I bid thee good day, sirs and madams! I hope to be authorized soon so I may participate in the Non-IDU section of the Film Festival!

Quote: Administrative Compliance Act
Human Rights | Strong
By: Separatist Peoples | Coauthored by: Imperium Anglorum

Understanding that many nations purposefully contravene international laws to gain an unfair advantage over their neighbors;

Noting that many others do so to oppress their citizens, extract revenues from governmental institutions and operations, discredit their opponents, and secure their tenuous bases of power;

Haunted by the suffering bred by noncompliance, and resolutely determined to succor its victims and hold their oppressors to account;

Observing that the World Assembly has already taken steps in combating these transgressions against international law by passing GAR#390, ?Compliance Commission?; and

Giving credence to the body of damning evidence that has been assembled by the WACC;

Hereby the following:

Article I. Compliance Commission

The Enforcement Sub-Commission (ES), a subset of the WA Compliance Commission (WACC), is created and directed to:
Review WACC investigations regarding member noncompliance;
Accept reports of noncompliance from both member states and individual and sub-national entities, subject to appropriate screening;
File a complaint, containing evidence and all applicable law, to the Independent Adjudicative Office and accordingly prosecute that complaint;
Communicate with those member states which are the subject of the complaint and inform them of any available steps that might prevent filing of a complaint.
Maintain discretion over which compliance violations to pursue;

Article II. Independent Adjudicative Office

The Independent Adjudicative Office (IAO) is created and directed to:
Hold fair and independent evidentiary hearings for claims brought by the WACC, overseen by a panel of independent adjudicators;
Decide on the merits of the claims and arguments as to whether a fine is appropriate;
Coordinate with the WA General Accounting Office (GAO) to assess and levy a fine and schedule calculated as no more than what will reasonably coerce compliance from member states. The assessments must be based on:
a.the veracity and severity of the actions,
b.the state?s history of noncompliance,
c.whether the state has committed wilful negligence in noncompliance,
d.force majeure preventing the state from fulfilling its obligations, and
e.other mitigating circumstances;
Remain entirely independent from the WACC and any subparts, except for essential coordination to ensure procedural due process for all involved parties;
Ensure no ex parte communications occur between itself and any involved parties, and to promulgate appropriate remedies if such communications do occur;
Promulgate and follow procedure for hearings in a manner consistent with the principals of justice, fairness, and due process;
Record and make publicly available all hearing records, excepting those involving privileged individual information, proprietary commercial data, or material necessary for national security.

Art. III WA General Accounting Office

The GAO is tasked to ensure that all collected fines are collected and applied to reduce the contribution amount from members found compliant during that assessment period.

Art. IV. Member State Rights and Duties

Member states may not prevent or discourage individuals or entities from cooperating with the ES.

Member states are entitled to have a representative and legal counsel present at IAO hearings to act in their defense.

Member states are obligated to enforce the strongest measures of economic sanction available against those member states which refuse to pay IAO fines, subject to the limitations of extant law.[/quote]

I figured I'd put it up for a test run here.

Just joined the region recently. I look forward to getting to know you all and take part in this community!

What's up? I am Koloda. We are a left-leaning, small, and poorly-run country.
Umm, I'm not going to be on this very often, but I'm excited to be joining this region!

Greetings from The Chris Empire (Christos),

Yes, my nation goes by both The Chris Empire and Christos.
My name is Chris and I am glad to be part of the International Democratic Union.

My nation is a constitutional monarchy with both a King and a President, if you want to know more check out my factbooks!


Reason for joining: I've played NationStates for a while. I started in The Pacific and I was fairly active but after a while I got bored there. So I made some regions that did not pan out so I moved back The Pacific while still looking for a region that had a good community and also a democratic system in place. After a while of thinking I joined this region.

I'm semi-active in NationStates and Hopefully I can contribute to this region.

General assembly,
Alarmed by the assisted suicide act,
Appalled by the new power that the doctors have,
Pointing out the numerous problems such as,
1. The doctors now have more power over life and death,
2. The depressed people can now end their lives more easily than normal,
3. It covers the line between euthanasia and murder
Hereby nullifies resolution 285

The Regional Charter states that there must be elections for the position of Delegate at least once a year, and that IDUSA may create bylaws for the region, including the regulation of the frequency of elections.

I would like to submit the following.

Quote:

The Delegacy Elections Act
A bylaw to regulate the frequency and administration of elections in the IDU

The International Democratic Union States Assembly,

THANKFUL for the democratic reality that we utilise elections to choose our leader,

COGNISANT that, in a healthy democracy, elections are held at reasonable lengths,

BELIEVING that the maximum of 1 year between elections, as permitted by the Regional Charter, is overly generous,

Hereby Resolves the Following

§1 Frequency and Process of the Delegate Scheduled Elections

1. There shall be Scheduled Elections for Delegate every six (6) months;

2. Voting for the office of Delegate in these Scheduled Elections will begin on January 1st (hereafter referred to as Schedule I Elections), and July 1st (hereafter referred to as Schedule II Elections);

3. The Election Commissioner shall oversee candidacy declarations, the voting process, and the declaration of the winner. The Election Commissioner shall be the Speaker of IDUSA. If the Speaker is themselves a candidate, or if they will be unavailable or indisposed, they must appoint a proxy to fulfil these duties and obligations;

4. Nominations for candidates for the Schedule I Elections shall open on December 18th. Nominations for candidates for the Schedule II Elections shall open on June 17th. The time period for declaration of candidacy shall last no less than five (5) days, and no more than ten (10) days. The Election Commissioner shall have the discretion to set the time period within those boundaries;

5. Voting shall last for seven (7) days. The Election Commissioner shall have the discretion to extend voting up to a maximum of five (5) further days;

6. Voting shall take place in the voting chamber of the IDU States Assembly. Votes shall be cast by voice/text vote. No poll to count, tally, or otherwise collate the votes cast shall be valid.

§2 Candidate and Voter Eligibility

1. Only member nations of IDUSA who are also members of the World Assembly shall be eligible to be a candidate for, and hold the office of, Delegate;

2. No member nation who has served two (2) consecutive terms as Delegate shall be eligible to seek any further term(s) unless, and until, another member nation has succeeded them and served at least one (1) full term as Delegate;

3. Each member nation of IDUSA is allocated one (1) vote, and the usage of puppet states in the voting process is forbidden. The Election Commissioner will ensure that all votes be cast in public to verify that (a) fraud has not occurred, and (b) that puppet states have not been utilised;

4. These Candidate and Voter Eligibility Regulations shall apply for all Scheduled and Special Elections for the Delegacy.

§3 Special Elections

1. IDUSA shall call Special Elections for the office of Delegate if the office is vacated, either through resignation, inactivity, or impeachment;

2. Should the office of Delegate be vacated within one (1) month of the next Scheduled Elections, no Special Elections shall occur. The office shall remain vacant and the duties of the office fulfilled by the next active member in the Line of Succession who meets the eligibility criteria in §§2.1—2.2;

3. Provision may be made by law to regulate and determine a Line of Succession;

4. The Election Commissioner shall oversee candidacy declarations, the voting process, and the declaration of the winner. The Election Commissioner shall be the Speaker of IDUSA. If the Speaker is themselves a candidate, or if they will be unavailable or indisposed, they must appoint a proxy to fulfil these duties and obligations;

5. Nominations for candidates for Special Elections shall open not more than thirty-six (36) hours after the office of Delegate is vacated. Nominations shall last for five (5) days;

6. Voting shall last for seven (7) days. The Election Commissioner shall have the discretion to extend voting up to a maximum of three (3) further days;

7. Delegates elected via Special Elections shall only serve until the next Scheduled Elections.

§4 Results and Run-offs

1. The Election Commissioner shall announce the results of the election promptly after the voting period has ended;

2. The candidate with the most votes shall be declared the winner and Delegate;

3. Should there be an equal numbers of votes (i.e. a tie) between the candidates polling the highest number of votes, a run-off election shall be held. The run-off election shall no more than thirty-six (36) hours after the results have been announced and shall last seven (7) days only;

4. Should the run-off election result in yet another tie between the two highest polling candidates, length of continuous and non-broken membership of IDUSA shall be considered the tie-breaker. Should the two highest polling candidates also tie in terms of length of continuous and non-broken members of IDUSA, the candidate who has resided the longest in the IDU, without a break, shall be declared the winner;

5. The candidate who receives the second highest number of votes, immediately behind the Delegate, shall be declared the Vice Delegate. Should no candidate exist, or should there be a tie between candidates holding the second highest number of votes, the Delegate shall have discretion in choosing the Vice Delegate.

§6 Regulations

1. The first Scheduled Elections this Act shall apply to will be the July 2019 Schedule II Elections;

2. Any allegations of impropriety, fraud, or malfeasance, shall be referred to the IDU Judiciary Committee;

3. Any serving member of the IDU Judiciary Committee who is a candidate, the Election Commissioner, or the outgoing Delegate, shall not be permitted to hear the case, and shall recuse themselves from it.

You may now mourn the IDU's reputation, as Fauxia has arrived, to hopefully hone his GA writing skills. Greetings all!

Hi!

I'm just a new nation starting out here! Despite my nation's name, the environment here is surprisingly bad, but nearly 15 million people still live here : )

I hope that I'll be able to take part in a great community like this one and meet some great people!

Hello!
I am Imagawa of Imagawa!
I have been doing NS for around a year with an old account, but I started a new one a few weeks ago. A few things I didn't truly take part of often on my old account was the World Assembly, which I hope brings more enjoyment to the table. When I heard of this region, it intrigued me. I joined, and I hope what the telegrams that were sent to me were true, I would like to be more influential in the WA.
There's not much more to say, so todaloo!