The Iterian Code
Title I: The Commerce Code
Chapter 1: Commerce Authority
Section 1. The Iterian Commerce Authority shall be the body within the Secretariat tasked with implementing the policies outlined in The Commerce Code and all resolutions and initiatives concerning commerce in the Iterian League.
Section 2. The Iterian Commerce Authority shall have the power to implement all legislation concerning commerce and trade between the members of the Iterian League and shall be tasked with encouraging and facilitating the implementation of economic guidelines as laid out in The Commerce Code.
Section 3. The Undersecretary of Commerce shall be the official tasked with the management of the Iterian Commerce Authority and as the Secretary-General’s chief advisor on commercial policy.
Section 4. The Undersecretary of Commerce shall have complete executive authority over the Iterian Commerce Authority and serve on the Secretary-General’s Executive Commission as the primary official tasked with drafting and implementing commercial policy.
Section 5. The Undersecretary of Commerce may be appointed or dismissed at the behest of the Secretary-General and does not require the confirmation of the Iterian Assembly.
Chapter 2: Free Trade
Section 1. Members of the Iterian League shall endeavor to reduce tariffs, regulations, tariffs, and other trade barriers between each other. Seeking to establish an Iterian Free Trade Zone where goods and services may be exchanged freely among the people of Iteria.
Section 2. No nation shall implement protectionist policies designed to give their industries an unfair advantage on the Iterian Market. These laws include tariffs on goods from other members of the League or subsidies designed to undermine the industries of other Iterian nations.
Section 3. Members retain the right to designate certain industries as protected industries, allowing League members to utilize subsidies or tariffs to protect those industries from unfair foreign competition. Members must make it public knowledge which sectors they wish to protect before the Iterian League as a precursor to doing so.
Chapter 3: Currency
Section 1. The Member-States of the Iterian League shall establish a single reserve currency, the Iterian Monetary Unit (IMU), to be used in Trans-Iterian trade.
Section 2. The IMU shall have a value tied to the international reserve currency in order to maintain monetary stability in Iteria.
Section 3. The IMU shall not supplant any national currencies that exist in Member-States, but will serve rather as a medium of exchange to be used across the Member-States of the League.
Title II: The Infrastructure Code
Chapter 4: Infrastructure Authority
Section 1. The Iterian Infrastructure Authority shall be the body within the Secretariat tasked with implementing the policies outlined in The Infrastructure Code and all resolutions and initiatives concerning infrastructure in the Iterian League.
Section 2. The Iterian Infrastructure Authority shall have the power to implement all legislation concerning infrastructure among the members of the Iterian League and shall be tasked with encouraging and facilitating the implementation of the infrastructure institutions and guidelines as laid out in The Infrastructure Code.
Section 3. The Undersecretary of Infrastructure shall be the official tasked with the management of the Iterian Infrastructure Authority and as the Secretary-General’s chief advisor on commercial policy.
Section 4. The Undersecretary of Infrastructure shall have complete executive authority over the Iterian Infrastructure Authority and serve on the Secretary-General’s Executive Commission as the primary official tasked with drafting and implementing infrastructure policy.
Section 5. The Undersecretary of Infrastructure may be appointed or dismissed at the behest of the Secretary-General and does not require the confirmation of the Iterian Assembly.
Chapter 5: Railways
Section 1. The Iterian Infrastructure Authority shall have the power to, with the consent of the Assembly, to erect and maintain railways connecting all members of the Iterian League to each other in order to allow for greater movement between the nations of Iteria.
Section 2. A subsidiary organization, the Iterian Railway Agency, shall be established within the Iterian Infrastructure Authority with the sole task of operating, preserving, and accounting for all profits made by the Iterian Railway System.
Section 3. The Iterian Infrastructure Authority shall promote the use of, and research into, high speed rail systems to ensure economic and civil interconnectivity throughout Iteria.
Section 4. All expenditures of the Pan-Iterian Railways shall be paid for using the funds allocated to the Iterian Infrastructure Authority from the yearly Iterian League General Fund. All profits of the Pan-Iterian Railways shall be accounted for by the Pan-Iterian Railway agency and funneled back to the Iterian Infrastructure Authority.
Chapter 6: Freeways
Section 1. The Iterian Infrastructure Authority shall, with the consent of the Assembly, construct a series of road, freeways, and highways to allow for greater travel among the members of the Iterian League.
Section 2. These highways shall be constructed, maintained, and accounted for by the Iterian Freeway Agency, a wing of the Iterian Infrastructure Authority.
Section 3. All expenditures of the Iterian Freeway System shall be paid for using funds allocated to the Iterian Infrastructure Authority from the General Fund. All excess funding shall be re-directed to the Iterian Infrastructure Authority.
Title III: The Travel Code
Chapter 7: Travel Authority
Section 1. The Iterian Travel Authority shall be the body within the Secretariat tasked with implementing the policies outlined in The Travel Code and all resolutions and initiatives concerning travel in the Iterian League among it’s Member-States.
Section 2. The Iterian Travel Authority shall have the power to implement all legislation concerning travel and immigration between the members of the Iterian League and shall be tasked with encouraging and facilitating the implementation of the travel, immigration, and movement guidelines as laid out in this code.
Section 3. The Undersecretary of Travel shall be the official tasked with the management of the Iterian Travel Authority and as the Secretary-General’s chief advisor on travel policy.
Section 4. The Undersecretary of Travel shall have complete executive authority over the Iterian Travel Authority and serve on the Secretary-General’s Executive Commission as the primary official tasked with drafting and implementing travel policy.
Section 5. The Undersecretary of Travel may be appointed or dismissed at the behest of the Secretary-General and does not require the confirmation of the Iterian Assembly.
Chapter 8: Travel
Section 1. Members of the Iterian League shall work to loosen travel barriers between one another, seeking to liberalize border restriction and allowing for the free movement of people within Iteria.
Section 2. Member-States of the Iterian League shall not place a complete travel ban on the travel of their members between other Member-States of the Iterian League.
Section 3. Members of the League are encouraged to pursue a policy of Passport-Free travel with their fellow Members in order to facilitate greater connectivity across Iteria.
Section 4. The right of Member-States of the Iterian League to police, enforce, and control their borders shall not be infringed by a decision of the Iterian Assembly, Secretariat or the Court.
Chapter 9: Visas
Section 1. All nations of the Iterian League shall reduce the barriers that exist for members of the Iterian League to attain a visa, ensuring that any citizen of the Iterian League which seeks temporary residence in another Member-State of the Iterian League is allowed to pursue such a license.
Section 2. League Members shall retain the right to deny any Iterian Citizen a visa if they deem that individual to be a risk to their national security and stability.
Chapter 10: Citizenship
Section 1. The Member-States of the Iterian League shall work to reduce all existing barriers preventing citizens of other Iterian League Members from seeking to attain citizenship in a new Iterian League Member. They shall also attempt to streamline the citizenship application process.
Section 2. Members of the Iterian League shall retain the right to deny citizenship to any individual for any reason they choose.
Title IV: The Science Code
Chapter 11: Science Authority
Section 1. The Iterian Science Authority shall be the body within the Secretariat tasked with implementing the policies outlined in The Science Code and all resolutions and initiatives concerning science in the Iterian League.
Section 2. The Iterian Science Authority shall have the power to implement all legislation concerning scientific research and cooperation between the members of the Iterian League and shall be tasked with encouraging and facilitating the implementation of the scientific guidelines and cooperative programs laid out in this code..
Section 3. The Undersecretary of Science shall be the official tasked with the management of the Iterian Science Authority and as the Secretary-General’s chief advisor on science policy.
Section 4. The Undersecretary of Science shall have complete executive authority over the Iterian Science Authority and serve on the Secretary-General’s Executive Commission as the primary official tasked with drafting and implementing science policy.
Section 5. The Undersecretary of Science may be appointed or dismissed at the behest of the Secretary-General and does not require the confirmation of the Iterian Assembly.
Chapter 12: Records
Section 1. The collected declassified scientific records of member of the Iterian League are to be compiled into a national record to be maintained by the Iterian Science Authority for use by all citizens of Member-State of the Iterian League.
Section 2. Additionally, the Iterian Science Authority shall have the power, with the consent of the Assembly, erect and maintain a series of libraries where all declassified information about Iterian history and it’s Member-States shall be stored for the use of the populus of Iteria.
Section 3. These records and libraries shall be maintained via funds from the General Fund allocated to the Iterian Science Authority on annual basis.
Chapter 13: Research
Section 1. Members of the Iterian League are encouraged to perform joint research with other members, with scientists from all nation working collaboratively on joint scientific exploits.
Section 2. The Iterian Science Authority shall, with the consent of the Iterian Assembly, distribute monetary grants for scientific research, in order to incentivize pursuit in scientific field across Iteria.
Section 3. The funds for joint research projects and research grants shall come from the General Fund currency allocated to the Iterian Science Authority.
Chapter 14: Education
Section 1. Member-States of the Iterian League shall endeavor to promote the education of their citizens, and all inhabitants of Iteria, to ensure the furtherment of all educational exploits.
Section 2. The Iterian Science Authority shall have the power to, with the consent of the Iterian Assembly, erect a series of learning institutions across Iteria. These institutions, to be funded using money allocated to the Iterian Science Authority, will be available to all Iterian citizens wishing to seek a higher education.
Chapter 15: Space Exploration
Section 1. The Iterian League shall establish a Pan-Iterian Space Program as an international subsidiary of the Iterian Science Authority with the express purpose of engaging the members of Iteria in the joint exploration of space.
Section 2. All missions and programs for the Pan-Iterian Space Program must require the approval of the Assembly before they are constructed, funded, or launched.
Section 3. The Pan-Iterian Space Program will also serve as a medium by which the Member-States of the Iterian League can engage one another in joint space exploration ventures.
Section 4. Primary funding for the Pan-Iterian Space Program shall be derived from the General Fund resources allocated to the Iterian Science Authority. All secondary funding shall be derived from voluntary funds from other Members and Private Organizations.
Title V: The Health Code
Chapter 16: Health Authority
Section 1. The Iterian Health Authority shall be the body within the Secretariat tasked with implementing the policies outlined in The Health Code and all resolutions and initiatives concerning Health in the Iterian League among it’s Member-States.
Section 2. The Iterian Health Authority shall have the power to implement all legislation concerning continental health and cooperation between the members of the Iterian League on Health. It shall be tasked with encouraging and facilitating the implementation of the health guidelines and health initiatives laid out in this code.
Section 3. The Undersecretary of Health shall be the official tasked with the management of the Iterian Health Authority and as the Secretary-General’s chief advisor on health policy.
Section 4. The Undersecretary of Health shall have complete executive authority over the Iterian Health Authority and serve on the Secretary-General’s Executive Commission as the primary official tasked with drafting and implementing health policy.
Section 5. The Undersecretary of Health may be appointed or dismissed at the behest of the Secretary-General and does not require the confirmation of the Iterian Assembly.
Chapter 17: Health Standards
Section 1. Nations shall endeavor to establish rules and regulations concerning the health of their citizens to ensure that disease is contained and that a Pandemic is not allowed to spread across the continent of Iteria.
Section 2. Food and water regulations shall be implemented to ensure that consumables are safe for the people of Iteria.
Section 3. Workplace safety regulations should be erected to ensure that no citizen of a member-state of the Iterian League is put into bodily harm or injured during their work.
Chapter 18: Health Crises
Section 1. Should a disease or affliction take hold in Iteria and reach pandemic status, the Iterian Assembly may vote to declare a Health Crises on the continent of Iteria.
Section 2. Upon the declaration of the Health Crises, all nations that wish to comply may allow the Iterian Health Authority to construct temporary emergency health providers within the nation to deal with plague affecting the continent.
Section 3. Acceptable methods of providable care include rehabilitory care, providing vaccines, and placing the sick into temporary isolation, until they have recovered, to ensure the disease does not spread.
Section 4. The Iterian Health Authority will not be authorized to kill, forcibly relocate, or infringe upon the rights of any inhabitant of an Iterian League member-state.
Section 5. Upon the near eradication of the affliction, the Iterian Health Authority shall close down any temporary facilities designated to deal with the pandemic.
Section 6. Funds to perform these special missions shall be procured from the Iterian Health Authority’s yearly budget allocated from the General Fund, or through voluntary donations to the mission.
Title VI: The Environmental Code
Chapter 19: Environmental Authority
Section 1. The Iterian Environmental Authority shall be the body within the Secretariat tasked with implementing the policies outlined in The Environmental Code and all resolutions and initiatives concerning the Environment in the Iterian League among it’s Member-States.
Section 2. The Iterian Environmental Authority shall have the power to implement all legislation concerning the continent’s environment and cooperation between the members of the Iterian League on environmental policy. It shall be tasked with encouraging and facilitating the implementation of the environmental guidelines and initiatives laid out in this code.
Section 3. The Undersecretary of the Environment shall be the official tasked with the management of the Iterian Environment Authority and as the Secretary-General’s chief advisor on environmental policy.
Section 4. The Undersecretary of the Environment shall have complete executive authority over the Iterian Environmental Authority and serve on the Secretary-General’s Executive Commission as the primary official tasked with drafting and implementing environmental policy.
Section 5. The Undersecretary of the Environment may be appointed or dismissed at the behest of the Secretary-General and does not require the confirmation of the Iterian Assembly.
Chapter 20: Environmental Standards
Section 1. Members of the Iterian League shall endeavor to create environmentally friendly environment in their nation, preserving their natural environments and ensuring industry does not get in the way of natural preservation.
Section 2. Member-states of the Iterian League are encouraged to limit their carbon dioxide, methane, and other gaseous emissions which may contribute to a rampant greenhouse effect warming the earth.
Section 3. Iterian nations shall seek to prevent the depositing of industrial waste and other harmful substances within rivers, sensitive desert ecosystems, or other natural preserves that exist within the nation.
Chapter 21: Environmental Crises
Section 1. Should a major ecosystem collapse or an organism face extinction, the Iterian Assembly may vote to declare an environmental crisis.
Section 2. Upon the approval of such and initiative, the Iterian Environmental Authority, with the consent of any nation they may be operating within, shall set up a series of nature preserves and environmental safe zones which are to be left untouched while actions in affected regions are taken in order to preserve the environment.
Section 3. The Iterian Environmental Authority may not use any physical force to enforce the perimeter of these environmental safe zones without the approval of the nation they are operating within.
Section 4. Upon the stabilization of the ecosystem of a specific mission, the Iterian Environmental Authority shall withdraw its temporary facility from that nation and declare the mission over.
Section 5. Funds for such missions shall be derived from the Iterian Environmental Authority’s yearly budget allocated from the General Fund.
Title VII: The Humanitarian Code
Chapter 22: Human Rights Authority
Section 1. The Iterian Human Rights Authority shall be the body within the Secretariat tasked with implementing the policies outlined in The Humanitarian Code and all resolutions and initiatives concerning human rights in the Iterian League among it’s Member-States.
Section 2. The Iterian Human Rights Authority shall have the power to implement all legislation concerning the continent’s environment and cooperation between the members of the Iterian League on humanitarian policy. It shall be tasked with encouraging and facilitating the implementation of the humanitarian guidelines and initiatives laid out in this code.
Section 3. The Undersecretary of Human Rights shall be the official tasked with the management of the Iterian Human Rights Authority and as the Secretary-General’s chief advisor on humanitarian policy.
Section 4. The Undersecretary of Human Rights shall have complete executive authority over the Iterian Human Rights Authority and serve on the Secretary-General’s Executive Commission as the primary official tasked with drafting and implementing humanitarian policy.
Section 5. The Undersecretary of Human Rights may be appointed or dismissed at the behest of the Secretary-General and does not require the confirmation of the Iterian Assembly.
Chapter 23: Human Rights Standards
Section 1. Member-states of the Iterian League shall endeavor to establish a code of national human rights that shall be allotted to every citizen within their nation.
Section 2. Nations are encouraged to ensure the equality under law of all citizens and to prevent the discrimination of peoples on the grounds of ethnicity, gender, or religion.
Section 3. Permanent involuntary servitude, or chattel slavery, shall be highly condemned and all nations within the Iterian League are encouraged to ban the practice in all of it’s forms.
Section 4. No citizen of a member-state of the Iterian League shall be arrested by its country of residency without due cause or warrant.
Section 5. Citizens within a member of the Iterian League shall be entitled to the right to travel between nations in some form or another. Every person within the Iterian League has the right to nationality and citizenship within a nation in Iteria.
Section 6. Citizens of League Member-States shall be entitled to free thought and thinking.
Chapter 24: Humanitarian Crises
Section 1. Should a gross abuse of human rights occur within a nation in the Iterian League, the Iterian Assembly may vote to declare a humanitarian crises within a specific nation or area.
Section 2. Upon the declaration of a humanitarian crises, the Iterian Human Rights Authority shall have the power to, with the consent of the nation it is operating within, erect a series of temporary facilities for use by the Human Rights Authority until the conclusion of the crisis.
Section 3. The Iterian Human Rights shall not have the authority to use physical force in any humanitarian mission.
Section 4. Upon the restoration of human rights within a certain nation or region, the Iterian Human Rights Authority shall withdraw its temporary mission headquarters from the afflicted region.
Section 5. Funds for such missions shall be derived from the Iterian Human Rights Authority’s yearly budget allocated from the General Fund.