WHEREAS a seat on the Cort pü Inalt was made vacant by the passage of 60RZ19;

AND WHEREAS the Government has agreed on a supremely qualified candidate for the role;

BE IT ENACTED by the King, Senäts and Cosă of Talossa assembled as the Ziu, that under the provisions of Organic Law VIII.4, Sir Ian Plätschisch is nominated as a Puisne Judge of the Cort pü Inalt of Talossa.

Ureu q'estadra så,
Dame Miestră Schivă (Seneschal, on behalf of His Majesty's Government)

WHEREAS the Cort pü Inalt has clarified the scope and effect of Organic Law VIII.4, stating that the Ziu needs a 2/3 majority to issue a Notice of Reprimand forcing the retirement of a Judge on that Cort, that this can be done for any reason, and that there is no provision for a lesser threshold in case of inactivity;

AND WHEREAS the existing statute law which relates to this (El Lexhatx G.11.1) which governs the application to that law, is either no longer relevant or no longer Organic;

AND WHEREAS it would nevertheless be good to have a provision for the Clerk of Corts to let the Ziu know of situations where a vote on judicial tenure might be appropriate:

BE IT ENACTED by the King, Cosă and Senäts in Ziu assembled that El Lexhatx G.11.1, which currently reads:

Uppermost Cort Judges may be compelled to retire through organic removal from office through an act of the Ziu in accordance with Article VIII of the Organic Law. In accordance with the appropriate section, the inactivity of a Justice is defined as the failure of that Justice to act, rule, or appear in an open case the Justice is assigned to or participating in for more than 60 days, as certified by the Ziu in a majority vote.

shall be amended to read in full:

To assist the Ziu in its duty to scrutinize the conduct of Cort pü Inalt Judges and to issue of Notices of Reprimand as provided for in the Organic Law where necessary or appropriate, the Clerk of Corts shall give formal public notice to the Ziu whenever:

a) a Cort pü Inalt's Judge's term is within 90 days of expiry;

b) the Clerk of the Corts, contacting the members of the CpI to assign a case as described in this title, has been unable to contact a Judge or has not received any response to their enquiries within 30 days;

c) a Judge has failed to act, rule, or appear in an open case the Judge is assigned to or participating in for more than 60 days.

Ureu q'estadra så,
Dame Miestră Schivă (Seneschal, on behalf of His Majesty's Government)

WHEREAS, the British prime minister, Winston Churchill, once stated that "the era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays is coming to its close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences," and

WHEREAS, this quote well-encapsulates humanity's current predicament in relation to anthropogenic climate change, and

WHEREAS, in 2022 alone, 25 nations have experienced their hottest summers ever and the past seven years each have been the hottest years in succession, and

WHEREAS, leading contributors of atmospheric warming emissions (People's Republic of China, United States of America, and Republic of India) have lagged in fidelity to their commitments based on the Kyoto and Paris Accords.

THEREFORE, may it be resolved that it is the Sense of the Ziu of the Kingdom of Talossa:

To declare a climate emergency, and

Based on this declaration state its assessment that anthropogenic climate change is an issue touching not just on scientific and political scopes but also on moral and bioethical scopes, and

To encourage Talossans around the world to make meaningful changes in their personal lives to limit their individual and family contributions to climate change, and

To encourage nations which are leading contributors to climate change to meet their previously-agreed treaty-based commitments.

Ureu q'estadra så,
Breneir Tzaracomprada (MC-GREEN)