International Concord Charter

The International Concord Charter.

The text
"We, the sapients of the International Concord, are determined to save future generations from the sorrows of war, to reaffirm the rights of sapients and assuring that everyone has the dignity and worth deserved to them, to establish respect and enforcement for the various international law and treaties, to unite our strength and to maintain international peace and security, and to employ an international force to ensure that international law is followed and there is a protection of rights worldwide.""The functions of the International Concord can and will be used to uphold the principles and values of the organisation and it's membership. The maintenance of international peace and security will be upheld through collective measures to remove such threats. Furthermore, the organisation would ensure that the principal of equal rights and self-determination of the sapients is ensured. The goal of the organisation is to achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of any form, to promote and encourage respect for human rights, and for providing fundamental freedoms.""The principles of the International Concord are the founding ideals of the organisation that members shall follow. These are as follows: The principle of sovereign equality upon all members of the organisation. The principle of members fulfilling the obligations assumed by them in accordance with the present charter in good faith. The principle of members settling their international disputes by peaceful means in order to ensure that the international peace, security and justice is not endangered - except in instances as determined by international law to justify the use of force. The principle of members refraining from the use of threat or use of force against the political independence of any state. The principle that members shall give the organisation assistance in any action it takes in accordance with the current charter, refraining from giving assistance to anything that goes against it. The principle that members should ensure that the nation states which do have membership within the organisation still abide by these principles, and so all members shall limit relations with non-members, and non-members shall remain subject to enforcement. The principle that nothing in the charter shall authorise the organisation to intervene against domestic jurisdiction and law of any member, except in such cases as otherwise specified.""The membership of the International Concord are nations which fulfil the following requirements: a nation state which is deemed legitimate by the majority consensus of the pre-existing members within the organisation, as determined by a public vote called during a general assembly, and as such has formally become a signatory of this charter. Once those requirements are filled, then the nation state is recognised formally as a member.""Within the International Concord's framework, there are committees. The first of which is acceptably referred to as the General Assembly or the Assembly. It is composed of a seat for every member of the organisation, being the only body in the International Concord with universal membership. It decides, by a plurality vote: the four temporary members of the Security Committee, the membership of other committees, all of the judges in the International Court (with assent from the Security Committee), the ratification of new members into the organisation, and the ratification of general treaties and measures.

The second committee is the Security Committee. It is composed of nine members - four of them being temporary and elected by the Assembly, and the other five being composed of the permanent members. The permanent members of this committee are Ceironia, Fazar, the High Kingdoms of Alaxia, the Holy Tempest Empire, and Suton. Should any of these nations collapse or otherwise exit the body, the assembly may recognize a successor or vote to replace the committee seat from nominees chosen by the Security Committee at time of decision. The four temporary members have two year terms, with a term limit of no more than two consecutive terms. This committee will contribute a number of soldiers and supporting equipment equal to a percent of the nation’s military to a standing peacekeeping force. The specific percentage is to be decided by a vote per member every two years by this committee. This force may be deployed at a majority vote by the Security Committee in accordance with all ratified agreements of the International Concord for the enforcement of international law and to offer civilian aid or protection of refugees. A member of this commitee may abstain from sending their components of the peacekeeping forces to the enforcement of a given resolution, should that member state decide as such when the security committee votes to deploy forces. Any single member of the security committee may veto measures relating to military activities and International Concord interventions into member states.

The third committee is the Economic Committee. It is composed of ten members who shall appoint, on majority agreement of the constituent members, ten representatives. It shall be the duty of these ten members to oversee the regulation of trade in international waters, ensure the relative value of the currencies of different nations be recorded consistently and accurately, and to solve any disputes arising therein.

The fourth committee is the People's Right Committee. It is composed of ten members who shall be obliged to manage, in the interest of global life, the raising and distribution of medical, food, and other aid and relief to those people who are suffering from crises, be they constructed, accidental, or natural.""The International Court is a body within the International Concord. The court shall consist of eleven judges which shall be elected by the majority of The Assembly, nominated by the Security Committee, and may be removed at any time by a two-thirds vote of The Assembly, or otherwise serve no longer than twenty years. The Court shall have the power to try, find guilty, and punish, any individual found to be in direct violation of international law. The punishment decided upon may not exceed the maximum sentencing of the nation from which the convicted originates, and all punishment must be proportional to the crime committed. People from any nation may, upon completion of rigorous training, be admitted into the International Concord Police, who shall, in cooperation with the law enforcement present in a given state as recognized by the organisation, or, failing this, in cooperation with the peacekeeping forces of the security committee, apprehend and detain individuals accused of being in violation of any agreements which are enforced by the organisation, that the accused may be brought to a fair trial.""This body, the International Concord, shall recognize and enforce a number of treaties or other agreements, generally referred to as measures, as ratified by the security committee and/or the general assembly in accordance with the subject matter of the treaty and its concerns to the international community. Any measure passed only by the security committee may be overturned on a four-fifths vote of the general assembly. Any measure passed by vote of the general assembly may be overturned on majority vote of the security committee."

Signatories
The following countries signed the charter.