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Wroxia Covenant

• This covenant may only be amended by Patrick Bowen, “The Author”.
• This covenant is immutable; each authored version stands independent of one another.
• Signatories of this covenant are to address The Author.
• Arbitration of this covenant is by The Author.

Terms

• “Universal”: applies to all sentient life.
  • “Sentient”: The capacity for subjective experience, including but not limited to perception, emotion, or self-awareness. This covenant presumes that all animals with a central nervous system are sentient.
• “National”: applies to all citizens.
• “Negative”: rendered to others through inaction.
• “Positive”: rendered to others through action.
• “Citizen”: a signatory of the covenant. Demonym: Wroxian.
• “Right”: an absolute, inalienable entitlement.
• “Privilege”: a conditional entitlement, rendered unless specified conditions are met.
  • “Privileged”: life that holds one or more privileges.
  • “Obligor”: those who are expected to render or conditionally not render a privilege to the privileged.

Universal Negative Rights

• Enumerated:
  • The right to freedom from torture.

National Negative Rights

• Enumerated:
  • The right to enter the nation while unladen.

Universal Positive Rights

• Enumerated:
  • The right to know the instantaneous date and time of day.
  • The right to make one’s body available, and only available, to a specific person after death.
  • The right to have one’s national citizenship affirmed in writing.

Universal Negative Privileges

• May be waived by the privileged by application to the Negative Privileges Advocate.
• Enumerated:
  • The privilege to not die by the intentional actions of others.
    • Conditions:
      • Not rendered by obligors who themselves would die if the privileged directly threatens the obligor’s life, and death is the only practicable incapacitation of the privileged.
      • Not rendered by obligors who themselves would die due to persistent and undesired lack of access to food, and death of the privileged for consumption is the only practicable solution.
  • The privilege to move freely, and exit the nation.
    • Conditions: [detainment for restorative justice]

National Positive Privileges

• May be waived by the privileged by application to the Positive Privileges Advocate.
• Enumerated:
  • The right to equitable public free speech and broadcast.
    • Conditions: …

National Duties

• Enumerated:
  • The duty to render positive rights & privileges to others, as far as possible and practicable, considering conditions.

National Offices

• Each National Office has a National Chief Officer (NCO).
  • Each NCO is appointed by The Author.
  • Each NCO is dismissed either by The Author or themselves.
• Enumerated:
  • Taxation & Treasury Service (TTS)
  • Negative Rights Advocate (NRA)
  • Positive Rights Advocate (PRA)
  • Negative Privileges Advocate (NPA)
  • Positive Privileges Advocate (PPA)

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