3. Strathclyde hereby affirms
that it does not presently, and shall not at any time in future,
exercise sovereignty over, or claim all or any part of, or extend her
laws in whole or in part to, the territory of the Kingdom of Riboalte,
or claim any Riboalte citizen as a Strathclyde citizen; likewise, the Kingdom
of Riboalte hereby affirms that it does not presently, and shall not
at any time in future, exercise sovereignty over, or claim all or any
part of, or extend her laws in whole or in part to, the territory of
Strathclyde, or claim any Strathclyde citizen as a Riboalte citizen.
Article 4.
The High Contracting
Parties shall secure to their citizens free movement between their
respective territories at all times:
Provided that
nothing in this Article confers-
(a) Strathclyde
citizenship or the right of abode in Strathclyde upon the citizens of
the Kingdom of Riboalte; or
(b) Riboalte citizenship
or the right of abode in the Kingdom of Riboalte upon Strathclyde citizens.
Article 5.
1. Strathclyde, being a
neutral state, shall not ally itself with the Kingdom of Riboalte but
shall be free to take such measures as it shall deem expedient to
maintain diplomatic relations between itself and the Kingdom of
Riboalte, and shall take all measures within its power to protect and
defend the citizens of the Kingdom of Riboalte who shall be within
Strathclyde at any time during which the Kingdom of Riboalte shall be
engaged in war or hostilities with any other State.
2. The Kingdom of Riboalte shall not ally itself with Strathclyde but
shall be free to take such measures as it shall deem expedient to
maintain diplomatic relations between itself and Strathclyde, and
shall take all measures within its power to protect and defend
Strathclyde citizens who shall be within the Kingdom of Riboalte at
any time during which Strathclyde shall be engaged in war or
hostilities with any other State.
3. Strathclyde hereby affirms that it will not attack or invade the
Kingdom of Riboalte, or otherwise violate the territorial integrity or
national sovereignty of the same, or harm the person or interests of
any citizen of the same.
4. The Kingdom of Riboalte hereby affirms that it will not attack or
invade Strathclyde, or otherwise violate the territorial integrity or
national sovereignty of the same, or harm the person or interests of
any citizen of the same.
Article 6.
No person shall suffer death for any
offence.
Article 7.
1. A visa shall be required by
any citizen of either of the High Contracting Parties for his travel
between the same High Contracting Parties. Nevertheless, both High
Contracting Parties shall not impose obstacles in front of a visa
request by a citizen of the other High Contracting Party.
2. The High Contracting
Parties shall hereby abolish all trade tariffs, all customs and
excises, and all road tolls for the free movement of goods, or the
travel of High Contracting Party citizens, crossing our borders.
Article 8.
Notwithstanding that
citizenship is not conferred under any circumstances by this Treaty,
it shall be lawful for the citizens of one High Contracting Party to
travel to the other High Contracting Party to work there or reside
there indefinitely.
Article 9.
1. The King of Riboalte,
the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Riboalte and the Government (or
any member thereof) of the Kingdom of Riboalte shall enjoy full
sovereign immunity whilst within the jurisdiction of Strathclyde, and
shall be a diplomat for the purposes of the law of Strathclyde.
2. The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Riboalte, any member of his
diplomatic staff, or any other diplomat of any rank of the Kingdom of
Riboalte representing that Realm in Strathclyde shall enjoy full
diplomatic immunity whilst within the jurisdiction of Strathclyde, and
shall be a diplomat for the purposes of the law of Strathclyde.
3. His Majesty The King of Strathclyde, the Prime Minister of
Strathclyde, and the Government (or any member thereof) of Strathclyde
shall enjoy full sovereign immunity whilst within the jurisdiction of
the Kingdom of Riboalte.
4. His Majesty's Ambassador, any member of his diplomatic staff, or
any other diplomat of any rank of Strathclyde representing Strathclyde
in the Kingdom of Riboalte shall enjoy full diplomatic immunity whilst
within the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Riboalte.
5. No-one shall be exempt by virtue of sovereign immunity or of
diplomatic immunity from punishment for an offence of treason, of
murder, of rape or of paedophilia if committed within the territory,
and under the criminal law, of a High Contracting Party and nothing in
this Article shall be so construed as to prevent such person from
being liable to his own domestic laws on the matter in question.
6. In Strathclyde, the websites or any other virtual property which
shall together constitute the Embassy of the Kingdom of Riboalte shall
be deemed for the purposes of this Article to be part of the territory
of the Kingdom of Riboalte and as such shall be treated as being under
the sole jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Riboalte. In the Kingdom of
Riboalte, the websites or any other virtual property which shall
together constitute the Embassy of Strathclyde shall be deemed for the
purposes of this Article to be part of the territory of Strathclyde
and as such shall be treated as being under the sole jurisdiction of
Strathclyde.
7. The High Contracting Parties hereby declare their assent to the
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 1961, and their affirmation
to abide by all and sundry the provisions of the same.
Article 10.
1.
Strathclyde hereby affirms and guarantees that she does not-
(a) discriminate against
any person or group of persons for any reason, including on grounds
of ethnic or national origins, race, sexual orientation, age, sex,
disability, religious belief or lack thereof, political opinions, or
other like characteristics;
(b) violate human rights
as defined and determined by the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and the International Bill of Rights;
(c) prohibit or restrict
the right to freedom of religion;
(d) favour or advocate the
death penalty, or allow for the use of the death penalty under her
domestic law for any reason; or
(e) advocate terrorism for
any reason.
2. The
Kingdom of Riboalte hereby affirms and guarantees that she does
not-
(a) discriminate against
any person or group of persons for any reason, including on
grounds of ethnic or national origins, race, sexual orientation,
age, sex, disability, religious belief or lack thereof, political
opinions, or other like characteristics;
(b) violate human rights
as defined and determined by the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and the International Bill of Rights;
(c) prohibit or restrict
the right to freedom of religion;
(d) favour or advocate
the death penalty, or allow for the use of the death penalty under
her domestic law for any reason; or
(e) advocate terrorism
for any reason.
Article 11.
Upon the signing of
this Treaty by His Majesty The King of Strathclyde and the Prime
Minister of Strathclyde, by His Majesty The King of Riboalte and
the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Riboalte (if any), there
shall be---
1. Established in Strathclyde an Embassy of the Kingdom of
Riboalte:
2. Established in the Kingdom of Riboalte an Embassy of
Strathclyde.
GIVEN at Glasgow in Strathclyde by-
Joan II of Riboalte,
King of Riboalte, 14th June 2005, for the Kingdom of Riboalte:
Duke of Rivieri-Alijis,
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Riboalte,
14th June 2005, for the Kingdom of
Riboalte:
MARK R.,
King of Strathclyde, 14th June 2005 for Strathclyde:
Mr John T Powell,
Prime Minister of Strathclyde, 14th June 2005, for
Strathclyde.
