There is currently a new resolution at vote in the United Nations: 'Sexual Privacy Act'. The attached poll will be open until Tueday January 9th when I will cast my vote based on the result of this poll. Please remember that you can only vote once, no matter how many offsite accounts or nations in Canada you may have.
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.
Category: Human Rights
Strength: Strong
Proposed by: Karmicaria
Description: The United Nations,
RECOGNIZING the inherently private nature of sexual intimacy, and
DESIRING to guarantee an individual's right to such privacy,
1. DEFINES sexual activities, for the purpose of this resolution, as behavior, in the form of consensual physical intimacy, that may be directed to reproduction, spiritual transcendence, or sexual gratification. Excluded from this definition are acts that result in the death or serious injury of a participant.
2. FURTHER DEFINES, for the purposes of this resolution, an adult as an individual who has reached the legal age of consent, as defined by the law of the nation in which the activity takes place.
3. BANS the criminalization of any form of sexual activity provided that, a) it is performed in privacy, and B) all participants are consenting adults.
4. FORBIDS governments, their agents and agencies from interfering with, conducting surveillance on, or investigating the private, consensual sexual activities of adults, subject to the exemptions below.
5. EXEMPTS from clause 4:
a. Obtaining evidence for determination of paternity,
b. Collecting information for epidemiological investigations,
c. Criminal or civil investigative activity where probable cause has been established requiring such information, and
d. Actions in situations where there is probable cause that death or serious bodily harm will result without immediate intervention.
The current vote stands at 5,726 for to 1,451 against. The resolution Sexual Privacy Act was passed 9,771 votes to 2,323, and implemented in all UN member nations.
I cast my vote FOR this resolution based on the result of this poll.
Thank you to everyone who voted.
