Article II: Rights and ProtectionsSection I: Any nation who has been tried for a specific crime once cannot be tried for the exact same crime.
Section II: If a multitude of nations has been collectively sued over an issue(s), they will be unable to be prosecuted separately after the original ruling for the first Court Case has been issued.
Section III: If any nation commits an action that later becomes illegal under future legislation, they will be unable to be prosecuted for that action.
Section IV: Any nation cannot be sued in court for a crime committed over the time span of twelve months after the crime had become made aware of.
Subsection A: The phrase “Become made aware of” shall include the general awareness that has been made to the New Western Atlantic. This shall also include the multitude of elected officers in the New Western Atlantic.
Subsection B: Elected Officers who have been made aware of the crime cannot be those who have committed the crime themselves(s).
Subsection C: If a nation were to cease to exist then the twelve month timespan shall be suspended until their return and continued at that point.
Section V: Prosecution of a nation(s) shall be barred from looking for evidence or investigating people on sites outside of the jurisdiction of the law of New Western Atlantic.
Subsection A: Nation(s) who are potential witnesses for a crime have the right to refuse to answer questions in the High Court.