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PR-15 - World Heritage Sites
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PR-15 - World Heritage Sites

A bill to establish bureaucracy to pursue the recognition and preservation of sites significant to the heritage of the human race

Be it enacted by the Parliament of the United Commonwealth, with the consent of its members, by this quorum assembled, and by authority of the same, as follows -

I. - The International Organization for World Heritage (IOWH)
A. The Parliament shall provide for the creation of a special agency, the International Organization for World Heritage.
B. This agency shall be open to membership from all United Commonwealth member nations, each wishing to be a member of IOWH providing a single delegate to represent it.
C. Membership in IOWH shall be completely optional.

II. - The Recognition of World Heritage Sites (WHS)
A. A representative from any nation, IOWH member or otherwise, may at any time approach the IOWH to propose the recognition of a particular site within their nation as a WHS.
B. If a site thought to be worthy of recognition as a WHS is considered to be terra nullius, being neither a site of permanent habitation nor sovereignty by a member of the United Commonwealth, any member of IOWH may propose its recognition.
C. There shall be three different categories of WHS, those being Cultural, Historical, and Scientific/Physical.
i. A Cultural WHS shall be defined as a structure, city, geographic feature, or other location which has had a significant and recognizable impact on the development of human culture. (ex. - Florence, Italy)
ii. A Historical WHS shall be defined as a structure, city, geographic feature, or other location at which a historical event occurred which has had a significant and recognizable impact on the development of human history. (ex. - Independence Hall)
iii. A Scientific/Physical WHS shall be defined as a natural feature or location which exhibits outstanding natural beauty or a unique ecology. (ex. - Galapagos Islands)
D. IOWH shall then vote on the recognition of said site, with recognition being approved by a simple majority.

III. - On the Administration of World Heritage Sites
A. Upon the recognition of a WHS upon the request of a nation, that nation shall announce its intention not to defile, and indeed to maintain, that site for the duration of its recognition.
B. That nation shall have the express right to advertise their site as a recognized IOWH World Heritage Site for the purpose of bolstering tourism.
C. By requesting the dedication of a site as a Scientific/Physical WHS, a nation announces its invitation to professional scientific delegations from other nations to study there, so long as that study shall not defile the site.
D. IOWH may revoke WHS status if a site is defiled beyond repair. Upon revocation of WHS status, the concerned nation must immediately halt usage of the IOWH brand in any advertisement for that site, on pain of fair prosecution for infringement on intellectual property in the World Council.
E. The home nation of a WHS may at any time request the revocation of WHS status, which must be granted by IOWH.
F. While a WHS is recognized as such, defiling of said site during war shall be prosecutable as a war crime.
Edited by Alfheim, Mar 15 2015, 11:42 PM.
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What shall a military do if their enemies hides in a WHS? Should they allow their soldiers to gunned down?
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If an invading foreign power stationed troops within a WHS owned by the invaded party, then the invading party will have violated the neutrality of the site, and the defending party would not be prosecuted for taking necessary actions to defend the integrity of their nation be engaging said troops. The invading party could then later be prosecuted for the violation as a war crime.

It is worth noting that the owner of a WHS is immune to sanction resulting from damaging their own WHS in wartime, as they can petition IOWH at any time for the revocation of WHS status from the site anyway, which must be granted, thus eliminating the crime. WHS status is designed to be non-binding for the owners, to avoid violating their sovereignty.
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What if the defending power occupies the WHS?
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"Madame Chair, I believe that question has been already answered. As the Right Honorable Gentleman from Westvania (spelling) stated, "If an invading foreign power stationed troops within a WHS owned by the invaded party, then the invading party will have violated the neutrality of the site, and the defending party would not be prosecuted for taking necessary actions to defend the integrity of their nation be engaging said troops. The invading party could then later be prosecuted for the violation as a war crime."
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So what you're saying is that they will get away with it?
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"Mr. Wu, to clarify what Mr. Jacob stated, the defending party, as in the nation who controls the WHS would not be prosecuted for taking necessary action to expel the violators of the WHS. After, the attacker, or the violators in this case, would be prosecuted for war crimes."
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