The mandate for the World Passport is Article 6 and Article 13(2) Article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:
“Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.” (Art. 6)
“Everyone has the right to leave any country, including one’s own, and to return to one’s country.” (Art. 13.2)
The World Passport is a 30 page Machine Readable Travel Document (MRTD*) with alphanumeric code line, scanned-in passport photo and “ghost” image, security paper with embedded logo, data page laminated with hologram, in 7 languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Chinese and Esperanto.
Each passport is numbered and each page contains the World Citizen logo as background. Two pages are reserved for affiliate identifications: diplomatic corps, organizations, firms, etc. There are nineteen visa pages. In the inside back cover, there is space for home address, next of kin, doctor, employer, driving license no. and national passport/identity number. The cover is blue with gold lettering.
For nation-state recognition, please go to Recognition.
To apply for a World Passport, please go to Apply.
The World Passport represents the inalienable human right of freedom of travel on planet Earth. Therefore it is premised on the fundamental oneness and unity of the human community.
In modern times, national passports have become a symbol of national sovereignty and exclusive control by each nation-state. That control works both for citizens within the nation and all others outside. All nations thus collude in the system of control of travel rather than its freedom.
Freedom of travel is one of the essential marks of the liberated human being, as stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The World Passport is a meaningful symbol and sometimes powerful tool for the implementation of the fundamental human right of freedom of travel. By its very existence it challenges the exclusive assumption of sovereignty of the nation-state system. It is designed to conform to nation-state requirements for travel documents. But, it does not indicate the nationality of its bearer, only their birthplace. It is a neutral, apolitical document of identity and potential travel document.
A passport gains credibility with its acceptance by authorities other than the issuing agent. The World Passport in this respect has a track record of over 65 years of acceptance. Currently, more than 185 countries have visaed it on a case-by-case basis. In short, the World Passport represents the one world we all live in. Everyone has the right to move freely in their natural birthplace, the Earth.
* Filed with the International Civil Aviation Organization.
