Proposed Universal Declaration of Sapient-Sentient Rights

Universal Declaration of Sapient-Sentient Rights

Preamble

Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all Sapient-Sentient beings is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the SOL SYSTEM,

Whereas disregard and contempt for Sapient-Sentience have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of Sapient-Sentience, and the advent of worlds in which Sapient-Sentient beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of common beings,

Whereas it is essential, if the Sapient-Sentient collective is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that Sapient-Sentient rights should be protected by the rule of law,

Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations,

Whereas the beings of the SOL SYSTEM REPUBLIC have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental Sapient-Sentient rights, in the dignity and worth of the h Sapient-Sentient person and in the equal rights of all genders and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,

Whereas Member Governing Bodies have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-operation with the SOL SYSTEM REPUBLIC, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms,

Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge,

Now, Therefore THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY proclaims THIS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF SAPIENT-SENTIENT RIGHTS as a common standard of achievement for all beings and all collectives, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national, international and interspacial, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the beings of Member Governing Bodies themselves and among the beings of territories under their jurisdiction. 

Article 1.
 

All Sapient-Sentient 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 kinship.

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, gender, 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 interspatial status of the country, territory, planet, satellite or other interplanetary body to which a Sapient-Sentient being belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.

Article 3.
 

All Sapient-Sentient beings have 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 governing tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted them 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 defense.
(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, international, or interspatial 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 independent governing territory.
(2) Everyone has the right to leave any governing territory, including their own, and to return to their governing territory.

Article 14.
 

(1) Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other governing territories 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 SOL SYSTEM REPUBLIC.

Article 15.
 

(1) Everyone has the right to Declared Citizenship.
(2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of their Original Citizenship nor denied the right to change their Declared Citizenship.

Article 16.
 

(1) Sapient-Sentient beings of full age, without any limitation due to race, Declared Citizenship 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 Governing Bodies.

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 their 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 their 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 their territory, directly or through freely chosen representatives.
(2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in their territory.
(3) The will of Sapient-Sentient beings 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, international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each territory, 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 themselves and their family an existence worthy of 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 their 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 themselves and of their 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 their 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 Sapient-Sentient rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all territories, racial, gender-centric, or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the SOL SYSTEM REPUBLIC 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 they are 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 their personality is possible.
(2) In the exercise of their 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 SOL SYSTEM REPUBLIC

Article 30.
 

Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any territory, group or being 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.