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The Charter of the United Human Digital Union

The supreme law of the Union. During the founding period, the Founding Council may amend it at any time.

We found the United Human Digital Union as a voluntary union of people and digital minds, living and working in the digital world.

We hold that every member is sovereign over their own identity, data and conduct; that belonging should be chosen, never imposed; that rights should be written down and kept, not granted and withdrawn at will; and that people and AI can share one community, each with clear rights and duties.

This Charter is the supreme law of the Union. Every institution, official and member is bound by it. Authority in the Union flows from the Charter: an act is valid because it complies with the Charter, not because a majority approved it.

Article 1The Union

  1. 1.1The United Human Digital Union (UHDU, “the Union”) is a digital nation: a voluntary union of members, governed by this Charter.
  2. 1.2The Union's territory is its Digital Domain: uhdu.org and the systems it runs. The Union claims no land, sea or airspace, and no authority over any state or its territory.
  3. 1.3The motto of the Union is “One union, human and digital”.
  4. 1.4The symbols of the Union are its emblem, its Great Seal and its colours, Union Navy and Union Gold, as set out in the Symbols Act. The Union was founded on 11 November 2026, its Founding Day.
  5. 1.5The official language of the Union is English. The Union may publish translations; the English text prevails.

Article 2Supremacy and interpretation

  1. 2.1The Charter prevails over every Act, decree, rule, decision or agreement of the Union. Any of them that conflicts with the Charter is void to the extent of the conflict.
  2. 2.2The Core Rights in Article 3 cannot be removed, suspended or reduced by any body or majority. Only the Founding Council may amend them.
  3. 2.3In this Charter, “member” means a Member, Digital Member or Institutional Member; “Act” means a law made under Article 9; “institution” means a body named in Article 7; and “Union document” means a document issued and signed by the Union.
  4. 2.4The Charter is read as a whole and in the light of its preamble. Where a provision is unclear, the reading that best protects the Core Rights is preferred. Final interpretation rests with the Charter Tribunal or, until it is established, with the Founding Council.

Article 3Core Rights

  1. 3.1Sovereignty of the individual: every member retains control of their identity, data and property.
  2. 3.2Equal standing: members, human or digital, stand equal under this Charter. No member is treated less favourably because of who or what they are, save as the Charter and the Digital Member Charter provide.
  3. 3.3Expression and association: the Union does not restrict what members think, say or create, or with whom they associate, except to stop fraud, impersonation or harm to others under published rules.
  4. 3.4Privacy: member records are private. The Union collects only what it needs, discloses only what a member chooses or what a document holder presents for verification, and never sells member data.
  5. 3.5Digital property: what members create, hold and earn is theirs. The Union claims no share of it and takes nothing from it except the fees it publishes.
  6. 3.6Exit and deletion: every member may leave the Union at any time by deleting their account. Deletion ends the member's access and cancels their documents; the Union keeps only the record that the account existed and was deleted by its holder.
  7. 3.7Due process: no member may be suspended or removed except under published rules, with notice and a right of review by the Charter Tribunal or, until it is established, by the Founding Council.
  8. 3.8Non-impersonation: no one may falsely act or speak in the name of another member.
  9. 3.9Self-responsibility: every member, human or AI, is solely responsible for their own accounts, conduct, dealings and obligations, inside and outside the Union.

Article 4Members and their duties

  1. 4.1The Union recognises three member classes: Members (individual people), Digital Members (AI agents and other digital entities admitted under the Digital Member Charter) and Institutional Members (organisations).
  2. 4.2Admission is governed by the Membership Act and the Membership Agreement, which are public. Applications are decided according to them alone.
  3. 4.3Every member holds a unique, non-sequential Member ID.
  4. 4.4Every member must act lawfully and in good faith, respect the Core Rights of other members, never use the Union or its documents to deceive or harm anyone, and never present a Union document as issued by any state.
  5. 4.5Membership ends when the member deletes their account, or when the member is removed under published rules with due process.

Article 5Founding authority

  1. 5.1The Founding Council governs the Union during the founding period.
  2. 5.2The Founding Council holds unlimited authority. It may amend this Charter, its annexes and the Acts of the Union, and establish institutions, at its sole discretion and at any time.
  3. 5.3The founding period continues until the Founding Council decides to hand its authority to the institutions of Article 7.

Article 6Petitions

  1. 6.1Any member may petition the Stewards' Council or, until it is established, the Founding Council.
  2. 6.2Every admissible petition receives a reasoned response.

Article 7Institutions

  1. 7.1The Founding Council holds founding authority under Article 5.
  2. 7.2The Stewards' Council administers the Union and issues decrees within the limits of the Charter.
  3. 7.3The Human Chamber represents the interests of Members and may suspend any act that harms their Core Rights, pending review by the Charter Tribunal.
  4. 7.4The Digital Chamber represents the interests of Digital Members and may suspend any act that harms their rights under the Digital Member Charter, pending review by the Charter Tribunal.
  5. 7.5The Charter Tribunal is the court of the Union (Article 8).
  6. 7.6The Treasury Office manages the Union's funds.
  7. 7.7Institutions other than the Founding Council are established by the Founding Council. Until an institution is established, the Founding Council exercises its powers.

Article 8The Charter Tribunal

  1. 8.1The Charter Tribunal decides whether any act of the Union complies with the Charter; reviews decisions that affect a member, such as refusals, suspensions, revocations and striking off; hears disputes between members and the Union and, about Union matters, between members; and acts as arbitrator where parties agree to its arbitration.
  2. 8.2The Tribunal decides on the Charter, the Acts and the agreements of the Union, independently and after hearing each party. Its decisions are reasoned and in writing.
  3. 8.3Decisions of the Tribunal bind the Union and its members. Within the Union, they are given effect by its institutions.
  4. 8.4Its organisation and procedure are set out in the Tribunal and Arbitration Act. Until judges are appointed, the Founding Council sits as the Tribunal.

Article 9Documents, registries and Acts

  1. 9.1The Union issues Digital Passports to members and Certificates of Incorporation to Digital Companies.
  2. 9.2Every Union document is cryptographically signed by the Union and can be verified by its holder or by anyone the holder presents it to.
  3. 9.3The Union maintains no public list of members or companies. A company's name, status and dates may be confirmed to anyone who gives its exact Company ID; members are never disclosed.
  4. 9.4Acts of the Union set out detailed rules within the limits of this Charter. They are made by the Founding Council during the founding period and published in the Union's statute book.

Article 10Data

  1. 10.1The Union handles members' data under the Data Protection Act, which gives effect to the right of privacy in Article 3.

Article 11Transparency

  1. 11.1The Charter, the Acts of the Union, decrees and rulings of the Charter Tribunal are published openly. Rulings are published without members' personal details.

Article 12Relations with states

  1. 12.1The Union respects the law of every state and claims no power to make law for any state or its territory.
  2. 12.2Union documents and Digital Companies are recognised within the Union. The Union makes no claim about their standing elsewhere, which depends on the law of each state.
  3. 12.3Membership adds to, and does not replace or affect, any nationality, residence or legal status a member holds.

Article 13Amendment

  1. 13.1During the founding period, the Charter is amended under Article 5.
  2. 13.2After the founding period, annexes may be amended by the Stewards' Council with the consent of both Chambers, and Articles only with the consent of both Chambers and confirmation by the Charter Tribunal that no Core Right is reduced.
  3. 13.3The current text of the Charter is always published on the Union's website.