World Legislative Bill Number Five

Adopted 16th day of September, 1982, at Brighton, England.

WORLD COURT BILL

Bill for the Establishment of Provisional District World Courts and

Provisional Regional World Courts of the World Supreme Court System, in

accordance with Article 19, Sec. E-2, and with Article 4, of the

Constitution for the Federation of Earth, hereinafter referred to as "Earth

Constitution."

WHEREAS, the escalation and proliferation of nuclear weapons has

reached a level endangering the viability of the entire world by

threatening to cause the immediate extinction of all persons and

living things on the planet, or at the least such destruction as

to set civilization back for hundreds or thousands of years;

WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to establish courts of proper

jurisdiction to hear any and all cases properly brought before

them regarding issues relating to research, testing, design,

production, transportation, deployment, purchase, sale, storage,

threatened use or actual use of any nuclear weapons of any size in

any delivery system below or above the surface of the earth, the

oceans, or anywhere in the atmosphere or outer space;

WHEREAS, international law and world law and Article 3, Sections

1, 2, 34, 39 and 40 of the Earth Constitution, together with

Legislative Bill Number One outlawing nuclear weapons and other

weapons of mass destruction which has been adopted by the

Provisional World Parliament in its First Session, now compromise

a body of world law appropriate for adjudication and enforcement

under a world court system;

WHEREAS, while issues involving the threat of nuclear destruction

or extermination present the primary and most urgent need for

legal means to deal with such problems in a global context, at the

same time many other urgent and crisis type world problems also

require the early establishment of world courts of appropriate

jurisdiction as avenues for adjudication and enforcement;

WHEREAS, the Earth Constitution under Article 9 does provide for a

World Supreme Court together with eight or more defined benches,

together with a Superior Tribunal and such related World Regional

Courts and World District Courts as may be found necessary; and

further provides under Article 19, Sec. E-2, for the Provisional

World Parliament to proceed with all actions it considers

appropriate and feasible in accordance with the Earth

Constitution;

NOW THEREFORE, it is hereby enacted in accordance with these

Articles and Sections of the Earth Constitution named above, the

following:

I. A Provisional District World Court (hereinafter PDWC) shall be

established in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., and a PDWC shall also

be established in New York City, New York, U.S.A. As needed and as

possible, additional Provisional District World Courts may be

established in London, England, Paris, France, Tokyo, Japan, New Delhi,

India, and in other appropriate locations in any part of the world.

II. These PDWCs shall operate under the Earth Constitution which was

completed and adopted in June of 1977, and shall utilize as their Rules

the Rules presently in force in the highest courts of the host country

or countries, except when such high court Rules are in contradiction

with said Earth Constitution or of subsequent resolutions or

legislation of the Provisional World Parliament or World Parliament or

the World Supreme Court established under the Earth Constitution.

III. The first Provisional Regional World Court (hereinafter PRWC) shall

also be established in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Additional PRWCs

may be established, as needed, in such countries and cities as may be

decided by the Provisional World Parliament, or by the World Supreme

Court or Provisional World Supreme Court when constituted. The Rules of

said PRWCs shall be the same as for the Rules presently in force in the

highest courts of the host country or countries, except as similarly

noted under Section II of this Bill;

IV. Appeals from any judgment of any PDWC or from any judgment of any PRWC,

may be taken directly to the appropriate Bench of the World Supreme

Court or Provisional World Supreme Court or to the Superior Tribunal of

the World Supreme Court, all as provided under Article 9 of the Earth

Constitution.

V. It shall not be necessary for an appeal from a PDWC to be taken first

to a PRWC before being taken to the World Supreme Court or Provisional

World Supreme Court or to the Superior Tribunal of the World Supreme

Court. It shall not be necessary for any case or action to arise first

in a District World Court or PDWC or Regional World Court or PRWC

before being taken to a Bench of the World Supreme Court, as such

origin and progression is not mandated under the Earth Constitution.

VI. The Primary seat of the Provisional World Supreme Court shall be

located in the Primary World Capital, as provided in Article 9, Section

C of the Earth Constitution. If the Primary World Capital is not

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World Legislative Bill Number Three

(Enacted on 12 September, 1982, at the First Session of the Provisional

World Parliament)

Bill For the Ownership, Administration and Development of the Oceans and

Seabeds of Earth as the Common Heritage of the People of Earth

WHEREAS

Under Article 16, Section A - (a), of the Constitution for the Federation of

Earth, all oceans and seabeds from 20 km. offshore are defined as World

Territory;

The recently drafted Law of the Seas treaty among nations is contrary to and

in violation of important provisions of Article 16 of the Constitution for

the Federation of Earth;

The peace and security of Earth, as well as the environmental health and

equitable economic development of Earth, depend in large measure upon the

conditions of ownership, administration and development of the oceans and

seabeds;

It is essential for actions to be taken in line with Article 16, as well as

Article 3, Section 23, before undesirable and difficult obstructions and

dangerous precedents are established to the contrary.

THEREFORE

1. This first session of the Provisional World Parliament, convened

pursuant to Article 19 of the Constitution for the Federation of Earth,

gives notice to all nations and to all people of Earth that the oceans

and seabeds from 20 km. offshore from any and all countries are

considered to be the Common Heritage of the People of Earth, and as

such are declared to be World Territory, and shall in future be owned,

administered and developed as World Territory for the maximum benefit

of Humanity.

2. The development and exploitation of ocean resources beyond 20 km.

offshore shall be, in future, under the jurisdiction, supervision and

administration of a World Oceans and Seabeds Authority (WOSA) which

shall be established by the World Parliament of Provisional World

Parliament, and which shall be responsible to the World Government

under the Constitution for the Federation of Earth.

3. Any claims by any nation to any Exclusive Economic Zones or to any

ownership of oceans or seabeds or the resources thereof beyond 20 km.

offshore, are declared to be invalid and contrary to the Principle of

the Common Heritage of the People of Earth, and shall not be

recognized.

4. The nations of the world are requested NOT to ratify the so-called "Law

of the Seas" treaty which is currently being submitted for

ratification, which at numerous points violates the principle of the

oceans and seabeds as the Common Heritage of the People of Earth; and

are requested instead to accept the jurisdiction of the World Oceans

and Seabeds Authority which is to be established by the World

Parliament or the Provisional World Parliament under the terms of the

Constitution for the Federation of Earth.

5. All development of the mineral, oil, food and other resources of the

oceans and seabeds from 20 km. offshore shall in future be managed

under the supervision, licensing and/or direct operation of the World

Oceans and Seabeds Authority, so as to insure that all such development

shall inure to the primary benefit of humanity as a whole, rather than

to any special or private or national interest.

6. No military submarines, warships, military aircraft carriers, nuclear

weapons, fissionable materials, or any weapons of mass destruction, nor

any other warmaking or military equipment, shall be permitted from 20

km. offshore, and shall not be permitted transit on or within the

oceans from 20 km. offshore.

7. All shipping companies, oil tanker companies, fishing companies and

other companies using the oceans from 20 km. offshore, including both

private and nationally owned companies, shall be licensed by the World

Oceans and Seabeds Authority.

8. This first session of the Provisional World Parliament hereby creates a

World Oceans and Seabeds Commission (WOSC) which shall work during the

ensuing year to prepare the details for a World Oceans and Seabeds

Authority, consistent with the terms of this bill and with the

provisions of the Constitution for the Federation of Earth, and shall

report back to the second session of the Provisional World Parliament

with specific recommendations. The WOSC shall initially be composed of

five members, appointed by the Steering Committee of the Provisional

World Parliament, and shall have authority to co-opt additional members

and consultants.

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established prior to an appeal to the World Supreme Court or

Provisional World Supreme Court, the Provisional World Supreme Court

shall be located in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

VII. The judgments of all said courts shall have full force under World Law

and International Law, shall have complete stare decisis effect and

shall be res judicata in World Law and International Law on all issues

adjudicated. Said judgments shall be enforced by virtue of said force

and effect. Any violation of said judgments shall be deemed a violation

of World Law and International Law. In every respect these said courts

shall be empowered to fully function under the Earth Constitution.

VIII.Service of Process shall be made by first class U.P.C. mail on any

defendent or legal representative thereof in the host country or

countries of the particular Court or Bench of the World Supreme Court.

Diligent efforts shall also be made to give hand delivered or telephone

notice of Process. For the purpose of serving Process, defendants may

be any national, local, regional, state, provincial or other

government, or any individual, corporation, association, university or

other legally recognized entity, and it shall be permissible for

Process to be served on any embassy, consulate, department of state,

foreign office or other responsible governmental department of any

country.

IX. The terms or periods of these said Provisional Courts shall be from the

date of adoption of this Bill by the Provisional World Parliament, and

continuing until further resolution or direction by the Provisional

World Parliament or World Parliament, or until the complete World Court

system is established pursuant to Article 9 of the Earth Constitution.

X. Each PDWC and each PRWC shall be presided over by three Judges who are

attorneys-at-law under the laws of the host country or countries, and

who shall have at least five years of legal or juristic experience,

minimum age of twenty-five years, evident competence in concepts of

world jurisprudence, and commitment to upholding the Earth

Constitution.

XI. The Courts provided herein shall have the power to adopt local Rules

consistent with the aforesaid high court rules and with the

Constitution for the Federation of Earth, and with the other provisions

specified in Section II of this Bill.

XII. For the purposes of implementing this Bill, a Standing Parliamentary

Commission shall be established, to be composed of five M.P.'s of the

Provisional World Parliament having legal training and experience or

evident global legal competence, together with a member of the legal

profession in California, U.S.A, all members of the Commission to be

fully committed to carrying out the provisions of this Bill. The six

original members of this Standing Parliamentary Commission on World

Courts may co-opt an additional five members, and shall have full

authority to implement the provisions of this Bill without further

permission or directives from the Provisional World Parliament, except

in matters which are specifically reserved for decisions by the

Provisional World Parliament and to further legislation which it may

enact. The said standing commission must further at all times carry on

its work in ways not contrary to the provisions of the Earth

Constitution.

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