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Bill: Basic Human Rights Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Leviathan Party
Status[?]: passed
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: August 2037
Description[?]:
| The BHRB includes many provisions that are matters of basic human rights. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Policy on the legality of abortions
Old value:: All abortions are illegal.
Current: Abortion is allowed during the first trimester.
Proposed: Abortion is allowed during the first and second trimesters.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The right to euthanasia.
Old value:: Euthanasia is illegal and considered murder.
Current: Euthanasia is only allowed with consent from the patient and a court order.
Proposed: Euthanasia is allowed with consent from the patient and the treating doctor.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government policy toward marriage.
Old value:: The government only recognises civil marriages between a man and a woman.
Current: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Proposed: The government allows all consenting adults to obtain civil marriage contracts.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The use of torture for obtaining information.
Old value:: It is at the discretion of the police officer to torture suspects for information.
Current: Torture is never allowed.
Proposed: Torture is never allowed.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Education in prisons.
Old value:: Prisoners are not given any form of education.
Current: An education plan for prisoners is provided to improve rehabilitation.
Proposed: An education plan for prisoners is provided to improve rehabilitation.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change The national refugee policy.
Old value:: Only refugees that are victims of extreme circumstances are welcome; no aid is given to them.
Current: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Proposed: All refugees are welcome, regardless of their reason, and given aid in integrating them into the country.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | not recorded | From | Leviathan Party | To | Debating the Basic Human Rights Bill |
| Message | The Leviathan Party has submitted this omnibus bill to rectify serious oversights in our nation's laws. We consider the provisions included issues of basic human rights, and though we are prepared to compromise to pass a majority of these provisions, we are resolute in our positions. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Labour Party | To | Debating the Basic Human Rights Bill |
| Message | The RLP offers its support to this bill. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Radical Centrists | To | Debating the Basic Human Rights Bill |
| Message | We agree with all articles except for 2 and 6. The former we will not support under any any circumstances; the latter we will support if it is watered down somewhat. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Radical Centrists | To | Debating the Basic Human Rights Bill |
| Message | Objection to Article 6 removed on review of the options currently available. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Social Republican Party | To | Debating the Basic Human Rights Bill |
| Message | Question towards Article 3: All groups of consenting adults, or all pairs of consenting adults? In either case, we support this bill, seeing as the huge amount of agreeable articles. |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Basic Human Rights Bill |
| Message | The freedom now party takes issue with the education of prisoners. I do not believe tax payers want to pay to educate serial rapists and killers. |
| Date | not recorded | From | Leviathan Party | To | Debating the Basic Human Rights Bill |
| Message | If we educate prisoners we drastically decrease their chance of becoming repeat offenders; most people incarcerated are not serial rapists or unrepentant murderers. Offering education would cost less than a million dollars per prison, which is chicken feed when we consider how much it costs to keep someone behind bars. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 51 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 11 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: All role-play must respect the established cultural background in Culturally Protected nations. |
| Random quote: "A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity." - Ralph Nader |