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Charter Preamble

WE HAVE AGREED that our worlds hold these truths to be self-evident: that all intelligent life has inherent dignity and value and so is endowed with certain fundamental and inherent rights.

AND AS THE RECENT CONFLICT has proven the existence of threats to these rights, we have recognized that only through sharing the resources, knowledge and capabilities of our societies can we guarantee the enjoyment of life and liberty and self-actualization to ourselves and our posterity.

AND SO WE, THE INTELLIGENT BEINGS of Earth, Alpha Centauri, Vulcan, Andoria, and Tellar are resolved that henceforth our relations shall be those of worlds which, as sovereign equals, cooperate in friendly association to promote the common welfare, to ensure the rights and responsibilities of Federation citizenship, and therefore are desirous of concluding a federal union of our societies.

AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS UNION we have come together to formulate a general law to establish a common justice, to ensure tranquility founded upon the pursuit of peace and durable interstellar law, to unite our strengths in order to provide for common security, and to promote the general welfare and economic and social advancement of all lifeforms.

AND SO IT IS RESOLVED that the respective peoples, through their representatives holding such power, agree to these Fundamental Guarantees and Articles of Federation and do hereby establish an interstellar organization to be known as the UNITED FEDERATION OF PLANETS.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the representatives of these societies so gathered and having valid authority to do so have signed these Articles of Federation.

DONE at the City of San Francisco, Earth on the date 2161 August 12.

Alpha Centauri Concordium

  • Zella Cinear
  • Jie Cong Li
  • Lillian Hayes
  • Nasrin Sloane
  • Ugo Hadriese

Andorian Empire

  • Samiterih Sh’Naazrin
  • Anlenthoris Ch’Vendreni
  • Ferrinesh Ch’Theru
  • Thirjhamel Zh’Dhaven
  • Hravishran Th’Zoarhi
  • Symo Zh’Rhevoq
  • Rol Ch’Therreq
  • Athrorel Ch’Arhiavok

Confederacy of Vulcan

  • T’Pau
  • Soval
  • Pekev T’Sri T’Maran
  • Solkar
  • L’Nel
  • T’Imail
  • Ugaya T’Pri L’Sprang
  • Staam

United Planets of Tellar

  • Gora Bim Gral
  • Besh Chim Kar
  • Coti Jav Granch
  • Tishli Prann
  • Canniv Bim Vagh
  • Ligao Lulansh
  • Vaash Bav Jashnoor

United Earth

  • Lydia Littlejohn
  • Nathan Samuels
  • Haroun Al-Rashid
  • Thomas Vanderbilt
  • Sarah De Los Santos
  • Ramya Bandara
  • Claire Anthony
  • Jonathan Archer

Observers

  • Thimur Wross
  • Mohammed Khan
  • Qaletaqu

Fundamental Guarantees of Freedoms, Rights & Responsibilities

Guarantee 1: Guarantee of Self

  • Every sentient being has the right to life, liberty, and security of individuality.

Guarantee 2: Guarantee of Federation citizenship

  • Every citizen of a member of the United Federation of Planets shall also be a citizen of the United Federation of Planets.
  • Any individual born to a member government of the UFP, is immediately entitled to the rights and responsibilities of Federation citizenship.
  • No member state of the United Federation of Planets may, by law or deed, create unequal Federation citizenship among its own citizens.

Guarantee 3: Guarantee of self-expression and speech

  • A Federation citizen has a right to self-expression and thoughts, and the right to express them freely without government interference. This right includes the freedom to receive self-expression from others. Both rights imply expression through any form of media, work of art, public declaration, or conversation.
  • The threshold for any suppression of speech or self-expression must be extremely high, clearly delineated, and frequently reviewed.

Guarantee 4: Guarantee to freedom of spiritual expression, and from spiritual compellation

  • A Federation citizen has the right to religious or spiritual expression.
  • A Federation citizen has the freedom from any religious or spiritual compellation.
  • No member government may legislate against the free practice of religion, spirituality, or faith. No member government may promote or encourage any particular practice of religion, spirituality, or faith. No member government may prioritize the religious above the irreligious, or vice versa.

Guarantee 5: Guarantee from Want

  • The United Federation of Planets guarantees a basic subsistence of dignity to any and all Federation citizens. This is taken to mean a standard of living commensurate with the level of health, well-being, and satisfaction of the individual. This is taken to include, but not be limited to, nutrition, clothing, shelter, means of production or creation, and healthcare.
  • Any member government of the United Federation of Planets shall endeavor to provide this minimum to any Federation citizen within their area of Federation space and the United Federation of Planets government shall endeavor to provide this minimum to any Federation citizen, regardless of location.
  • If an individual planetary government is unable to complete this Guarantee, due to emergency or disaster, it is assumed the United Federation of Planets government shall endeavor to honor this right, at minimum.
  • This guarantee is not meant to indicate the maximum level of support that organizations of the United Federation of Planets should strive to provide.

Guarantee 6: Guarantee from Terror

  • A Federation citizen is to expect their lives to be free of terror.
  • A Federation citizen is free from the assumption their government will court war with another power for the purposes of territorial gain, personal interest, or to increase violence in the quadrant.
  • A Federation citizen is free from the assumption that their government shall use terror to compel behavior of them, or others.

Guarantee 7: Guarantee of Due Process under the Law

  • A Federation citizen is guaranteed any and all due process under Federation law.
  • A Federation citizen may not be used to incriminate themselves, by thought, word, or deed.
  • A Federation citizen may not be submitted to arbitrary, or personal legal action brought by the state without due process.

Guarantee 8: Guarantee from Killing and Compelled Violence

  • A Federation citizen may not be compelled to commit an act of violence without their free consent, by the government of the United Federation of Planets or any other member state government.
  • A Federation citizen shall never be required to kill without their free consent.
  • A Federation citizen who chooses to refuse member state compulsory military service during a time of war or other military action may do so through this Guarantee. No fee, penalty, or confinement may be levied against a Federation citizen for doing so.

Guarantee 9: Guarantee of Exceptional Legal Scrutiny

  • Any law or act of the Federation Council, or any succeeding governmental body, that seeks to curtail or diminish these articulated “Fundamental Guarantees” must survive the highest conceivable bar of legal scrutiny by the Federation Judicial Council, in three consecutive sittings...

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Guarantee 10: Guarantee of Democratic Political Legitimacy

  • Any political legitimacy imbued within the United Federation of Planets, and any subsidiary governmental bodies, is guaranteed to be based in popular, explicit, and implicit consent of the governed

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Articles of the United Federation of Planets

Chapter 1: Purposes and Principles of the United Planets of the Federation

Article 1: Principles of the United Federation of Planets

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Article 2: Purposes of the United Federation of Planets

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Article 3: Temporary Arrangements

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