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Bill: Human Rights Act (2590)
Details
Submitted by[?]: Selucian People's Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: February 2591
Description[?]:
| Resolved, that the Imperial Senate of the Selucian Empire recognises human rights. 1) The death penalty shall be abolished for ALL crimes, no exceptions. 2) A Human Rights Tribunal shall be established to examine human rights complaints. 3) No person shall be permitted to speak nor publish anything that marginalises, offends or disparages women, any racial or ethnic qroup, national origin, creed, sexual orientation or lifestyle choice, hereafter referred to collectively as "hate speech". 4) The Human Rights Tribunal shall search for, investigate and prosecute any and all violations of Section 3. Furthermore, individuals or victims rights groups may bring a private prosecution or lawsuit before the Human Rights Tribunal. 5) The person(s) accused of hate speech before the Human Rights Tribunal shall be presumed guilty unless the accused can exonerate himself or herself. 6) The Human Rights Tribunal shall dictate the criteria for exoneration and shall be permitted to refuse such evidence being put forward should it cause emotional distress on the victim(s). 7) This Act shall apply, in its entirety, to all non-profit and/or religious groups without exception. 8) The Human Rights Tribunal shall have the power to order prison sentences of three (3) years, or less, fines not exceeding 1,000,000 Selucian Nikan, psychiatric rehabilitation and a public apology and repudiation of beliefs by the offender. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy with respect to the death penalty.
Old value:: The death penalty is not applied, except for terrorism, treason and crimes against mankind.
Current: The death penalty is applied for capital crimes.
Proposed: The death penalty is illegal and is never to be applied.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding regulation of media content.
Old value:: There are laws against the publication of false information and hate speech.
Current: It is forbidden to criticize the government, or publish any material that the government does not approve of.
Proposed: There are laws against the publication of false information, hate speech, and subversive anti-government material.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 07:34:17, June 12, 2008 CET | From | Conservative Reform Union | To | Debating the Human Rights Act (2590) |
| Message | I happen to agree with article 1, but the tribunal you are proposing is outrageous! first of all, you apparently have it in your head that people have a right to go through life without being offended. everyone gets offended, even in a small way, at things throughout life. its an emotion just like being angry, or scared, or happy, and its foolish to presume that we can help everyone to go through life without ever being offended at something. thats like making a law that says its illegal to make somebody unhappy! some people get offended at you for doing perfectly reasonable things, and that's their problem. in the same way some people may get unhappy because you are talking about your spouse, and theirs died recently. that doesn't make it wrong that you were talking about your spouse. it is simply unreasonable to make a law saying that you can't offend ANYBODY. second, having a guilty until proven innocent policy is also outrageous. if i don't like somebody i can just say that they insulted my ethnic group while we were in private, and their is no way for him to prove otherwise! having a guilty until proven innocent point of view invites a host of problems that the justice system does not need. lastly, if evidence brought before the tribunal becomes exempt because it causes "emotional distress" then peoples feelings are considered more important then the truth and the livelihood and freedom of the accused. this bill violates free speech, sets up unfair trials, and crafts our society to value peoples feelings above all else. it should be struck from the senate. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 105 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 305 | |||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 90 |
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