Repeal "Right to Divorce"
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| Category: | Repeal | Resolution: | #135 | Proposed By: | Fonzoland |
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Description: UN Resolution #135: Right to Divorce (Category: Human Rights; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out and rendered null and void.
Argument: The United Nations,
NOTING the recent passage of "Right To Divorce",
CONCERNED at a number of failures of said resolution:
1. OBSERVING that although it 'declares that a marriage or civil union may be ended by divorce', this does not actually guarantee any right to a divorce, meaning the final decision still rests with national or local courts anyway,
2. DEEPLY DISTURBED by clause 3, which enforces parental rights in such a way that it is illegal to deny regular access to the child to a parent who is assessed being a significant risk to the child, even where such parent has been convicted of crimes such as sexual molestation of children or infanticide,
3. BELIEVING it to be fallacious to base post-divorce visitation rights exclusively on the circumstances of divorce,
4. RECOGNISING that it would be better to have visitation privileges determined on a case-by-case basis, considering the facts of the specific situation and giving proper attention to the welfare of the children as well as the rights of the parents,
5. NOTING FURTHER that the definition used in the resolution does not extend any rights to those in polyandrous or polygamous relationships, and as such enforces one particular set of values,
6. CONVINCED that the resolution constitutes an attempt at inappropriate micromanagement, where many of its provisions would be more effectively delegated to national or more local agencies,
7. REMAINING OPEN to the possibility of replacement legislation that legislates a 'right to divorce' without resorting to unnecessary micromanagement:
REPEALS "Right To Divorce".
Submitted on behalf of Gruenberg.
Votes For: 8,859
Votes Against: 2,465
Implemented: Mon Dec 26 2005
