Library:Sekidean Charter

Abbreviations and shorthand names

• Sekidean Union - SU, The Union, the Union, Union
• Inner Sekidean Union - ISU, The Inner Union, the Inner Union, Inner Union, Inner Countries, Inner countries
• Dokodo Union - DU, Dokodo
• Norterric Assembly - NA, Norterric, Norterria, Norterrica
• Member of the Sekidean Union - SU Member, SU member, The Member, Member, Sekidean Member
• Member of the Inner Sekidean Union - ISU Member, ISU member, ISU Member, Inner Sekidean Member

Agreement of the merger of Shanghou Pact and Purple Community into Sekidean Union

As it has been originally drafted by Ulman Чuчlik & signed in 1982 in Gimyeong by the 6 founding members

The nations that are the Members of the Sekidean Union are expected to follow the principles of the Union, out of which the key ideas are:

1. Obligation to defend other member if he is attacked. This does not include cases, where the Union member is considered to be the agressor in the said conflict
   1. For this purposes, agression is defined as "Being the first to use the instruments of war over peaceful means in an agressive way or forcing the opposing country to attack first by the means of political leverage, such as provocations, state-sanctioned terrorism and political or economical attacks"
   2. Nations are not required to weaken their own defence capability beyond the point, where the territorial integrity of their own is threatened by the enemy in question or an alleged ally to the enemy in question
   3. Every constituent nation of the Union is obligated to defend an attacked member according to this regulation even when the attacking nation is another SU member
2. Free trade agreement
3. No customs or border tariffs
4. Obligation to remain neutral or pro-government if a civil war or a coup d'etat begins in a member country
   1. Civil war is defined as "an armed conflict of two or more semi-organized sides within one or more nations". This definition does not include an insurgency, which is defined as "an armed uprising by semi- or fully-organized forces against the governmental or government-backed authority"
   2. Coup d'etat is defined as "a hostile takeover or a attempt of takeover of the governmental powers of either legislative, executive or judiciary, or a combination of those, by the means of armed forces, military, militia, police or any other armed personnel, by an organized group stationed or operating within the nation"
   3. If there is a tangible proof, that the civil war was started as a proxy conflict by another country (no matter if it is a Member or not), all SU nations are obligated to follow the mutual defence clause
5. Right to vote in the pact manners
   1. Every Member gets the same voting power unless specified differently and approved by all the member nations
   2. Member can be disenfranchised according to the regulations set in further passed amendments
   3. Votes are to be public and publically shared, with no voting secrecy. Each nation's vote is to be public to both the citizens of the nation as well as citizens of the whole Union alike
6. Obligation to treat other pact member's citizens or respective minorities that are a majority or a plurality in other member country or have their home territory in other member country kindly, meaning no directed harassment or violence and offer them right to ask for a court in their home country or the country having a majority of their ethnicity in if the country is in the alliance
   1. As such, no citizen can be expelled from their country of origin or prohibited from returning to the country of origin, based on their nationality, sexual orientation, gender, sex, ethnicity, class, political orientation or religious affiliation
   2. No minority outside of those whose homeland is currently within the Sekidean Union can be directly prosecuted or attacked by the central or local authority or deported, although they are not obligated to be politically subsidized from the SU funding
7. Members shall recognize our joint history and culture and work together to protect our joint heritage
8. Members shall vote together on issues concerning culture and mineral extraction and trade
9. Every member country gets a right to make polls for others to vote, majority/plurality/unanimous vote requirements to be set in a further agreements (to be determined on a further summit requiring an unanimous vote to enact)
   1. For the addition of a new member, no current member shall be openly against the proposal (voting no) and more than ¹/₂ of the memebrs must be in favor of the motion
   2. For suspension (= freezing of the membership voter right and representation right, but not kicking the member out), ³/₅ majority of the countries must vote in favor of the motion, while no more than ¹/₅ of the nations shall vote against
   3. For alteration or amendment of this founding document, that is the "Agreement of the merger of Shanghou Pact and Purple Community into Sekidean Union" without amedments, a ³/₅ majority is required along with no more than a single negative vote
10. Every Member is allowed to move through the Canton Canal and the Colonia-Pinžak with Military Ships, for this Canton River Delta is allowed to charge toll on the Canton Canal and the Committee formed by Renia, Zhousheng and Monte Blanco on the Colonia-Pinžak Canal
11. Members agree to protect only the mainland or the heart territory of each state, colonies remaining unprotected by the pact as their position doesn't apply to the original Pact conditions
12. If a new member asks to join, an unanimous vote is required as per §9.1 of this document. To apply, a country must be bordering the mainland of an existing pact member or have a reasonable naval connection that can not be easily disrupted by a foreign non-pact military power in the region

Functionality amendment

1. Countries get right to join a free movement area
   1. An opt-out deicision can be made by the government of the newly joining nation, not joining the free movement union
   2. A country that is already a member of the free movement area and for some reason decides to close their borders has to provide at least 2 year long transitional period, where the free movement is ensured and transitional IDs are given to people wanting to cross the border after the transitional period
2. Neither SHANGHOU PACT or PURPLE COMMUNITY have dissolved, but contain only the former member of the founding alliances, newcomers are members of neither
3. Both members and founders are member of the supranational entity – the SEKIDEAN UNION
4. All joining countries agree to give up their right to vote after 3 days of the vote, meaning that if new vote is declared on the 1^st of October at 5:37 PM GMT, all countries which have not cast their vote before 4^th of October at 5:37 PM GMT officially agree to abstain from voting, meaning that votes are concluded as if the non-participating country had voted neutrally
5. Countries agree to develop military assets using a standardized calibre for each type of weapon with the exception for armament for special forces
6. For opening of the SU-lead negotiations, more than 50% of the SU members must agree for it
7. Joining the SU must be proceeded with a unanimous (no negatives) vote and a negotiation that can be opened with official application for membership
8. To change the founding charter unanimous (no negatives) vote must be required with at least 75% of people voting in favour of the edit
9. SU mission must have at least 50% of the SU members voting in favour before it is approved
10. Country can be kicked from the Sekidean Union if at least 65% of votes on the kicking vote are for the proposal (and negative votes work like negative positives and are subtracted from the percentage)
11. On other votes, ≥50% of votes must be AYE for the vote to pass, but NAY serves as a negative aye, meaning that if there are 4 ayes and 2 nays, it is just like if there were just 2 ayes
12. No member shall join an international organization whose guidelines or binding rules contradict, break, circumvent or conflict with those of the Agreement of the merger of Shanghou Pact and Purple Community into Sekidean Union or may cause a clash of interests in a reasonably foreseeable scenario

Voting amendment

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The process of application

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Addition to the Sekidean Treaty System regarding the fundamental human rights of all people living within the Sekidean Union

The Sekidean Union nations agree to obey the following human rights and freedoms, obligating every nation that is a Member to obey by the following principles, but not necessairly obligating members to not add any more rights to their local governments:

1. Right to life
   1. Exceptions were carved out to for the countries which still have death penalty set for multiple crimes
   2. With exceptions for the high crime of treason
   3. With exceptions for the high crime of murder
   4. With exceptions for the high crime of espionage
   5. With exceptions for the high crime of naval piracy
   6. All of the exceptions must be approved by the Sekidean High Court before they are carried out to prevent any judicial murder
2. Right to a freedom of speech
   1. No man shall be prosecuted because of the things they said, both in private or in public
   2. With exception for hate speech and advocating for commitment of serious offences, such as murder, theft, rape, harrasment, assault or blackmail
   3. With exception for the cases, where a dangerous alarmist message is spread, such as shouting "fire" in a crowded theater
3. Right to property
   1. With exceptions for the cases where the property was gained illegally
   2. With exceptions for the cases where the nation is in a state of war and needs said property for defense purposes
   3. With exceptions for the cases of property abandonment, which shall last at least 5 years or the owner has to be consent to the confiscation
   4. With exceptions for the cases where the property imposes a public danger
   5. With exceptions for the cases where the property is blocking a publically benefitial project, in which case it may be confiscated and compensation shall be paid with no less than 50% of the property's value
4. Right to personal identity, without exceptions
   1. Including post-gender change identities
   2. The treaty doesn't specify non-binary genders, that one is questionable (though it is generally considered a part of the treaty by most)
5. Right to a freedom of assembly
   1. Applies in all cases except those specified as exceptions in §7.1 of this document and the cases labeled below
   2. With exceptions for the meeting with the purpose of conspiracy
   3. With exceptions for where the meeting may endanger public safety, such as in a state of war or during an epidemic
6. Right to a freedom of association
   1. Applies in all cases except those specified as exceptions in §7.1 of this document and the cases labeled below
   2. With exceptions for the association with the purpose of conspiracy
   3. With exceptions for where the association may endanger public safety, such as in a state of war or during an epidemic
7. Right to protest
   1. Applies in all cases except those specified as exceptions in §2.2 of this document and the cases labeled below
   2. With exceptions for violent protests, that were unprovoked by the local or national authorities' violence or provocation thereof
   3. With exceptions for extremist political rallys
   4. With exceptions for where the protest may endanger public safety, such as in a state of war or during an epidemic
8. Right to a freedom of the press
   1. Applies in all cases except those specified as exceptions in §2.2 of this document
9. Right to a freedom of religion
   1. With exceptions for the religions may be considered extremist cults
   2. With exceptions for the religions that impede on any of the other rights labelled above
10. Right to a freedom of movement
    1. With exceptions for where the movement from one location to another may endanger public safety, such as in a state of war or during an epidemic
11. Right to a freedom of thought
    1. No man shall be prosecuted because of the things they think or thought
    2. With exceptions labeled within the term conspiracy, that means bringing thoughts into action

Dokodo Union - Sekidean Union Co-operation Treaty (DUSU-COT)

1. Chapter 01: Pact of Non-Aggression
   1. The Member States of the DU and the SU shall refrain from engaging in armed conflict with one another in order to promote social harmony and economic integration between the two blocs. The Pact of Non-Aggression formalises the association between the two blocs and ensures that neither bloc must prepare for a military advance from the other.
   2. In case there is a possibility of armed conflict between the DU and SU members, the DUSU-COT DEM (De-escalation Mechanism) shall go into action.
      1. The COT-DEM is designed to ensure co-operation between members of the two blocs and allows for a passive, non-militaristic method of conflict resolution
      2. A member from one of the blocs shall be chosen to provide a space for discussions between the member states involved with conflict and a member state from the other bloc shall be expected to provide staff and moderation to facilitate the discussions for de-escalation and resolution
   3. The states who shall participate in the facilitation of de-escalation must be un-involved in the said conflict and the roles of the two states shall be decided by a lottery system
   4. In the case that the COT-DEM fails to achieve de-escalation and an armed conflict blows out between member states of the DU and the SU, the mutual defense clauses that are a part of both blocs shall remain inactive, meaning, other member states of the bloc shall have no legal obligation to provide military support in the instance of armed conflict between DU and SU member states
   5. In the stead of mutual defense, the un-involved DU and SU nations would be expected to collaborate and ensure a quick end to armed conflict while also ensuring minimal collateral damage due to the armed conflict
   6. In case an armed conflict does break out between DU and SU members, a tribunal consiting of at least 2 DU and 2 SU nations shall be formed to adjudicate on the penalities to be imposed on the member states participating in the armed conflict, as well as deliver justice by conducting free and fair trials for war criminals
2. Chapter 02: Free Trade Association
   1. The member states agree to enter into a free trade alliance, meaning goods originating in member states of one bloc shall not charged any form of duties, tariffs or quotas while getting imported into the member states of the other bloc
   2. Nations would be encouraged to ensure an easy movement of goods and services between blocs by removing physical and other barriers to trade, but there shall be no legal obligation under this treaty to eliminate such physical barriers
   3. The Free Trade Association would recognize certain goods and services as unique cultural heritage of certain nations, upon submission of a list of such goods and services, and members shall be allowed to apply certain trade restrictions on such goods and services
3. Chapter 03: Customs Agreements
   1. The DU and the SU shall, for the sake of economic integration, form a Customs Group
      1. The Customs Group would be a body made up of representatives of all member states of the DU and the SU
      2. The Group shall have no binding legal powers but shall be a place for deliberation on customs regulation
   2. The DU and the SU shall make use of the Customs Group to deliberate upon and try arriving at the same or similar customs regulations, essentially matching each other in custom regulations, allowing for the smooth functioning of the Free Trade Association
   3. Since the Customs Group has no binding legal authority, no bloc is obligated to follow regulations, but for improving economic relationships it would be in the best interest of both blocs to deliberate and apply at least similar customs regulations and policies
4. Chapter 04: Social Integration
   1. Both blocs shall be encouraged to remove travel restrictions on individuals from the other bloc allowing for easier movement of people between the two blocs both for business and travel purposes
   2. Member States within both blocs shall also be encouraged to reduce restrictions on naturalisation for individuals from the other bloc to allow for more effective social integration and cultural exchange
   3. The DU and the SU shall establish a DUSU student scholarship programme:
      1. This shall be a scholarship programme administered jointly by the DU and the SU by forming a Scholarship Group comprising of 2 nominated representatives from each bloc who shall be the Board of Governors for the Scholarship
      2. The BoG shall decide the number of scholarships made available to students from each member state for each year
      3. The Scholarships shall allow students enrolled in schools and universities of DU and SU member states to study in a member state of the other bloc for one academic year
      4. The scholarship shall cover for tuition, housing, food and minor recreation for each of the participants

Tribunal amendment

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State of war

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Inner and Outer Union

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On establishment of the Legislative Bodies of the Inner Sekidean Union

1. Chapter 01: Sekidean Assembly
   1. The official name of the organ is the "ASSEMBLY OF THE INNER SEKIDEAN UNION", but a shorthand name is the "SEKIDEAN ASSEMBLY" or simply "THE ASSEMBLY"
   2. Chapter 01a: Elections to the Sekidean Assembly
      1. Chapter 01aα: Electoral method
         1. Sekidean Assembly is elected using the Siedem method as defined in the 1992 book "PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM FOR A NATIONALLY DIVERSE UNION" written by Phd. Dr. Чaraƌa Siedem
         2. Total number of all seats (S_Σ) is set to 500
         3. Number of seats reserved per constituency (S_R) is set to 15
            1. If the number of seats remaining after the subtraction of all reserved seats from the total is less than 150, seats are added until the number is equal to 150
            2. The convocation of this nature legally has more than 500 seats and is required to lower the number of reserved seats until 150 can be reached
            3. This process is to be supervised by the Sekidean Council and Sekidean High Court
            4. In this convocation, any resignation, after which the number of members of the Assembly is equal or more than 500 does not allow for replacer to enter as the new member of the Assembly
         4. Each member state of the Inner Sekidean Union is considered to be a single electoral constituency
         5. Electoral threshold (Π_Ω) is set at 4% of all valid votes
         6. If any constituency fails to elect the full number of seats reserved for it due to electoral thresholds, election are to be repeated in less than 1 month time with the electoral threshold removed
      2. Chapter 01aβ: Election timing
         1. Elections are carried using secret ballot on a Saturday defined by the Sekidean Assembly no later than 5 years from the previous electionde
         2. All votes carry the same value, none can be elevated over any other
         3. Election day is considered to be a holiday in every member state regardless if it is one under the states' legislatures
      3. Chapter 01aγ: Polling places
         1. Polling places must be accessible to all citizens with the right to vote and must not be further than 15 minutes of walking from any residence with at least 30 inhabitants
         2. Polling places must be open from at least 8 AM local time on the election day for at least 18 hours, possibly allowing elections to carry until 12 PM the next day
         3. Polling places are not allowed to turn down citizens whose voter ID is in order because of the time. If there is a queue and wait time exceeds the original working hours of the polling place, the polling place must allow all voters who are in the queue and any that enter the queue to cast their vote regardless of the time
         4. Polling places must be accessible to people physically disabled
         5. Polling place must have a trained specialist for people who are unable to cast the vote on their own, such as the blind, or must be ready to call upon such a specialist if asked
         6. A polling place must be set up in areas abroad, where there is a notable concentration of ISU citizens, such as military facilities, cruise ships who are in international waters and citizen patches living in diaspora. Rules on the walking distance do not apply on this extraterritorial polling places
         7. Any citizen of any ISU country must be allowed to cast their vote in a different country or on any embassy of the ISU in the period of the election
      4. Chapter 01aδ:
         1. Voting age is set at 18 years, but each constituency is allowed to lower the voting age to up to 15 years of age, the number of electors younger than 18 years of age is not included in the voter pool as defined in the electoral method (PC)
         2. Recognized voter IDs in every constituency must include Passport, ID card, Driver's licence if it includes a photo, Insurance card if it includes a photo, Military identity card, Gun permit, Birth certificate and any other identification material issued by the administrative branch of the member states' governments or administrative branches of the member states' recognized autonomies or subnational entities defined as such under the rules set by the Sekidean Tribune
         3. Voter who has been caught with a forged voter ID faces the same prosecution as they would in the case of elections to the nation's legislative bodies
      5. Chapter 01aε: Overturning of the result
         1. Elections can be declared invalid and be repeated if the Sekidean High Court decides that the way in which they were carried was in opposition to the rights as defined in the Addition to the Sekidean Treaty System regarding the fundamental human rights of all people living within the Sekidean Union
         2. A recount can be carried, if a change in the final distribution of mandates to elected subject or the distance of a subject from the set electoral threshold is equal or small than 20,000 hypothetical votes
         3. Any party effected in by the previous point can ask the member states' government for recount of votes and the government is required to comply unless
         4. Any member states government has the right to trigger a recount in its constituency
         5. The Sekidean High Court has the right to trigger a recount in any constituency if called upon by a party or an organization, whose request has been denied by the member states' government
         6. Recount can be called in the period of 2 months following the day of the election
         7. Electoral ballots must be archived for the period of at least half a year following the day of the election
         8. Results are certified no longer than 120 days from the day of the election
         9. If results are not certified, the Sekidean High Court has the right to certify the results and disband the Sekidean Council or to call for a repeated election
   3. Chapter 01b: Organization
      1. The term of one convocation of the Assembly is equal to 5 years
      2. The term of one convocation begins with the day of the certification of electoral results in a joint session of the Parliament
      3. The term of one convocation ends with the day of the certification of electoral results establishing new convocation
         1. If no new convocation has been elected in 5 years since the certification of previous convocation's results, the role of the Assembly is temporairly taken over by the Sekidean Tribune until a snap election can be called or until results can be properly certified
      4. Each convocation has 500 members by default
         1. The convocation can have more than 500 members as defined in the electoral law under the Siedem method
         2. If the convocation has more than 500 members and a member resigns, dies or is unable to carry the duties required from them, no replacement is selected
         3. If the convocation has 500 members or less, and a member resigns, dies or is unable to carry the duties required from them, the first unsuccessful candidate from their electoral ballot is sworn in as their replacement in the Assembly
         4. If no unsuccessful candiate remains on the party's ballot in the constitutency, another constituency is selected via lottery from which the first unsuccessful candidate is sworn in
         5. If no associated party from any constituency has any unsuccessful candidate left, the seat is left vacant until the next election
      5. Each member of the Sekidean Union, that is not a member of the Inner Sekidean Union has the right to send a single non-voting delegate to the Sekidean Assembly
         1. This delegate has no right to vote on the bills presented in the Sekidean Assembly
         2. This delegate can coauthor bills and participate in the discussion on those bills
         3. This delegate can not propose or join any committee of the Sekidean Assembly
         4. One delegate has been granted to the Dokodo Union as a whole for the duration of the effectivity of the Dokodo Union - Sekidean Union Co-operation Treaty
      6. A bill can be proposed by any recognized committee, the Sekidean Council, the President and Vice President, or a group of at least 20 members of the parliament
      7. Upon proposing, the bill enters the "first reading"
         1. In First reading, no bill can be rejected
         2. This reading serves as a general discussion
         3. Amendments and changes to the bill can be proposed
         4. After the discussion has concluded, the bill is passed down to committees and to experts who propose more changes and alteration
      8. After returning, the bill progresses to the "second reading"
         1. In Second reading, a bill can be rejected
         2. All the proposed changes are discussed and voted on by a simple majority on wether or not they will be included in the final bill
         3. The second reading ends, when the bill has been finalized in its complete form
      9. After the bill has been completed, it progresses to the "third reading"
         1. Third reading includes only a debate about the bill
         2. The third reading ends with a vote on wether the bill enters into law or is rejected
      10. After the bill has been passed by the Assembly, it is sent to the Sekidean Council
      11. The quorum of the Assembly is equal to ³/₅ of all members, with 500 members, the number is equal to 300 members present
      12. For passing a bill, there are three different thresholds to be met depending on the contents of the bill
          1. A simple majority of present members is required to pass basic laws
          2. An absolute majority of all members is required to pass laws editing the state budget, the electoral system and the governmental system, and to overturn the simple majority veto of the Council
          3. A qualified majority of ²/₃ of all members is required to pass laws editing the Sekidean Charter, disband the parliament or overturn an absolute majority veto of the Council
   4. Chapter 01c: Leadership
      1. The leadership of the Sekidean Assembly consists of 1 Assembly Chairman and between 9 Vice-Chairmen
      2. The Chairman and Vice-Chairmen are elected from among the Assembly's members upon the establishment of a new convocation of the parliament
      3. The Chairman sets the order in which people are allowed to give speeches and has the right to interject to retain order in the house
      4. If the Chairman can not be present, one of the Vice-Chairmen takes over and serves as the Chairman
      5. The Chairman and all Vice-Chairmen have a reserved spot in the Standing committee
   5. Chapter 01d: Standing Bureau
   6. The official name of the organ is the "STANDING BUREAU OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE INNER SEKIDEAN UNION", but a shorthand name is the "SEKIDEAN BUREAU", "STANDING BUREAU" or simply "THE BUREAU"
      1. The Standing Bureau consists of the leadership of the Sekidean Assembly and 25 other members, totaling 35 members
      2. The Standing Bureau has the right to pass legeslation if the Sekidean Assembly is in recess
      3. The Standing Bureau can not pass legislature which requires an absolute or a qualified majority
      4. Any legislation not confirmed by the full Assembly after the end of the recess is considered void
      5. The Standing Bureau is elected from among the Assembly and has the term of 1¹/₂ years, after which it needs to be reelected
      6. Any member of the Standing Bureau can be voted out of the Bureau and replaced by a different one if an absolute majority of the members of the Assembly vote for it or sign a petition
   7. Chapter 01e: Recess
      1. The Sekidean Assembly can call for a recess in its
      2. The recess can last no longer than 4 months
      3. During the recess, the legislative procedures are carried out by the Standing Bureau
      4. After the declared recess is over, the Assembly is required to go through all the provisional laws passed by the Standing Bureau and confirm or reject them one by one
      5. Recess can not be declared if it would overlap with certification of electoral results or with a presidential election
2. Chapter 02: Sekidean Council
3. Chapter 03: Relations between the Assembly and the Council
   1. Chapter 03a: Joint sessions
      1. Chapter 03aα: Organization
      2. Chapter 03aβ: Presidential Election
      3. Chapter 03aγ: Adresses by the President or other leaders
      4. Chapter 03aδ: Budget
      5. Chapter 03aε: In the state of defence
      6. Chapter 03aζ:
   2. Chapter 03b: Oversight
   3. Chapter 03c:
   4. Chapter 03d:
4. Chapter 04: Advisory and supportive bodies
   1. Chapter 04a: Sekidean Tribune
   2. Chapter 04b:
   3. Chapter 04c:
   4. Chapter 04d:

Trade amendment

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Climate amendment

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Sekinar monetary policy

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