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A
CONSTITUTION FOR THE FEDERATION OF EARTH
Article
12 - Bill of Rights for the Citizens of Earth
The inhabitants
and citizens of Earth who are within the Federation of Earth
shall have certain inalienable rights defined hereunder. It
shall be mandatory for the World Parliament, the World Executive,
and all organs and agencies of the World Government to honor,
implement and enforce these rights, as well as for the national
governments of all member nations in the Federation of Earth
to do likewise. Individuals or groups suffering violation
or neglect of such rightst shall have full recourse through
the World Ombudsmus, the Enforcement System and the World
Courts for redress of grievances. The inalienable rights shall
include the following:
- Equal
rights for all citizens of the Federation of Earth, with
no discrimination on grounds of race, color, caste, nationality,
sex, religion, political affiliation, property, or social
status.
- Equal
protection and application of world legislation and world
laws for all citizens of the Federation of Earth.
- Freedom
of thought and conscience, speech, press, writing, communication,
expression, publication, broadcasting, telecasting, and
cinema, except as an overt part of or incitement to violence,
armed riot or insurrection.
- Freedom
of assembly, association, organization, petition and peaceful
demonstration.
- Freedom
to vote without duress, and freedom for political organization
and campaigning without censorship or recrimination.
- Freedom
to profess, practice and promote religious or religious
beliefs or no religion or religious belief.
- Freedom
to profess and promote political beliefs or no political
beliefs.
- Freedom
for investigation, research and reporting.
- Freedom
to travel without passport or visas or other forms of registration
used to limit travel between, among or within nations.
- Prohibition
against slavery, peonage, involuntary servitude, and conscription
of labor.
- Prohibition
against military conscription.
- Safety
of person from arbitrary or unreasonable arrest, detention,
exile, search or seizure; requirement of warrants for searches
and arrests.
- Prohibition
against physical or psychological duress or torture during
any period of investigation, arrest, detention or imprisonment,
and against cruel or unusual punishment.
- Right
of habeous corpus; no ex-post-facto laws; no double jeopardy;
right to refuse self-incrimination or the incrimination
of another.
- Prohibition
against private armies and paramilitary organizations as
being threats to the common peace and safety.
- Safety
of property from arbitrary seizure; protection against exercise
of the power of eminent domain without reasonable compensation.
- Right
to family planning and free public assistance to achieve
family planning objectives.
- Right
of privacy of person, family and association; prohibition
against surveillance as a means of political control.
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