Fairness and Equality Act

[Gulliver]

The United Nations,

AFFIRMING the right of all people not to be targeted for abuse or discrimination based upon their gender, sexual orientation, or religious or cultural background;

RECOGNIZING the need for effective international anti-discrimination measures and additional protections for women and members of minority groups;

REGRETTING that Resolution #99: Discrimination Accord, while outlawing discriminatory practices by nations, may be interpreted as a prohibition of discrimination by governments only, while excluding discrimination by private groups, individuals and employers;

SEEKING to address the failures of past legislation in the area of human rights, much of which has been repealed on the grounds of ineffectiveness;

NOTING past affirmations of national prerogative on marriage and criminal-sentencing laws, somewhat limiting the scope of this remit;

Hereby enacts the following:

1. Unfair and unreasonable discrimination in employment, housing, education or access to services provided to the general public shall be prohibited by all member states, including discrimination based on a person's gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, skin color, language, economic or cultural background, physical/mental disability or condition, age, religion or belief system, sexual orientation or gender orientation;

2. Unprovoked violence against or intimidation of any person on previously stated grounds shall be a civil and criminal offense in all member states;

3. Nothing in this article shall be construed as to deny additional or stronger protections against discrimination and abuse already enacted by member states.

[Delfos]

well...I fancy it...but i don't know...

Pragmia it's not the first time you do not display the status of it, please don't forget to post this:
Category: Human Rights
 Strength: Significant
 Proposed by: SchutteGod

It might seem a bit of useless information for some, but if you keep it there, everyone will have access to it, or else you make people go on purpose to the NS site. Thank you in advance.

[Templarios]

Im all for it!

[Allama]

I actually like this one.  Hooray!

[Templarios]

3-0 for it so far. Doing well...

[Myroria]

AGAINST: Employers have the ability to refuse service on any grounds; when you violate a person's rights in the name of equality, you just end up with inequal people with less rights.

[Flemingovia]

im for this one too.

[Grand Duke of Virselia]

 Against.

 I believe unprovoked violence against or intimidation of any person on any ground shall be a civil and criminal offense. I don't believe in the legal concept of hate crimes.

 Besides, I don't like non-repealing resolutions to openly highlight the alleged shortcomings of former resolutions. I liked "Rights of Minorities and Women". That resolution was repealed, amongst other reasons, because it allegedly overlapped with "Discrimination Accord", which was said to be more effective. Now "Discrimination Accord" is seen as unclear. The next step will be to repeal it, along with "Freedom of Conscience". Eventually, of course, the time will come for "Fairness and Equality Act" to be wiped out, just after a "better" resolution passes. And it will soon, since, from my viewpoint, this last attempt is very far from being the ultimate one it intends to be. Perhaps a little more humility next time will do the trick. I think we should build our new laws on the respect for the current and even the repealed ones; maybe then the "failures of past legislation in the area of human rights" will be seen in a new light.

[Delfos]

AGAINST: Employers have the ability to refuse service on any grounds; when you violate a person's rights in the name of equality, you just end up with inequal people with less rights.

that's the exact problem they're trying to end lol, modern *civilized* societies tend to show some don't have more rights than others, no black or white people, no man or woman, and you're stating the opposite.