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Creation of the International Union of Equality and Freedom


On this day we mandate the creation of the Union that will strive to protect the sapient species of the cosmos and grant them freedom from the suffering that may be created by discrimination.


Charter of the Union
Races of Acceptance

This Union hereby mandates that for you to be a member of this organization you must adhere to the rights of full Civil and Political rights to any Sapient Race that accepts this coalitions existence. Any being that has reached maturity in a race, by Piaget's stages of development, and can pass Kohlberg's moral reasoning test, and is Sapient according to the Triarchic Model for Sapience by Robert Sternberg shall become protected as a Sapient species by the Union.Any Sapient Species that is under threat of genocide shall receive help the Union. This help is not limited to Humanitarian and can do straight down to Military Protection.

Required Freedoms

To become a member of this organization a state must adhere to this freedoms and provide these freedoms to all it's sapient citizens.
Rights that must be Provided:

Freedom of Speech:: Everyone shall have the right to freely voice their opinion without interference and exercise of this right carries special duties and responsibilities and may only be subject to restrictions when respect of the rights or reputation of others for the protection of national security or of public order, or of public health are concerned.

Freedom of Press: Everyone shall have the right to freedom to hold opinions without interference, and impart information and ideas through any media regardless of frontiers without interference and exercise of this right carries special duties and responsibilities and may only be subject to restrictions when respect of the rights or reputation of others for the protection of national security or of public order, or of public health are concerned.

Freedom of Assembly:Everyone has the individual right to come together and collectively express, promote, pursue and defend their own common interests.

Freedom of Movement A citizen of a state has the liberty to travel, reside in, and/or work in any part of the state where they please within the limits of respect for the liberty and rights of others.

Freedom of and from Religion Everyone individual or community, has the freedom, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance; the concept is generally recognized also to include the freedom to change religion or not to follow any religion.

Rights of Customs Everyone has the individual right to leave a state and return at any time.

Freedom from Slavery No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.

Freedom to all Genders Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms without distinction of gender.

Freedom of Sexual Preferences Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms without distinction of sexual orientation or preferences.

Freedom of Political Ideology Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms without distinction of political or other opinion.

Freedom of Opinion Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms without distinction of personal opinion.

Freedom from Discrimination Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, species, national or social origin, property, birth, or other status.

Right of Regret: is a right made up of 2 clauses

"The Regaining Honor Clause:

Nations who have been cited for violations of the Charter in the past can adopt the charter and for a probationary period they can participate as an observer in the UEF, and once they have proven that they are loyal to charter tenets and that they will uphold them, they can reapply for full membership.

The Lost Honor Clause.

Nations who have already adopted the Charter and have been cited for Violations are booted from membership and cannot reapply for membership. They can only ever reapply for observership.

Joining the Union

Must Define it's Leader
Must Define it's Government
Must Not Support Discrimination
Must have a Government
Must Agree with the Goals of UEF
Must Fill out this form:
Application Form

UEF is a Democracy and so all terms brought to the Attention of UEF shall be voted and only be acted on by a 2/3 majority.

Charter will be edited time to time with new races and any mistakes taken out.

Archnar wrote:Nation Full Name:The United Socialist States of Archnar
Nation Head of State:President Alex
Nation Head of Government:President Alex
Do you Accept Terms of this Charter:Yes
Do you Support Democracy:Yes

Spendor wrote:In response to the proposed Union of Equality & Freedom, we submit this application:

Nation Full Name: Federated Communities of Spendor
Nation Head of State: Chancellor of Spendor University, Lars Vorsted (lupine)
Nation Head of Government: President of the Federal Assembly, Orem Zoltan (murine)
Do you Accept Terms of this Charter: Yes to all
Do you Support Democracy: Yes; however, with appropriate checks to protect minority rights

Crystal Spires wrote:Nation Full Name: The Beastling States of Crystal Spires
Nation Head of State: High Chancellor Maven Auryn (Race: Storkii Demihuman)
Nation Head of Government: High Chancellor Maven Auryn
Do you Accept Terms of this Charter: Absolutely.
Do you Support Democracy: It is a core Spirean belief.
Do you wish for Member/Observer Member.

Brilliant.

Threlizdun wrote:Nation Full Name: The Democratic Syndicates of Threlizdun
Nation Head of State: None (Social Anarchy)
Nation Head of Government: None (Social Anarchy)
Do you Accept Terms of this Charter: Yes, though we do feel as though rather than equality for both genders, it should be equality for all genders, as many individuals exist that go outside of the typical concepts of male and female
Do you Support Democracy: Yes
Do you wish for Member/Observer

Lenapia wrote:We must inquire, does the clause stipulating freedom of sexual preferences require that a member-state permit homosexual marriages, or merely the relationships?

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President Tanna Bergold

Walrusfolk Eurarcta wrote:Freedom of Walrusfolk is not covered, should I be concerned? =|:}P

Add in our peoples as a "protected" species and we may be interested in joinin'.

Walrusfolk Eurarcta wrote:Freedom of Walrusfolk is not covered, should I be concerned? =|:}P

Add in our peoples as a "protected" species and we may be interested in joinin'.

Salvarity wrote:Marriages unless your state lacks Marriage.

Lenapia wrote:

Salvarity wrote:Marriages unless your state lacks Marriage.

I see. The statement from Crystal Spires is as it should be, and was expected, but this may be too much. Would observer's status be possible?


President Tanna Bergold

SHADOW Corporation wrote:Nation Full Name: The Democratic Monarchy of the Shadow Corporation
Nation Head of State: Elected President/Monarch Kurisu Senkaku
Nation Head of Government: (Again) Elected PResident/Monarch Kurisu Senkaku
Do you Accept Terms of this Charter: Yes to all of the above.
Do you Support Democracy: Of course a democracy by the people, for the people. Is the founding sentiment that the Shadow Corporation was built upon.

Rotovia- wrote:

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Constitutional Republic of Rotovia
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Nation Full Name: Constitutional Republic of Rotovia
Nation Head of State: Empress Nicoletta Bacchus III
Nation Head of Government: President Her Excellency, Rt Hon Andria Ouvette-Style
Do you Accept Terms of this Charter: Nominally yes, however we enter as observers
Do you Support Democracy: Absolutely, as noted in our constitution

Hon. Sarah Hours
Minister for Foreign Affairs

Crystal Spires wrote:This would be a Beastling

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