Defining their rights is the right thing to do. We are the leaders of the world, striving for peace... we need to be better than them.
The GC defined their 'rights'. If after a year they can offer no new info, they should be executed to make room for the next group. Their value is only as repositories of information, once emptied, they are worthless. They could have chosen another status, but declined and took this path by themselves.