Anti-Vampirism Act (Pavulturilor)

The Anti-Vampirism Act (Pavulturilori: Legea împotriva vampirismului) (Hebrew: החוק נגד הערפדים) is one of the first country-wide laws passed in Pavulturilor, dating back to late 1349 during the reign of King Menakhem Melekh I, which later would become a part of the The law against inhumane acts passed in 1967.

Background

During the years 1345 to 1449, Pavulturilori coastal settelments were harrassed by Strechian pirates, who kidnapped Pavulturilorian fishermen to the island, while at the time unknown for what purpose, there were rumors of them being kidnapped to be used as a food source, spesifically, their blood, folklore of Vampires has already pre-existed in that general area, so those rumors did not seem out of place and were accepted by the locals, nearing the end of 1448 however, the kidnapping problem got so severe that King Menakhem Melekh I has signed a law against vampires, labaling it the "Anti-Vampirism Act".

The Law

Original Form

In it's original form, the law stated that "Any Vampire to prey on the inoccents shall be put to the sword".

1775 Act Reform

After the Grand Vampire Trials of 1775 have been met with public backlash at the release of all defendants on the legal grounds that questioned what a vampire even is, King Menakhem Melekh IV was forced to reform the act to specify that a vampire legally is "A person, who might be of pale skin, who's teeth might be sharp fangs, and who has a lust for blood and the flesh of humans".

Effect

Main article: Vampire Hunting in Pavulturilor

Notable Trials

• Vlad II Trials
• Grand Vampire Trials of 1775
• Trial of Ali Al-Nour
• Trial of Uriel Ben-Yuval

Controversy

In the modern day, many human rights activits (mainly outside of Pavulturilor), view this law as a violent and outdated relic of the past that exists today purely as a "Tool of political prosecution", with the Pavulturilori government claiming that the law is "Up to standard with the current Pavulturilori consitution".