====== Ruling on Representatives in International Relations ======

[ [[Union Laws]], [[Union]] ]

The Ministry of Justice, under minster [[Mathi-ey C'b'rton]] in (:turn) 218, has ruled the following in the public hearing {([forum]:2389)}.

== On the selection of representatives: ==

  * Any representative chosen for the negotiation of international agreements which could normally be reviewed by the Ministry of Justice should be selected to be a "respectable representative" at the least by the laws, standards and customs of the nation sending that representative.
  * Any representative chosen for the negotiation of international agreements which could normally be reviewed by the Ministry of Justice should be citizens of the member world they represent, or citizens of the member world that holds sovereign power over the entity they represent, such as in the case of sub-factions or intergalactic corporations.


==Options to refrain from negotiating with certain types of representatives:==

  * A member world may register with the Ministry of Justice a list of requirements or restrictions that it - based on its own laws, customs and cultures - places on representatives involved in all negotiations of international agreements which could normally be reviewed by the Ministry of Justice.
  * Non member-world entities are always considered as using the requirements of the member world that holds sovereign power over that entity.
  * All representatives involved in negotiations of international agreements which could normally be reviewed by the Ministry of Justice must meet the registered requirements and restrictions of all parties involved in the negotiations. This includes the representatives sent by the party which listed the requirements. If there is disagreement about whether or not a representative is qualified under this rule, the Minister of Justice will adjudicate.
  * Within the confines of the registered requirements and restrictions, all parties must accept any and all representatives.
  * Registered requirements or restrictions, including amendments, will come into effect the turn after they have been registered and will hold only for new negotiations started after the restrictions came into effect. They will never be applied retroactively.

==Furthermore:==

  * If a representative in a negotiation of international agreements which could normally be reviewed by the Ministry of Justice should provably have insulted or offended one of the negotiating parties, that party may end negotiation with this individual representative on that basis.