New Social Code

The New Social Code (Faldarunic: ᚿᛦᚱ ᚠᛂᛚᛆᚵᛋᛚᛂᚵᚢᚱ ᚴᚮᚧᛆ, tr. Nýr Félagslegur Kóða), sometimes incorrectly referred to as the Constitution of Faldarun, is the governing document and constitutional law of the Confederation of Faldarun. It was drafted and unanimously adopted by the Constitutional Convention of 1919 after the Faldarunic Civil War. The Code establishes Faldarun as a direct democratic confederation of freely associated communes, and establishes a society based on the principles of direct democracy, gender equality, social justice and sustainability. It outlines the role of the Lawspeaker, the Executive Council and the citizen.

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Preamble

WE THE PEOPLE; THE PEASANTS, THE WORKERS, THE FARMERS, THE SHOPKEEPERS AND THE PRECARIAT, RECOGNISE THAT THE OLD ORDER CAN NO LONGER PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON WEALTH OF ALL PEOPLES IN THIS SOCIETY. THE BOURGEOISIE, THE NOBILITY, THE CLERGY AND THE OTHER PAWNS OF THE ESTABLISHMENT HAVE ENFORCED SERFDOM UPON ALL WORKING PEOPLE OF THIS NATION SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL, YET THEIR REIGN HAS COME CRASHING DOWN. THE PEOPLE HAVE CAST DOWN THE OLD, TO ALLOW FOR THE RISE OF THE NEW. THE WORKERS OF FALDARUN HAVE, THROUGH UNION, BROKEN THEIR CHAINS. THEY NOW FOLLOW NO KING, NOR QUEEN, NO EMPEROR, NOR EMPRESS, NO MASTER, NOR MISTRESS. THE WORKING PEOPLE ARE, NOW, THE MASTERS OF THEIR OWN FATE. NO GODS, NO MASTERS, ONLY HUMANITY.

THEREFORE, THE PEOPLE OF THIS LAND FIND THAT A NEW SYSTEM OF UNITY AND GOVERNANCE SHOULD BE CRAFTED, UNDER THE PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY. THE NEW FALDARUN IS NO LONGER AUTOCRATIC, NO LONGER BOURGEOIS. WE FIND THAT THE DEMOCRATIC CONFEDERAL SYSTEM IS THE BEST SYSTEM TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS AND WISHES OF THE PEOPLE OF FALDARUN. DIRECT DEMOCRACY SHALL ENSURE THAT ALL HAVE A VOTE AND VOICE, COMMUNAL GOVERNANCE SHALL ENSURE THAT ALL COMMUNITIES ARE UNITED AND FUNCTIONAL, DECENTRALISATION SHALL ENSURE THAT ALL NEEDS OF ALL PEOPLE ARE MET, AND THE CONFEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHALL ENSURE THAT WE REMAIN UNITED ENOUGH TO SURVIVE THE ONSLAUGHT OF SLAVERS AND TYRANTS WHO SHALL SURELY WISH TO REVOKE OUR NEW-FOUND RIGHTS.

TOGETHER, WE ENDORSE THE CREATION OF A NEW SOCIETY, BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF DIRECT DEMOCRACY, OF THE EQUALITY OF THE GENDERS AND RIGHTS FOR ALL, OF SOCIAL JUSTICE, OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY. WE ENDORSE THE IDEALS AND IDEAS OF THE REVOLUTION, THE NOTION THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE CREATED EQUAL, THE NOTION THAT NONE SHOULD SUFFER AND THE NOTION THAT ALL HUMAN BEINGS HAVE UNDENIABLE, INALIENABLE RIGHTS. IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT WE ENDORSE THE DEMOCRATIC CONFEDERALIST SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE.

ERGO, WE ASSERT, THAT FROM THIS DAY UNTIL THE END OF DAYS, THE PEOPLE OF FALDARUN SHALL KNOW NO MASTERS OTHER THAN THEIR OWN CONSCIENCE, FREEDOM SHALL BE ACCORDED TO ALL AND THE DEMOCRATIC CONFEDERALIST SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE SHALL BE ENACTED. NO GODS, NO MASTERS. AT LAST, MAN IS FREE.

Article I

The first article of the New Social Code, described under the title of the People's Charter of Fundamental Rights (Faldarunic: ᛋᛐᚮᚠᚿᛋᚴᛆ ᚠᚮᛚᚴᛋᛁᚿᛋ ᚵᚱᚢᚿᛑᚡᛆᛚᛚᛆᚱᚱᛂᛐᛐᛁᚿᛑᛁ, tr. Stofnskrá Fólksins Grundvallarréttindi), which serves as a bill of rights guarantees a number of rights afforded to all members of Faldarunic society. The Charter of the first article is one of the most amended articles of the document, with new amendments adding new rights to the charter.

THIS ARTICLE, TO BE HENCEFORTH KNOWN AS THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, DEALS WITH THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS AFFORDED TO ALL MEMBERS OF FALDARUNIC SOCIETY. THESE RIGHTS ARE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF ALL HUMANKIND, AND THE VALIDITY OF THE RIGHTS LISTED IS NON-NEGOTIABLE. THE RIGHTS LISTED ARE AFFORDED TO ALL, WITH NO EXCEPTIONS BASED ON ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ONE CITIZEN AND THE NEXT.

HENCEFORTH, THESE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS ARE TO BE AFFORDED TO ALL CITIZENS;

• RIGHT TO LIFE
• RIGHT TO EQUALITY
• RIGHT TO JUSTICE
• FREEDOM FROM DISCRIMINATION ON ANY GROUNDS
• RIGHT TO LIBERTY
• FREEDOM FROM SLAVERY, WAGE SLAVERY, SERVITUDE AND FORCED LABOUR
• FREEDOM FROM TORTURE AND DEGRADING TREATMENT
• RIGHT TO EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW
• RIGHT TO RECOGNITION AS A PERSON BEFORE THE LAW
• RIGHT TO REMEDY AND COMPETENT TRIBUNAL
• FREEDOM FROM ARBITRARY ARREST AND EXILE
• RIGHT TO FAIR PUBLIC HEARING
• RIGHT TO BE CONSIDERED INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
• FREEDOM FROM INTERFERENCE WITH PRIVACY, FAMILY, HOME AND CORRESPONDENCE
• RIGHT TO FREE MOVEMENT IN AND OUT OF THE COUNTRY
• RIGHT TO ASYLUM
• RIGHT TO MARRIAGE, REGARDLESS OF SEXUAL OR GENDER ORIENTATION
• RIGHT TO FAMILY
• FREEDOM OF BELIEF AND RELIGION
• FREEDOM OF OPINION AND INFORMATION
• FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
• RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN GOVERNMENT AND IN FREE DIRECT DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS
• RIGHT TO PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATION
• RIGHT TO SOCIAL SECURITY
• RIGHT TO DESIRABLE WORK AND TO JOIN TRADE UNIONS
• RIGHT TO REST AND LEISURE
• RIGHT TO AN ADEQUATE LIVING STANDARD
• RIGHT TO PERSONAL PROPERTY
• RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CULTURAL LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY
• RIGHT TO A VOICE AND A VOTE
• RIGHT TO SEXUAL EXPRESSION
• RIGHT TO COMMUNAL OWNERSHIP AND PARTICIPATION
• RIGHT TO REFUSE TO KILL
• FREEDOM OF SEXUALITY
• RIGHT TO ABORTION
• RIGHT TO ADEQUATE HOUSING
• RIGHT TO FULFILLING WORK
• FREEDOM OF GENDER IDENTITY