Permanent Peace Partnership
Separation of church and state. All public officials are forbidden to use public resources or influence in any guise to finance religious groups orindividuals, and shall not receive any assistance or compensation from religious groups or individuals. Violators shall be subject to legal sanctions.
Largely because its constitution guarantees the military 40% of seats in Congress with no need for election. To effectively protect human rights, Myanmar needs to carry out reform to adopt Global Unity Constitutional Standards and the core values of One World under One Set of Laws, giving international law precedence over domestic law. At the same time, it should install a modified semi-presidential system with cabinet. For more, see the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development.
To protect the rights of refugees, the international community needs to agree on uniform constitutional standards that conform to the ideals of human rights, constitutionalism, international law and natural law. This means complying with Article 1 of the Humanitarian Charter, which deals with the right of each person to live a normal life. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development for more.
The Constitution of Zimbabwe is dysfunctional, and should be reformed to install a modified semi-presidential system. The president and other key elected officials should be limited to one 5-year term and banned along with relatives from running again for 6 years afterwards. Also, the heads of the four government branches should be elected in alternating years, and 1/4 of all lawmakers should face election each year. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development for details.
The US and other nations should support Taiwan's Charter for Permanent Peace to lead China to democratize. This would press North Korea to follow suit and end its strident militarism. Emmanuel Kant once noted, 'The pursuit of permanent peace is the highest goal of reason and a moral obligation.' China claims to be a 'responsible major power', thus it should not enable North Korea's continued belligerency. For more, see the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development.
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