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All-Union Constitution of Juiulia


All-Union Constitution of Juiulia


Opening statement:
"From Unity, Struggle, and Labour -- Liberty!" - Arith von Goryth, year 0 A.J.R.
PREAMBLE.
The Delegation of Workers who have gathered in Gorythburg this 8th of October of the first year after the Juiulian Revolution hereby ratifies the existence of a new order. The imperial decrees and arbitrary laws that governed our ways of life have decayed into oblivion. The Peoples of the Juiulian Provinces, now separated from the Eastern Provinces, have endowed and trusted us with the power to establish a safer, fairer nation, governed by none other than ourselves; the Juiulian industrial workers, peasants and partisans. Tremble, noblemen and bourgeoisie, dictators with no grace, before the legitimate power that history has bestowed upon us. You showed us no compassion, and we will show you none. We will make no excuses for the rupture that our justice demands: the terror you will mistake for injustice when the worker stands beside you as an equal; when privilege dissolves into law; when impunity is replaced by accountability; and when the dominion you mistook for nature is reduced to a faint memory, echoing from the darkest corner of your conscience.
This is the Will of the People, the sole axiom for perpetuity. We are happy and celebrate, for this is our turn to decide! Read, interpret, and look for all loopholes you wish, perpetrators of injustice, for we are not afraid of standing corrected. A more rational regime is in order, and this time mistakes will make room for education. From the Unity of our Provinces, the Struggle of our Peoples, and the Labor of our Workers, we engender Liberty!






TITLE I. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

Article I. Constitutional Supremacy and Binding Force.
This very document binds all organisms, officials and citizens at all levels of organization. None of the aforementioned and those omitted are exempt.
No custom, decree, emergency, regulation, or administrative practice overrides the provisions as defined by this Constitution.

Article II. Legitimacy. Sole source of Authority and Power.
Legitimacy derives from the Juiulian Peoples and precedes all faculties of governance; no authority or power exists independent of, or prior to, such legitimacy.

Article III. Interpretation.
The specific wording of this Constitution is to be respected, as well as its purposes and principles. Intentional and demonstrable misinterpretation or misrepresentation of any Constitutional provision shall be grounds for removal from Office and disciplinary assessment under supervision of the Office Against Corruption. Said misinterpretation shall only be actionable upon if the goal is to receive discretionary personal benefits; cause inconvenience to individuals, organizations, State Entities, or property; and promulgate partial or discretionary court rulings when exercising in the role of any court.
Individuals are in liberty to exercise any action that is not explicitly prohibited by this Constitution or by Law at any of its levels.
State Entities and Officials are bound to the limits of their defined faculties and may not interpret silence, omission or ambiguity in favor of an extension of their functions.
All faculties not recognized to the Juiulian State are delegated to the Provinces, in accordance with the aforementioned provisions.


TITLE II. FOUNDATIONS OF THE UNION.

Article IV. Calendar.
The Union [of Free Provinces of Juiulia] adopts the von Goryth Calendar as its sole official form of measurement and delimitation of time for all legal, political, and administrative purposes. The following annex is an explanation of said system.
1. January 28 days
S. Leap Day
2. February 28 days
3. March 28 days
4. April 28 days
5. May 28 days
6. June 28 days
7. July 28 days
8. August 28 days
9. September 28 days
10. October 28 days
11. November 28 days
12. December 28 days
13. Elfig 28 days
J. Year Day
=
Three-hundred and sixty-five days a year, plus a day every four years.
Every first day of each month lands on a Sunday and every twenty-eighth day on a Saturday. This means that the days of the week have fixed numbers.
Leap Day and Year Day are additional days with no assigned weekday, instead being preceded by a Saturday of the last month and followed by a Sunday of the next. They are not months by themselves; they represent a separate day that shall be assigned the letters “S” for Schalttag (Leap Day) and “J” for Jahrestag (Year Day). These letter denominations shall be used when expressing dates that refer to these days.
Leap Day is specifically added every four years on Leap Year. Leap Years are always divisible by four, except those which are also divisible by one hundred, unless they are divisible by four hundred as well.

Article V. Distribution of Functions. Last Resort Institutions of the Juiulian State.
The Union adopts a system of distributed faculties among four organisms.

i. All-Union Diet of [the Union of Free Provinces of] Juiulia (A.U.D.)
The All-Union Diet is the direct representation of the Peoples of Juiulia. This assembly is the source of Law, at any of its levels, except for those regulatory or structural provisions constitutionally delegated to the A.U.C. and the Commissariats.

ii. All-Union Commissariat of [the Union of Free Provinces of] Juiulia (A.U.C.)
The Revolutionary Vanguard Lieutenants and Secretary-General, along with the Commissars, Supervisors, Chairpersons of the General Cognition Agency and the Route 9,929 (col. 9929 Express), and the First, Second and Third Defense High Commanders constitute the All‑Union Commissariat. This institution defines, creates, modifies, and delegates functions to State Entities.
The Defense High Commanders operate solely in an advisory capacity.

iii. All-Union Chancellery of [the Union of Free Provinces of] Juiulia (A.U.Ch.)
Foreign policy, defined by the A.U.D. and the A.U.C. in coordination and cooperation, is to be executed through the A.U.Ch. The A.U.Ch. is not sovereign to any decisive power of its own. It does have administrative faculties over its own internal structure. No public communication, diplomatic statement, or international commitment may be issued by the All‑Union Chancellery without prior and explicit authorization from the All‑Union Diet and/or the All‑Union Commissariat, according to their respective faculties.

iv. the First Juiulian Reign
The First Juiulian Reign enjoys State recognition, but this recognition is only derived from legitimation by the Peoples of Juiulia as mentioned in Article II. The F.J.R. holds certain coordinating faculties over cultural programs and other official matters, such as festivities and holidays. It is exclusively in these cases that the State will provide the essential resources only as far as such resources are necessary and proportionate.
The First Juiulian Reign may not issue directives, opinions, or guidance on legislation, elections, governance, foreign policy, or the organization of labor, nor may it claim moral authority over such matters.


TITLE III. POLITICAL DELIMITATIONS. PROVINCES, PREFECTURES, AND THE CAPITAL CITY OF GORYTHBURG.

Article VI. Provinces.
The Union is formed on the existing borders held by the following Provinces at the moment of its establishment:
Gorythburg, Norteria, Mark, Förk, Mariner, Sordstadt, Salt, Saint Louis, Clementia, Labut, Durnstadt, Bradstburg.
New Provinces may be included into the Union through annexation or the discovery of new territories. New Provinces may arise from existing ones where legitimacy and consensus exist among the affected populations, as determined by procedures defined by Law. Such Provinces shall be added automatically without need of reform to this list upon establishment.
This Constitution does not recognize the inclusion of conquered territories as part of the Union of Free Provinces.
Each Province may elect a Lieutenant through either direct popular vote or indirect election by Prefectural Dietary Representatives. The faculties of the Lieutenant include oversight of local Commissariat functions; reconnaissance of Autonomous Economic Sectors; intervention where Constitutional provisions, Laws, Resolutions, or regulations are not effectively applied; delimitation of Prefectures and confirmation of elected Prefects; and negotiation where a local community seeks separation to form a new Province.
A Lieutenant may not determine the Provincial Capital. The Provincial Capital shall be decided by the Provincial Commission representing the Province in the All‑Union Diet.

Article VII. Lieutenants Term Limits. Elections for Lieutenants must be held invariably every 2 years.

Article VIII. Prefectures.
Each Province is delegated the faculty of assigning territories to Prefectures. Such delimitations may be drawn under the basis of cultural, social, political, demographic, and economic criteria. Prefectures are subordinate to their Province and to its Laws and administrative resolutions.
Each Prefecture shall be managed by a democratically elected Prefect. Prefects are Welfare Officers responsible for census, litigation, conflict resolution, data collection, information management, resource indexing, and the authorization of economic prospects in accordance with Law.

Article IX. Prefects Term Limits. Elections for Prefects must be held invariably every year from the first Monday through the first Friday of January.

Article X. Capital City of Gorythburg.
The Capital City of the Union is Gorythburg. The Juiulian National State shall conduct all its official activities from the Capital City; except where it is necessary that such activities be conducted elsewhere.


TITLE IV. REPRESENTATION. POPULAR PARTICIPATION AND INSTITUTIONS. THE REVOLUTIONARY VANGUARD.

Article XI. Prefectural Dietary Representatives (P.D.R.). P.D.R. shall be elected every three years during an election period that shall last from the first Monday through the first Friday of Elfig. There will be as many P.D.R. as there are Static Population Units (S.P.U.) within each Prefecture. S.P.U. are defined by the Commissariat of Welfare through a calculation conducted at regular intervals as defined by Law based on the total population and the average population among the Provinces, as well as average population among Prefectures. The All-Union Diet shall possess no more than 3,000 and no less than 500 P.D.R.
All the P.D.R. of a single Prefecture shall form a Prefectural Commission, and all the P.D.R. of a single Province shall form a Provincial Commission. These Assemblies are included in the duties of a P.D.R. at the same level as the All‑Union Diet.
Session rules and intervals in between shall be at the discretion of each Commission, provided that such sessions do not temporally overlap with All‑Union Diet sessions. No other State Entity may impose session rules upon these Commissions.
Prefectural and Provincial Commissions shall regulate procedural matters within their respective jurisdictions and, where applicable, function as councils to establish procedural Laws and regulations necessary to implement and enforce State Laws and other Laws of higher authority. Prefectural and Provincial Entities may be created as a result of the decisions of these Commissions, within the limits established by this Constitution and by Law.
In exercising their faculties, Prefectural and Provincial Commissions shall engage with Civilian Associations in good faith and through cooperative means, seeking to resolve disputes through dialogue and lawful procedure, without restricting the rights of association, dissent, or lawful opposition.

Article XII. Methods for P.D.R. Election. Each Province shall choose, through their Provincial Commission, the method which shall be used to elect P.D.R. It may be through vote by majority or through the D'Hondt method. The criteria to select a procedure shall be sovereign to each Province.

Article XIII. Requirements to be a P.D.R.
i. Being a Citizen of Juiulia,
ii. Being at or above 20 years of age,
iii. Being a member-conscript of the Revolutionary Vanguard,
iv. Being a member of the workforce of the represented Autonomous Economic Sector,
v. Residing in the represented Prefecture,
vi. Not having been a P.D.R. in the preceding two election periods.
vii. Not under ineligibility as declared by a temporary proscription as a result of a Court ruling.

Article XIV. Faculties of the All-Union Diet.
The main faculties and obligations of the All-Union Diet are:
i. Assemble twice a year to publish the Biannual Dietary Resolutions,
ii. Ensure the sovereignty of the Peoples of Juiulia and their legitimate institutions,
iii. Resolve social conflicts that may arise between communities, populations, and Autonomous Economic Sectors,
iv. Establish a Foreign Policy that is compliant with this Constitution and existing international resolutions, commissions, and other sources of international law to which Juiulia is signatory,
v. Legislate in the best interest of the Peoples of Juiulia, ensuring that their Constitutional Rights are met, their needs fulfilled, and their quality of life improved,
vi. Assemble in an All-Union Extraordinary Congress, along with the All-Union Commissariat, to resolve conflicts solely as a last-resort method,
vii. Compose a set of procedures to govern each Session in which it assembles,
viii. Assemble every 5 years to formulate the next Five-Year Economic Plan with the All-Union Commissariat,
ix. Designate specific International Treaties as constitutionally binding, placing them hierarchically above Laws and regulations and below this Constitution; ensuring full respect for the Rights, Guarantees, Sovereignty, and other values enshrined herein, and expressly refraining from the designation of any treaty whose provisions would result in contradictions or violations of any of the aforementioned, or otherwise harmful to the common interest of the Peoples of Juiulia.
x. Dictate Civil, Commercial, Penal, Mining, Labor and Social Security Substantive Codes, in unified or separate bodies. It is a faculty of Provincial Commissions to dictate Codes of Procedure, or Prefectural Commissions should there be approval from their competent Provincial Commissions.
xi. Legislate in the substantive regions of the aforementioned matters.
xii. Assign material resources to the disposal of Provinces and the All-Union Commissariat in a single special Law. Create a co-participation system to distribute national resources across all Prefectures proportionally.
xiii. Set the general annual budget and the calculation for resources pertaining to national administration.
xiv. Establish the national postal services, except for the Logistics Route 9,929.
xv. Declare war or make peace against foreign nations. Authorize retaliation as a course of action for the A.U.C. in general, and for the Commissariat of Defense specifically.

Article XV. Sessions. Limits and Policy.
All-Union Diet and All-Union Commissariat sessions may not extend for over twenty-eight consecutive days. If no consensus is reached within this limit, the subject is to be put on cool-down for a full legal year and is therefore not to be discussed during this time period unless reintroduced under materially changed circumstances as defined by Law.
The All-Union Diet shall ratify a Session Rulebook which shall be constitutionally binding for the duration of the Session. If it were to be modified, no less than two-thirds of the total incumbents of the Diet shall vote in favor.

Article XVI. The All-Union Commissariat. Membership and Criteria for its Maintenance.
Members of the All-Union Commissariat shall be appointed as soon as their position as Secretary-General, Commissar, Lieutenant, Supervisor, Chairperson, or Defense High Commander is filled according to their respective internal regulations. No member of the All-Union Commissariat may maintain their position for more than four consecutive years. Having previously been part of the All-Union Commissariat makes an individual ineligible until at least one full election cycle has elapsed.
The following is a list of all incumbent offices of the A.U.C.
i. Revolutionary Vanguard (1 vote).
Secretary-General of the Revolutionary Vanguard.
ii. Provincial Lieutenants (12 votes).
Lieutenant of the Province of Gorythburg,
Lieutenant of the Province of Norteria,
Lieutenant of the Province of Mark,
Lieutenant of the Province of Förk,
Lieutenant of the Province of Mariner,
Lieutenant of the Province of Sordstadt,
Lieutenant of the Province of Salt,
Lieutenant of the Province of Saint Louis,
Lieutenant of the Province of Clementia,
Lieutenant of the Province of Labut,
Lieutenant of the Province of Durnstadt,
Lieutenant of the Province of Bradstburg,

iii. Commissariats (9 votes).
Commissar of Alimentation,
Commissar of Civil Services,
Commissar of Defense,
Commissar of Economy,
Commissar of Education,
Commissar of Health,
Commissar of Science & Technology,
Commissar of Transportation,
Commissar of Welfare.

iv. High Commanders (Advisory).
I Defense High Commander,
II Defense High Commander,
III Defense High Commander.

v. Supervisors (1 vote total).
Supervisor of the Südmark,
Supervisor of Östeppen,
Supervisor of Westeppen,
Supervisor of Altamir.
vi. Arbitrary Members (1 vote total).
Chairperson of the General Cognition Agency,
Chairperson of Logistics Route 9,929.

Article XVII. A.U.C. Policy and Limits.
The All-Union Commissariat shall not legislate over the All-Union Diet, and, within the limits of procedural possibility as defined by existing Law, shall avoid contradicting Biannual Dietary Resolutions. Foreign Policy shall be a consensus between the A.U.C. and the A.U.D., neither institution shall overrule the other's interest or faculty.
The All-Union Commissariat shall ratify a Session Rulebook which shall be constitutionally binding for the duration of the Session. If it were to be modified, no less than two-thirds of the total incumbents of the Commissariat shall vote in favor.

Article XVIII. Faculties of the All-Union Commissariat.
The main faculties and obligations of the All-Union Commissariat are:
i. Assemble at least once a week to discuss internal structure policy,
ii. Discuss the matters of the State in the Capital City,
iii. Establish the structure and faculties of deriving State Entities,
iv. Establish a Foreign Policy that is compliant with this Constitution and existing international resolutions, commissions, and other sources of international law to which Juiulia is signatory,
v. Exercise its faculties in the best interest of the Peoples of Juiulia, ensuring that their Constitutional Rights are met, their needs fulfilled, and their quality of life improved,
vi. Assemble an All-Union Extraordinary Congress, along with the All-Union Diet, to resolve conflicts solely as a last-resort method,
vii. Compose a set of procedures to govern each Session in which it assembles,
viii. Assemble every 5 years to formulate the next Five-Year Economic Plan with the All-Union Diet.
ix. Establish a system for the Logistics Route 9,929.
x. Provide security to the internal and external borders.
xi. Set the coinage, its official name, its value in proportion to foreign exchanges, and establish mint facilities and procedures.
xii. Adopt a uniform system of measurements to be adopted across Juiulia.

Article XIX. The Revolutionary Vanguard.
The Revolutionary Vanguard is the only official political party in Juiulia. No other political party or organization may claim electoral, legislative, or governmental function.


TITLE V. THE WORKFORCE. ECONOMIC SECTORS.

Article XX. Every physical or functionally delimited institution from which a specific economic activity is performed is to be called Factory, regardless of its specific role in the Economy and the presence or absence of tools or machinery.

Article XXI. The Workforce.
Citizens of Juiulia who partake in labor shall hold exclusive sovereignty over the administration and direction of the Factory they exercise their functions from. No State Entity, Constitutional or of any other type, nor Private Entity, such as neighborhood associations or industrial parks, shall legitimately claim the right to any Factories except as expressly provided by Law for purposes of safety, health, or constitutional compliance.
Citizens of Juiulia shall possess the following Labor rights:
i. Right to Work,
ii. Right to dignifying working conditions,
iii. Right to paid vacations,
iv. Right to six-hour workdays,
v. Right to paid leave,
vi. Right to increased salary based on professional capacitation,
vii. Right to service payment reduction based on Economic Sector,
viii. Right to postulate as and elect Factory representatives,
ix. Right to choose a career path,
x. Right to just compensation for just work,
xi. Right to elevate complaints to democratically elected authorities,
xii. Right to express oneself in the workplace,
xiii. Right to pre-paid meals to be accommodated for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, among other meals that may result necessary during the exercise of labor,
xiv. Right to choose work hours,
xv. Right to choose work weekdays,
xvi. Right to access to public transportation to reach the workplace,
xvii. Right to accessibility and accommodations for physical and mental diminishment of abilities.
These rights are fundamental and may not be restricted, suspended, or diminished, including during States of Exception.

Article XXII. Autonomous Economic Sectors.
The Commissariat of Welfare shall, based on effective Laws as promulgated by the A.U.D., categorize all Economic Activities into separate Economic Sectors. Those Citizens of Juiulia who want to postulate as P.D.R. shall do so in representation of a specific Autonomous Economic Sector which they must participate in beforehand. The Commissariat of Welfare is not given discretionary faculties to designate these Sectors; the categorization shall be transparent and in accordance with said Laws and regulations as defined by the A.U.D.


TITLE VI. RIGHTS AND GUARANTEES.

Article XXIII. Citizens of Juiulia.
Any one individual that wishes to become a Citizen of Juiulia shall be able to do so without any restriction, regulation, or refusal based on criteria unrelated to the individual’s express will to become a Citizen. State Officials responsible for fulfilling the procedures to register an individual as Citizen shall not hinder, slow down, or halt the process of registration, which shall be done transparently, swiftly, and with accommodations in cases that may require them.

Article XXIV. Inherent Rights of the Citizens.
Section I. Rights of the Person.
i. Right to Live,
ii. Right to Honor and Dignity,
iii. Right to an Identity,
iv. Right to Bodily Autonomy, with full knowledge of the extent of any medical procedures,
v. Right to a Family,
vi. Right to Freedom of Movement,
vii. Right to Liberty of Expression,
viii. Right to Freedom of Religion, so long as religious practices do not include harm to oneself, others, and material and spiritual resources, including bodily and mental injury,
ix. Right to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion,
x. Right to Intimacy,
xi. Right to Due Process,
xii. Right to Notification of Judicial Proceedings by any means possible.

Section II. Civil and Political Rights.
xiii. Right to participate in free elections,
xiv. Right to postulate for and exercise, when elected or appointed, a position within the Juiulian State,
xv. Right to Protest,
xvi. Right to Public Dissent,
xvii. Right to Organize and freely participate in Civil Associations,
xviii. Right to propose changes to the Law, regulations, and the Constitution,
xix. Right to State Transparency and Public Information.

Section III. Social and Economic Rights.
xx. Right to Dignifying Work,
xxi. Right to Housing,
xxii. Right to Sustenance,
xxiii. Right to Free Universal Education,
xxiv. Right to Free Universal Healthcare,
xxv. Right to Accessibility,
xxvi. Right to a Healthy Environment,
xxvii. Right to individual property, excluding means of production,
xxviii. Right to participate in Sports, State or civilian sponsored sport tournaments, and the possession of a body fit to satisfy all nutrition and health quotas.

Section IV. Guarantees and Derivative Rights
xxix. Right to benefit from State guarantees as established by this Constitution and by Law, with full safeguard from discrimination based on ethnicity, culture, politics, gender, economic background, nationality, or any kind of arbitration.

Article XXV. Guarantees from the Juiulian State.
The Juiulian State recognizes the following guarantees to Citizens.

Section V. Judicial Remedies.
i. Writ of Habeas Corpus. If an individual wishes to know the location of any other, they may present a Writ of Habeas Corpus directly to the Court of Vert, which must immediately disclose the location of said individual, dead or alive, if they are within State jurisdiction.
ii. Writ of Habeas Data. A Citizen may request the State to access all their available public information and any personal data held by the State, and request it be modified, censored or deleted. The State shall abide by such request in an expedite manner.
iii. Appeal for Protection. If a Constitutional Right or Guarantee is being infringed by a State Entity or Official, an individual may present an Appeal for Protection which will immediately reach the Court of Vert. The Court of Vert has seventy-two hours to disclose a resolution.

Section VI. Material Guarantees.
iv. Biological Needs. The providence of resources which humans need to sustain life, such as food, clean and drinkable water, housing, healthcare, and education shall be guaranteed by the State.
v. Basic Needs. The providence of resources which Citizens find practical and necessary to sustain their everyday work life, like public transportation, proximity to the workplace, public security, and providence of technological materials shall be guaranteed by the State.
vi. Non-Basic Needs. The providence of resources which effectively improve the quality of life of Citizens, such as access to further technological materials, clothes of choice, leisure and entertainment, and other vanity items shall be actively pursued by the Juiulian State in cooperation with local communities, Civil Associations, and the general culture of the Peoples of Juiulia.
vii. Accessibility and Inclusion. The Juiulian State shall enforce physical, protocolar, or therapeutical accommodations for ease of access to all public spaces for any individual whose abilities, physical or mental, are impaired in any way.
viii. Alternatives. State Entities and Officials shall minimize the resources required to conduct their respective procedures. If a certain procedure is inviable for any individual, there shall be a viable alternative to reach the benefits or provisions that said procedure would normally be the means toward. If no alternative exists, special accommodations shall be made for the procedure to be conducted effectively.
ix. Quality. The resources and their providence mentioned in incises iv., v., vi., and vii. of this Article are required to be of the highest quality available, as determined by scientific advancements and only limited by the specific material circumstances under which they are to be provided. The Law does not protect State Officials nor Entities that take part in qualitative negligence.


TITLE VII. THE JUDICIAL. CIVIL, LABOR, AND PENAL LAW.

Article XXVI. The Judiciary.
All judicial faculties and procedures shall fall under jurisdiction of the Commissariat of Welfare. These functions shall be assorted as follows:
i. Council of Magistrates. Institution that shall, through popular vote of all registered and certified Attorneys, designate Magistrates, Judges and Juries, and run the written contests for Court of Vert Judge assignments.
ii. Court of Vert. The last-instance body constituted of ten designated Judges. It shall have the function of Constitutional Review; protection of Constitutional Rights; come to the rescue of Citizens who present Writs of Habeas Corpus, Habeas Data, and Appeals for Protection; resolution of certain conflicts between two State Entities where Constitutional provisions come into conflict at the moment of their interpretation.
iii. Court of Appeals. Tribunals that shall dedicate to the interpretation, review, correction, revision, and analysis of sentences which have already been promulgated by a Magistrate of First Instance. These shall be divided by subject matter and there shall be as many of them as deemed necessary by the Commissariat of Welfare through its internal administrative regulations.
iv. Magistrates of First Instance. Independent Magistrates, that shall be divided by subject matter, who shall conduct investigative activities, as well as put together liaisons to carry out expert reports; after which they shall promulgate a sentence. All sentences may be appealed once.
v. Juries of First Instance. These juries, constituted of no more than fifteen Citizens, shall be assembled solely to resolve civilian matters. The rest of their structure shall mirror that of a Magistrate of First Instance.
All procedures of judicial nature shall not extend over three hundred and sixty-five consecutive days. If no resolution/sentence has been promulgated within the timeframe, the case shall be archived and shall remain so until a grace period of six months has passed. Every individual is presumed to be innocent until declared guilty by a court of Law.

Article XXVII. Civilian Matters.
Conflict between two parties, be it between individuals or associations, shall be preferably resolved via bilateral negotiation within the first seven days of litigation. If no resolution prevails, a Jury shall be assembled by the Commissariat of Welfare, through existing procedural regulations, that shall investigate and gather expert reports to promulgate a resolution, which shall be reparative, compensatory, or corrective, depending on existing supplementary Laws as promulgated by the A.U.D.

Article XXVIII. Labor Matters.
Complaints, claims and lawsuits elevated by the workforce are to be considered the most relevant Judicial matter. These shall be inserted into the system immediately, and a resolution shall be reached swiftly and without any major hinder.
Protective Principle. When in doubt, the relationship between a Worker and the State must be considered asymmetrical; the Worker is always in a position of vulnerability before the State.

Article XXIX. Penal Code.
The A.U.D. shall structure a Penal Code. This Code shall include sentences that do not exceed the following restrictions:
i. Community Service. Additional compensated working hours to a Citizen's existing job or compensated service in a different area.
ii. Forced Labor without Restriction of Movement. Imposed working hours onto a Citizen regardless their willingness to work. Just compensation shall be guaranteed, though it may be reduced in proportion to the punitive character of the sentence, as defined by Law.
iii. Forced Labor with Restriction of Movement. Imposed working hours onto a Citizen in an imposed controlled environment. Just compensation exists, but the Citizen may not leave the premises of the Factory or Labor Camp.
iv. No sentence shall exceed the maximum amount of thirty years.
v. A Citizen shall not be sentenced twice for the same crime.
vi. All rights and guarantees mentioned in this Constitution that are in no way contradicted in this article shall be respected, preserved, and fulfilled to the full extent of the State's capacity.
vii. Citizens shall be able to choose whether to be educated or reeducated while they conduct their sentences. Positive progress towards reeducation shall count against the original temporal length of the sentence, at discretion of the Commissariat of Welfare in accordance with A.U.D. provisions and internal procedural regulations.
viii. A Citizen shall be able to retain their position in the Economic Activity they were involved in previous to the sentence.
ix. Depending on severity, a sentence may include proscription, lasting no more than sixteen months plus the original length of the sentence.


TITLE VIII. STATES OF EXCEPTION. PROTOCOLS.

Article XXX. Limits.
States of Exception exist solely to prevent mass loss of life; protect Constitutional Rights and Guarantees when they are threatened directly or indirectly; and preserve resources and property crucial for the fulfillment of the population's Biological Needs. Term limits shall remain unchanged, but election cycles may be suspended temporarily and for no more than two full election cycles according to existing provisions. States of Exception which result in the erasure of institutions must not be lifted until said institutions are rebuilt, except in the cases that these institutions are the cause of the State of Exception. Judicial functions and access to the Court of Vert shall not be suspended. Rights and Guarantees may be suspended only temporally if the effective satisfaction of these results practically impossible; this impossibility shall be declared under discretion of the Court of Vert. The providence of Biological Needs may not be suspended.

Article XXXI. State of Emergency. Shall be triggered when social unrest or external sabotage becomes severe enough that entire Economic Sectors become unable to operate normally.
i. The All-Union Commissariat shall cease its activities.
ii. The All-Union Diet assembles an Emergency Commission. This Commission may include State Officials or individuals that could allocate a sum of insight or field knowledge that is relevant to the crisis.
iii. A protocol must be agreed upon within fourteen days.
iv. In the case of war or an act of aggression, Commissariat of Defense Officials obtain a temporary institution to accommodate resources appropriate to the situation. Said institution, the Military Emergency High Command, shall only last until the State of Emergency is lifted. Any institutions or faculties modified or relegated during the State of Emergency must be rebuilt in a swift manner.
v. National curfew may be declared if both the M.E.H.C. and the A.U.D.E.C. agree that it is adequate.

Article XXXII. State of Urgency. Shall be triggered when weather, planetary events, natural disasters, pandemics and other disasters not caused by humans make normal functioning of the State at Constitutional level impossible.
i. The All-Union Diet and All-Union Commissariat halt all activities until immediate danger has been averted.
ii. National curfew, with the sole goal of protection/preservation of life, must be imposed.
iii. The Commissariat of Civil Services shall be granted special faculties to enforce said curfew.
iv. In the case of a pandemic, the Commissariat of Health, the Commissariat of Education, the Commissariat of Alimentation, and the Commissariat of Science & Technology will assemble an Emergency Health Commission which shall be granted Constitutional faculties over executive decisions.
v. The E.H.C. may ratify decrees to respond to the situation accordingly. These decrees have a temporary capability unless scientific experts deem it necessary that they exceed the time period of the State of Urgency. E.H.C. Decrees may be subject to review by the Court of Vert with the sole purpose of preventing arbitrariness and discretionary decision-making.
vi. The E.H.C. obtains the faculty of declaring a national quarantine, provisions for prevention such as social distancing and mandatory mask wearing, designating areas for research, development, manufacturing, and deployment of mandatory vaccination, cure, or treatment.
vii. The E.H.C. shall have full autonomy and may not be hindered or halted by any other State Entity except by the Court of Vert as specified in Article XXXII. Incise v. Only researchers, scientists, related jurists, professors, and other professionals that are deemed necessary by the participating Commissariats may be included in the E.H.C. The internal structure of the E.H.C. shall be shaped by the Commissariat of Health and the Commissariat of Science & Technology.
viii. The All-Union Chancellery shall be granted the special faculty of activating a channel of constant communications to the general populace and the rest of the world about the state of affairs.

Article XXXIII. State of Disrepair. Shall be triggered when the State malfunctions structurally. The Constitution shall remain in force throughout the State of Disrepair.
i. The All-Union Extraordinary Congress assembles. This entity is constituted of the All-Union Diet, the All-Union Commissariat, and all Commissariats. It may summon further relevant individuals, State Entities, Officials and/or civilian associations if it is deemed necessary.
ii. The A.U.E.C. shall confirm the need to revert State functions to a "blank slate". All Laws or provisions promulgated after this Constitution are temporally invalid, except those deemed crucial to ensure the continued reproduction of the Union over time.
iii. A majority vote of fifty percent of the total incumbents from the A.U.E.C. may impose a national curfew to be enforced through the Commissariat of Civil Services.
iv. Once the cause of disrepair has been identified and resolved, the A.U.E.C. shall be obligated to rebuild rolled-back institutions with the full extent of the State's capacity. This rebuilding shall be performed in a series of dedicated assemblies which will extend the period of the State of Disrepair until the State returns to the point at which this State of Disrepair began, minus all those institutions and/or Laws and provisions which were identified to be the source of disrepair. Only then may the State of Disrepair be lifted.

Article XXXIV. State of Last Resort. Shall be triggered when the State is functionally collapsing due to failure in the political leadership of the All-Union Commissariat.
i. The All-Union Diet shall vote to disassemble the All-Union Commissariat.
ii. The Revolutionary Vanguard shall hold an extraordinary commission to assign Pro Tempore officials to the All-Union Commissariat.
iii. This disassembly may occur as many times as the Peoples of Juiulia through the All-Union Diet deem necessary.
iv. Individuals who were part of a disassembled All-Union Commissariat shall not participate in it until a full election cycle has passed after the State of Last Resort is lifted.

Article XXXV. State of Referendum Decisum. Shall be triggered through the will of the Citizens of Juiulia, expressed, where possible, by a supermajority of sixty percent, to dissolve the Juiulian State.
i. The A.U.C. and A.U.D. shall be dissolved.
ii. All other State Entities shall be dissolved.
iii. Constitutional Rights and Guarantees shall remain intact until a new State rises, from which moment this Constitution shall be permanently struck invalid.


TITLE IX. CONSTITUTIONAL HIERARCHY. REFORM.

Article XXXVI. Hierarchy of Laws.
All laws shall fall to a level within the following hierarchy.
i. Constitution.
ii. A.U.C. and A.U.D. Session Rulebooks during the active duration of Sessions.
iii. International Treaties designated as constitutionally binding by the All‑Union Diet.
iv. State Laws.
v. Provincial Procedural Laws.
vi. Prefectural Procedural Laws.
vii. Commissariat Regulations.
viii. Civilian Associations Ordinances. They shall exclusively be supplementary and opt-in agreements or contracts between members of Civilian Associations.

Article XXXVII. Hierarchy of State Entities.
All State Entities shall fall within the following levels of hierarchy.
Level 0 or Constitutional Level. All-Union Commissariat, All-Union Diet, All-Union Chancellery.
Level I. Commissariats, A.U.C./A.U.D. Agencies, and A.U.C./A.U.D. Offices.
Level II. Secretariats.
Level III. Departments and Directorates.
Level IV. Institutes and Agencies.
Level V. Detachments, Offices, and Laboratories.
Level VI. Prefectural Offices of the Commissariat of Welfare.
Level VII. Civilian Associations. Although not related to the State, they enjoy Constitutional recognition.
Prefectural Offices shall answer solely to the Commissariat of Welfare. Attendance at such Offices by officials of other Entities shall follow the following guidelines:
i. If not summoned, State Officials shall be presumed not in exercise of their duties and wear civilian clothes.
ii. If summoned, State Officials shall wear a uniform for ease of identification of their State Entity and position therein. They shall only access areas related to their summoning.
Civilian Associations shall not be subordinate to other State Entities. Civilian Associations shall be Legal so long as they do not contradict any single provision in this Constitution. Civilian Associations may only be declared Illegal by Decree of the Commissariat of Civil Services in cases that these Associations cause public discontent, bodily and/or mental injury, damage to property or Factory, damage to the environment, extortion, blackmail, and any other activity that inflicts harm on an individual or a group's physical and mental integrity in accordance to their rights and guarantees as defined by this Constitution and other Laws providing guidelines on Penal Matters. This Decree shall be reviewed by the Court of Vert shortly thereafter. The Court of Vert shall be capable of confirming or recognizing error in this Decree.

Article XXXVIII. Reform.
This Constitution may be reformed in part or in full. Provisions concerning legitimacy, fundamental Rights and Guarantees, non‑derogation, and the limits and faculties of State power shall be considered immutable. The procedure for reform shall follow the following points:
i. The All-Union Diet shall vote, with a supermajority of sixty percent of the total P.D.R., the necessity of reform; detailing the specific provisions that are in need of modification, revision, correction, removal, or addition in a Reform Necessity Law.
ii. The All-Union Commissariat shall assemble an All-Union Constitutional Reform Assembly, formed by a certain number of incumbents selected proportionally from among eligible citizens and officials, which shall be lower than half the number of total P.D.R. in the All-Union Diet.
iii. The A.U.C.R.A. shall, in a series of meetings, conduct the reforms as specified by the Reform Necessity Law. The Court of Vert shall oversee these meetings and declare invalid any modifications that exceed the boundaries of the Reform Necessity Law.
iv. Once the reforms are complete, the All-Union Diet shall ratify the reform by modifying the Reform Necessity Law like they would with any other law, without requirement of supermajority. If this final stage were to fail, the Court of Vert shall declare the lawful modification of the Law regardless.


TITLE X. QUORUM.

Article XXXIX. Quorum.
The minimum required incumbents present for any official State activity whose procedure depends on the opinion of multiple incumbents shall default to no less than two-thirds of the total incumbents. If less than this number are present, the Session shall be invalid.
Where physically impossible to reach the exact quantity of two-thirds, the requirement for a valid Session shall be two-thirds plus one.

Article XL. Quorum Tolerance.
If fewer than two‑thirds but not fewer than three‑fifths of the total incumbents are present, the State Entity hosting a Session may petition the Court of Vert for validation of the Session.
The Court of Vert shall limit its review exclusively to determining whether the Session will adopt decisions or rules that continue to apply after the Session ends unless they are later repealed.
If such continuing effect is determined, the Session shall be declared invalid. Otherwise, it may be declared valid.
This Article shall not apply to Sessions of the All‑Union Diet, Provincial Commissions, and Prefectural Commissions.

Article XLI. All-Union Diet Session Quorum Rules.
The All-Union Diet shall establish its own set of Session Quorum Rules, so long as they do not in any way contradict the default minimum as specified in Article XXXIX. Said Session Quorum Rules shall be included in the Session Rulebook of the All-Union Diet.

Article XLII. Provincial and Prefectural Commissions Session Quorum Rules.
Provincial and Prefectural Commissions may establish their own Session Quorum Rules, provided that such rules do not contradict those of the All‑Union Diet or, where applicable, those of the relevant Provincial Commission.


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