Legislation

Article 1

(1) Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority.

(2) The Armbrusterian people therefore acknowledge inviolable and inalienable human rights as the basis of every community, of peace and of justice in the world.

(3) The following basic rights shall bind the legislature, the executive and the judiciary as directly applicable law.

Article 2

(1) Every person shall have the right to free development of his personality insofar as he does not violate the rights of others or offend against the constitutional order or the moral law.

(2) Every person shall have the right to life and physical integrity. Freedom of the person shall be inviolable. These rights may be interfered with only pursuant to a law.

Article 3

(1) All persons shall be equal before the law.

(2) Men and women shall have equal rights. The state shall promote the actual implementation of equal rights for women and men and take steps to eliminate disadvantages that now exist.

(3) No person shall be favoured or disfavoured because of sex, parentage, race, language, homeland and origin, faith or religious or political opinions. No person shall be disfavoured because of disability.

Article 4

(1) Freedom of faith and of conscience and freedom to profess a religious or philosophical creed shall be inviolable.

(2) The undisturbed practice of religion shall be guaranteed.

(3) No person shall be compelled against his conscience to render military service involving the use of arms. Details shall be regulated by a federal law.

Article 5

(1) Every person shall have the right freely to express and disseminate his opinions in speech, writing and pictures and to inform himself without hindrance from generally accessible sources. Freedom of the press and freedom of
⠀⠀⠀reporting by means of broadcasts and films shall be guaranteed. There shall be no censorship.

(2) These rights shall find their limits in the provisions of general laws, in provisions for the protection of young persons and in the right to personal honour.

(3) Arts and sciences, research and teaching shall be free. The freedom of teaching shall not release any person from allegiance to the constitution.

Article 6

(1) Marriage and the family shall enjoy the special protection of the state.

(2) The care and upbringing of children is the natural right of parents and a duty primarily incumbent upon them. The state shall watch over them in the performance of this duty.

(3) Children may be separated from their families against the will of their parents or guardians only pursuant to a law and only if the parents or guardians fail in their duties or the children are otherwise in danger of serious ⠀⠀⠀neglect.

(4) Every mother shall be entitled to the protection and care of the community.

(5) Children born outside of marriage shall be provided by legislation with the same opportunities for physical and mental development and for their position in society as are enjoyed by those born within marriage.

Article 7

(1) The entire school system shall be under the supervision of the state.

(2) Parents and guardians shall have the right to decide whe th er children shall receive religious instruction.

(3) Religious instruction shall form part of the regular curriculum in state schools, with the exception of non-denominational schools. Without prejudice to the state’s right of supervision, religious instruction shall be given in ⠀⠀⠀accordance with the tenets of the religious community concerned. Teachers may not be obliged against their will to give religious instruction.

(4) The right to establish private schools shall be guaranteed. Private schools that serve as alternatives to state schools shall require the approval of the state and shall be subject to the laws of the Länder. Such approval shall be ⠀⠀⠀given when private schools are not inferior to the state schools in terms of their educational aims, their facilities or the professional training of their teaching staff and when segregation of pupils according to the means of ⠀⠀⠀their parents will not be encouraged thereby. Approval shall be withheld if the economic and legal position of the teaching staff is not adequately assured.

(5) A private elementary school shall be approved only if the education authority finds that it serves a special educational interest or if, on the application of parents or guardians, it is to be established as a denominational or ⠀⠀⠀interdenominational school or as a school based on a particular philosophy and no state elementary school of that type exists in the municipality.

(6) Preparatory schools shall remain abolished.

Article 8

(1) All Armbrusterians shall have the right to assemble peacefully and unarmed without prior notification or permission.

(2) In the case of outdoor assemblies, this right may be restric ted by or pursuant to a law.

Article 9

(1) All Armbrusterians shall have the right to form societies and other associations.

(2) Associations whose aims or activities contravene the criminal laws or that are directed against the constitutional order or the concept of international understanding shall be prohibited.

(3) The right to form associations to safeguard and improve working and economic conditions shall be guaranteed to every individual and to every occupation or profession. Agreements that restrict or seek to impair this right ⠀⠀⠀shall be null and void; measures directed to this end shall be unlawful. Measures taken pursuant to Article 12a, to paragraphs (2) and (3) of Article 35, to paragraph (4) of Article 87a or to Article 91 may not be directed ⠀⠀⠀against industrial disputes engaged in by associations within the meaning of the first sentence of this paragraph in order to safeguard and improve working and economic conditions

Article 10

(1) The privacy of correspondence, posts and telecommunications shall be inviolable.

(2) Restrictions may be ordered only pursuant to a law. If the restriction serves to protect the free democratic basic order or the existence or security of the Federation or of a Land, the law may provide that the person affected ⠀⠀⠀shall not be informed of the restriction and that recourse to the courts shall be replaced by a review of the case by agencies and auxiliary agencies appointed by the legislature.

Article 11

(1) All Armbrusterians shall enjoy freedom of movement throughout the territory of the Federal Republic.

(2) This right may be restricted only by law or on the basis of a law and only in cases in which there is no sufficient basis for life and the general public would suffer special burdens as a result, or in which it is necessary to avert an imminent danger to the existence or the free democratic basic order of the Federation or of a Land, to combat the danger of epidemics, natural disasters or particularly serious accidents, to protect young people from neglect or to prevent criminal acts.

Article 12

(1) All Armbrusterians shall have the right freely to choose their occupation, place of work and place of education. The exercise of an occupation may be regulated by law or on the basis of a law.

(2) No one may be compelled to perform specific work, except within the framework of a conventional general public service obligation which is the same for all.

(3) Forced labor is only permissible in the case of a court-ordered deprivation of liberty.

Armbruster defends and strengthens the rights of queer people in his country.

Sexual Activity
1. Is sexual activity between 2 consenting adults of the same sex legal?
Yes
(2. If it's illegal, what are the punishments for it?)

Gender Identity
1. Can citizens of your nation change their legal gender?
Yes
2. Can citizens of your nation undergo gender transitional surgery?
Yes
3. Is gender transitional surgery REQUIRED for one to change their legal gender?
No
4. Does your nation recognize a non-binary gender?
Yes

Military Rights
1. Are openly LGBTQ+ Citizens allowed to join your nation's military?
Yes
2. If no, are closeted LGBTQ+ Citizens required to undergo a "gay test" (like the one in Turkey) before joining?
No
(3. If yes and your nation imposes conscription, are LGBTQ+ citizens included in the draft?)

Discrimination Protections
1. Does your nation's constitution ban discrimination against LGBTQ+ citizens?
Yes
(2. If no, are there laws that ban such discrimination?)
3. Is speech that mocks/insults the LGBTQ+ Community banned in your nation?
Yes

Recognition of Same-Sex relationships
1. Does your nation have constitutional limits that ban same-sex marriage/civil unions or the prohibition thereof?
No
2. Can 2 citizens of the same sex register for a civil union in your nation?
Yes
3. Can 2 citizens of the same sex marry each other in your nation?
Yes

Adoption Rights
1. Can openly LGBTQ+ citizens who are not in a same-sex civil union/marriage adopt children?
Yes
2. Can openly LGBTQ+ citizens who are in a same-sex civil union/marriage adopt children?
Yes
3. Can openly LGBTQ+ citizens adopt children through a surrogacy?
Yes
(4. If no, is this banned for Straight citizens as well?)

Misc. Rights
1. Are openly LGBTQ+ citizens allowed to donate blood?
Yes
2. Is same-sex sex education taught in your nation's schools?
Yes
3. Referring to Question 2, if yes, did this come about naturally or by law?
By law
4. Is conversion therapy illegal in your nation?
Yes