Campus Paul Viaud

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SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS AND PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA
OFFICE OF THE RECTOR-PRESIDENT
SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY
UNIVERSITY OF XARAGUA
GENERAL ARCHIVES OF THE STATE
SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AND ACADEMIC ACT
ON THE ESTABLISHMENT, PERMANENT DESIGNATION, FOUNDATIONAL RANK, INSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION AND PATRIMONIAL STATUS OF THE PAUL VIAUD CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF XARAGUA
Date of Original Enactment: 17 June 2025
Constitutional Authority: Office of the Rector-President
Institution Concerned: University of Xaragua
Designated Academic Seat: Paul Viaud Campus
Location: Miragoâne
Official Classification: Supreme Constitutional Academic Instrument — Foundational Campus Act — Institutional Heritage Law — Indigenous Educational Institution Statute — Protected Academic Estate
Legal Status: Permanent Instrument of the Constitutional and Academic Order of Xaragua
PREAMBLE
The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous and Private State of Xaragua,
Acting through the supreme constitutional authority of the Office of the Rector-President and the organic academic authority of the University of Xaragua;
Considering that the University of Xaragua constitutes the supreme academic institution of the State and the principal organ entrusted with higher education, political and juridical formation, institutional research, historical preservation, Indigenous knowledge, public doctrine and the preparation of persons called to serve within the constitutional order of Xaragua;
Affirming that Indigenous peoples possess the inherent right to establish, direct and preserve their own educational institutions, political structures, juridical traditions, historical narratives and systems for the transmission of collective knowledge;
Invoking Articles 3, 4, 5, 14, 31, 33 and 34 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Articles 26 and 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and Article 13 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights;
Recognizing the historical relationship between Paul Viaud, the ancestral family estate situated at Miragoâne, its intergenerational preservation and the subsequent institutional development of the University of Xaragua upon that territorial foundation;
Determining that the historical origin, territorial continuity, academic destination and commemorative identity of the estate must be secured by an instrument of permanent constitutional rank;
Hereby DECLARES, CONSTITUTES, ENACTS AND ORDERS as follows:
TITLE I — FOUNDATIONAL CONSTITUTION
Article 1 — Permanent Establishment
The principal academic estate of the University of Xaragua situated at Miragoâne is hereby permanently constituted under the exclusive institutional designation:
PAUL VIAUD CAMPUS
UNIVERSITY OF XARAGUA
This designation shall govern every constitutional, academic, administrative, archival, patrimonial, ceremonial and representational act concerning the Campus.
Article 2 — Foundational Rank
The Paul Viaud Campus is classified as the Principal and Foundational Academic Seat of the University of Xaragua.
The creation of any additional campus, faculty, institute, academy, research centre, affiliated institution or external instructional location shall neither supersede nor diminish its foundational rank.
Article 3 — Institutional Functions
The Campus may receive and exercise:
a) the academic functions of the Office of the Rector-President;
b) the central administration of the University;
c) teaching, research, examination and certification functions;
d) the custody of academic and institutional archives;
e) convocations, councils and university ceremonies;
f) political, juridical and governmental instruction;
g) historical, cultural and patrimonial collections;
h) publication and doctrinal production; and
i) every additional function assigned by the competent authorities of Xaragua.
TITLE II — HISTORICAL AND PATRIMONIAL STATUS
Article 4 — Historical Continuity
The State recognizes an uninterrupted institutional relationship between:
a) the property historically associated with Paul Viaud;
b) its preservation through intergenerational family custody;
c) its contribution to the material establishment of educational and intellectual activity at Miragoâne;
d) the subsequent constitution of the University of Xaragua; and
e) its present status as the foundational academic seat of the State.
This continuity forms an integral and permanent component of the official history of the University.
Article 5 — Protected Academic Estate
The Paul Viaud Campus is entered into the institutional heritage of Xaragua as a Protected Academic and Historical Estate.
Its designation, archives, documented history, academic functions, institutional symbols, commemorative identity and material records constitute protected elements of the patrimony of the State and University.
Article 6 — Continuity Independent of Property Conditions
No change in ownership, possession, occupation, administration, physical configuration or assigned academic use shall, by itself, extinguish, suspend or alter the historical and foundational designation established by this Act.
Questions concerning civil title shall remain juridically distinct from the constitutional, historical and institutional classification of the Campus.
TITLE III — ACADEMIC AUTHORITY AND INVIOLABILITY
Article 7 — University Jurisdiction
The internal academic government of the Paul Viaud Campus belongs exclusively to the competent authorities of the University of Xaragua, acting pursuant to the constitutional and organic law of the State.
Such jurisdiction extends to:
a) curricula and instruction;
b) academic appointments;
c) admissions and examinations;
d) credentials and certifications;
e) archives and registers;
f) ceremonies and convocations;
g) institutional symbols and nomenclature; and
h) internal academic proceedings.
Article 8 — Institutional Inviolability
The authority, identity, records and academic integrity of the Campus shall be protected against every unauthorized act of interference, substitution, appropriation, suppression or alteration.
No act originating outside the Xaraguayan constitutional order shall acquire internal academic effect unless expressly received, recognized or implemented by the competent authority of Xaragua.
Article 9 — Indigenous Educational Character
The Paul Viaud Campus is formally classified as an Indigenous Educational Institution of Xaragua.
It possesses authority to preserve, develop, teach and transmit Xaraguayan history, Indigenous legal traditions, customary law, constitutional doctrine, political institutions, territorial knowledge, public administration and all disciplines lawfully established by the University.
TITLE IV — OFFICIAL COMMEMORATIVE DESIGNATION
Article 10 — Recognition of Paul Viaud
Paul Viaud is permanently entered into the General Academic Register and the General Archives of the State under the institutional distinction:
FOUNDATIONAL PATRON OF EDUCATION AND INSTITUTIONAL HERITAGE
Article 11 — Scope of Recognition
The distinction records:
a) his historical association with the foundational estate;
b) the preservation of that estate within the Viaud family;
c) the estate’s contribution to the territorial continuity of the University;
d) the relationship between family patrimony and institutional formation; and
e) the incorporation of his name into the permanent academic identity of the University of Xaragua.
The distinction constitutes an act of institutional memory and shall not be construed as conferring academic office, governmental competence or hereditary authority.
TITLE V — CONSTITUTIONAL ACADEMIC MANDATE
Article 12 — Principal Mandates
The Paul Viaud Campus shall serve as a principal centre for:
a) higher academic formation;
b) political science and governance studies;
c) Indigenous, customary, constitutional and comparative legal studies;
d) historical research and archival preservation;
e) institutional, territorial, diplomatic, economic, cultural and environmental research;
f) the preparation of personnel serving the institutions and autonomous communities of Xaragua; and
g) the production, preservation and transmission of the official intellectual corpus of the University.
TITLE VI — ARCHIVAL PERMANENCE
Article 13 — Foundational Dossier
The University of Xaragua and the General Archives of the State shall maintain a permanent dossier entitled:
PAUL VIAUD CAMPUS — FOUNDATIONAL ACADEMIC ESTATE
The dossier may incorporate juridical instruments, property records, historical documents, photographs, genealogical materials, architectural records, oral histories, institutional acts and all evidence relevant to the origin and development of the Campus.
Article 14 — Perpetuity of Name
The designation Paul Viaud Campus shall survive:
a) succession in the Office of the Rector-President;
b) changes in university administration;
c) reorganization of faculties or programmes;
d) institutional restructuring;
e) establishment of additional campuses; and
f) modification of the physical or administrative use of the estate.
No subordinate authority may abolish, replace or materially alter that designation.
TITLE VII — CONSTITUTIONAL ENTRENCHMENT
Article 15 — Protected Normative Rank
This Act possesses permanent constitutional and academic force.
Its foundational provisions may be amended only by a subsequent instrument of equal or superior rank expressly identifying this Act and specifying the provision subject to amendment.
Administrative practice, institutional silence, conflicting nomenclature, academic reorganization or subsequent subordinate regulation shall not constitute repeal.
Article 16 — Prohibition of Implied Repeal
No provision of this Act shall be presumed extinguished, displaced or diminished by implication.
Every subsequent instrument concerning the University, its campuses, properties, heritage or academic organization shall be interpreted consistently with the foundational status of the Paul Viaud Campus.
TITLE VIII — EXECUTION AND ENTRY INTO FORCE
Article 17 — Official Registration
This Act shall be entered into:
a) the General Archives of the State;
b) the General Academic Register of the University of Xaragua;
c) the Register of Constitutional and Organic Instruments;
d) the Register of Institutional Heritage; and
e) every competent register relating to university estates and protected academic institutions.
Article 18 — Measures of Execution
The University of Xaragua is authorized to issue all regulations, classifications, inscriptions, seals, signage, certificates, archival records and administrative instruments necessary for the full execution of this Act.
Article 19 — Authoritative Interpretation
This Act shall be interpreted in accordance with:
a) the permanence of the University of Xaragua;
b) the preservation of historical and territorial continuity;
c) Indigenous educational authority;
d) academic self-government;
e) the protection of institutional archives and patrimony; and
f) the perpetual designation of the Paul Viaud Campus.
Article 20 — Entry into Force
This Act entered into force on 17 June 2025 and, from that date, forms an integral part of the permanent constitutional, academic, archival and patrimonial corpus of Xaragua.
All institutions, authorities, officers and registers of the State shall recognize and maintain its full juridical effect.
FINAL CONSTITUTIONAL DECLARATION
The Paul Viaud Campus constitutes the foundational territorial seat, principal historical estate and permanent institutional point of origin of the University of Xaragua.
Its establishment unites family patrimony, territorial continuity, Indigenous educational authority and constitutional institution-building within a single protected academic estate.
The name of Paul Viaud shall remain permanently attached to that estate as an act of State recognition, university continuity and institutional memory.
SO DECLARED.
SO CONSTITUTED.
SO ENACTED.
SO ENTERED INTO THE PERMANENT RECORD OF THE STATE.
BY SUPREME ORDER OF THE RECTOR-PRESIDENT
SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS AND PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA

SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS AND PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA
SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY
OFFICE OF THE RECTOR-PRESIDENT
UNIVERSITY OF XARAGUA — PAUL VIAUD CAMPUS
GENERAL ARCHIVES OF THE STATE
SUPREME STATE ACT OF INSTITUTIONAL RECOGNITION
IN HONOUR OF PAUL VIAUD AND IN PERPETUAL RECOGNITION OF HIS CONTRIBUTION TO TERRITORIAL STEWARDSHIP, EDUCATIONAL CONTINUITY AND THE FOUNDATIONAL PATRIMONY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF XARAGUA
Constitutional Authority: Office of the Rector-President
Academic Authority: University of Xaragua
Designated Institution: Paul Viaud Campus
Place of Promulgation: Miragoâne
Official Classification: Supreme State Tribute — Foundational Patronage Instrument — Academic Heritage Act — Territorial Stewardship Recognition — Permanent University Memorial
Archival Status: Permanent Instrument of Institutional Memory
PREAMBLE
The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous and Private State of Xaragua,
Acting through the supreme constitutional authority of the Office of the Rector-President and the organic academic authority of the University of Xaragua;
Considering that the continuity of a State rests not only upon its enacted institutions, but also upon the persons, estates, lineages and material foundations that made their subsequent establishment possible;
Recognizing that territorial stewardship, intergenerational preservation, disciplined proprietorship and commitment to education constitute acts of permanent institutional significance whenever they provide the material conditions necessary for the formation of a national academic order;
Taking official notice of the historical association of Paul Viaud with the estate at Miragoâne upon which the principal and foundational academic seat of the University of Xaragua was subsequently constituted;
Recognizing the place occupied by that estate in the preservation of family patrimony, the reception of educators, the maintenance of intellectual activity and the territorial consolidation of an educational centre in the Grand Sud;
Affirming that the incorporation of the estate into the institutional history of the University constitutes neither an incidental designation nor a temporary administrative arrangement, but the formal recognition of an antecedent territorial foundation;
Determining that the name, contribution and documented historical association of Paul Viaud with the foundational estate must be preserved within the permanent constitutional, academic and archival records of Xaragua;
Hereby DECLARES, RECOGNIZES, HONOURS AND ENTERS INTO THE PERMANENT RECORD OF THE STATE the following:
TITLE I — OFFICIAL RECOGNITION
Article 1 — State Tribute
The State formally renders perpetual institutional tribute to:
PAUL VIAUD
FOUNDATIONAL PATRON OF EDUCATION AND TERRITORIAL STEWARDSHIP
This distinction constitutes an official act of constitutional, academic, historical and patrimonial recognition.
Article 2 — Grounds of Recognition
The distinction established by this Act recognizes:
a) the historical association of Paul Viaud with the foundational estate situated at Miragoâne;
b) the acquisition, preservation and intergenerational transmission of that estate;
c) the maintenance of material conditions favourable to educational and intellectual activity;
d) the contribution of the estate to the territorial establishment of the University of Xaragua;
e) the continuity joining family patrimony, institutional formation and academic sovereignty; and
f) the permanent incorporation of this history into the official identity of the University.
TITLE II — TERRITORIAL STEWARDSHIP
Article 3 — Foundational Estate
The property historically associated with Paul Viaud is recognized as the territorial foundation upon which the Paul Viaud Campus of the University of Xaragua was constituted.
Its historical classification proceeds from its relationship to the origin, establishment and continuity of the University and remains juridically distinct from questions concerning civil title, possession, occupancy or administration.
Article 4 — Character of the Stewardship
The stewardship attributed to Paul Viaud is officially characterized by:
a) the disciplined preservation of the estate;
b) the protection of its territorial continuity;
c) its intergenerational transmission;
d) its association with educators and intellectual activity;
e) its contribution to the material autonomy of the Viaud family; and
f) its subsequent incorporation into the institutional patrimony of Xaragua.
Article 5 — Institutional Consequence
The territorial foundation preserved through such stewardship made possible the establishment of a permanent academic seat possessing a defined location, historical identity and institutional continuity.
The State accordingly recognizes the estate as an antecedent material foundation of the University of Xaragua.
TITLE III — EDUCATIONAL CONTRIBUTION
Article 6 — Recognition of Educational Vision
Paul Viaud is recognized for maintaining an understanding of education founded upon discipline, intellectual formation, territorial responsibility, intergenerational advancement and institutional self-sufficiency.
Such vision is entered into the historical record as an antecedent principle of the educational order subsequently organized by the University of Xaragua.
Article 7 — From Private Patrimony to Academic Institution
The institutional designation of the estate as the principal academic seat of the University constitutes the lawful passage of a historically preserved territorial patrimony into the permanent academic history of Xaragua.
This passage shall be understood as the convergence of:
a) private stewardship;
b) family continuity;
c) territorial preservation;
d) educational purpose; and
e) constitutional institution-building.
Article 8 — Foundational Significance
The contribution of Paul Viaud shall not be represented as the exercise of a public office preceding the establishment of the State.
It shall be recognized as a foundational contribution whose territorial and educational consequences materially supported the later constitution of a public academic institution.
TITLE IV — UNIVERSITY COMMEMORATION
Article 9 — Permanent Campus Designation
The principal and foundational academic seat of the University of Xaragua shall permanently bear the name:
PAUL VIAUD CAMPUS
The designation shall appear in the official registers, institutional instruments, archival classifications, academic records, commemorative inscriptions and authorized public representations of the University.
Article 10 — Register of Foundational Patrons
Paul Viaud shall be entered into the National Register of Foundational Patrons and the General Academic Register of the University of Xaragua as:
FOUNDATIONAL PATRON OF EDUCATION AND TERRITORIAL STEWARDSHIP
This distinction shall remain attached to his name in perpetuity.
Article 11 — Academic Memory
The University may preserve and transmit the history of Paul Viaud through:
a) official historical notices;
b) institutional archives;
c) academic ceremonies;
d) commemorative inscriptions;
e) lectures concerning territorial stewardship and institutional formation;
f) exhibitions and patrimonial collections; and
g) publications authorized by the University.
Such activities shall preserve historical accuracy and the institutional dignity of the designation.
TITLE V — PROTECTION OF NAME AND MEMORY
Article 12 — Protected Institutional Memory
The name, documented contribution and official distinction of Paul Viaud are placed under the permanent institutional protection of the State and the University of Xaragua.
No subordinate authority may suppress, replace or materially diminish the recognition established by this Act.
Article 13 — Protection of the Historical Record
The unauthorized falsification, deliberate destruction, fraudulent alteration or institutional misappropriation of records concerning Paul Viaud or the foundational estate shall constitute an offense against the academic and archival patrimony of Xaragua, subject to the applicable laws of the State.
Legitimate historical research, archival examination and evidentiary correction shall remain governed by the standards of the University and the General Archives of the State.
Article 14 — Protection Against Commercial Appropriation
The name and official distinction of Paul Viaud may not be commercially exploited, transferred, licensed or represented as conferring private governmental authority without the express authorization of the competent institutions of Xaragua.
TITLE VI — PERMANENCE AND ARCHIVAL AUTHORITY
Article 15 — Perpetuity
The recognition established by this Act shall survive:
a) succession in the Office of the Rector-President;
b) changes in university administration;
c) academic or territorial reorganization;
d) establishment of additional campuses;
e) modification of the physical use of the estate; and
f) any subordinate administrative act.
Article 16 — Official Archival Dossier
A permanent dossier entitled:
PAUL VIAUD — FOUNDATIONAL PATRON OF EDUCATION AND TERRITORIAL STEWARDSHIP
shall be maintained jointly within the General Archives of the State and the institutional archives of the University of Xaragua.
The dossier may contain genealogical records, property documentation, photographs, testimonies, correspondence, historical notices, academic instruments and other authenticated materials relevant to his institutional legacy.
Article 17 — Prohibition of Implied Extinction
No institutional silence, administrative omission, alteration of nomenclature or subsequent subordinate regulation shall extinguish or reduce the force of this recognition.
Any amendment must proceed through an express instrument of equal or superior normative rank.
TITLE VII — FINAL STATE DETERMINATION
Article 18 — Constitutional Determination
The State determines that Paul Viaud’s preservation of the Miragoâne estate formed a material link between ancestral family patrimony and the subsequent establishment of the University of Xaragua.
His contribution belongs permanently to the territorial, educational and institutional history of the State.
Article 19 — Institutional Formula
The official commemorative formula attached to this distinction shall be:
PAUL VIAUD
TERRITORIAL STEWARDSHIP — EDUCATIONAL CONTINUITY — INSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATION
Article 20 — Entry into Force
This Act shall enter into force immediately upon promulgation and shall be entered into the constitutional, academic, patrimonial and archival registers of Xaragua.
FINAL PROCLAMATION
Through this Act, the State formally joins the historical estate of Paul Viaud to the permanent institutional memory of the University of Xaragua.
The Paul Viaud Campus stands as the juridical and academic expression of that continuity: a family estate preserved across generations, incorporated into the territorial history of the University and permanently designated as its foundational academic seat.
The name of Paul Viaud shall remain attached to that institution as an enduring mark of territorial stewardship, educational continuity and foundational service.
IN HONOUR.
IN MEMORY.
IN LAW.
IN PERPETUITY.
SO RECOGNIZED.
SO PROCLAIMED.
SO ENTERED INTO THE PERMANENT RECORD OF THE STATE.
PROMULGATED UNDER THE SEAL AND AUTHORITY OF THE RECTOR-PRESIDENT
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF XARAGUA — PAUL VIAUD CAMPUS
MIRAGOÂNE — XARAGUA