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PASSED: No Ex Post Facto Laws - Grosseschnauzer - 01-10-2007

Quote: No Ex Post Facto Laws

A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.

Category: Human Rights

Strength: Significant

Proposed by: Yelda

Description: Believing that ex post facto laws are violations of both the rule of law and the right of persons to fair treatment by the criminal justice system;

Asserting that one should not be penalised for doing something that is not prohibited by law;

Further, asserting that there can be no crime committed, and no punishment meted out, without a violation of the law as it existed at the time;

The General Assembly of the United Nations hereby:

Defines, for the purposes of this resolution, an ex post facto law as one that retroactively changes the legal consequences of acts or the legal status of facts and relationships that existed prior to the enactment of the law. This includes laws that criminalize acts which were legal when committed and laws which retroactively increase sentences for crimes already committed;

Declares that:

(I) No person may be charged with or convicted of a criminal offense because of any act or omission unless, at the time of the act or omission, it constituted a criminal offense under the law of the jurisdiction in which the charge is brought or under international law.

(II) No nation or governmental subdivision thereof shall enact any law with ex post facto provisions. Any ex post facto provisions in existing laws shall be rendered null and void.

(III) Any persons under sentence as a result of ex post facto laws shall have their sentence for any ex post facto offenses nullified and their criminal record expunged of these ex post facto offenses.

Voting Ends: Fri Jan 19 2007[/quote]

PASSED: No Ex Post Facto Laws - Gnejs - 01-10-2007

FOR

PASSED: No Ex Post Facto Laws - Antrium - 01-11-2007

FOR.

...although the name is pretty bland. Tongue

PASSED: No Ex Post Facto Laws - Embolalia - 01-11-2007

FOR, (and agreed with the above)

PASSED: No Ex Post Facto Laws - Yeldan IDU Territory - 01-14-2007

Heh. Yeah, sorry about the name but that's what I've always heard them called. This came close to being submitted by Franxico instead of Yelda because I was having trouble getting 2 endorsements during the holidays. I'll answer any questions that the IDU membership might have about this. It should go to vote at the next update.

PASSED: No Ex Post Facto Laws - Thalatash - 01-15-2007

FOR.

PASSED: No Ex Post Facto Laws - Federation of Disjunction - 01-16-2007

for

PASSED: No Ex Post Facto Laws - Grosseschnauzer - 01-19-2007

Quote: How should the Delegate Cast the Region's vote?
FOR  [ 6 ]  [100.00%]
AGAINST  [ 0 ]  [0.00%]
ABSTAIN  [ 0 ]  [0.00%]
Total Votes: 6[/quote]

The region's vote will be cast for the proposal.

PASSED: No Ex Post Facto Laws - Grosseschnauzer - 01-20-2007

Quote: The resolution No Ex Post Facto Laws was passed 10,325 votes to 2,238, and implemented in all UN member nations.[/quote]