Murder and Manslaughter Laws
Murder and Manslaughter Laws was a queued proposal, submitted by Adolf Barham, aiming to create laws against murder and manslaughter. However, the wording of the original proposal actually illegalised (along with murder and manslaughter) the death penalty, abortion, euthanasia, dueling, suicide and war. This made it objectionable in the eyes of many UN regulars, notably in the United Nations Old Guard [1].
It is also famous for being the first ever proposal to reach quorum and then (due to some nations telegramming the delegates who approved it persuading them to remove their approval) fell below the number of approvals required for quorum. No one really knows what would have happened if it had gone through an update with below the requisite number, as no one found out because the author then asked the Moderators to withdraw his proposal, and thus it was deleted. This was also only the second time that a proposal has been withdrawn by the author after reaching quorum (the first was Chemical Weapons Ban, withdrawn by Sheknu.
Adolf Barham later attempted to redraft and resubmit, but the attempts failed, and he gave up. He was also the author of Repeal "Stop privacy intrusion", which also failed, and the author of Repeal "Replanting Trees", which passed and is now UN resolution 161
Proposal Text (on queued submission)
| Category: | Human Rights | Strength: | Strong | Proposed By: | Adolf Barham |
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Article 1: UNDERSTANDING that this proposal is an obvious law and is hopefully one that is in act in all UN member nations anyway.
Article 2: HOWEVER ENSURING that no nation can slip out of this law, by making it a UN resolution.
Article 3: NOTING ,so that it is clear to all UN nations, that the following acts are unlawful:
a. Murder
b. Conspiracy to commit murder
c. Attempt to commit murder
d. Complicity in murder
Article 4: NOTING that the intentional premeditated killing of another human being shall constitute murder.
Article 5: NOTING that every UN member nation can choose how to determine whether an act of murder had taken place. This will depend on their justice system.
Article 6: MANDATING that the minimal punishment for what the government of a nation has deemed to be murder shall be two years locked away from society.
Article 7: MANDATING that if during the investigation of the murder, the government of the nation decides that the criminal has mental problems, the criminal shall be sent to a secure mental asylum with constant supervision and if possible, rehabilitation.
Article 8: FURTHERMORE MANDATING that it is unlawful to commit manslaughter.
Article 9: NOTING that the accidental killing of another human being constitutes manslaughter.
Article 10: NOTING that every UN member nation can choose how to determine whether an act of manslaughter had taken place. This will depend on their justice system.
Article 11: MANDATING that the minimal punishment for what the government of a nation has deemed to be manslaughter shall be six months locked away from society and allow the criminal to see a psychologist to get over their crime. This is because they will feel upset that they have accidentally killed someone.
UNDERSTANDING that this resolution clears up any misunderstanding as to the laws regarding murder and manslaughter.
