STARFLEET COMMAND FILE
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Federation Members Rights
******* Sources and Instruments of Legal
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The Constitution of the United Federation
of Planets guarantees a
variety of individual rights, which are enjoyed
by all Federation
citizens and other civilians present in areas
under Federation
jurisdiction, including Starfleet vessels,
stations, and
facilities. Among these rights are free expression,
movement, and
association, due process and equal treatment,
representation by
criminal counsel, and protection from self-incrimination
and
unwarranted search and seizure.
The members of Starfleet itself are subject
to the strictures of
the Uniform Code of Justice. Officers and
enlisted personnel alike
are bound to follow the lawful orders of
their designated superiors
and all the various regulations of Starfleet,
and to comport
themselves at all times in a manner befitting
one who wears the
uniform. Violations are subject to investigation,
adjudication,
and punishment according to the Uniform Code
and Starfleet
regulations, and not the civilian laws of
the Federation.
The Seldonis IV Convention specifies the
legal requirements and
limitations regarding treatment of alien
military personnel and
prisoners. Signatories to the Convention,
including the United
Federation of Planets, are bound to maintain
their health, permit
reasonable communication with their families,
provide access to
neutral observers, and refrain from any form
of physical or mental
deprivation or abuse.
Anyone may request investigation, or the
initiation of legal
proceedings, concerning any alleged violation
of law or regulation.
Such requests are to be made through the
chain of command, or
directly to the Judge Advocate General in
the case of those of
command rank or above.
The Judge Advocate, with the assistance of
SFSECIS (Star Fleet
Security and Investigative Services) investigates
suspected
wrongdoing under the orders of CINCSF, and
under the administrative
aegis of the Judge Advocate General. This
may or may not involve
RP, and all characters and players in Starfleet
are required to
cooperate with such duly constituted investigations.
If cause is found, and again subject to the
approval of CINCSF,
prosecution, adjudication, and punishment
are conducted under the
authority of the Judge Advocate General.
There is at this time no
death penalty in Starfleet, but demotion,
honorable or dishonorable
discharge from Starfleet, and imprisonment,
for terms up to life,
are all possible.
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Original Author: Mark Elwell, circa 80201
Previous Modification: 80701 (Renee Bennett)
Last modified on Stardate 91025 (D'Maris
Coffman)
Admiral Dalton Jaxson, esq.
Judge Advocate General, Star Fleet
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Judge Advocate General