General Assembly

The World Assembly:

Believing that collective punishment is grossly unfair, as it purposefully targets the innocent, and therefore a serious violation of sapient rights; and

Observing that collective punishment is a favoured tool of authoritarian regimes to suppress opposition;

Hereby, within the confines of past, standing World Assembly law:

1. Bans member states from purposefully punishing, convicting, or otherwise targetting for punishment, any individual for:

   1. Any act they did not personally commit or knowingly conspire, suppress evidence of, encourage, or facilitate; or

   2. Connection or relationship to an individual, on the basis that that individual has committed a punishable or unlawful act;

2. Demands that all past convictions contravening this resolution by member states be fully rescinded; and

3. Clarifies that this resolution does not ban member states from purposefully punishing, convicting, or otherwise retaliating against persons for:

   1. Membership in a proscribed organisation; or

   2. A punishable act unambiguously committed under their authority.