👉The table of contents so far is here.
Chapter 5: The System of Civic Law
5.2. Citizenship Law -part 1-
As mentioned above, the core of communist citizenship law is citizenship law, which consists of (1) residency right, (2) civil rights, and (3) kinship rights. Of these, the first two that we will discuss here are rights related to public status.
The first, residency right is the right to reside in each Zone and the local areas within it. In a communist society that has no concept of a nation state, the concept of "nationality" naturally does not exist, so residency right plays a role equivalent to nationality.
Global citizenship is a higher concept of residency right. This is the right of residents of a Zone that belongs to the World Commonwealth to reside anywhere within the World Commonwealth.
Therefore, the essence of this global citizenship is the freedom to emigrate. This right is stipulated in the World Commonwealth Charter. Global citizenship arises on the basis of residency right, so in order to exercise this global citizenship and emigrate to another Zone, one of the residency right is also required.
On the other hand, civil rights are granted to residents who reach a certain age, provided that they have residency rights. Communist civil rights are not the right to vote, but rather the right to be a delegate. In a communist society, the representative body is the Commons' Convention based on a lottery system.
Procedurally, such residency right is acquired by registering with the Commune where one currently resides. This registration also comprehensively acquires the right to reside (including the right to emigrate) in each Zone, as well as the Provincial Area or Qausi-Zone (Zonelet) within it, and the World Commonwealth.
Residency right cannot be suspended under any circumstances, but civil rights can be suspended for a certain period of time if a serious offense is committed, and can be permanently revoked if a delegate commits misconduct in their duties. Apart from these exceptions, there are no restrictions on civil rights.
👉The papers published on this blog are meant to expand upon my On Communism.
