the Sokovia Accords

PART II

Article 5¹

Each State Party shall, in accordance with its constitutional processes, take any necessary measures to implement its obligations under this Treaty. In particular, it shall take any necessary measures:

1. To prohibit all Sapient Beings anywhere on its territory, or in any other place under its jurisdiction as recognized by international law, from undertaking any activity prohibited to a State Party under this Treaty;
2. To prohibit all Sapient Beings from undertaking any such activity anywhere under its control; and
3. To prohibit, in conformity with international law, natural persons or Enhanced Individuals possessing its nationality from undertaking any such activity anywhere.

Article 6

1. States Parties shall respect and ensure the rights set forth in the present Convention to each and every Enhanced Individual within their jurisdiction without discrimination² of any kind, irrespective of the classification, ability, sentience, origin, race, biology or other status of the Individual.
2. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that any Enhanced Individual is protected against any and all forms of military conscription based solely on any ability they may possess, their origin, biological (or other) make-up, heritage, or technological advancements.
3. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that any Enhanced Individual is protected against any and all forms of incarceration based solely on any ability they may possess, their origin, biological (or other) make-up, heritage or technological advancements.

Article 7³

1. States Parties recognise that Non Human Sapient Beings, as living individuals with reason and conscience⁴, are deserving of and entitled to due consideration and respect. They are entitled to a peaceful existence and a peaceful residence on Earth, insofar that they do not represent a threat to planetary or national security.
2. States Parties shall undertake all appropriate legislative, administrative, and other measures for the implementation of the rights recognized in the present Convention. With regard to economic, social and cultural rights, States Parties shall undertake such measures to the maximum extent of their available resources and, where needed, within the framework of international cooperation.
3. States Parties recognise that the welfare of all Non Human Sapient Beings is determined by both the physical and psychological state of the NHSB.
4. States Parties will ensure that detention is undertaken only where deemed necessary, and under the conditions laid out in Part III of this treaty.

Article 8

1. States Parties acknowledge that Non Human Sapient Beings, as defined by the International Body for Enhanced Individuals, and their constructs (where applicable) are their own entities, they are not a tool or a service to be bought or sold.
2. Each State Party undertakes to refrain from the participation in, or funding of, the creation of a Non Human Sapient Being as defined in Article 3.

Article 9

All Enhanced Humans are to be afforded the same basic human rights as their baseline counterparts as laid out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Article 10

Non Human Sapient Beings who choose to sign the Accords Contract, which can be found in Part IV of this Treaty, are afforded rights equal to those of an Enhanced Human as laid out in this Treaty.