(Passed) WA Anti-Piracy Act

Great Empire of Ireland wrote:Preamble: We the Nations of the World Alliance will not stand for piracy and all crimes of theft, murder, and mutiny on the high seas.
 
Section 1:Definition of Piracy
Clause 1: The WA legally defines piracy as, "the blatant and illegal taking of goods, persons, property, or vessels on the high seas."
 
Section 2: Piracy during Peace Time
1. Piracy is and always will be immoral, cowardly, and illegal in the World Alliance
2. Piracy committed by Para Military Organizations upon public or private property is reprehensible and will be illegal in the World Alliance.
3. Piracy committed by another nation towards public or private property is illegal
4. Piracy should never be tolerated in the civilized world
 
Section 3: Punishment
1. If persons of a para military or private organization is found guilty of piracy and are caught by a sovereign nation they will be held accountable within the law of that nation.
2. If persons of a para military or private organization is found guilty of piracy and are caught by a organization that is directly under the control of the WA Council or WA Parliament they will face sentencing by the Court of Justice
3.If a nation is found guilty of piracy in a time of peace it will be subjected to sentencing by the Court of Justice
 
Section 4: Enforcement
1. With piracy on the rise the WA Parliament asks the nations of the World Alliance to enforce these laws.

2. The Parliament also asks multi national organizations like the WAPF and the IFTA to patrol and enforce the rule of law on the seas.

Originally Authored by The Empire of Great Eurussia
Edited and reintroduced by: The Empire of Ireland

Great Eurussia wrote:

Great Empire of Ireland wrote:Preamble: We the Nations of the World Alliance will not stand for piracy and all crimes of theft, murder, and mutiny on the high seas.
 
Section 1:Definition of Piracy
Clause 1: The WA legally defines piracy as, "the blatant and illegal taking of goods, persons, property, or vessels on the high seas."
 
Section 2: Piracy during Peace Time
1. Piracy is and always will be immoral, cowardly, and illegal in the World Alliance
2. Piracy committed by Para Military Organizations upon public or private property is reprehensible and will be illegal in the World Alliance.
3. Piracy committed by another nation towards public or private property is illegal
4. Piracy should never be tolerated in the civilized world
 
Section 3: Punishment
1. If persons of a para military or private organization is found guilty of piracy and are caught by a sovereign nation they will be held accountable within the law of that nation.
2. If persons of a para military or private organization is found guilty of piracy and are caught by a organization that is directly under the control of the WA Council or WA Parliament they will face sentencing by the Court of Justice
3.If a nation is found guilty of piracy in a time of peace it will be subjected to sentencing by the Court of Justice
 
Section 4: Enforcement
1. With piracy on the rise the WA Parliament asks the nations of the World Alliance to enforce these laws.

2. The Parliament also asks multi national organizations like the WAPF and the IFTA to patrol and enforce the rule of law on the seas.

Originally Authored by The Empire of Great Eurussia
Edited and reintroduced by: The Empire of Ireland

Did Eurussia really originally authored this? Anyways we propose the following amendments to the author:

1) All words "high seas" shall be replaced with the word "international seas" as it has been defined properly under the WA Territorial Waters Act.

2) We also move to remove the WAPF (obsolete) and IFTA from the authorized enforcers of the law and leave the responsibility to the new WADSJ.

3) Also, we move to change the title of the proposal into "WA Anti-Piracy Act" to show the purpose of the law.

If these are addressed, Eurussia will support the proposal.

Great Empire of Ireland wrote:

I have addressed the amendments

Arveyres wrote:We request a clarification on the term international seas,; does this refer to all areas of water that are at least 3000km from any territorial claim?

Great Eurussia wrote:

Arveyres wrote:We request a clarification on the term international seas,; does this refer to all areas of water that are at least 3000km from any territorial claim?

No, the 3,000km is your territorial waters and beyond that is already international seas.

Arveyres wrote:We support this proposal.

Kaevi wrote:

Arveyres wrote:We support this proposal.

Will you be present for the final vote? I can only count your support vote at that point.

Remember parliament, we now need at least 11 votes total during the official voting period in order to pass a proposal.

Great Empire of Ireland wrote:Well someone needs to message all the MPs than.

Kaevi wrote:

Arveyres wrote:We support this proposal.

Will you be present for the final vote? I can only count your support vote at that point.

Remember parliament, we now need at least 11 votes total during the official voting period in order to pass a proposal.

Kaevi wrote:

Great Empire of Ireland wrote:Well someone needs to message all the MPs than.

I have been PM'ing selected sets of MPs over the past few days, but that method seems to be ineffective thus far. (OOC: We may need a NationStates telegram blast.)

Anyway, back to the debate regarding the WA Anti-Piracy Act!

Marquette (of Pacific) wrote:Marquette does not think it is necessary to pass this type of legislation in our international body of government. Any nation who has an issue with piracy will already have passed legislation to stop it.

It is also our belief that, if the acts of piracy occur within a nation's waters, it is under their jurisdiction in the first place.

However, since we like what this bill is trying to achieve, the Constitutional Monarchy of Marquette of Pacific hereby respectfully ABSTAINS from voting.

Marquette (of Pacific) wrote:Marquette does not think it is necessary to pass this type of legislation in our international body of government. Any nation who has an issue with piracy will already have passed legislation to stop it.

It is also our belief that, if the acts of piracy occur within a nation's waters, it is under their jurisdiction in the first place.

However, since we like what this bill is trying to achieve, the Constitutional Monarchy of Marquette of Pacific hereby respectfully ABSTAINS from voting.