Bill: Pending P.B. 004 xyz Foreign Relations Act

[Thritystone]

DRAFT
A
BILL
TO
Enact the Foreign Relations Act​

1 - About this Act
(1) This Act
(a) may be cited as the Foreign Relations Act of Alexandria (Short title: FRA)
(b) may be numbered as P.B.##-###.
(c) shall be enacted upon assent
(d) has been authored by MP & Ambassador Thritystone,
(e) has been co-sponsored by, MOFA Minister Phillindeblanc, MP BloodyRebals + others penging
(f) Definitions:

(i) plenipotentiaries: for the purposes of this act shall refer to someone of Diplomatic rank empowered to negotiate and sign binding agreements on behalf of the Kingdom of Alexandria, and shall be a distinct title conferred by announcement and may not be assumed by anyone save the head of government. ​

(ii) Dominions: for the purposes of this act shall refer to a self-governing nation which acknowledges voluntary association with a parent state​

(iii) internal law: for the purposes of this act shall refer to the domestic law of a country. ​

(iv) Customary International Law: for the purposes of this act shall refer to international law, which is un-written, but followed and expected out of a sense of legal obligation.​

(iiv) State Practice: For the purposes of this act shall refer to general, consistent and observable conduct of a state over time, including legislation, judicial decisions, diplomatic correspondence, and official statements. ​

(iiiv) Opinio Juris: for the purposes of this act shall refer to the belief that the practice is legally required​

2 - Principles of Foreign Relations
(1) The Executive Branch of the Government of Alexandria, shall be the principal branch of government responsible for activities pertaining to foreign relations Pursuant to the powers granted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in A.P.01-044 | Government Organization Act §13
(2) Parliament shall be solely responsible for oversight, overview, and review of Government of Alexandria activities pertaining to Foreign Relations.
(3) Foreign states are not subject to judicial review unless they issue a waiver of judicial immunity.
(4) Issues pertaining to Multi-Server Territorial Sovereignty shall be managed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
(5) The Prime Minister is empowered to appoint plenipotentiaries or to delegate powers otherwise reserved for themselves with regards to Foreign Relations.
(6) The government of the Kingdom of Alexandria shall not enter into a treaty or agreement which shall surrender the sovereign authority of the state.

3 - Recognition of Dominions & Foreign States:
(1) the Government of the Kingdom of Alexandria, is empowered to recognize foreign states consistent with any Treaty obligations and in accordance with the following standards of assessments whereby the foreign state shall:
(a) Demonstrate the existence of a functional, centralized or federalized government, with an unambiguous head of government
(b) Demonstrate the existence of a fixed, and defined territorial boundary, whereby the foreign state has declared sovereignty.
(c) Demonstrate total political independence.

(2) Dominions of the Kingdom of Alexandria may be recognized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and which shall:
(a) Have acceded to Alexandrian administration freely and voluntarily
(b) Not be entitled to budget appropriations nor parliamentary representation
(c) Be incorporated into the sovereign territory of the Kingdom of Alexandria
(d) Voluntarily Retain Charters and by-laws consistent with the Constitution and laws of the Kingdom of Alexandria

4 - Enactment of Treaty Execution (provisions of this section shall act as an instruction to relevant ministries of the Government of Alexandria and shall not be convinced to contrive an enactment of extra jurisdictional requirement of foreign states)

(1) It shall be the position of the Government of the Kingdom of Alexandria that: A party may not invoke the provisions of its internal law as justification for its failure to perform a treaty. This rule is without prejudice to the fact that:
(a) A State may not invoke the fact that its consent to be bound by a treaty has been expressed in violation of a provision of its internal law regarding competence to conclude treaties as invalidating its consent unless that violation was manifest and concerned a rule of its internal law of fundamental importance.
(b) A violation is manifest if it would be objectively evident to any State conducting itself in the matter in accordance with normal practice and in good faith

(2) The Kingdom of Alexandria shall consider a signature by a head of state or a plenipotentiary of a foreign state as having created a binding obligation to act in good faith, that the signatory state shall not engage in conduct which shall defeat the object and purpose of the signed treaty.
(3) The Government of the Kingdom of Alexandria is authorized to pursue Economic, Military or other means of safeguarding the national interest.

5 - Customary International Law
(1) Both Elements of State Practice and Opinio Juris must be present for Government of Alexandria recognition of a customary international law.
(2) The Kingdom of Alexandria may, at any time, expressly declare a reservation to any provisions or any customary international legal practice provided that this state has not priorly demonstrated state practice and Opnio Juris with regards to similar facts and circumstances.

6 - Ratifications of International Treaties:
(1) Ratified Treaties which have been enacted shall have the force of law
(2) passage of resolution or an Act of Parliament, which shall include the entire text of the Treaty, and shall have passed with the requisite majorities shall constitute legislative ratification.