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CTO Debate - Tamoran Slavery
« on: May 20, 2020, 08:54:53 AM »
GENERAL ASSEMBLY SUBMISSION FORM
Formal Name of Submitting Nation(s): The First Empire of Rokkenjima
Nations involved: Empire of Tamora, International Community At Large
Title of Submission: Responding To The Institution of Tamoran Slavery
Draft Resolution:

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Commonwealth Treaty Organisation
General Assembly Resolution

Resolution [XXXX]
Adopted by the General Assembly on [Date]

The General Assembly,

Aghast at the perpetuation of the institution of slavery which has been upheld by the Tamoran Empire at the great cost of the lives and dignity of those enslaved,

Recalling the words of the Mundus Convention for Universal Rights which states that No one shall be held in slavery or servitude and No one shall be required to perform forced or compulsory labour,

Determined to bring about a Mundus where slavery is wholly consigned to the pages of history and is no longer imposed upon Peoples regardless of the justifications provided for the continuation of this decadent institution by way of tradition or religion,

Rejecting entirely the notion that any human being may be owned by another, or otherwise be held in the bonds of servitude, by another,

Hereby acts as follows

1. Recognizes that the Tamoran Empire is the principle proponent of the institution of slavery in the modern era and has gone to great lengths to maintain and expand that institution,

2. Calls upon all Commonwealth nations to apply pressure upon the Tamoran Empire through the implementation or maintenance of sanctions, and freezes of assets to ensure the costs of maintaining its institution of slavery becomes too great for the Tamoran Empire to bear. Sanctions should target key Tamoran industries irrespective of their Freestone Mark status while actively denying the Tamoran Empire access to foreign markets.

3. Further encourages members of the Commonwealth to effectively isolate the Tamoran Empire via travel restrictions, cultural exchanges, diplomatic access, sporting events, and other like restrictions applied upon the Empire. This would include Commonwealth members declining to send representatives to diplomatic functions within the Tamoran Empire and, likewise, declining diplomatic accreditation to Tamoran diplomats seeking to attend diplomatic functions within Commonwealth members while declining to send athletes to sporting events hosted within the Tamoran Empire, for example.

4. Enables further discussion and reviews of these measures, and their effectiveness, on a regular basis while allowing the Commonwealth to consider further, and more expansive, avenues of action should these measures prove less effective than desired in curtailing the Tamoran institution of slavery.

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The continued existence of the Tamoran institution of slavery is an anomaly in history with most states ridding themselves of slavery in some cases hundreds of years ago. Slavery is a practice which robs individuals of their dignity, freedoms and in some cases their very lives. Allowing for the Tamoran institution of slavery to continue without increased pressure to raise the cost of its maintenance beyond the capabilities of the Tamoran Empire to bear is an injustice which the community of nations cannot afford to stand by as a silent witness to.

Beatrice Anselmo
Grand Chancellor of the Independent Order
Empress of the First Empire of Rokkenjima

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Re: CTO Debate - Tamoran Slavery
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2020, 06:40:28 AM »

Michael Kensington, Liaison to the Commonwealth after hearing from the Heyrans.

"Right," Mr. Kensington sighed, "you know what else is tough and brutal? Slavery. You know who suffers from slavery? The People of Tamora. You know who causes them to suffer from slavery? The Tamoran regime. You see where I'm going with this, Ambassador Maxime? This is the part where I should be seeing you start to nod, by the way."

"We cannot continue to handle the Tamoran regime with delicate gloves as tens of millions of Tamorans live, right now, in forced servitude and slavery. Citing culture and tradition in a matter which involves human beings being treated in this manner is, frankly, reprehensible. We've seen sanctions implemented upon the Tamoran regime, we've seen projects aimed to target businesses which employ slave labour, and those have not been enough. If you wish to see slavery consigned to the pages of history what is necessary is a maximum pressure strategy which makes the cost of maintaining the institution of slavery so great upon the Tamoran economy and national pride that any benefits the Tamoran regime gains from its maintenance aren't able to overcome the costs. We're not here to concern ourselves with the sensibilities of the regime, which is the true source of the misery Tamorans in binds feel on a daily basis, but to present solutions which see the regime held to task for maintaining this brutal system and consigning generations of Tamorans to an existence, not a life, of forced servitude."

"Fallacies of talking the regime to abandon slavery are just that, fallacies. Hard and determined action are demanded for a situation which, quite frankly, should have been addressed quite some time ago. There are no gentle words nor coddling for a nation who holds the belief that you can own another person. Just as one would not negotiate with terrorists, I do not feel that one should negotiate with slavers: both are borne of a similar vein, after all: human suffering in the pursuit of their ambitions and agenda above all else."

Beatrice Anselmo
Grand Chancellor of the Independent Order
Empress of the First Empire of Rokkenjima

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Re: CTO Debate - Tamoran Slavery
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2020, 05:35:04 AM »
"Having had some time with the Resolution I'd also like to include my redrafting of its opening," Mr. Kensington continued.

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Recalling the words of the Mundus Convention for Universal Rights which states that No one shall be held in slavery or servitude and No one shall be required to perform forced or compulsory labour

"will become,"

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Noting the near universal rejection of slavery by cultures and societies across Mundus and the various national and international efforts aimed at eliminating it,

Beatrice Anselmo
Grand Chancellor of the Independent Order
Empress of the First Empire of Rokkenjima

Factbook of the First Empire of Rokkenjima - Kingdom of Clysperis