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Renunciation and purpose
War as policy is renounced, and force may only repel an attack on the territory.
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Defence, Public Order And Emergency
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Chapter 1 · Principles
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Civilian direction
Armed bodies are under civilian direction, and may never be used against assemblies or strikes.
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Weapons
Weapons of mass effect and autonomous killing systems are prohibited, as is arms export.
Chapter 2 · Territorial Defence
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The Territorial Defence
Defence is a voluntary territorial militia, with no standing army and no conscription.
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Membership and conditions
Anyone over eighteen may join or leave, and objectors lose nothing by refusing.
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Direction and control
The Assembly authorises the militia's strength, and examines it publicly every year.
Chapter 3 · Public Order
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Communal police
Policing belongs to communes, officers are unarmed, and firearms need judicial authorisation.
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Use of force and accountability
Force is a last resort, every use is reported publicly, and complaints go to the Defender.
Chapter 4 · Armed Attack
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Defence of the territory
On attack the militia acts at once, but never crosses a frontier.
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Action beyond the territory
Anything beyond the frontier needs two thirds of the Assembly and a referendum.
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Missions of international peace
Peace missions are limited to protection and support, with no immunity from local courts.
Chapter 5 · Emergency
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Declaration
The Bureau may declare an emergency, which lapses in seven days without a two-thirds vote and a court finding.
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Renewal and outer limit
Emergencies run thirty days at a time, and six months at most in any two years.
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Powers
Emergencies allow only listed measures, and never touch elections, courts, provision or oversight.
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Review
Every emergency measure can be challenged in court within seven days, free of charge.
Chapter 6 · Ecological Emergency and Civil Protection
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Relation to ecological emergency
Ecological emergencies are separate, and this Title can never override them.
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Civil protection
Civil protection runs from the communes, without any emergency being declared.
Chapter 7 · Intelligence
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Limits
There is no domestic intelligence service, and mass collection is prohibited in every circumstance.