Extraordinary Rendition

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#193: Extraordinary Rendition

Category: Human Rights
Proposed By: Quintessence of Dust
Strength: Significant
Status: Passed
Adopted: Sun Jan 14 2007
Votes For: 8,306
Votes Against: 4,272

Extraordinary Rendition was the 193rd resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly, and the first to be sponsored by Quintessence of Dust. Bearing a narrow focus, the resolution sought to outlaw the eponymous practice through forbidding UN members from "any involvement in the rendering of persons to foreign jurisdictions if there is probable cause to believe they would be subject to torture". It was the first time the UN had considered a proposal on torture for a considerable time and, while a majority at least professed to agree with the general sentiment and the resolution received almost 2:1 support at vote, there was extensive debate over the definition of torture employed.

Resolution History

Overview

Proposal Campaign

The proposal proved popular with delegates and it did not require extensive telegram campaigning for it to reach quorum; Madison later admitted this was partly a "coat-tail effect", as it came at a time when other popular human rights proposals, the Sexual Privacy Act and No Ex Post Facto Laws, were also at or nearing quorum, and in general delegates were being generous with their approvals.

UN Debate

Resolution Text

UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION #193
Extraordinary Rendition
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.

Category: Human Rights Strength: Significant Proposed By: Quintessence of Dust

Description: The United Nations,

Recognising the obligations incumbent upon member states to refrain from the use of torture,

Affirming the importance of maintaining a strong stance against all applications of torture,

Seeking means to further eliminate the potential for international complicity in acts of torture,

Deeply concerned by the practice of 'extraordinary rendition', whereby persons are rendered to foreign jurisdictions for the express purpose of having torture conducted,

Believing extraordinary rendition to be a subversion of international law and a significant threat to international human rights,

Determined to prevent member states from any form of involvement in this practice,

1. Defines, for the purposes of this Convention, torture as any act of physical or psychological violence perpetrated against persons for the purposes of coercion, intimidation, punishment, interrogation or the obtaining of information or forced confession;

2. Prohibits member states from any involvement in the rendering of persons to foreign jurisdictions if there is probable cause to believe they would be subject to torture.

Votes For: 8,306
Votes Against: 4,272
Implemented: Sun Jan 14 2007

Gameplay Impacts

The resolution led to an increase in civil rights in UN members. Its possible effects on relations with non-members were purely roleplayed and did not correspond to any mechanical effect.

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