The Rights of Sentience Party functioned as a political party within the framework of the New Republic. Their core belief centered on the idea that sentient indigenous species on planets colonized by other groups were entitled to equal say in how the planet was governed, just like the colonists. Furthermore, if the native sentient population constituted the majority, they asserted that this group should possess complete authority over planetary governance.
It is believed that this party evolved from the Rights of Sentience League that existed during the time of the Old Republic's.