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Qwert · 10-11-2020, 01:14 PM

It has become clear that many have exceptions of the WF to take a more active role in preventing violations of international law or Human Rights or stop them when they occur. The following amendments to the Charter and Resolution 1b empower the International Court to independently adjudicate cases of suspected violations of International Law or Human Rights that are not necessarily voluntarily submitted to it. The role and mandate of the Assembly is clarified should the International Court rule that a case violates International Law.

A pass or fail of this amendment will serve as a precedent for ongoing debates in the Assembly.

Charter Wrote:Article I — The Mandate

Section B — Responsibilities
1. The World Forum shall serve as a framework, facilitating multilateral discussion and agreements aiming for adopting broad consensus-based suggestions for national legislation.
2. The World Forum shall serve as a channel for consolidating our separate resources in times of great need.
3. The World Forum shall monitor the fulfilment of adopted agreements and suggest new issues to be brought up before the assembled nations.
4. The World Forum shall provide an international arbitrary court to settle national and international disputes that are voluntarily submitted, and to help the Forum, should the need for arbitration arise.
5. The World Forum shall defend and promote the rule of International Law or Human Rights by taking punitive action against nations and organisations that violate them, including but not limited to arbitration, condemnation, sanctioning, embargoes and peace enforcement.

Charter Wrote:Article II — The Functions

Section C — The Court
1. The World Forum shall have a court—the International Court—which shall settle national and international disputes that are voluntarily submitted and to help the Forum, should the need for arbitration arise.
2. The International Court shall analyse cases of suspected violations of International Law or Human Rights and decide on their legality. The International Court will issue recommendations to the involved parties.
32. If a party fails to comply with a decision of the International Court, the other party or parties may have recourse to the Assembly, where a recommendation may be made the Assembly will decide on further action to make the party comply with the ruling of the International Court.
43. The Assembly, through a simple majority vote, shall appoint Justices, the amount of which shall be also be specified by the Assembly.
54. The Assembly shall also determine the length of time that a Justice shall serve.

WF-Resolution 1b - Establishment of the International Court Wrote:Section B – Responsibilities

1. The International Court shall:
a) have the authority to adjudicate disputes and acts, and administer justice and recommendations in accordance to the International Laws as defined in the Grovne Conventions, which are suspected by the International court to be violations of International Law or Human Rights, or voluntarily submitted by nations, regions in nations, international organisations, or individuals involved in the dispute, henceforth defined as Entities. Entities do not have to be members or observers of the World Forum to submit a dispute to the International Court.
b) help the Assembly, should the need for arbitration arise.
c) propose actions to the Assembly when Entities violate human rights
d) judge Entities that disturb international peace and security
e) propose the deployment of peacekeeping troops or other sanctions to the Assembly, should no other action be deemed sufficient to resolve the dispute.
fe) mediate in conflicts between non-governmental organisations or enterprises, which are voluntarily submitted to it.

Any rulings by the International Court must always be based on international law as defined in the Grovne Conventions. If one party fails to comply with a decision of the International Court, the other party may have recourse to the Assembly, where a recommendation may be made. If a party fails to comply with a decision of the International Court, the Assembly will decide on further action to make the party comply with the ruling of the International Court.

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Eareamland (canadianMaps) · 10-11-2020, 01:28 PM

Eareamland seconds this.

"Maybe embarassing yourself is an Earamian thing..."
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GI-Land · 10-11-2020, 01:37 PM

The Federal Republic of GI-Land is in favour of the propositions made principally.
Still we do not understand, why the mentioning of peacekeeping troops shall be dropped in an amended resolution 1b.
First of all it should be laid out, that there is the possibility for the International Court to advise for the use of peacekeeping troops. It's the strongest weapon against any country, especially any member, which decides to be in violation to our rules.
Secondly we see peacekeeping troops as a last resort, a mean the World Forum should not use more often than ultimately needed. Thus amending the resolution by virtually making it possible to always use peacekeeping troops right off the bat is not something we can support. If this would go through and the International Court together with the Assembly would indeed decide to be more benevolent in the usage of those peacekeeping troops, we cannot guarantee to the international community, we will support these missions.

We propose the following amendments:

Amendments to the Charter
--> see proposal by the Kingdom of Sedunn

Amendments to Resolution 1b

Quote: Section B – Responsibilities

1. The International Court shall:
a) have the authority to adjudicate disputes and acts, and administer justice and recommendations in accordance to the International Laws as defined in the Grovne Conventions, which are suspected by the International court to be violations of International Law or Human Rights, or voluntarily submitted by nations, regions in nations, international organisations, or individuals involved in the dispute, henceforth defined as Entities. Entities do not have to be members or observers of the World Forum to submit a dispute to the International Court.
b) help the Assembly, should the need for arbitration arise.
c) propose actions to the Assembly when Entities violate human rights
d) judge Entities that disturb international peace and security
e) propose the deployment of peacekeeping troops or other sanctions to the Assembly, should no other action be deemed sufficient to resolve the dispute.
f) mediate in conflicts between non-governmental organisations or enterprises, which are voluntarily submitted to it.

Any rulings by the International Court must always be based on international law as defined in the Grovne Conventions. If one party fails to comply with a decision of the International Court, the other party may have recourse to the Assembly, where a recommendation may be made. If a party fails to comply with a decision of the International Court, the Assembly will decide on further action to make the party comply with the ruling of the International Court.

Anyhow we would also like to stress, that we are open for proposals differing from the one by the Kingdom of Sedunn, and expect a good and vivid discussion on the matter, as in some private talks with other representatives we have heard, that the WF still has the appearance of being a tiger without claws. This should be alarming and shows us, how much this precedent decision is needed for this organisation to get taken seriously by the entirety of its members.

Helene Meise
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of GI-Land

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Qwert · 10-11-2020, 02:32 PM

In international law there are no stipulated sanctions, so the International Court has no judicial basis on which to advise the WF on measures to bring parties back to compliance with international law. Therefore, it is up to the Assembly to decide on the appropriate measures, with support from the expert committees.

We agree that peace enforcement through military action is a lost resort and should not be used arbitrarily, but we must trust the Assembly to be moderate and balanced in its decisions and resolutions.

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