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Holders
Every right here belongs to every person present, documented or not.
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Fundamental Rights And Duties
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Chapter 1 · General Provisions
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Equality
Everyone is equal before the law, and discrimination on any comparable ground is prohibited.
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Effect
These rights apply directly without any statute, and bind employers and services too.
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Limitation
A right may be limited only by clear law, for a listed purpose, and no more than necessary.
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Minimum core and progression
Each social right has a minimum core enforceable today, and above it plans must be reasonable.
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Derogation
Rights may be suspended only in a declared emergency, and some of them never at all.
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Remedies
Anyone whose rights are threatened gets a fast, free remedy and reparation.
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Prohibition of abuse
Nothing here may be used to destroy the rights it protects.
Chapter 2 · Integrity and Liberty
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Life
Everyone has a right to life, and the death penalty can never return.
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Integrity and autonomy of the person
You decide about your own body, including reproduction, gender care and refusing treatment.
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Prohibition of torture
Torture is prohibited, as is sending anyone anywhere they risk it.
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Servitude and forced labour
Slavery, trafficking and forced labour are prohibited, including labour demanded in return for provision.
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Liberty and security
Detention needs legal grounds and a judge within forty-eight hours, and the remedy is never suspended.
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Private life and the home
Home, family life and messages are private, and mass surveillance can never be authorised.
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Data and automated decision
Your data is yours, cannot be traded, and no machine may decide anything about you.
Chapter 3 · Conscience, Expression and Association
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Thought, conscience and religion
Belief is free, including having none, and nobody may be forced to declare one.
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Expression and information
You may say what you think, censorship is prohibited, and no opinion earns a prison term.
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Means of communication
Communication infrastructure is socially owned, transmitted without discrimination, and never concentrated.
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Assembly
Peaceful assembly needs no permission, and strikes and occupations are protected.
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Association and self-organisation
You may form, join and leave any association, and unions are protected inside cooperatives.
Chapter 4 · Residence, Citizenship and Political Rights
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Residence and movement
You may move and settle freely, and collective expulsion is prohibited.
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Citizenship
Citizenship comes automatically after five years and adds no right a resident lacks.
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Asylum
Asylum is a right, and irregular entry is never punished.
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Political rights
Every resident aged sixteen votes and may stand, including people held in detention.
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Petition, information and protection of disclosure
You may petition any body, information is public, and whistleblowers are protected.
Chapter 5 · Provision, Contribution and Social Rights
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Guarantee of essential provision
Food, water, housing, energy, healthcare, education, care and transport are free and unconditional.
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Registration of needs
You register what you need, and the planners are bound by what you register.
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Food and water
Enough safe food and water is guaranteed, and hunger is a breach of the minimum core.
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Housing
Housing is adequate and secure, eviction into homelessness is prohibited, and letting for gain is banned.
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Health
Healthcare is available to everyone, and emergency and essential care is never refused.
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Education
Education is free at every level, and institutions govern their own teaching and research.
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Care
Care is a public responsibility, and unpaid care at home counts as work.
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Energy, mobility and communication
Energy, transport and network access sufficient for public life are guaranteed.
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Contribution
Everyone contributes according to capacity, everyone is presumed to, and no service depends on proving it.
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Conditions of labour
Work must be safe, workers govern their enterprise, and dismissal never touches provision.
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Working time and rest
The working week is at most twenty-four hours over four days, with rest and leave guaranteed.
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Culture, science and the arts
Culture, science and the arts are free, and creators keep credit but no exclusive economic right.
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Personal property and inheritance
Personal things are yours and protected, but cannot become a means of employing others.
Chapter 6 · Ecological Rights of Persons
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Healthy environment
A healthy environment is part of the minimum core and enforceable in court.
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Ecological participation
You have a right to ecological information and to be heard before decisions are taken.
Chapter 7 · Justice
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Access to justice
Courts are independent, hearings are public, and legal help is free where you need it.
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Legality
Only a law in force at the time creates an offence, and heavier penalties never apply backwards.
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Criminal process
You are innocent until proved guilty, with counsel, silence and appeal guaranteed.
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Penalty and restoration
Punishment aims at repair and return, and life without release or indefinite detention is prohibited.
Chapter 8 · Duties
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Duties of the person
Everyone owes respect for others' rights, honest need registration, and defence of this text.