THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PEOPLE -
RENUNCIATION OF WAR AND RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE
II. Renunciation of War
Article 11
Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, and recognizing that the concept of micronational war is an idiotic, and intangible concept. The Morovian
people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.
III. Rights of the People
Article 12 [Citizenship]
The conditions for being a Morovian citizen shall be determined by law, in accordance with Article 37.
Article 13 [Fundamental Rights]
The people shall not be prevented from enjoying any of the fundamental human rights.
These fundamental human rights, guaranteed to the people by the Geneva Convention, shall be conferred upon
the people of this and future generations as irrevocable and inviolable rights.
Article 14 [Electoral Rights]
The people have the inalienable right to choose their public
officials and to dismiss them. All public officials are servants of the whole community and not of any group thereof.
Universal adult suffrage is guaranteed with regard to the election of public officials. In all
elections, secrecy of the ballot shall not be violated. A voter shall not be answerable, publicly or privately, for the choice he has made.
Article 15 [Property]
All Morovian citizens possess the right to own property.
The property, however, must be registered with, and approved by His Majesty's Ministry of the Interior.
Article 16 [Recourse to the Courts]
No person shall be denied the right of access to the courts.
Article 17 [Trial]
In all criminal cases the accused shall
enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial tribunal. He shall be permitted full opportunity to examine all witnesses, and he shall have the right of compulsory process for obtaining witnesses on his
behalf at public expenses. At all times the accused shall have the assistance of competent counsel who shall, if the accused is unable to secure the same by his own efforts, be assigned to his use by the State.
Article 18 [Rights of the Accused]
No person shall be compelled to testify against himself. Confession made under compulsion, torture, or threat, or after prolonged arrest or detention
shall not be admitted in evidence. No person shall be convicted or punished in cases where the only proof against him is his own confession.
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