The Human Rights Bill

Bill Identifier: 20251129-2

Summary: Imported from Reddit - Status: Passed

Raw Contents:

CONSIDERING that a Constitution may be written soon,

CONSIDERING that democracy and human rights are non-negotiable,

CONSIDERING that no protection of aforementioned rights has been defined,

I, u/AltDetom555555b, in my sound mind and body, RESOLVED to propose a bill to the first council of the r/TeenGovernment subreddit, whose goals are to protect democracy and human rights.

ADDING that anyone can contribute to the HRB before its passage in the Council by posting a post with the flair “Proposition for Council” and whose title starts with “HRB amendment proposition:”. This formatting is not mandatory, but would ease the process.
AMENDMENTS shall be voted separately, at the same time or right after the first draft of the HRB.

# HUMAN RIGHTS BILL

Article I – Humans are born and remain free and equal in rights.

Article II - Power to create, change and repeal the laws shall emit from the people. No violation of the concepts of Democracy and the rule of law shall be tolerated.

Article III - None shall make law establishing religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, nor shall the rights of Conscience be infringed, provided that expressing such thoughts does not trouble the public order established by the law.

Article IV – Liberty consists of doing anything which does not harm others: thus, the exercise of the natural rights of each human has only those borders which assure other members of the society the fruition of these same rights.

Article V – The council has the right to forbid only actions harmful to society. Anything which is not forbidden by the law cannot be impeded, and no one can be constrained to do what it does not order.

Article VI – The law is the expression of the general will. All the citizens have the right of contributing personally. It must be the same for all, either that it protects, or that it punishes. All the citizens, being equal in its eyes, are equally admissible to all public dignities, places, and employments, according to their capacity and without distinction other than that of their virtues and of their talents.

Article VII – No human can be accused, arrested nor detained but in the cases determined by the law, and according to the forms which it has prescribed. Those who solicit, dispatch, carry out or cause to be carried out arbitrary orders, must be punished; but any citizen called or seized under the terms of the law must obey at once; he renders himself culpable by resistance.

Article VIII - The right of the People to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Article IX – The law should establish only penalties that are strictly and evidently necessary, and no one can be punished but under a law established and promulgated before the offense and legally applied.

Article X – Any human being presumed innocent until he is declared culpable if it is judged indispensable to arrest him, any rigor which would not be necessary for the securing of his person must be severely reprimanded by the law.

Article XI - No person shall be subject to more than one trial, or one punishment for the same offense, nor shall be compelled in any criminal case, to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.

Article XII – The free communication of thoughts and of opinions is one of the most precious rights of human: any citizen thus may speak, write, print freely, but shall be responsible for such abuses of this freedom as shall be defined by law.

Article XIII – In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation, to be confronted with the witnesses against him, to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defence.

Article XIV - Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Article XV – The society has the right of requesting an account from any public agent of its administration.

Article XVI - The enumeration in the HRB or the Constitution of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Article XVII – Property being an inviolable and sacred right, no one can be deprived of private usage, if it is not when the public necessity, legally noted, evidently requires it, and under the condition of a just and prior indemnity.

Status: Passed

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