Terran Alliance Charter - Revision history

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Amendment 2 - Alliance Declaration of Inalienable Rights (ADIR) [Enacted: 15 January 2019]

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	=== Amendment 2 - Alliance Declaration of Inalienable Rights (ADIR) [Enacted: 15 January 2019] ===		=== Amendment 2 - Alliance Declaration of Inalienable Rights (ADIR) [Enacted: 15 January 2019] ===
	* The Terran Alliance hereby declares the following rights to be in effect, effective 15 January 2019.		* The Terran Alliance hereby declares the following rights to be in effect, effective 15 January 2019.
	** [Perhaps one of the more controversial segments of the Charter, ADIR lays down a code of rights guaranteed to all Alliance citizens. Conflicts between member states over what exactly was an 'inalienable right'''' '''led to ADIR being removed from the original text of the Charter and put into debate for well over a year until it was finally placed into law as an amendment to the Charter. Worth noting was the controversy surrounding the discovery of psionic capability and the Mage Exposure which took place in 2019. The original text of ADIR was actually the ADHR, and since there was still so much debate going on about whether or not the psionically-talented and magically-talented genelines of humanity were 'human' (a debate which continues to this day) the decision was made to just make the rights 'inalienable' and remove all references to any specific species. While this wording does allow ADIR to protect Teuthidoids as well, there has never been an opportunity to examine if such a claim would hold up in court and no Teuthidoid has ever pursued Alliance citizenship in the first place. Unexpectedly, this decision reared its head once again in 2030 with the discovery that some members of at least one species of extraterrestrial origin ~~(the Yoitsuni) might have~~ a legitimate claim to Alliance citizenship and therefore the protections it offers by virtue of being born within the Alliance to an Alliance citizen parent.]		** [Perhaps one of the more controversial segments of the Charter, ADIR lays down a code of rights guaranteed to all Alliance citizens. Conflicts between member states over what exactly was an 'inalienable right'''' '''led to ADIR being removed from the original text of the Charter and put into debate for well over a year until it was finally placed into law as an amendment to the Charter. Worth noting was the controversy surrounding the discovery of psionic capability and the Mage Exposure which took place in 2019. The original text of ADIR was actually the ADHR, and since there was still so much debate going on about whether or not the psionically-talented and magically-talented genelines of humanity were 'human' (a debate which continues to this day) the decision was made to just make the rights 'inalienable' and remove all references to any specific species. While this wording does allow ADIR to protect Teuthidoids as well, there has never been an opportunity to examine if such a claim would hold up in court and no Teuthidoid has ever pursued Alliance citizenship in the first place. Unexpectedly, this decision reared its head once again in 2030 with the discovery that some members of at least one species of extraterrestrial origin had a legitimate claim to Alliance citizenship and therefore the protections it offers by virtue of being born within the Alliance to an Alliance citizen parent.]
	* ''Right 1 - All citizens are equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of cooperation.''		* ''Right 1 - All citizens are equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of cooperation.''
	* ''Right 2 - All citizens are entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the status of the member state to which a person belongs.''		* ''Right 2 - All citizens are entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the status of the member state to which a person belongs.''

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Amendment 2 - Alliance Declaration of Inalienable Rights (ADIR) [Enacted: 15 January 2019]

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	* ''Right 2 - All citizens are entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the status of the member state to which a person belongs.''		* ''Right 2 - All citizens are entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the status of the member state to which a person belongs.''
	* ''Right 3 - All citizens have the right to life, liberty and the security of person.''		* ''Right 3 - All citizens have the right to life, liberty and the security of person.''
	* ''Right 4 - No sentient being/citizen shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. This right shall be interpreted as covering all sentient beings within the jurisdiction of the Terran Alliance, and citizens when outside the jurisdiction of the ~~Terran~~ Alliance.''		* ''Right 4 - No sentient being or citizen shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. This right shall be interpreted as covering all sentient beings within the jurisdiction of the Terran Alliance, and Terran Alliance citizens when outside the jurisdiction of the Alliance.''
	** [Right 4's original reference to 'sentient being' was replaced with the word 'citizen' after a near-disaster in diplomatic relations with the Proximan Suzerainty when it was found that several of the Proximan Vassal States had legalized slavery. Because this had to be done in a timely fashion, it was done via a standard bill instead of an amendment to the Charter. The bill effectively alters this right to use the phrase 'sentient being' when within the Alliance itself, and 'citizen' when outside the Alliance. The change essentially made it so that the Alliance is not mandated to free non-citizens from slavery, unless those citizens are inhabitants of the Alliance itself.]		** [Right 4's original reference to 'sentient being' was replaced with the word 'citizen' after a near-disaster in diplomatic relations with the Proximan Suzerainty when it was found that several of the Proximan Vassal States had legalized slavery. Because this had to be done in a timely fashion, it was done via a standard bill instead of an amendment to the Charter. The bill effectively alters this right to use the phrase 'sentient being' when within the Alliance itself, and 'citizen' when outside the Alliance. The change essentially made it so that the Alliance is not mandated to free non-citizens from slavery, unless those citizens are inhabitants of the Alliance itself.]
	* ''Right 5 - No sentient being shall be subjected to torture, 'enhanced interrogation techniques,' or to cruel or degrading treatment or punishment.''		* ''Right 5 - No sentient being shall be subjected to torture, 'enhanced interrogation techniques,' or to cruel or degrading treatment or punishment.''

Marty: /* Amendment 10 - NAME IS NAMING PLACEHOLDER NAME NAMES [Enacted: 31 January 2023] */

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Amendment 10 - NAME IS NAMING PLACEHOLDER NAME NAMES [Enacted: 31 January 2023]

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	=== Amendment 10 - NAME IS NAMING PLACEHOLDER NAME NAMES [Enacted: 31 January 2023] ===		=== Amendment 10 - NAME IS NAMING PLACEHOLDER NAME NAMES [Enacted: 31 January 2023] ===
	* ''Effective immediately and without the usual one Earth year implementation process, the following text is added to Amendment 1 of the Terran Alliance Charter - "Right 21 - All citizens have the right to protection against telepathic intrusion without a warrant, except in cases of law enforcement investigative in which case the intrusion must be limited to surface thoughts only."''		* ''Effective immediately and without the usual one Earth year implementation process, the following text is added to Amendment 2 of the Terran Alliance Charter - "Right 21 - All citizens have the right to protection against telepathic intrusion without a warrant, except in cases of law enforcement investigative in which case the intrusion must be limited to surface thoughts only."''
	** [modifies ADIR to provide protections against deliberate unwarranted telepathic intrusion]		** [modifies ADIR to provide protections against deliberate unwarranted telepathic intrusion]

Marty: /* Amendment 9 - */

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Amendment 9 -

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	** [Established the Office of Bounties and Inter-Planetary Enforcement]		** [Established the Office of Bounties and Inter-Planetary Enforcement]

	=== Amendment 9 - <PLACEHOLDER> ===		=== Amendment 9 - <PLACEHOLDER> [Enacted: DD MM 2022] ===
	* asdf		* asdf
	** [TL;DR this is an amendment that was originally written to allow citizenship for refugees from non-member states. Its written...'badly'...in hindsight in the sense that it provides a pathway to citizenship for basically anyone later on. This was an early step at resolving the problems with AIR and forms the legal basis for CONBI later on.]		** [TL;DR this is an amendment that was originally written to allow citizenship for refugees from non-member states. Its written...'badly'...in hindsight in the sense that it provides a pathway to citizenship for basically anyone later on. This was an early step at resolving the problems with AIR and forms the legal basis for CONBI later on.]

Marty: /* Amendment 8 - NAME IS NAMING PLACEHOLDER NAME NAMES [Enacted: DD MM 202X] */

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Amendment 8 - NAME IS NAMING PLACEHOLDER NAME NAMES [Enacted: DD MM 202X]

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	** [Passed in 2020, this legislation allows for and provides an Alliance-backed funding pool for research into the genetic modification of humans to be more resistant to disease, radiation, and other factors. The original text of the proposal allowed for human cloning, but this was removed before it was passed into law. Since this law has passed, some progress has been made in developing genetic therapies to increase radiation resistance in humans, but it is nowhere near market ready. Every few years some politicians make a push to modify HOME to allow for cloning of human organs inside animals such as pigs for transplant purposes, but these attempts at amendment end up stagnating in subcommittees.]		** [Passed in 2020, this legislation allows for and provides an Alliance-backed funding pool for research into the genetic modification of humans to be more resistant to disease, radiation, and other factors. The original text of the proposal allowed for human cloning, but this was removed before it was passed into law. Since this law has passed, some progress has been made in developing genetic therapies to increase radiation resistance in humans, but it is nowhere near market ready. Every few years some politicians make a push to modify HOME to allow for cloning of human organs inside animals such as pigs for transplant purposes, but these attempts at amendment end up stagnating in subcommittees.]

	=== Amendment 8 - NAME IS NAMING PLACEHOLDER NAME NAMES [Enacted: DD MM ~~202X~~] ===		=== Amendment 8 - NAME IS NAMING PLACEHOLDER NAME NAMES [Enacted: DD MM 2021] ===
	* asdf		* asdf
	** [Established the Office of Bounties and Inter-Planetary Enforcement]		** [Established the Office of Bounties and Inter-Planetary Enforcement]

Marty: /* Amendment 10 - NAME IS NAMING PLACEHOLDER NAME NAMES [Enacted: 31 January 2023] */

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Amendment 10 - NAME IS NAMING PLACEHOLDER NAME NAMES [Enacted: 31 January 2023]

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	=== Amendment 10 - NAME IS NAMING PLACEHOLDER NAME NAMES [Enacted: 31 January 2023] ===		=== Amendment 10 - NAME IS NAMING PLACEHOLDER NAME NAMES [Enacted: 31 January 2023] ===
	* ''Effective ~~31 January 2023~~, the following text is added to Amendment 1 of the Terran Alliance Charter - "Right 21 - All citizens have the right to protection against telepathic intrusion without a warrant, except in cases of law enforcement investigative in which case the intrusion must be limited to surface thoughts only."''		* ''Effective immediately and without the usual one Earth year implementation process, the following text is added to Amendment 1 of the Terran Alliance Charter - "Right 21 - All citizens have the right to protection against telepathic intrusion without a warrant, except in cases of law enforcement investigative in which case the intrusion must be limited to surface thoughts only."''
	** [modifies ADIR to provide protections against deliberate unwarranted telepathic intrusion]		** [modifies ADIR to provide protections against deliberate unwarranted telepathic intrusion]

Marty: /* Amendment 10 - NAME IS NAMING PLACEHOLDER NAME NAMES [Enacted: DD January 2023] */

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Amendment 10 - NAME IS NAMING PLACEHOLDER NAME NAMES [Enacted: DD January 2023]

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	** [TL;DR this is an amendment that was originally written to allow citizenship for refugees from non-member states. Its written...'badly'...in hindsight in the sense that it provides a pathway to citizenship for basically anyone later on. This was an early step at resolving the problems with AIR and forms the legal basis for CONBI later on.]		** [TL;DR this is an amendment that was originally written to allow citizenship for refugees from non-member states. Its written...'badly'...in hindsight in the sense that it provides a pathway to citizenship for basically anyone later on. This was an early step at resolving the problems with AIR and forms the legal basis for CONBI later on.]

	=== Amendment 10 - NAME IS NAMING PLACEHOLDER NAME NAMES [Enacted: DD January 2023] ===		=== Amendment 10 - NAME IS NAMING PLACEHOLDER NAME NAMES [Enacted: 31 January 2023] ===
	* ''Effective 31 January 2023, the following text is added to Amendment 1 of the Terran Alliance Charter - "Right 21 - All citizens have the right to protection against telepathic intrusion without a warrant, except in cases of law enforcement investigative in which case the intrusion must be limited to surface thoughts only."''		* ''Effective 31 January 2023, the following text is added to Amendment 1 of the Terran Alliance Charter - "Right 21 - All citizens have the right to protection against telepathic intrusion without a warrant, except in cases of law enforcement investigative in which case the intrusion must be limited to surface thoughts only."''
	** [modifies ADIR to provide protections against deliberate unwarranted telepathic intrusion]		** [modifies ADIR to provide protections against deliberate unwarranted telepathic intrusion]

Marty: /* Amendment 10 - NAME IS NAMING PLACEHOLDER NAME NAMES [Enacted: DD January 2023] */

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Amendment 10 - NAME IS NAMING PLACEHOLDER NAME NAMES [Enacted: DD January 2023]

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	=== Amendment 10 - NAME IS NAMING PLACEHOLDER NAME NAMES [Enacted: DD January 2023] ===		=== Amendment 10 - NAME IS NAMING PLACEHOLDER NAME NAMES [Enacted: DD January 2023] ===
	* ~~asdf~~		* ''Effective 31 January 2023, the following text is added to Amendment 1 of the Terran Alliance Charter - "Right 21 - All citizens have the right to protection against telepathic intrusion without a warrant, except in cases of law enforcement investigative in which case the intrusion must be limited to surface thoughts only."''
	** [modifies ADIR to provide protections against deliberate unwarranted telepathic intrusion]		** [modifies ADIR to provide protections against deliberate unwarranted telepathic intrusion]

Marty: /* Amendment 2 - Alliance Declaration of Inalienable Rights (ADIR) [Enacted: 15 January 2019] */

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Amendment 2 - Alliance Declaration of Inalienable Rights (ADIR) [Enacted: 15 January 2019]

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	* ''Right 19 - All citizens have the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.''		* ''Right 19 - All citizens have the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.''
	* ''Right 20 - All citizens have the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and wellbeing of themselves and of their family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.''		* ''Right 20 - All citizens have the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and wellbeing of themselves and of their family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.''
			* ''Right 21 - All citizens have the right to protection against telepathic intrusion without a warrant, except in cases of law enforcement investigative in which case the intrusion must be limited to surface thoughts only.''

	=== Amendment 3 - Establishment of the Terran Alliance Colonial Initiative [Enacted DD MM 2019] ===		=== Amendment 3 - Establishment of the Terran Alliance Colonial Initiative [Enacted DD MM 2019] ===

Marty: /* Amendment 13 - Unification of Item Restrictions (UIR) [Enacted: 01 April 2024] */

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Amendment 13 - Unification of Item Restrictions (UIR) [Enacted: 01 April 2024]

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	=== Amendment 13 - Unification of Item Restrictions (UIR) [Enacted: 01 April 2024] ===		=== Amendment 13 - Unification of Item Restrictions (UIR) [Enacted: 01 April 2024] ===
	* asdf		* asdf
	* ''The voting restrictions placed upon the member of the Supernatural Defense Agency's representation on the Council of Nine are hereby struck from the Charter and the Council itself shall be renamed the Executive Council.''		* '''RIDER: '''''The voting restrictions placed upon the member of the Supernatural Defense Agency's representation on the Council of Nine are hereby struck from the Charter and the Council itself shall be renamed the Executive Council.''
	** [licensed/restricted/military/illegal system of equipment licensing]		** [licensed/restricted/military/illegal system of equipment licensing]
	** [~~Amendment~~ rider tacked on to handle granting the SDA a voting seat on the now-renamed Executive Council]		** [The amendment rider tacked on to handle granting the SDA a voting seat on the now-renamed Executive Council. Technically this was a completely separate issue, but political bickering led to it being a political football that landed on the UIR for implementation.]

	=== Amendment 14 - Government Registry of Abilities (GRAB) Act [Enacted: 01 January 2025] ===		=== Amendment 14 - Government Registry of Abilities (GRAB) Act [Enacted: 01 January 2025] ===