Chapter 1 - Amendments to the World Forum Charter

The Charter of the World Forum shall be amended in the following fashion:

In Article I, Section B, between Subsection 1 and 2 add:
1a. The World Forum shall have the right, to impose binding resolutions, the contents of which must be adopted through national legislation by all World Forum members. Such a resolution requires the approval of two-thirds of the Assembly.

In Article II, Section A, Subsection 1 add:
The World Forum shall have an organ—the Assembly—which shall serve as a forum of discussion and adopt policy recommendations as well as binding resolutions for member states of the World Forum.

In Article II, Section C, Subsection 1 remove and add:
The World Forum shall have a court—the International Court—which shall settle national and international disputes that are voluntarily submitted to it and to help the Forum, should the need for arbitration arise.

Article III shall be removed from the Charter and merged with WF-Resolution 2 to a new WF-Resolution 1c as proposed in Chapter 2, Section A.
A new Article III on commonly accepted international law shall be added, to emphasize once more what a membership in the World Forum also entails. It reads as follows:
Article III – Commonly accepted International Law

1. The members of the World Forum fully accept the Grovne Conventions on the rules of war, weapons banned in warfare, treatment of non-combattants in national and international conflicts, statehood, borders, navigation of the seas and trade.

2. The members of the World Forum fully accept the international ius cogens. It includes

a. the human rights as formulated in the “Declaration of Human Rights” of 1956
b. the prohibition of the threat and use of violence against another state’s territory or political sovereignty
c. the prohibition of genocide
d. the prohibition of slavery, including the trading of humans
e. the prohibition of racial discrimination
f. the prohibition of torture

3. The members of the World Forum recognize the general principles of law:

a. pacta sunt servanda
b. lex specialis derogat legi generali
c. lex posterior derogat legi priori
d. venire contra factum proprium

4. The members of the World Forum continue to accept all international treaties they have been a part of prior to their accession to the World Forum. This does not apply to treaties with contents going against any of the binding principles of this organization.

5. The members of the World Forum accept all binding resolutions passed by the Assembly and any finally effective verdicts spoken by the International Court.

6. The subsections 1-3 are to be applied in perpetuity unless fully superseded by new legislation.

In Article IV replace and add:
1. Amendments to the Charter of the World Forum shall be made after it is adopted by a two-thirds majority in the Assembly and ratified by two-thirds of the member states. require a two-thirds majority in the Assembly and the ratification of the amended Charter by two-thirds of the member states.

2. If the requirements of subsection 1 are met, the amended Charter affects all members of the World Forum equally.

Chapter 2 - Additional procedural resolutions
Section A - Introduction of World Forum Resolution 1c - Membership

1) WFR 2 – Establishment of a membership procedure for the WF and Article III - Membership of the original Charter of the World Forum shall be merged into a new WFR 1c – Membership. With its entry into force, WFR 2 will be lifted.

2) WFR 1c – Membership shall receive the following text:

WFR 1c – Membership

Section A – Purpose

This resolution regulates the conditions and procedures of accession, suspension and expulsion of members and observers of the World Forum. It shall further define the procedure on how a member or observer can terminate its relations to the organization.


Section B – Definitions

1. Founders of the World Forum shall be those, who participated in the 2017 Grovne Conference and have ratified the Charter.

2. Members shall be those states, who ratify the Charter and are approved by a simple majority vote in the Assembly.

3. Applicants shall be those states, who apply for membership in the World Forum.

4. Observers shall be those states or non-state entities, who are approved by a simple majority vote in the Assembly.

5. Observer applicants shall be those state or non-state entities, who apply for observership in the World Forum.

6. An application is a letter to the Speaker of the Assembly informing them about the state’s or non-state entity’s desired accession to or their desired promotion within the World Forum.

7. A promotion is the process of an observer becoming a member.

8. A violation of the tenets of the Charter is persistent, if the violation concerns Art. III, Subsection 2 c-f of the Charter or if the violation lasts for more than two years. The two years start running at the day of the first report of said violations to the Assembly.

9. A notice is a letter to the Speaker of the Assembly informing them about the state’s or non-state entity’s desired termination of their representation at or their demotion within the World Forum.

10. A demotion is the process of a member becoming an observer.


Section C – Accession, Promotion

1. After receiving an application for accession to the World Forum, the Speaker of the Assembly shall initiate the approval process. The applicant or observer applicant may send an envoy to the Assembly to observe the further process.

2. The approval process is open for five days. During this time, the members can debate about and vote on the application. The applicant or observer applicant becomes a member or observer of the World Forum by receiving a simple majority in the Assembly.

3. At the end of the approval process, the Speaker of the Assembly shall notify the applicant or observer applicant of the approval vote results. The applicant must ratify the Charter before being granted full membership rights.

4. The norms laid out in subsections 1-3 shall be applied accordingly, when the Speaker of the Assembly receives an application for promotion.


Section D – Suspension, Expulsion

1. Members in violation with the tenets of the Charter may be deprived of all their membership privileges (suspended) upon a motion by a member in the Assembly or upon a verdict of the International Court.

2. A member’s suspension upon a motion requires a two-thirds majority in favour of the motion in the Assembly.

3. The duration of the suspension is to be determined by a vote, which also requires a two-thirds majority. In case of a suspension upon a motion, it takes place after the successful motion. If after two rounds of voting, a two-thirds majority cannot be reached, a simple majority suffices.

4. The member, who shall be suspended, may not participate in the process unless the Speaker of the Assembly or the International Court allows it to do so. Either can limit, in which parts of the process said member may or may not participate.

5. Members in persistent violation with the tenets of the Charter may be expelled from the World Forum upon a motion by a member in the Assembly or upon a verdict of the International Court. For the expulsion upon a motion, subsections 2 and 4 apply accordingly.


Section E – Termination, Demotion

1. After receiving a notice, the Speaker of the Assembly announces the member’s or observer’s intent to terminate its ties to or its demotion within the World Forum to the Assembly.

2. The termination or demotion takes effect fourteen days after the notice has been received by the Speaker of the Assembly, yet not sooner than the first day of the following month.

Section B - Introduction of World Forum Resolution 1d - Debate and voting procedures

1) To codify our procedural rules on debates and voting, but also to lay out a framework on which the World Forum can define different types of resolutions, the Assembly shall pass WFR 1d – Debate and voting procedures.

2) WFR 1d – Debate and voting procedures shall receive the following text:

WFR 1d – Debate and voting procedures
Section A – Purpose

This resolution codifies the existing rules of procedure in regards of debates and voting. It also defines different types of resolutions, the World Forum can pass through their organs.


Section B – Resolution types

1. An ordinary resolution (resolution) is a written legal norm passed by the Assembly with a simple majority. Its implementation through the members’ national legislation is voluntary.

2. A binding resolution is a resolution, that is declared binding by the Assembly. It requires a two-thirds majority in the Assembly to pass. Its implementation through the members’ national legislation is mandatory. If a binding resolution does not receive a two-thirds, yet at least a simple majority, the implementation through the members’ national legislation is voluntary.

3. A standard resolution is a resolution, which makes use of the standard measures the World Forum can take as laid out in Section F. Its implementation through national legislation is only mandatory for those members, who have approved the resolution draft.

4. A resolution on procedural rules or the organizational structure of the World Forum or on the foundation of a World Forum sub-organization is binding. If a resolution in the sense of subsection 1 contains regulations on the subjects mentioned in sentence 1, then only those parts are binding.

5. Finally effective verdicts of the International Court are binding without requiring an approval vote in the Assembly.


Section C – Debate procedures

1. Any member or Committee may propose a debate on any political topic or a resolution draft. Any observer may propose a debate on any political topic. The International Court may suggest actions against members or observers to the Assembly.

2. The Speaker of the Assembly invites all members and observers to each session of the Assembly. They set the session’s agenda, and open, interrupt, resume and close the debates. They may warn members or observers, who misbehave in the Assembly and retain the right to strip a member or observer from their speaking rights or impose other sanctions, if the warnings do not lead to a change of behavior of said member or observer. Sanctionable misbehavior especially includes unparliamentary language, insulting or threatening an official, deliberately destroying property of an official or the World Forum and harming the body or health of an official. If there is no other way to reestablish the order in the Assembly, the Speaker of the Assembly may restore order by using the World Forum’s police.

3. Debates are mainly prioritized in the following manner:

a) suggestions from the International Court
b) resolution drafts proposed by a Committee or a group of members
c) resolution drafts proposed by a single member
d) applications on the accession or promotion of states
e) debates on a political topic proposed by a Committee
f) debates on a political topic proposed by a member
g) debates on a political topic proposed by an observer

Secondly older debate proposals are put on the agenda sooner than newer debate proposals.

4. The provisions of subsection 2 also apply figuratively to the Committees and International Court and their heads. Further details are regulated by their rules of procedure.


Section D – Voting procedures

1. A vote is required to approve a resolution draft.

2. If a vote on a resolution draft is an agenda item, the Speaker of the Assembly must establish a quorum at the opening or reopening of a session. The quorum is met, if at least half of the members of the Assembly are present in the assembly hall. If the vote on the resolution draft requires a two-thirds majority, at least two-thirds of the members of the Assembly must be present in the assembly hall. If a member doubts the quorum is still met, before a vote shall commence, the Speaker of the Assembly must reestablish a quorum.

3. The voting process on a resolution draft commences after a debate and a member or the Speaker of the Assembly motioning to vote. After the motion is seconded by other members and there has not been an objection to the motion, the Speaker of the Assembly may open the vote. An objection can be made once without any explanation. Any additional objection following that must be explained. The Speaker of the Assembly decides whether an explained objection is valid.

4. Voting is conducted either electronically or by raising hands. Each member has one vote and each vote has equal weight. Each member can either approve the resolution draft (Aye), reject the resolution draft (Nay) or abstain from the vote.

5. The duration of the voting period depends on the type of resolution draft presented to the Assembly. For resolutions in the sense of Section B, Subsections 1 and 4 it is three days, for binding and standard resolutions it is five days.

6. At the end of the voting period, the Speaker of the Assembly closes the vote. They tally the votes and announce the result to the Assembly.

7. Voting procedures in the Committees and at the International Court are regulated by their rules of procedure.


Section E – Stylistic guidelines for resolutions

1. Every resolution in the sense of Section B, Subsections 1, 2 or 4 consists of the logo of the World Forum, the resolution’s title and the resolution’s content divided into chapters, sections and subsections. Chapters and subsections are numbered with standard numerals, sections with the letters of the standard alphabet. The resolution draft presented to the Assembly must be in Austral. Section A shall always lay out the purpose of the resolution. Section B shall, if necessary, define legal terms used throughout the entirety of the resolution’s text. Binding resolutions shall declare their nature in the first or last section of the resolution draft.

2. Every standard resolution consists of the logo of the World Forum, the resolution’s title, the measure from Section F the member wishes to take and against whom the measure shall become effective and a comprehensive explanatory statement on the reasons and proportionality of the to-be-taken measure. The resolution draft can also regulate, in which way the measure shall be carried out. The resolution draft presented to the Assembly must be in Austral.

3. Resolutions are principally numbered according to the order they were approved of.


Section F – Standard measures

1. The Assembly has the right to make use of the standard measures listed in subsection 2 through approving a standard resolution. Principally the measures must be taken one after the other from the least severe to the most detrimental one. In emergency situations, less severe measures, namely the measures listed in Subsection 2, Letters a-f, can be skipped. The Assembly shall always respect the principle of proportionality as defined in Subsection 4 when a standard measure is taken.

2. Standard measures are:

a) a complaint by the Assembly
b) a formal complaint letter by the Speaker of the Assembly
c) installment of human rights or electoral observers, depending on applicability
d) a fine
e) light diplomatic sanctions
f) light economic sanctions
g) a condemnation
h) the calling of the International Court
i) the suspension of the member or observer
j) severe economic sanctions
k) severe diplomatic sanctions
l) an international blockade
m) a peacekeeping mission
n) the expulsion of the member or observer

3. The Assembly can take standard measures against any nation, organization or individual, even if they are not entities in the sense of World Forum Resolution 1b, Section B, Subsection 1, Letter a.

4. A measure is proportionate, if it is suitable, necessary and appropriate. A measure is suitable, if it can reach the set goal or at least helps in reaching said goal. A measure is necessary, if it is the one suitable measure impairing the affected party and the general public the least. A measure is appropriate, if the aimed for advantage for the general public is not objectively disproportionate in comparison to the disadvantage occurring to the affected party.

5. In accordance with World Forum Resolution 1b, Section B, Subsection 1, Letter a, the affected party or a member has the right to call the International Court and take legal action against those measures. This does not stop the enforcement of the standard measures.

Chapter 3 - Amendments to World Forum Resolution 1

1) World Forum Resolution 1 shall be amended in the following fashion to bring more consistency to the office, make the work of the Assembly more efficient by avoiding too many elections and prevent nations, that are in violation with our organization’s principles to gain power:

In Section A, Subsection 3 replace:
The Speaker shall serve for 6 12 months at a time. No nation may hold the Speakership for more than 1 consecutive term.

In Section B, Subsection 1 replace:
5 11 months into the current Speaker's term, the election process shall begin.

Between Section B, Subsections 2 and 3 add:
2a. Nations against which there is an active trial at the International Court at the time of the election, or that have been judged by the International Court or have been suspended or expelled from the Assembly in the last 18 months may not be nominated.

In Section B, Subsection 4 replace:
The Nation receiving a majority shall be elected to the Speakership, with their World Forum Representative being styled as Speaker of the World Forum, and they shall take office at the conclusion of the previous president's Speaker’s term.

After Section B, Subsection 5 add:
5a. After 6 months, a snap election may be held already if half of the members wish for the Speaker’s removal.

Merge Section C, Subsection 3 with Section C, Subsection 3, Letter a:
The Speaker may nominate a Deputy Speaker to assist them in these duties as well as any others that future resolutions may assign to them. The Deputy Speaker will need to be elected with a simple majority voting in favor of their appointment and shall serve at the leisure of the Speaker. Should the Speaker be unable to fulfill their duties or be removed from office, the Deputy Speaker shall serve as acting Speaker until a new Speaker is elected.

Between Section C, Subsections 3 and 4 add:
3a. For the nomination of the Deputy Speaker, the provisions of Section B, Subsection 2a apply accordingly.

2) The first 12-month-term of a Speaker shall start after the Speakership-election in July 2022.