The World Assembly (WA),
Noting the WA's dedication to ease travel between WA states;
Believing that travel is easier if passports from different WA states can be authenticated to easily identify individuals, and that easy identification provides benefits to national security;
The WA hereby enacts as follows:
- Definitions and declarations.
- "PASA" means the Passports, Nationality and Refugees Administration (PASA), which is hereby established as a committee of the WA.
- "Passport" means a travel document (in physical or electronic form) issued by a WA state (or by PASA, pursuant to the provisions below) to an individual for the purpose of identifying that individual for travel purposes.
- Passport templates.
- PASA is to create standardized templates for passports. All passports issued by a WA state or by PASA must follow the said templates.
- PASA is responsible for translating all templates into the languages of the WA state (or its sub-national divisions, where appropriate).
- PASA templates shall be updated from time to time to use the latest privacy, security and authentication technologies.
- PASA may tailor templates for WA states that prefer to use inferior technologies, if requested by the said state.
- PASA may also tailor templates for different sapient species, if requested by a WA state.
- PASA templates may be provided to non-WA states, subject to bilateral agreements on protecting privacy, security, and technology.
- Features of passports.
- Each passport validly issued to an individual shall contain pertinent information on that individual as deemed necessary by PASA.
- Each passport can include additional information that the said WA state deems necessary.
- Entitlement to a passport.
- Each individual is entitled to their own separate passport, regardless of whether they are minors or are legally competent.
- Each WA state is responsible for issuing passports to individuals entitled thereof.
- No WA state may deny the right to be issued a passport to any of their individual citizens, nationals, or subjects, unless that individual is prohibited from exiting that state due to the laws of that state or extant WA resolutions.
- Each WA state must recognize a passport from another WA state as legally valid, provided that it can verify the authenticity of that passport, either with the issuing WA state or with PASA.
- Each WA state can charge a fee for issuing passports (or replacements) to any individual, with the fee not exceeding a full recovery of costs incurred for issuing that passport.
- Emergency passports. PASA is authorised, at its discretion, to issue passports to individuals that are verifiably in dire circumstances, such as anyone:
- fleeing an active war, whether declared or otherwise;
- travelling as refugees or seeking asylum;
- rendered stateless by the collapse of a WA state; or
- rendered stateless as a result of an action by a state, regardless of whether that state is a WA state.
- Powers of PASA.
- PASA shall have the right and the ability to authenticate passports with, for and on behalf of all WA states.
- PASA may also authenticate passports from non-WA states, subject to bilateral agreements.
- Delegation.
- A WA state may request PASA to issue all of that state's passports on its behalf.
- PASA will only accept such a request if it determines that a WA state (i) lacks a functioning government or (ii) lacks the resources necessary to maintain such infrastructure.
- Finances.
- PASA is to be paid for by the General Fund.
- All services from PASA are to be provided free-of-charge to end-users.
- Jurisdiction.
- If anyone fails to obtain a passport from PASA pursuant to clause 5 for any reason, they may appeal to the Independent Adjudicative Office.
- Passports issued by PASA do not imply conferring citizenship, nationality or subject from any entity on any individual.
- This resolution does not interfere with a WA state's powers, subject to extant WA resolutions, regarding border controls, or to grant or remove citizenship and/or nationality from any individual.
- PASA is responsible for the interpretation of this resolution.
