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The Charter of the Nation of Taur

Preamble

We, the people of the Taur, Krelvanz, and the Kilactic, a confederation of Tauri, Kilactic, Krelvanzi, and all other peoples, freely and solemnly declare and establish this Charter.
In pursuit of freedom, justice, dignity and democracy and led by principles of equality and environmental sustainability, the Charter proclaims a new social contract, based upon mutual and peaceful coexistence and understanding between all strands of society. It protects fundamental human rights and liberties and reaffirms the peoples’ right to self-determination.

Under the Charter, we, the people of Taur, unite in the spirit of reconciliation, pluralism and democratic participation so that all may express themselves freely in public life. In building a society free from authoritarianism, militarism, centralism and the intervention of religious authority in public affairs, the Charter recognizes territorial integrity and aspires to maintain domestic and international peace.

In establishing this Charter, we declare a political system and civil administration founded upon a social contract that reconciles the rich mosaic of Krelvanz through a transitional phase from dictatorship, civil war and destruction, to a new democratic society where civic life and social justice are preserved.

Title One
General Principles[/font]
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Article 1
This document is named: “The Charter of the Nation of Taur”. The preamble is considered an integral part of this contract.

Article 2
The Confederation system adopts the ecological and democratic system and women’s freedom.

Article 3
The Confederacy draws its legitimacy from the will of peoples and groups through free and democratic elections.

Article 4
All languages in Krelvanz are equal in all areas of life, including social, educational, cultural, and administrative dealings. Every people shall organize its life and manage its affairs using its mother tongue.

Article 5
The Confederacy and its administration shall have a center and a special flag, along with the states their own flags, and it shall have an emblem; this is regulated by law.

Article 6
The Confederacy of Taur consists of states based on democratic self-administrations, which depend on the democratic organizations of ideological, ethnic, gender, cultural groups, and all social segments.

Article 7
Taur is based on the organized society and the free individual. In this framework, peoples’ local organizations, groups, and components are the basis of this Confederacy.

Article 8
The democratic, environmental, and societal life are the basis for building an ecological democratic society in order not to harm, abuse, and destroy nature.

Article 9
Coexistence shall be established within a fair, free and democratic society system according to the principles of the democratic nation, which are full of the spirit of fraternity between all peoples and groups in Krelvanz.

Article 10
Taur is based on the principle of making the land, water, and resources publicly owned; it adopts ecological industry and societal economy; it does not allow exploitation, monopoly, and the objectification of men, women, or otherwise; it shall realize health and social insurance for all individuals.

Article 11
Taur adopts a Unitary Council system in all political, social, administrative, and other fields. It considers it a main principle in equal representation of all groups.

Article 12
Tauri freedom and rights and equality shall be guaranteed in society.

Article 13
Kilactic freedom and rights and equality shall be guaranteed in society.

Article 14
Taur shall enjoy free will in the democratic family, which is based on mutual and equal life.

Article 15
Kilacti shall enjoy free will in the democratic family, which is based on mutual and equal life.

Article 16
Youth are considered the leading and effective force in society and their participation shall be guaranteed in all fields of life.

Article 17
Fair representation of all ethnic components in all the administrative institutions related to the Confederacy shall be guaranteed according to demography of the region.

Title Two
Rights and General Freedoms

Article 17
Taur shall abide by warrants of the rights of beings and all related charters of the rights of being.

Article 18
The right to life is essential and guaranteed in this contract, which does not permit capital punishment.

Article 19
Dignity shall be preserved and it is not permissible to torture anyone psychologically or physically; the doer shall be punished.

Article 20
Peoples, groups, and societal segments shall have the right to organize themselves freely. Cultural oppression and fusion, extermination, and occupation shall be considered a crime against being; resistance against these practices shall be considered legitimate.

Article 21
Every state or group shall have the right to decide its own affairs provided that it does not contradict this contract.

Article 22
Freedom of faith, conscious, and thought and the right to self-organization and self-expression shall be guaranteed for all people.

Article 23
Everyone shall have the right to participate in political life, run as a candidate, and elect according to the law.

Article 24
No one shall be insulted or excluded on the basis of difference in colour, gender, race, religion, or belief.

Article 25
Using violence, manipulation, and discrimination against Taur shall be considered a crime punished by law.

Article 26
Using violence, manipulation, and discrimination against Kilacti shall be considered a crime punished by law.

Article 27
Taur shall have the right to equal participation in all fields of life (political, social, cultural, economic, administrative, and others) and take decisions relevant to their affairs.

Article 28
Kilacti shall have the right to equal participation in all fields of life (political, social, cultural, economic, administrative, and others) and take decisions relevant to their affairs.

Article 29
Youth shall have the right to organize themselves and occupy effective positions in all fields of life, taking their special characteristics into consideration.

Article 30
Every defendant shall be presumed innocent until convicted by law.

Article 31
Personal places or houses may not be entered or inspected except by an order of judicial authority in cases of being caught in the act.

Article 32
Individual freedom shall not be restricted without a legal basis.

Article 33
The right to self-defence is sacred and shall not be restricted. The law shall guarantee to everyone the right to prosecution.

Article 34
The right to revolution is sacred and shall not be deterred, unless in the wake of intended civilian casualties. The law shall guarantee to everyone the right to have a say in their governance, and shall [font=EB Garamond][size=150]meet their governance’s violence with an equal amount of vigor and power.

Article 35
Everyone shall have the right to live in a sound ecological society.

Article 36
Cultural, ethnic, and religious groups and components shall have the right to name its self-administrations, preserve their cultures, and form their democratic organizations. No one or component shall have the right to impose their own beliefs on others by force.

Article 37
Education shall be free at all stages; the elementary and intermediate education is compulsory.

Article 38
Every citizen shall have the right to work, water, health care, change residence, and get a house.

Article 39
The rights of all workers, in work and social life, and support for their organizations shall be guaranteed and regulated by law.

Article 40
Freedom of media, press, and publishing shall be guaranteed.

Article 41
Every citizen shall have the right to get and access information.

Article 42
All people shall have the right to develop and publicize their cultural and artistic activities.

Article 43
Every person shall have the right to seek personal and political asylum; the political refugee may not be returned to their country without their approval.

Article 44
Wealth and natural resources are publicly owned; and their investment, management, and conditions of fair distribution shall be regulated by law.

Article 45
Investment shall be in special projects, which take into account the ecological balance, provide necessary services for economic development, aim at meeting social needs, and contribute to activate and establish societal economic activities.

Article 46
The right to personal ownership shall be guaranteed unless it contradicts the common interest and shall be regulated by law.

Article 47
The participation of all citizens in the legitimate defence of Taur or Krelvanz is a right and duty to deter any attack.

Article 48
The rights of people with special needs shall be guaranteed, and a decent living for the disabled and old people shall be secured.

Article 49
Child rights shall be preserved; labour and manipulation of child shall be prevented.

Title Three
Societal System

Chapter One

Article 50
Peoples and groups in Taur shall organize their free and democratic societal lives based on forming communes, societal institutions, unions, and assemblies. The democratic system of society shall be developed and established based on these institutions.

Article 51
Communes
The commune is the essential basic organizational form of direct democracy. It is a system to make decisions and management within its organizational and administrative boundary. It works as an independent council in all stages of decision making.

Article 52
The Councils
They are the societal units which represent the people, discuss and decide its affairs, and formulate policies beginning with villages, neighborhoods, towns, and municipalities. They protect society, ensure its continuity, and secure the realization of its goals, in the political, social, cultural, and economic fields. They organize society by enabling direct democracy and set rules and principles related to democratic and free life.

Article 53
All councils shall be formed according to the following principles:

The councils consist of a sufficient number of elected members according to population; 60% of the representatives are directly elected by people, and 40% are elected by the components, groups, and social segments. This shall be regulated by a special law according to consensual democracy.

1. No member of the councils and executive boards shall be a candidate for Unitary Councillor for more than three terms.

2. The council of the village, neighbourhood, town, region, or municipality, is formed by representatives who are democratically elected, within their residence boundary, by ethnic, religious, cultural groups, social segments, or communes. The electoral term is decided by the councils’ rules of procedure.

3. The councils elect a sufficient number of coordinating board members in the neighbourhood and town and the executive board of the town and region. They elect their councillors and organize their activities through committees.

4. The councils approve members of the justice systems and the internal security administration, and oversee them.

Chapter Two

Municipal Councils

Article 54
The municipality in the societal system of Taur is the extension of the city with its surroundings.

1. The municipal council is the legislative system elected by free voting of the peoples and groups and is formed according to election laws. It consists of a sufficient number of members according to population and size of the municipality.

2. It shapes the policies for the entire municipality and takes necessary decisions.

3. It organizes activities and forms committees according to the democratic nation principles.

4. It elects its executive board.

5. It approves the members of the justice office and local security administration in the municipality.

6. It monitors justice, internal security, and administrative systems in the municipality.

Article 55
The Executive Board of the Municipality

1. It consists of a sufficient number of members and two municipal Councillors elected by the State council.

2. It implements the decisions and applies the policies decided by the municipal council. It is responsible to the Municipal council and provides it with reports on its regular activities.

3. It organizes and practices its activities through committees, which consist of sufficient numbers of members. The Councillors in each committee shall coordinate its activities. The co-spokespersons of the committees shall be from executive board members of the municipality.

Chapter Three

The State System

Article 56
The state in Taur is the self- administration unit, which consists of a Municipality, more than one Municipality, or some regions that share the same historical, demographical, economic, and cultural characteristics and are geographically integrated and connected.

Article 57
Rights, Authorities, and Responsibilities of the States

1. The states of the democratic self-administration in Taur shall organize themselves and administer their affairs according to the principles of the democratic self-administration in political, economic, social, internal security, health, educational, defense, and cultural areas. They shall enjoy the rights and authorities stated in the laws enshrined by Taur.

2. Every state shall organize itself according to the principles of self-sufficiency in the economic sector. It shall help in securing general social prosperity and richness in Taur according to its strength and conditions; it shall take its share from the general budget of the Confederation.

3. All states shall adopt a fair distribution of underground and over ground wealth in Taur (petrol, water, mineral reserve, woods). The fair distribution of wealth is regulated by law.

4. Every state shall have the right to build and develop its justice system provided that it does not contradict the social contract of Taur and the treaties and charters of the of international rights of beings.

5. Every state shall be responsible for organizing and strengthening its internal security system.

6. Every state shall have the right to legitimate defense against foreign attacks, and it shall also be responsible to defend Taur.

7. Every state shall have the right to develop and establish diplomatic, economic, social, and cultural relations with the neighboring peoples and countries provided that they do not contradict the social contract of Taur.

8. The components of each state shall have the right to practice and establish their political, social, and cultural lives using their mother tongues and cultures.

9. The principles of rules and mechanisms of every item of the state’s rights, authorities, and responsibilities, stated above, shall be decided by separate and detailed laws.

Article 58
Peoples’ Assembly in the State

1. It is a representative assembly for peoples and groups in each state; it legislates, monitors, and shape general policies; its electoral term is four years; and its mechanism of work is regulated by law.

2. 40% of the state’s assembly members are formed from directly and democratically elected representatives within the ethnic, religious, doctrinal, and cultural components; this shall be regulated by law. 60% of the people’s representatives are elected in general elections.

3. The first session is held sixteenth days after announcing final results in all regions by the high electoral commission. The Unitary Councillors of the Unitary Council shall call for holding the first session of the elected peoples’ assembly. If the first meeting was not held for inevitable reasons, the Unitary Councillors of the Unitary Council would decide another date within fifteen days. The quorum must be (50%+1) from the general attendance. The first meeting of the peoples’ assembly is headed by the oldest member; and the co- presidents and office are elected; the sessions shall be open unless there is a necessity according to its rules of procedure.

4. It is possible to extend for six months the term of the peoples’ assembly in extraordinary cases at request of quarter of the members or the assembly’s presidential office; the approval of two thirds of the assembly members is needed.

5. The assembly member shall enjoy immunity during their entire membership; he/she shall not be held accountable for their opinions; he/she shall not be prosecuted without the assembly’s permission unless being caught in the act; and the assembly’s office must be informed.

6. It shall shape policies and take decisions regarding social, economic, internal security, educational, health, and cultural fields in the State.

7. It shall elect an office of six members including the Unitary Councillors to organize and manage the assembly’s activities.

8. It monitors and supervises through its committees.

9. It elects the Unitary Councillors of the Unitary Council with two thirds majority and assigns them to form the Unitary Council to approve it. It shall have the right to vote of no confidence in the Unitary Council or any of its members.

10. It shall approve the members of the justice systems, internal security system, and media, publishing, and information council and monitors their activities.

11. It shall organize and conduct activities through committees. It shall hold regular meetings and meet when necessary.

12. It shall work according to its rules of procedure.

13. It shall enshrine and legislate on rules in the state.

14. It shall approve the general budget of the state.

15. It shall approve the general policy and the developmental plans of the state.

16. It shall approve and give a general amnesty in the state.

Article 59
The Council of the State

1. It consists of the Unitary Councillors, their deputies, and some boards; it shall adopt fair representation of peoples, groups, and social segments.

2. It is the executive system in the state. It applies the decisions of the peoples’ assembly and justice institutions and provides it with regular reports on its activities.

3. It organizes itself through boards according to the principles of the democratic nation and forms its collective executive power accordingly. The council’s Unitary Councillors assign tasks to boards.

4. The board is represented by two co-spokespersons chosen from Unitary Council’s members. Each board consists of a sufficient number of members and representatives according to its activities.

5. The formation and organization of the Unitary Council’s work and the relationship between the other administrations and institutions shall be regulated by law.

6. After the Unitary Council is formed and given confidence, it releases a statement to decide its agenda for the next phase, and the council is committed to implement it during its term after approving it by the peoples’ assembly.

Chapter Four

The Democratic Peoples’ Conference

Article 60
The democratic peoples’ conference represents all the peoples living in Taur. It is a symbol of integration, fraternity, coexistence, and free democratic union of peoples in Krelvanz. The conference includes all willing people of Taur. It takes into account the historical, demographic, geographic, religious, doctrinal, ethnic, and cultural structures and characteristics of all peoples and groups; and it is formed on the basis of their demands and will.
The democratic peoples’ conference shall ensure the right of the peoples and groups to establish democratic self-administrations. It ensures doctrinal, ethnic and cultural freedom by law. It shall adopt the democratic system in organizing the society and enabling it to live within economic and ecological balance.

The democratic peoples’ conference views the organization of democratic self-administration states, groups, and local units as the basis of the Democratic Confederation system. It aims at unifying all groups under the Krelvanz Confederation by their own free will.

Article 61
Tasks of the Democratic Peoples’ Conference

1. It elects the Unitary Councillors and the conference councilor office.

2. It elects the Unitary Councillors of the Unitary Council with two thirds majority and assigns it to form the Unitary Council in a month to approve it. It shall have the right to vote of no confidence in the Unitary Council or any of its members.

3. It shapes the general policy and decides the strategic goals in all areas of society life.

4. It prepares or amends the social contract at request of a quarter of conference members and on approval of two thirds of its members.

5. It declares the state of peace and war in Taur.

6. It legislates on all laws related to Taur.

7. It monitors the boards through committees.

8. The conference holds regular and extraordinary meetings, evaluates its activities, plans future activities, and discusses proposed projects and approves them.

9. It approves the members of the justice council, internal security system, media, publishing and information council, and the high commission for elections and supervises their activities.

10. It approves the appointment and promotion of the general leadership of the military council and monitors its activities.

11. It discusses and approves the charters and treaties concluded with cross- national institutions, States, or different groups in the name of Taur.

12. It is possible to extend the electoral term of the democratic peoples’ conference for six months in extraordinary cases at request of a quarter of the members or the conference presidency office and on approval of two thirds of its members.

13. It approves the accession of a region or state to Taur after accepting the social contract.

14. It approves the general budget of Taur.

15. It approves and provides a general amnesty in Taur.

Article 62
The Unitary Council of Confederation

1. It is formed by a sufficient number, and both Kilacti and Tauri are equally represented. Fair representation of peoples, groups, and social segments in the state is adopted. Membership of the Unitary Council can be given to 20% of those who are not members in the conference.

2. Members of the Unitary Council are elected from among the candidates suggested by states’ councils from conference members. Other members are suggested to replace those who are not approved by the conference taking into consideration fair representation of the states.

3. Unitary Councillors of the states’ Unitary Councils shall have the right to attend the meetings of the Unitary Council of the Confederation when necessary.

5. The Unitary Councillors represent the Unitary Council and lead its activity.

Chapter Five

The Defense of Taur

Article 63
The Tauri militias are the armed defense forces in Taur. It depends on voluntary recruits of the people on one hand, and self-defense duty on the other. It is assigned to defend and protect the Confederation of Krelvanz and Taur from any attack or possible foreign threat. It ensures protecting citizens’ lives and properties. It organizes itself in a semi-independent way according to the recruitment system law. Its activities are supervised by the democratic peoples’ conference and defense board.

Chapter Six

The Social Contract Council

Article 64
The social contract council consists of a number of judges, lawyers, and law figures; their number, selection method, and the council’s work is decided by law and approved with two thirds of members of the democratic peoples’ conference. When choosing the members of the social contract council, the peoples’ conference shall take into consideration representing all components.

Article 65
Tasks of Social Contract Council

1. It interprets the social contract items.

2. It ensures that the laws issued by the peoples’ conference, decisions issued by the Unitary Council, and the laws and decisions issued by the states’ councils are not contradicted.
3. It settles any differences related to the application of this contract between the democratic peoples’ conference, the Unitary Council, and justice council.

4. It settles any differences between the unitary government and the states or between states.

5. If any party gave evidence to challenge the constitutionality of a legal item applied by a court and the court which is considering the challenge found that the evidence is reliable and should be ruled on, it shall stop the case and refer the evidence to the social contract council.

6. It approves the results of the elections and general referendums.

Chapter Seven

Justice System

Article 66
The democratic justice system solves the problems related to justice and social rights through peoples’ participation and self-organization. Justice vision is based on the moral principles of the democratic society. It aims at building a society which adopts a democratic approach and vision and ecology that believes in freedom of women and societal life and organizes itself on the basis of democratic society. Services of justice are conducted through social participation and the organization of democratically formed local units.

Article 67
Justice Principles

1. Social justice is considered a basis to organize and self- protect society. It depends on solving social problems related to justice in the villages, neighborhood, and municipality communes. It solves problems by means of dialogue, negotiation, and mutual consent.

2. Actions which harm social life and environment are considered a crime. When a crime is committed, victims have the opportunity to defend their rights. Society shall have the right to assess the damage, criticize and give suggestions, and participate in decision making.

3. Punishments shall aim at rehabilitating guilty people, force them to substitute for damage, develop awareness, and correctly include them in social life.

4. Regarding the problems related to peoples, groups, and social segments, they shall have the right to form justice mechanisms and develop special solution methods provided that they do not contradict the social contract or basic human rights.

5. Regarding issues related to general interests and security of all peoples and groups, they are settled in justice systems which represent the whole society.

Article 68
Ways of Organization and Basics of Work
Justice systems consist of reconciliation committees, justice offices, investigation committees, justice council, and feminine justice council. They are the main institutions which are active to achieve and establish social justice; and their members are elected by popular councils.

1. Reconciliation committees solve conflicts and disputes and achieve peace and social concord. They organize themselves everywhere and at all levels as needed from commune to state; their members are from volunteers and socially respected people.

2. Justice offices are the systems which organize themselves in towns, municipalities, and where necessary to eliminate injustice against communities and individuals and achieve justice. Members are suggested by justice councils in the state and voted for by peoples’ assemblies in municipalities. Justice offices are formed in towns and regions as necessary.

3. Investigation committees are specialized justice systems which investigate and reveal crimes to achieve justice. They carry out their tasks after being voted for and approved by the council in their residence area.

4. Justice councils in the states organize and supervise justice institutions in the states. Members are chosen by peoples’ assembly in the state through voting. They ensure fair and democratic representation of peoples, groups, and social segments based on quota for justice institutions.

5. The justice council in the Confederation of Krelvanz is responsible for supervising and monitoring the justice system. It provides reports, projects, and draft of resolutions regarding justice activities to the democratic peoples’ conference. It ensures reciprocal coordination between states. Members are suggested by states’ justice councils and voted for by democratic peoples’ conferences.

Title Four

General Principles

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Article 69
Nice.

Article 70
The relationship between Taur and the States shall be identified at all levels according to a consensual democratic constitution.

Article 71
All elected administrations shall be subject to supervision from the bodies that elected them. Electoral systems shall have the right to vote of no confidence in their representatives when necessary; this shall be regulated by law.

Article 72
Referendum shall be held in all decisive issues related to public interest, like the formulation of the social contract, concluding or revoking international treaties, or amending the system’s form.

Article 73
Local components shall have the right to object to the decisions of the general systems, which contradict their interests and do not agree with their will and aims, if the objection is not settled by general consensus through presenting the decisions to the intended people to approve it.

Article 74
In case the decisions of the states or local components are contradicted with the general interests or the social contract, these decisions can be refuted by the social contract council.

Article 75
Ecological life and balance shall be maintained.

Article 76
Natural resources are society’s wealth and they shall be invested and used according to the needs of the states; this shall be regulated by law.

Article 77
Investing foreign capital shall be allowed within legal frameworks and approval of the democratic peoples’ conference and the peoples’ assembly in the state.

Article 78
Political parties and movements may be established, and may freely organize themselves and practice their activities within a legal framework.

Article 79
Social institutions and organizations, like collectives, associations, syndicates, unions, chambers, and other, may organize themselves freely within the framework of laws in Taur. Democratic organizations of social segments may be developed and supported in all areas.

Article 80
No member in the democratic peoples’ conference and the peoples’ council in the states may have the right to be a candidate for more than two consecutive terms.

Article 81
Electors and candidates’ age shall not be less than eighteen for all institutions and councils in the Unitary system. Conditions for candidacy and election are regulated by a special law.

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