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2. Universal Principles
  
  Article 11- Living Rights  
11.1 Living Rights  
  Every man and woman is entitled to certain rights and freedoms without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, age, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, born date or other status.  
 
  Life
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 It is an absolute right of all living men and women to be alive. The question of the right to be born is separate from the right to life.
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 No man or woman should be allowed to take the life of another human, without their free-will permission, no matter what the cause, no matter what the cost.
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 The right to die must rest wholly on the desire of the individual and the will of the individual.
 
 
  Adequate food, water and clothing
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 Every man, woman and child should have access to adequate food, clean water and clothing for survival, whether by the freedom of choice afforded by a well structured society, or by the provision of adequate food and clothing for those unable to gain access by their own means.
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 An enlightened society is one that provides its members' choices from a wide range of food and clothing sources, while at the same time ensuring and providing those members currently less able to maintain, by their own means, a fair standard of living by society.
 
 
  Adequate shelter
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 Every man and woman should have access to adequate shelter whether by the freedom of choice afforded by a well structured society or by the provision of adequate shelter for those unable by their own means.
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 An enlightened society is one that enables its members the ability to choose from a wide range of accommodations and where they wish to live, while at the same time ensuring those less able, or unable, to have a good standard of accommodation.
 
 
  Personal safety
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 No man, woman or child should ever be subjected to torture, to cruel, inhumane, physical or mental degrading treatment or punishment.
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 No man, woman or child shall ever be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade are rejected as barbaric in all its forms.
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 No man, woman or child should be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
 
 
  Freedoms
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 A free man or woman has the right to free passage within the society in which they live.
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 A free man or woman has the right to personal privacy and their privacy respected by the institutions, organizations and commerce of that society.
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 A free man or woman has the right of free speech and expression.
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 A free man or woman has the right to participate fully in the democratic processes of electing representatives.
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 A free man or woman has the right to choose to whom they offer their services and have the right to withdraw the offer of labor and services if they so choose.
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 A free man or woman has the right to trade with other people within the society and external to the society.
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 A free man or woman has the right to own property and assets, subject to the laws and conditions of the society.
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 A free man or woman has the right to use those services which are deemed beneficial to the public.
 
 
  Equality before the law
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 All men and women should be regarded as equal before the law and be entitled without discrimination to equal protection in the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination and against any incitement to such discrimination.
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 It is a right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty according to law in a public trial at which they are given the opportunity for a fair defense.
 
 
  Personal privacy
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 No man or woman should be subject to arbitrary interference with their privacy, family home, or correspondence, nor attacks upon their honor and reputation.
 
 
  Electronic privacy
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 No man or woman should be subject to arbitrary electronic surveillance of their person or correspondence by any electronic means without just cause under the law.
 
 
  Genetic privacy
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 The cellular structure, including all its DNA code and all molecular structures that make up an entire man or woman from when they are born, remain entirely the property of that individual.
 
 
  Intellectual property rights of face, body and voice
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 Every man and woman automatically should, by virtue of being born, have exclusive ownership rights to their face, body and voice.
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 No person should breach these rights and make replications either by photographic reproduction, genetic mutation or film process that feature your face for profit or public purpose without permission from the individual who owns the property concerned, except in criminal investigations.
 
 
  Ownership and privacy of thoughts
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 Every man and woman automatically, by virtue of being born, has exclusive ownership rights of their own thoughts.
 
 
  Citizenship
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 It is the right of every man and woman that they automatically be considered a Member of the Society in which they were geographically born.
 
 
  Peaceful association
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 Every man and woman has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association.
 
 
  Property ownership
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 All men and women have the right to own personal possessions and to have those personal possessions free from theft, deliberate damage or unlawful confiscation.
 
 
  Refuse to work
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 Every man and woman has the right to withdraw their offer of services to work if they so choose.
 
 
  Refuse to talk
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 It is the right of every man and woman to reserve the right to silence in answering questions, except in the correct answering of their name and personal particulars.
 
 
 

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