov 15 2004, 09:04 PM Post #1 |
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I have drafted this proposal in the intrest of preventing cruelty to animals worldwide. It's fairly obvious what I intend to do with this proposal, but in short. the proposal will outlaw animal neglect and intentional abuse, as defined in Articles 1 and 2. The UN shall place in effect minimum sentences to be passed on those found guilty of these crimes in a fair trial, as laid out in Resolution #47. The APA will be established to, like the Real-life ASPCA, raise awareness of these crimes, an important step in combating them, and also to aid the UN in prosecuting these criminals. I have posted this draft on the NationStates forums, where some of you have seen it. Frisbeeteria, I know you do not support this yourself, but I ask you, and the rest of the Old Guard, to help me improve this document so that it may work to the best of it's ability. Thank you, and Live Long and Prosper. The United Federation of Hersfold UN Regional Delegate, Part123 Honorary Founder, Part123 Author, UN Resolution #54, UN Educational Committee Italicized text indicates edits, in accordance with posts below. |
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The United Federation of Hersfold UN Member Deputy Minister of Culture and Education, The North Pacific Author, UN Resolution #54, UN Educational Committee Author, Deleted Resolution, Olympic Games Department Head, UN Affairs, The Lemurian University Assistant Editor-in-Chief, The North Pacific Wire | |
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| Hersfold | Nov 15 2004, 09:15 PM Post #2 |
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Article 5 has now been edited to the above. |
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The United Federation of Hersfold UN Member Deputy Minister of Culture and Education, The North Pacific Author, UN Resolution #54, UN Educational Committee Author, Deleted Resolution, Olympic Games Department Head, UN Affairs, The Lemurian University Assistant Editor-in-Chief, The North Pacific Wire | |
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| _Myopia_ | Nov 15 2004, 09:25 PM Post #3 |
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I like the general idea and most of its execution, however there are three things I disagree with. First, "international crimes" seems to suggest to me something far more heinous than cruelty to animals, it seems more appropriate to things like genocide and other crimes against humanity, which are above national law. Couldn't it say "HEREBY DEFINES the following as criminal acts in every UN member state"? As to classifying things as "crimes" or "misdemeanors", do all legal systems work like that? I personally don't know quite what the distinction is, except that crimes are more harshly punished than misdemeanors, and am unsure if they exist even in all RL nations. Finally, I'm not a big fan of mandating particular sentences, as nations have different approaches to sentencing. I do recognise that you want to ensure a minimum level of harshness in sentencing, though, and if a satisfactory alternative to specifying a sentence cannot be found, I will drop this objection. The only thing I can think of would be to say a punishment equivalent to some other specified crime, but that isn't a great solution. Anyways, good luck EDIT: Ah, I see you've edited Article 5, and the new version does go some of the way to addressing my final issue. |
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| Hersfold | Nov 15 2004, 09:36 PM Post #4 |
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Mmm... ok. Will edit. Thanks.
Erm... no, I don't know that they exist in all NS nations, but too bad. I need some sort of distinction between the two. Which is, by the way... To my (fairly limited) understanding, in RL USA, a misdemeanor basically means you did something bad and were punished for it, but it wasn't exactly horrible. Whereas a felony means you did something really bad, and I believe prevents you from voting, and makes it really hard to find a job.
Yeah, that was Frisbeeteria's main problem with it, I believe. Adam Island, on the NationStates forums, was also giving me a hard time about it, so I relented. i can only hope that that article will not be abused in any way. Thank you very much. Edit: If there are no further editing comments on any of the three forums this is posted on over the next 12 hours, this will be submitted. |
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| Hersfold | Nov 16 2004, 01:41 PM Post #5 |
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There have been no further comments, so I am now submitting the proposal as is. Thanks to all who helped me to draft this proposal. Delegates of the Old Guard, I ask that you please approve this as soon as possible. If anyone has any further comments, this draft is still open to editing, but it may be a while until your edit is included. Thanks again, and Live Long and Prosper. Finally submitted, final draft can be found here: http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p...d=1#post7512976 |
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