[At Vote] [ga] Forced Blood Sport Eradication Act

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General Assembly Resolution

Forced Blood Sport Eradication Act

A resolution to restrict civil freedoms in the interest of moral decency.

Category: Moral Decency

Strength: Mild

Proposed by: The Ice States

Whereas forced blood sports are, by their nature, inherently cruel both towards both sapients and non-sapients taking part, and should thus only occur with the consent of participants; and

Whereas member nations should also prevent trade of blood sport participants to other nations, as such trade merely facilitates cruelty in other jurisdicitions which this body lacks the authority to directly prohibit blood sports in;

The World Assembly enacts as follows, subject to relevant past World Assembly law still in force.

1. The following provisions must be applied in interpretation of this resolution.
   
   
   1. A "forced blood sport" is an event intended to entertain a person or group thereof where
      • a participant intends or is likely to inflict death or severe injury on any sapient or non-sapient being (who, for the purposes of this resolution, shall also be considered a participant in the event); and
      • any of the participants are not sapients who have provided consent to the event.
      Hunting for sapient consumption shall not be considered a forced blood sport for the purpose of this resolution.
           
   2. "Consent" refers to free and informed consent from a person, which that person may freely withdraw at any time. Consent shall be considered invalid should that person be mentally incompetent or of such age as to be unable to give informed consent.
   
   
   
2. No forced blood sport may take place within World Assembly jurisdiction. Nor may any person be held in captivity without their consent for the purpose of any forced blood sport, regardless of when such captivity commenced.
3. No person or non-sapient animal may be transported from, into, or within a member nation for the purpose of their participation in any forced blood sport. Nor may any entity under World Assembly jurisdiction sell or purchase a person or non-sapient animal for the purpose of that person or animal's participation in a forced blood sport. Both provisions of this Section may only be waived upon the positive consent of that person.
4.  No entity under World Assembly jurisdiction may arrange or solicit any transport violating Section 3. Nor may such an entity wilfully supply a person or non-sapient animal for the purpose of transport of the nature prohibited by Section 3.
5. Any non-sapient animal held in captivity for the purpose of a blood sport must be:
   1. kept in conditions where their basic needs are fulfilled before any of Sections 5b-5d are triggered; and either
   2. released as soon as possible in a manner that allows for the animal to live in their natural environment independently and without harming it;
   3. released as soon as possible into an enclosed environment where the animal will be treated with the appropriate dignity, but only until invoking Section 5b becomes possible; or
   4. euthanised in a manner which causes minimal pain and suffering to the animal, but only as a last resort if following Sections 5b or 5c is impossible within the animal's lifetime.
   
   

Co-author: Tinhampton



This is the discussion thread. To cast your vote, go HERE

[Pantso]

Nice formatting on this Astrobolt, thank you.

This resolution effectively outlaws hunting for sport, and while the Republic of Pantso doesn't recognize a "right" to hunt for sport, we are hesitant about permitting the World Assembly to forbid it. We will put our trust in the Delegate to make a good decision.

[Jabberwocky]

I can't see how Article 5 can be enforced. In a blood sport, the nonsapient animal is likely to die, rendering Article 5 moot. Against.

[icethousand]

Oct 13, 2023 10:35:05 GMT -5 Jabberwocky said:

I can't see how Article 5 can be enforced. In a blood sport, the nonsapient animal is likely to die, rendering Article 5 moot. Against.

It is true that an animal is unlikely to survive a blood sport; however Section 5 is written so that it applies to all "captivity for the purpose of a blood sport", regardless of whether such a blood sport already happened. If a bullfight was about to occur but is no longer possible due to this resolution, any bull kept captive for the purpose of that bullfight is to be treated under the Section 5 procedure.

[Kimaeus]

I support this resolution. This practice is just abhorrent.