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=Rights of Sentience =

[|The Rights of Sentience] was one of the best-known clauses of the [|Galactic Constitution]. It spoke out [|against] [|speciesism] and set out the rights that all members of the [|Galactic Republic] were entitled to, including these: When the Constitution was written in [|25,053 BBY], the Rights of Sentience was one of the most radical sections of it. However, throughout its history, the Republic was hard-pressed to enforce the Rights, especially in its outlying regions. In the [|New Order], it was replaced with [|Human High Culture]. The Rights were still practiced by the [|Rebel Alliance] in defiance of the [|Empire] and was reinstated when the [|New Republic Common Charter] was drafted. [|Senate Resolution 54.325] most likely helped enforce the law. After [|Admiral] [|Daala] weakened Human High Culture, it can be presumed that the Rights found a place in the [|Imperial Charter]. It is not known how the [|Galactic Republic] determined which species were sentient. Such proved a problem for the [|droid rights movement], as [|droid sentience] was questionable at best.
 * The formal outlawing of [|slavery].
 * The declaration that all sentient lifeforms were equal, and should be treated as such.
 * All Republic citizens were entitled to all rights enshrined in the Constitution, including suffrage, protection from undue hardships, etc.

Behind the scenes
The Rights of Sentience is similar to the real-world [|Magna Carta], or the [|English Bill of Rights]. Considering that the Galactic Constitution was in large part inspired by the [|United States Constitution], it can be assumed that the Rights of Sentience is the in-universe equivalent of the [|United States Bill of Rights]. The laws enshrined within the Rights bear resemblance to the real world [|Emancipation Proclamation], [|Reconstruction Amendments] ([|13th], [|14th] and [|15th]) and [|Civil Rights Act of 1964].