Citizenship of the Global Community, which will exist by virtue of a Treaty between nation governments and the Charter of the Global Community, is conferred on everyone who is a citizen of a Member State.
The Global Community citizenship is additional to, and does not replace, national citizenship.
Election by universal suffrage when conducted by all Member States, will give the Global Community Parliament full legitimacy.
By voting in its elections the citizens of the Global Community enhance its status and influence.
The Global Community citizenship gives citizens the right of free movement and residence in the territory of the Member States,
the right to vote and stand for election in the Global Community and local elections, the right to diplomatic protection in third countries,
as well as:
- the right to petition the Global Community Parliament;
- the right to bring complaints before the Global Community Ombudsman;
- the right to address any of the Global Community institutions or bodies in one of the official languages and to receive an answer in
the same language.
Members of the Global Community Parliament (GCPs) will be elected by direct universal suffrage at five-year intervals.
They will be elected under a system of proportional representation. Elections are held either on a regional basis,
or under a mixed system.
A common core of democratic rules applies everywhere:
1. the right to vote at 18,
2. equality of men and women, and
3. the principle of the secret ballot.
Transparency
Members of the GCP must declare in a public register their professional activities and any other paid work or office held.
They must also declare their financial interests and other sources of income.
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All peoples on Earth have been wondering what will it take to create and obtain a global community citizenship that is based on
fundamental principles and values of the Global Community. Now is time to enact your dream! It is time because humanity has no time
to waste as we have done in the past. It is time to be what we are meant to become to save us and all life along with us. It is time
to be citizens of the Earth. It is time to gather our forces and to stand for our global values, the only humane values that can save humanity and life on the planet
from extinction.
You may be eligible to become a citizen of the Global Community.
To become a citizen of the Global Community you may be:
* a person
* a global community
* an institution
* a town, city or province
* a state or a nation
* a business 
* an NGO
* a group of people who decided to unite for the better of everyone participating in the relationship, or you may be
* an international organization
The Global Community Citizenship is given to anyone who accepts
the Criteria of the Global Community Citizenship as a way of life . It
is time now to take the oath of global community citizenship. We all belong
to this greater whole, the Earth, the only known place in the universe
we can call our home.
Before you make your decision, we are asking you to read very carefully
the Criteria of the Global Community Citizenship, make sure
you understand every part of the criteria, and then make the oath of belonging
to the Global Community, the human family, Earth Community and Earth Government.
You do not need to let go the citizenship you already have. No! You
can still be a citizen of any nation on Earth. The nation you belong to
can be called 'a global community'.
But you are a better human being as you belong also to the Global Community,
and you have now higher values to live a life, to sustain yourself and
all life on the planet.
You have become a person with a heart, a mind and Soul of the same as
that of the Global Community.
The Global Community welcomes you!
Negotiations with the United Nations are under way concerning worldwide acceptance of the Criteria of the Global Community Citizenship.
It is expected that the U.N. accept worldwide the Global Community Citizenship and the Certified Corporate Global Community Citizenship (CCGCC).
A global community citizen could travel the world with the global community VISA and work in nations where the VISA is obtained.
The Global Community would conduct the proper investigation concerning the security aspects of the global community citizen requesting the VISA and also be responsible for the legitimacy of the application for the VISA.
A VISA could have several different applications depending of the request:
a) work permit
b) short visit
c) volunteer work
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1. Acceptance of the Statement of rights and responsibilities of a person, 'a global community' and 'the Global Community'. 
We need to take this stand for the survival of our species.
2. Acceptance of the concept of 'a global community'.
The concept of 'a global community' is part of the
Glass Bubble concept  of a global community. The concept was
first researched and developed by the Global
Community.
We have already said that 'a global community' is not
about a piece of land you acquired by force or otherwise. A typical global
community may be what a group of people, together, wants it to be. It can
be a group of people with the same values. It can be a group of people
with the same cultural background, or the same religious background. Or they may have totally different backgrounds and beliefs. One
could think of a typical global community of a million people that does
not have to be bounded by a geographical or political border. It can be
a million people living in many different locations all over the world.
The Global Community is thus more fluid and dynamic. The Global Community
is this great, wide, wonderful world made of all these diverse global communities.
We need to let go the archaic ways of seeing a community as the street
where we live and contained by a border. The people making a global community
may be living in many different locations on the planet. It can be a village,
or two villages together where people have decided to unite as one global
community. The two villages may be found in different parts of the world.
It can be a town, a city, or a nation. It can be two or more nations together.
We can no longer perceive ourselves as a People who could
survive alone and a People who does not need anyone else. We belong and
depend to this much larger group, that of the Global Community. The 21st
Century will see limitless links and symbiotical relationships with and
within the Global Community. A global symbiotical relationship between
two or more nations, or between two or more global communities, can have
trade as the major aspect of the relationship or it can have as many other
aspects as agreed by the people involved. The fundamental criteria is that
a relationship is created for the good of all groups participating in the
relationship and for the good of humanity, all life on Earth. The relationship
allows a global equitable and peaceful development and a more stable and inclusive global economy.
The emphasis of a global symbiotical relationship is not
so much on how much money a nation should have or how high a GDP should
be although money can be made a part of the relationship. We all know developed
countries live off developing countries so the emphasis has no need to
stress out the profit a rich nation is making off a poor nation. The emphasis
of the relationship should give more importance to the other aspects such
as quality of life, protection of the environment and of the global life-support
systems, the entrenchment of the Scale of Human and Earth Rights and the
Charter of Earth Government into our ways of life, justice, peace, cultural
and spiritual freedom, security, and many other important aspects as described
in the global
ministries (health, agriculture, energy, trade, resources,
etc.) .
3. Acceptance of the Scale of Human and Earth Rights.
To determine rights requires an understanding of needs and reponsibilities
and their importance. The Scale
of Human and Earth Rights and the Charter
of the Global Community were researched and developed by
the Global Community
to guide us in continuing this process. The Scale shows social
values in order of importance and so will help us understand the rights
and responsibilities of global communities.
4. Acceptance of the Charter of the Global Community.
The Charter of the Global Community is a declaration of interdependence
and responsibility and an urgent call to build a global symbiotical relationship
between nations for sustainable development. It is a commitment to Life
and its evolution to bring humanity to God.The Global Community has focused
people aspirations toward a unique goal: humanity survival now and in the
future along with all Life on Earth. The " Belief, Values, Principles and Aspirations of the Global Community" of the Charter
are closely interrelated. Together they provide a conception of a world sustainable
development and set forth fundamental guidelines for achieving it; they
were drawn from international law, science, philosophy, religion, and they
were discussed as research papers during the global dialogues.
5. Acceptance of your birth right of electing a democratic
government to manage Earth. The political system of an individual country
does not have to be a democracy. Political rights of a country belong to
that country alone. Democracy is not to be enforced by anyone and to anyone
or to any global community. Every global community can and should choose
the political system of their choice with the understanding of the importance
of such a right on the Scale
of Human and Earth Rights. On the other hand, representatives
to the Global Community must be elected democratically in every part of the
world. An individual country may have any political system at home but
the government of that country will have to ensure (and allow verification
by Earth Government) that representatives to Earth Government have been
elected democratically. This way, every person in the world can claim the
birth right of electing a democratic government to manage Earth: the rights
to vote and elect representatives to form Earth Government.
6. Acceptance of the Earth Court of Justice as the highest Court on Earth.
The Global Community is promoting the settling of disputes between nations through the process of the Earth Court of Justice. Justice for all is what we want.
Justice withour borders! The Earth Court of Justice will hear cases involving crimes related to the global ministries.
It will have the power to rule on cases involving crimes related to each one of the ministries.
Prosecuting criminals on the basis of universal jurisdiction regardless of a territorial or nationality nexus required a solid
commitment of political will from national governments and the Global Community. Once in effect, the Earth Court of Justice will become the principal judicial organ of the Global Community.
The Court will have a dual role: to settle in accordance with international law the legal disputes submitted to it by national
governments, local communities, and in some special cases by corporations, non-government-organizations and citizens, and to give
advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by duly authorized organs and agencies.
The Court will be composed of judges elected by the Elected Representatives Council and
Earth Security Council. It may not include more than one judge of any nationality. The Members of the Court do not represent
their governments but are independent magistrates. The judges must possess the qualifications required in their respective countries
for appointment to the highest judicial offices, or by jurists of recognized competence in international law. The composition of the
Court has also to reflect the main forms of civilization and the principal legal systems of the world.
The Earth Court of Justice will hear cases involving:
* nation states
* national political and military leaders accountable for violations of international humanitarian law
* 'core' crimes of genocide
* crimes against humanity and human rights
* war crimes
* crimes with significant impacts perpetuated against the life-support system of the planet (for instance wars and use of weapons of widespread destruction are listed under this category)
* crimes related to the relentless misuse of the Earth Resources
* environmental crimes
* social crimes as the Court may see apply
* crimes stemming from the global ministries
The Earth Court of Justice will also rule on global problems and concerns such as the creation of a new nation in the
world, and disputing territories or land between nations.
The procedure followed by the Court is defined in its Statute. The Court decides in accordance with:
* the Scale of Human and Earth Rights,
* belief, values, principles and aspirations of the Global Community,
* international treaties and conventions in force,
* international custom,
* the general principles of law,
* as subsidiary means, judicial decisions and the teachings of the most highly qualified publicists,
* the Statement of Rights and Responsibilities of Global Community citizens, and
* the criteria of a Global Community citizen.
The Statute of the Earth Court of Justice will be established later.
The Earth Court of Justice established by the Charter of the Global Community as the principal organ of the Global Community
shall be constituted and shall function in accordance with the provisions of the Statute.
The Global Community welcomes you!
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