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Bill: Bill of Rights
Details
Submitted by[?]: Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: December 2093
Description[?]:
| This Bill of Rights hereby grants all Baltusians the rights that may not be infringed upon that they need in order to become successful human beings. This document, upon ratification, is an inseparable part of the Constitution of the Republic of Baltusia and, as such, inherits that document's immutability and status as the undeniable law of the land. These rights are: i. Everyone is equal before the law and everyone is entitled, without any discrimination, to equal protection of the law. ii. Everyone has the right to a complete, healthy and clean environment. iii. Everyone has the right to a fair and speedy determination of their innocence or guilt when tried for a crime. iv. Everyone has the right to a fair punishment when convicted of a crime. This may include the removal of rights. v. Everyone has the right to a free, quality and effective health system. vi. Everyone has the right to a free, secular and government-neutral education. vii. Everyone has the right to a name. viii. Everyone has the right to a nationality. ix. Everyone has the right to be subjected by transparent and incorruptible ruling bodies. x. Everyone has the right to be considered innocent of a crime, until proven guilty. xi. Everyone has the right to determination in any ruling body. xii. Everyone has the right to free association. xiii. Everyone has the right to freedom from slavery. xiv. Everyone has the right to freedom of assembly. xv. Everyone has the right to freedom of media and artistic expression. xvi. Everyone has the right to freedom of movement. xvii. Everyone has the right to freedom of speech. xviii. Everyone has the right to not be exploited. xix. Everyone has the right to own property and to pursue their own economic destiny. xx. Everyone has the right to privacy. xxi. Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law. xxii. Everyone has the right to security of person. xxiii. Everyone has the right to self determination in body. xxiv. Everyone has the right to self determination in cultural and social persuasion. xxv. Everyone has the right to self determination in existence. xxvi. Everyone has the right to self determination in lifestyle. xxvii. Everyone has the right to self determination in opinion, belief and religion. xxviii. Everyone has the right to self determination in sexuality. xxix. Those who cannot work has the right to expect society’s support. Furthermore, and above all else, everyone has the right to waive any of their rights. Additionally, this list is not exhaustive and the Senate of Baltusia may, by a two-thirds majority, approve any additions to this Bill of Rights. It should be noted that these rights are delivered in no particular order and each are equal before the law. To successfully interpret this document lawfully, the debate of this bill shall be appendixed and used to further understand it. |
Proposals
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 09:06:25, August 03, 2005 CET | From |  Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Bill of Rights |
| Message | So who would be in favour of this and what do you think should go up? |
| Date | 01:28:19, August 04, 2005 CET | From | Hosengott Nationalists | To | Debating the Bill of Rights |
| Message | Agreed to this our proposals for rights is as follows. Right to serve in the military Right to own land. That is all we have to add for now. |
| Date | 04:22:26, August 04, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Conservative Party | To | Debating the Bill of Rights |
| Message | LLP I shall quote you: 1. A Person has the right to waive any of their rights<br /> 2. A Person has the right to safety from direct physical harm from others<br /> 3. A Person has the right to self determination in existence, body, lifestyle, sexuality, religion, cultural and social persuasion<br /> 4. A Person has the right to a transparent and incorruptible government<br /> 5. A Person has the right to a free, quality, secular and govenment-neutral education<br /> 6. A Person has the right to freedom of speech<br /> 7. A Person has the right to a free, quality and effective health system<br /> 8. A Person has the right to a complete, healthy and clean environment <br /> 9. A Person who cannot work has the right to expect society’s support <br /> 10. A Person has the right to determination in any ruling body<br /> 11. A Person has the right to freedom of movement<br /> 12. A Person has the right to freedom from political-, gender-, sexuality-, religious- and ethnic-based discrimination<br /> 13. A Person has the right to be considered innocent of a crime, until proven guilty<br /> 14. A Person has the right to a fair determination of his/her innocence or guilt when they are tried for a crime<br /> 15. A Person has the right to a fair punishment for their crime, even if it includes the removal of rights<br /> 16. A Person has the right to privacy<br /> 17. A Person has the right to freedom of assembly<br /> 18. A Person has the right to freedom of media and artistic expression<br /> 19. A Person has the right to not be exploited<br /> 20. A Person has the right to a competitive market that respects the consumer<br /> 21. A Person has the right to own property and generate as much wealth as they want |
| Date | 07:53:29, August 04, 2005 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Bill of Rights |
| Message | "Right to serve in the military" Is that really an innate right you want your citizens to have? I would disagree. What happens when a general decides he wants to rise up against you? You cant disarm the military. The right to own land is a tricky one...we would be in favour of including that under property. We've been considering adding "Weather permitting, a Person has a right to food and water". OOC: And to the BLP: we had considered putting ours up but not numbering them because otherwise it'll be legally binding and Baltusia will turn into an LLP state regardless of our power. Not much fun. |
| Date | 23:55:07, August 04, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Conservative Party | To | Debating the Bill of Rights |
| Message | OOC: ah yes that would be satisfying to see... though the senate can ammend it. We could copy and paste the UN charter of rights. |
| Date | 02:23:08, August 05, 2005 CET | From | Hosengott Nationalists | To | Debating the Bill of Rights |
| Message | No matter how u think up your amusing hypothesis the people deserve the right to serve their country at any time they wish to we should never stop anyone wishing to do their bit for us. |
| Date | 08:03:17, August 05, 2005 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Bill of Rights |
| Message | Theres also a declaration of human rights from the International Human Rights Movement floating around, although I cant get a copy of a full one. I may go have a looksee in a nation who's ratified its history. "No matter how u think up your amusing hypothesis the people deserve the right to serve their country at any time they wish to we should never stop anyone wishing to do their bit for us." ....This leads me to think we are going to have issues with individual rights...so rather than voting on this as one package, we should, once we've collected enough together, split them into different bills and see how they go. So HN's military service suggestion could be an issue that may or may not stymie the rest of the package, so rather than letting that happen, we should give its own chance. Perhaps this bill should be a framework to which rights could be added individually. |
| Date | 08:04:13, August 05, 2005 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Bill of Rights |
| Message | UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (UN) Article 1. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. Article 2. Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty. Article 3. Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person. Article 4. No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. Article 5. No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Article 6. Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law. Article 7. All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination. Article 8. Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law. Article 9. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile. Article 10. Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him. Article 11. (1) Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence. (2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed. Article 12. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks. Article 13. (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state. (2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country. Article 14. (1) Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution. (2) This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations. Article 15. (1) Everyone has the right to a nationality. (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality. Article 16. (1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution. (2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses. (3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State. Article 17. (1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property. Article 18. Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance. Article 19. Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. Article 20. (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. (2) No one may be compelled to belong to an association. Article 21. (1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. (2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country. (3) The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures. Article 22. Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality. Article 23. (1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. (2) Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. (3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection. (4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests. Article 24. Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay. Article 25. (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. (2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection. Article 26. (1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit. (2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace. (3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children. Article 27. (1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits. (2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author. Article 28. Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized. Article 29. (1) Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible. (2) In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society. (3) These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations. Article 30. Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein. |
| Date | 08:27:20, August 05, 2005 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Bill of Rights |
| Message | Its my suggestion that we go with what Ive put in the description. I included HN's right to serve in the military but I wonder if you have considered that: a. Any form of conscription would become illegal for the government to enforce, as all have the right to waive a right. b. People unfit to be soldiers cannot be turned away from the military legally. If they can, it will be a very dark gray area as far as the law stands. |
| Date | 01:16:50, August 06, 2005 CET | From | Hosengott Nationalists | To | Debating the Bill of Rights |
| Message | We will be stubborn on this matter LLP because there is no reason to say no to someone who wants to serve their country it would be unjust for us to turn anyone away. HN's correct thing to think: Loyalty to your country determines your worth as a person. |
| Date | 03:37:41, August 06, 2005 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Bill of Rights |
| Message | "say no to someone who wants to serve their country it would be unjust for us to turn anyone away." A soldier bound in a wheelchair would clearly be a dangerous impediment to his fellow soldiers. |
| Date | 05:02:03, August 06, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Conservative Party | To | Debating the Bill of Rights |
| Message | This is not complete, there are missing section that we find crucial. |
| Date | 05:13:24, August 06, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Conservative Party | To | Debating the Bill of Rights |
| Message | My verson has more clauses how unusual. |
| Date | 05:21:04, August 06, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Conservative Party | To | Debating the Bill of Rights |
| Message | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights The States Parties to the present Covenant, Considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, Recognizing that these rights derive from the inherent dignity of the human person, Recognizing that, in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the ideal of free human beings enjoying civil and political freedom and freedom from fear and want can only be achieved if conditions are created whereby everyone may enjoy his civil and political rights, as well as his economic, social and cultural rights, Considering the obligation of States under the Charter of the United Nations to promote universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and freedoms, Realizing that the individual, having duties to other individuals and to the community to which he belongs, is under a responsibility to strive for the promotion and observance of the rights recognized in the present Covenant, Agree upon the following articles: PART I Article 1 General comment on its implementation 1. All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development. 2. All peoples may, for their own ends, freely dispose of their natural wealth and resources without prejudice to any obligations arising out of international economic co-operation, based upon the principle of mutual benefit, and international law. In no case may a people be deprived of its own means of subsistence. 3. The States Parties to the present Covenant, including those having responsibility for the administration of Non-Self-Governing and Trust Territories, shall promote the realization of the right of self-determination, and shall respect that right, in conformity with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations. PART II Article 2 General comment on its implementation 1. Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to respect and to ensure to all individuals within its territory and subject to its jurisdiction the rights recognized in the present Covenant, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. 2. Where not already provided for by existing legislative or other measures, each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to take the necessary steps, in accordance with its constitutional processes and with the provisions of the present Covenant, to adopt such laws or other measures as may be necessary to give effect to the rights recognized in the present Covenant. 3. Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes: (a) To ensure that any person whose rights or freedoms as herein recognized are violated shall have an effective remedy, notwithstanding that the violation has been committed by persons acting in an official capacity; (b) To ensure that any person claiming such a remedy shall have his right thereto determined by competent judicial, administrative or legislative authorities, or by any other competent authority provided for by the legal system of the State, and to develop the possibilities of judicial remedy; (c) To ensure that the competent authorities shall enforce such remedies when granted. Article 3 General comment on its implementation The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to ensure the equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of all civil and political rights set forth in the present Covenant. General comment on its implementation Article 4 General comment on its implementation 1 . In time of public emergency which threatens the life of the nation and the existence of which is officially proclaimed, the States Parties to the present Covenant may take measures derogating from their obligations under the present Covenant to the extent strictly required by the exigencies of the situation, provided that such measures are not inconsistent with their other obligations under international law and do not involve discrimination solely on the ground of race, colour, sex, language, religion or social origin. 2. No derogation from articles 6, 7, 8 (paragraphs I and 2), 11, 15, 16 and 18 may be made under this provision. 3. Any State Party to the present Covenant availing itself of the right of derogation shall immediately inform the other States Parties to the present Covenant, through the intermediary of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, of the provisions from which it has derogated and of the reasons by which it was actuated. A further communication shall be made, through the same intermediary, on the date on which it terminates such derogation.General comment on its implementation Article 5 1. Nothing in the present Covenant may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms recognized herein or at their limitation to a greater extent than is provided for in the present Covenant. 2. There shall be no restriction upon or derogation from any of the fundamental human rights recognized or existing in any State Party to the present Covenant pursuant to law, conventions, regulations or custom on the pretext that the present Covenant does not recognize such rights or that it recognizes them to a lesser extent. PART III Article 6 General comment on its implementation 1. Every human being has the inherent right to life. This right shall be protected by law. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life. 2. In countries which have not abolished the death penalty, sentence of death may be imposed only for the most serious crimes in accordance with the law in force at the time of the commission of the crime and not contrary to the provisions of the present Covenant and to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. This penalty can only be carried out pursuant to a final judgement rendered by a competent court. 3. When deprivation of life constitutes the crime of genocide, it is understood that nothing in this article shall authorize any State Party to the present Covenant to derogate in any way from any obligation assumed under the provisions of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. 4. Anyone sentenced to death shall have the right to seek pardon or commutation of the sentence. Amnesty, pardon or commutation of the sentence of death may be granted in all cases. 5. Sentence of death shall not be imposed for crimes committed by persons below eighteen years of age and shall not be carried out on pregnant women. 6. Nothing in this article shall be invoked to delay or to prevent the abolition of capital punishment by any State Party to the present Covenant. Article 7 General comment on its implementation No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. In particular, no one shall be subjected without his free consent to medical or scientific experimentation. Article 8 1. No one shall be held in slavery; slavery and the slave-trade in all their forms shall be prohibited. 2. No one shall be held in servitude. 3. (a) No one shall be required to perform forced or compulsory labour; (b) Paragraph 3 (a) shall not be held to preclude, in countries where imprisonment with hard labour may be imposed as a punishment for a crime, the performance of hard labour in pursuance of a sentence to such punishment by a competent court; (c) For the purpose of this paragraph the term "forced or compulsory labour" shall not include: (i) Any work or service, not referred to in subparagraph (b), normally required of a person who is under detention in consequence of a lawful order of a court, or of a person during conditional release from such detention; (ii) Any service of a military character and, in countries where conscientious objection is recognized, any national service required by law of conscientious objectors; (iii) Any service exacted in cases of emergency or calamity threatening the life or well-being of the community; (iv) Any work or service which forms part of normal civil obligations. Article 9 General comment on its implementation 1. Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest or detention. No one shall be deprived of his liberty except on such grounds and in accordance with such procedure as are established by law. 2. Anyone who is arrested shall be informed, at the time of arrest, of the reasons for his arrest and shall be promptly informed of any charges against him. 3. Anyone arrested or detained on a criminal charge shall be brought promptly before a judge or other officer authorized by law to exercise judicial power and shall be entitled to trial within a reasonable time or to release. It shall not be the general rule that persons awaiting trial shall be detained in custody, but release may be subject to guarantees to appear for trial, at any other stage of the judicial proceedings, and, should occasion arise, for execution of the judgement. 4. Anyone who is deprived of his liberty by arrest or detention shall be entitled to take proceedings before a court, in order that court may decide without delay on the lawfulness of his detention and order his release if the detention is not lawful. 5. Anyone who has been the victim of unlawful arrest or detention shall have an enforceable right to compensation. Article 10 General comment on its implementation 1. All persons deprived of their liberty shall be treated with humanity and with respect for the inherent dignity of the human person. 2. (a) Accused persons shall, save in exceptional circumstances, be segregated from convicted persons and shall be subject to separate treatment appropriate to their status as unconvicted persons; (b) Accused juvenile persons shall be separated from adults and brought as speedily as possible for adjudication. 3. The penitentiary system shall comprise treatment of prisoners the essential aim of which shall be their reformation and social rehabilitation. Juvenile offenders shall be segregated from adults and be accorded treatment appropriate to their age and legal status. Article 11 No one shall be imprisoned merely on the ground of inability to fulfil a contractual obligation. Article 12 General comment on its implementation 1. Everyone lawfully within the territory of a State shall, within that territory, have the right to liberty of movement and freedom to choose his residence. 2. Everyone shall be free to leave any country, including his own. 3. The above-mentioned rights shall not be subject to any restrictions except those which are provided by law, are necessary to protect national security, public order (ordre public), public health or morals or the rights and freedoms of others, and are consistent with the other rights recognized in the present Covenant. 4. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of the right to enter his own country. Article 13 An alien lawfully in the territory of a State Party to the present Covenant may be expelled therefrom only in pursuance of a decision reached in accordance with law and shall, except where compelling reasons of national security otherwise require, be allowed to submit the reasons against his expulsion and to have his case reviewed by, and be represented for the purpose before, the competent authority or a person or persons especially designated by the competent authority. Article 14 General comment on its implementation 1. All persons shall be equal before the courts and tribunals. In the determination of any criminal charge against him, or of his rights and obligations in a suit at law, everyone shall be entitled to a fair and public hearing by a competent, independent and impartial tribunal established by law. The press and the public may be excluded from all or part of a trial for reasons of morals, public order (ordre public) or national security in a democratic society, or when the interest of the private lives of the parties so requires, or to the extent strictly necessary in the opinion of the court in special circumstances where publicity would prejudice the interests of justice; but any judgement rendered in a criminal case or in a suit at law shall be made public except where the interest of juvenile persons otherwise requires or the proceedings concern matrimonial disputes or the guardianship of children. 2. Everyone charged with a criminal offence shall have the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law. 3. In the determination of any criminal charge against him, everyone shall be entitled to the following minimum guarantees, in full equality: (a) To be informed promptly and in detail in a language which he understands of the nature and cause of the charge against him; (b) To have adequate time and facilities for the preparation of his defence and to communicate with counsel of his own choosing; (c) To be tried without undue delay; (d) To be tried in his presence, and to defend himself in person or through legal assistance of his own choosing; to be informed, if he does not have legal assistance, of this right; and to have legal assistance assigned to him, in any case where the interests of justice so require, and without payment by him in any such case if he does not have sufficient means to pay for it; (e) To examine, or have examined, the witnesses against him and to obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses on his behalf under the same conditions as witnesses against him; (f) To have the free assistance of an interpreter if he cannot understand or speak the language used in court; (g) Not to be compelled to testify against himself or to confess guilt. 4. In the case of juvenile persons, the procedure shall be such as will take account of their age and the desirability of promoting their rehabilitation. 5. Everyone convicted of a crime shall have the right to his conviction and sentence being reviewed by a higher tribunal according to law. 6. When a person has by a final decision been convicted of a criminal offence and when subsequently his conviction has been reversed or he has been pardoned on the ground that a new or newly discovered fact shows conclusively that there has been a miscarriage of justice, the person who has suffered punishment as a result of such conviction shall be compensated according to law, unless it is proved that the non-disclosure of the unknown fact in time is wholly or partly attributable to him. 7. No one shall be liable to be tried or punished again for an offence for which he has already been finally convicted or acquitted in accordance with the law and penal procedure of each country. Article 15 1 . No one shall be held guilty of any criminal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a criminal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time when the criminal offence was committed. If, subsequent to the commission of the offence, provision is made by law for the imposition of the lighter penalty, the offender shall benefit thereby. 2. Nothing in this article shall prejudice the trial and punishment of any person for any act or omission which, at the time when it was committed, was criminal according to the general principles of law recognized by the community of nations. Article 16 Everyone shall have the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law. Article 17 General comment on its implementation 1. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his honour and reputation. 2. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks. Article 18 General comment on its implementation 1. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right shall include freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice, and freedom, either individually or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching. 2. No one shall be subject to coercion which would impair his freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice. 3. Freedom to manifest one's religion or beliefs may be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary to protect public safety, order, health, or morals or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others. 4. The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to have respect for the liberty of parents and, when applicable, legal guardians to ensure the religious and moral education of their children in conformity with their own convictions. Article 19 General comment on its implementation 1. Everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference. 2. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice. 3. The exercise of the rights provided for in paragraph 2 of this article carries with it special duties and responsibilities. It may therefore be subject to certain restrictions, but these shall only be such as are provided by law and are necessary: (a) For respect of the rights or reputations of others; (b) For the protection of national security or of public order (ordre public), or of public health or morals. Article 20 General comment on its implementation 1. Any propaganda for war shall be prohibited by law. 2. Any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence shall be prohibited by law. Article 21 The right of peaceful assembly shall be recognized. No restrictions may be placed on the exercise of this right other than those imposed in conformity with the law and which are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security or public safety, public order (ordre public), the protection of public health or morals or the protection of the rights and freedoms of others. Article 22 1. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of association with others, including the right to form and join trade unions for the protection of his interests. 2. No restrictions may be placed on the exercise of this right other than those which are prescribed by law and which are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security or public safety, public order (ordre public), the protection of public health or morals or the protection of the rights and freedoms of others. This article shall not prevent the imposition of lawful restrictions on members of the armed forces and of the police in their exercise of this right. 3. Nothing in this article shall authorize States Parties to the International Labour Organisation Convention of 1948 concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize to take legislative measures which would prejudice, or to apply the law in such a manner as to prejudice, the guarantees provided for in that Convention. Article 23 General comment on its implementation 1. The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State. 2. The right of men and women of marriageable age to marry and to found a family shall be recognized. 3. No marriage shall be entered into without the free and full consent of the intending spouses. 4. States Parties to the present Covenant shall take appropriate steps to ensure equality of rights and responsibilities of spouses as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution. In the case of dissolution, provision shall be made for the necessary protection of any children. Article 24 General comment on its implementation 1. Every child shall have, without any discrimination as to race, colour, sex, language, religion, national or social origin, property or birth, the right to such measures of protection as are required by his status as a minor, on the part of his family, society and the State. 2. Every child shall be registered immediately after birth and shall have a name. 3. Every child has the right to acquire a nationality. Article 25 General comment on its implementation Every citizen shall have the right and the opportunity, without any of the distinctions mentioned in article 2 and without unreasonable restrictions: (a) To take part in the conduct of public affairs, directly or through freely chosen representatives; (b) To vote and to be elected at genuine periodic elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret ballot, guaranteeing the free expression of the will of the electors; (c) To have access, on general terms of equality, to public service in his country. Article 26 All persons are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to the equal protection of the law. In this respect, the law shall prohibit any discrimination and guarantee to all persons equal and effective protection against discrimination on any ground such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Article 27 General comment on its implementation In those States in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities exist, persons belonging to such minorities shall not be denied the right, in community with the other members of their group, to enjoy their own culture, to profess and practise their own religion, or to use their own language. |
| Date | 10:01:03, August 07, 2005 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Bill of Rights |
| Message | Well Ive gone through and made a few amendments and we're now at 30 rights. If you want anything specific added, say so. |
| Date | 10:06:12, August 07, 2005 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Bill of Rights |
| Message | I was trying to keep it brief too. |
| Date | 20:41:22, August 07, 2005 CET | From | Hosengott Nationalists | To | Debating the Bill of Rights |
| Message | A soldier in a wheelchair could do his own part there are always positions in war that do not require legs. HN's correct thing to think: See our possibly upcoming bill "Giving children handgrenades act" for further information on our efforts in a war. |
| Date | 06:26:41, August 09, 2005 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Bill of Rights |
| Message | Any further objections? |
| Date | 05:42:51, August 10, 2005 CET | From | Progressive Conservative Party | To | Debating the Bill of Rights |
| Message | The militarty thing has no need as all people are equal under the law |
| Date | 06:22:44, August 10, 2005 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Bill of Rights |
| Message | Good, we were looking for a reason to remove it. |
| Date | 01:35:06, August 11, 2005 CET | From | Baltusian Neo Exsudo Party | To | Debating the Bill of Rights |
| Message | Most of these preposed rights are utopian dreams. Till Lawyer and Human beings interpret or get invloved within them. Like the right to have personal security that prevents direct harm to a person, What prevents Indirect harm? And Define the right of 'Self determination in any ruling body' Does that mean you your self could in therory Be the right to state your case (defend oneself) infront of any ruling body (eg. a Supreme Court) The right to 'self determination of existance' does this mean you could asked to be removed from life support after an accident even though you are mentaly unbalanced? or that you can choose to live as a Homeless person maybe even a phycopathic scitsofrenic who chooses not to take medication? |
| Date | 08:59:08, August 11, 2005 CET | From | Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the Bill of Rights |
| Message | "Like the right to have personal security that prevents direct harm to a person, What prevents Indirect harm?" Theres no right against indirect harm and therefore not our concern. "And Define the right of 'Self determination in any ruling body' Does that mean you your self could in therory Be the right to state your case (defend oneself) infront of any ruling body (eg. a Supreme Court)" I believe democratic elections well account for that. "The right to 'self determination of existance' does this mean you could asked to be removed from life support after an accident even though you are mentaly unbalanced? or that you can choose to live as a Homeless person maybe even a phycopathic scitsofrenic who chooses not to take medication?" While Ive no idea what a "scitsofrenic" is, the answer is yes. Although the last case is not to do with existance, more body. And until that person is shown to be a threat, what can you do? Arrest them for being mentally ill? "Most of these preposed rights are utopian dreams." Hardly. Many of them exist now. This bill soldifies that. "Till Lawyer and Human beings interpret or get invloved within them." No doubt there will be legal wrangling. Id rather live in a society of red tape then one where one person decides my fate. |
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| Random fact: The majority of nations in Particracy are "Culturally Protected" with an established cultural background. Only the "Culturally Open" nations are not bound by the rules surrounding culture. The Cultural Protocols Index should be consulted for more information about the cultural situation of each nation. |
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