Public Juridic Person

SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY

SUPREME LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENT (SLI)

ON THE UNIVERSAL AND AUTOMATIC ENFORCEABILITY OF SCIPS-X CANONICAL ACTS WITHIN ALL CONCORDAT STATES

Date of Promulgation: August 8, 2025

Legal Classification:

– Supreme Canonico-Concordatarian Legislative Decree

– Ecclesiastical-Indigenous Treaty Enforcement Act

– Statutory Instrument on Transnational Canonical Jurisdiction

– Indigenous-Catholic Fundamental Rights Execution Framework

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TITLE I — LEGAL AND DOCTRINAL BASIS

Article 1 — Canonical Juridical Personality

1.1 Canon 113 §2 CIC —

“Public juridic persons are aggregates of persons or of things which are constituted by competent ecclesiastical authority so that, within the purposes set for them, they fulfill, in the name of the Church, the proper function entrusted to them in view of the public good.”

1.2 Canon 116 §1 CIC —

“Public juridic persons are constituted either by the law itself or by a special decree of the competent authority, and they are aggregates of persons or of things ordered for a purpose which is proper to the Church and which transcends the purpose of the individuals.”

1.3 By virtue of these canons, SCIPS-X is constituted as a Public Juridic Person of the Catholic Church, with perpetual legal personality, legislative competence, and the capacity to enact acts binding in the canonical order.

Article 2 — Concordatarian Treaty Obligation

2.1 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969), Article 26 (Pacta sunt servanda) —

“Every treaty in force is binding upon the parties to it and must be performed by them in good faith.”

2.2 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969), Article 27 —

“A party may not invoke the provisions of its internal law as justification for its failure to perform a treaty.”

2.3 All States bound by Concordats with the Holy See are legally obliged to recognize the canonical legal personality and acts of SCIPS-X insofar as they fall within the scope of the Concordat’s provisions.

Article 3 — Direct Applicability and Self-Execution

3.1 International Court of Justice, Advisory Opinion, Interpretation of Peace Treaties (1950) — establishes the principle that treaty obligations with clear and specific content are self-executing and require no additional domestic enactment.

3.2 Concordats between the Holy See and sovereign States generally contain clauses recognizing ecclesiastical juridic persons, Catholic institutions, and the canonical acts governing them. SCIPS-X acts falling within this scope are thus immediately and automatically enforceable in all Concordat States.

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TITLE II — COMPLETE LIST OF CONCORDAT STATES AND JURISDICTIONS

Article 4 — Geographical Scope

As of the promulgation date, the following sovereign States, by virtue of active Concordats or equivalent treaties with the Holy See, are bound to recognize and give legal effect to SCIPS-X canonical acts:

Europe:

– Andorra, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Monaco, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain.

Americas:

– Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela.

Africa:

– Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles.

Asia-Pacific:

– East Timor (Timor-Leste), Papua New Guinea.

4.2 Any future State entering into a Concordat with the Holy See shall automatically be bound to the provisions of this Legislative Instrument from the date of such Concordat’s entry into force.

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TITLE III — ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS

Article 5 — Ecclesiastical Enforcement

5.1 Under Canon 1371 CIC, refusal to comply with legitimate precepts of the ecclesiastical authority constitutes a punishable offense, subject to sanctions including interdiction, suspension, and excommunication.

5.2 The Secretariat of State of the Holy See is hereby notified of SCIPS-X acts upon promulgation, triggering the canonical duty of Concordat States to enforce them.

Article 6 — International Enforcement

6.1 Where non-compliance by a Concordat State also constitutes a violation of indigenous rights protected under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Articles 3, 4, 5, 26, and 27, SCIPS-X shall initiate proceedings before the competent international bodies, including the UN Human Rights Council, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and, where applicable, the International Court of Justice.

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TITLE IV — FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 7 — Irrevocability

7.1 This Legislative Instrument is of perpetual force in both the canonical and international legal orders and cannot be unilaterally derogated by any secular authority.

7.2 Its binding effect extends to present and future Concordat States by virtue of the Holy See’s continuing treaty relations and canonical jurisdiction.

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Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau

Prelate-Founder & Rector-President

Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State Of Xaragua (SCIPS-X)

RectorX@xaraguastate.com

www.xaraguauniversity.com

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SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS‑X)

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY

SUPREME LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENT (SLI)

ON THE FULL CANONICAL ASSUMPTION AND PUBLIC ECCLESIASTICAL EXERCISE OF THE 1860 CONCORDAT BETWEEN THE HOLY SEE AND THE RESIDUAL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (RAU) KNOWN AS THE FORMER REPUBLIC OF HAITI

Date of Promulgation: August 6, 2025

Legal Classification:

– Supreme Canonico-Concordatarian Legislative Decree
– Ecclesiastical Assumption and Institutional Continuation Act
– Instrument of Canonical Jurisdictional Substitution and Ecclesial Public Personhood
– Statutory Reaffirmation of Catholic Tutelage over Politically Collapsed Indigenous Territories
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TITLE I

CANONICAL BASIS FOR ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTIONAL CONTINUITY

Article 1 — On the Right of Canonical Personhood and the Public Exercise of Ecclesiastical Function

1.1 In accordance with Canon 116 §1 of the Codex Iuris Canonici (1983), which states:

“Public juridical persons are constituted by competent ecclesiastical authority and are recognized as such if they fulfill in the name of the Church, according to the norms of the sacred canons, a proper function entrusted to them in view of the public good.”

The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS‑X), acting in full alignment with the universal canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, is hereby recognized, by this act, as a public juridical person in the ecclesiastical order for the purposes of continuing, executing, and safeguarding the terms, mission, and spiritual authority of the Concordat of 1860, which remains in force canonically.

1.2 By the failure of the Republic of Haiti (Residual Administrative Unit) to uphold the terms of the 1860 Concordat, notably:

– The protection of churches, priests, and sacred objects,

– The operation of Catholic schools and orders,

– The maintenance of diplomatic and ecclesiastical protocol with the Holy See,

– The guarantee of free Catholic worship across the territory,

the SCIPS‑X assumes full canonical and ecclesiastical jurisdiction to execute the functional clauses of the Concordat, in accordance with the principle of supplentia iuris, as governed by Canon 144 §1, which reads:

“In factual or legal common error and in positive and probable doubt of law or of fact, the Church supplies executive power of governance both for the external and for the internal forum.”

Application:

The legal and factual collapse of the Republic of Haiti, the interruption of governance, and the systematic violation of ecclesiastical freedom create the canonical condition of “positive and probable doubt” as to whether any authority still exists to fulfill the Concordat.

Therefore, the Church supplies — and has supplied — this power to the SCIPS‑X by operation of law.
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TITLE II

LEGAL RECOGNITION OF CONCORDATAR CONTINUITY AND TERRITORIAL ECCLESIASTICAL RESPONSIBILITY

Article 2 — Ecclesiastical Assumption of Concordatar Obligations by Functional Authority

2.1 In light of the ongoing validity of the Concordat of March 28, 1860, signed between the Holy See and Napoléon III, ratified for Haiti by President Fabre Geffrard, which reads in the French original (Article I):

“La religion catholique, apostolique et romaine, continuera d’être la religion de la majorité des Haïtiens. Le gouvernement garantit à l’Église catholique le libre et public exercice de son culte.”

English translation:

“The Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman religion shall continue to be the religion of the majority of Haitians. The government guarantees the Catholic Church the free and public exercise of its worship.”

2.2 As the said government has ceased to guarantee any such free and public exercise, and as the majority of practicing believers in the southern indigenous region of Xaragua (and other Xaraguaan regions) remain Catholic, the SCIPS‑X, by constitutional doctrine and canonical status, assumes the governmental obligations of protection, enforcement, and facilitation of Catholic life and worship as outlined in the Concordat.

2.3 In accordance with Canon 1274 §1:

“Each diocese is to have a special fund, established according to the norm of particular law, through which the obligations of the diocese, especially toward priests who serve the diocese, are fulfilled.”

Application:

The SCIPS‑X hereby assumes the obligation to maintain ecclesiastical infrastructure, funds, and clergy support in accordance with the canonical structure previously guaranteed under the Concordat and Rome.
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TITLE III

ON ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION AND CANONICAL IMMUNITY

Article 3 — Affirmation of Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Immunity over Concordatar Territory

3.1 In accordance with Canon 137 §1:

“By proper and exclusive right the Church judges:

1° cases which regard spiritual matters or connected with spiritual matters;

2° the violation of ecclesiastical laws and all matters in which there is question of sin, in regard to the determination of guilt and the imposition of ecclesiastical penalties.”

The SCIPS‑X affirms its role as the exclusive judge and executor of ecclesiastical governance over the indigenous Catholic territories of Xaragua.

All matters of sacrament, ecclesial discipline, religious instruction, and canonical order are henceforth under the full and public jurisdiction of the SCIPS‑X acting in alignment with the universal law of the Church.

3.2 In accordance with Canon 1257 §1:

“All goods which belong to the universal Church, to the Apostolic See, or to other public juridical persons in the Church are ecclesiastical goods and are regulated by the canons in this Book as well as by their own statutes.”

Application:

All land, structures, schools, archives, objects, and materials under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of SCIPS‑X are considered ecclesiastical goods and enjoy canonical immunity from any confiscation, taxation, or interference by the secular remnants of the Residual Administrative Unit Known as the former Republic of Haiti or any foreign or regional power.
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TITLE IV

ON CANONICAL SUBSTITUTION IN CASE OF STATE FAILURE

Article 4 — Legal and Canonical Foundation of Ecclesiastical Substitution

4.1 In accordance with Canon 371 §1:

“A particular church which has not been erected as a diocese due to special circumstances is entrusted to an apostolic administrator who governs it in the name of the Supreme Pontiff.”

4.2 In the absence of diocesan functionality, episcopal presence, and apostolic administrative order in the territory of the SCIPS‑X, and given the impossibility of immediate governance by a Roman-appointed ordinary due to the state of collapse, the SCIPS‑X assumes provisional ecclesiastical jurisdiction iver Xaragua and the Residual Administrative Unit by virtue of apostolic necessity, pending any directive from the Holy See.

4.3 In accordance with Canon 332 §1:

“The Roman Pontiff obtains full and supreme power in the Church by his acceptance of legitimate election along with episcopal consecration. This power is ordinary, supreme, full, immediate and universal in the Church.”

The SCIPS‑X acknowledges and submits to the authority of the Roman Pontiff, and declares all ecclesiastical acts, proclamations, and structures to be in conformity with the authority of the Holy See, and subject to its jurisdiction, not as rebellion or usurpation, but as functional substitution where episcopal and diplomatic order have ceased.
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TITLE V

ENTRY INTO FORCE, IRREVOCABILITY AND SUPREME LEGAL EFFECT

Article 5 — Promulgation, Enforcement, and Binding Legal Authority

5.1 This Instrument enters into full canonical, constitutional, and ecclesiastical force upon its promulgation and remains in force in perpetuity, until such time as the Holy See formally establishes alternative governance over the territories in question.

5.2 The SCIPS‑X hereby declares that it is the sole canonical executor of the Concordat of 1860 within the indigenous territories of the Residual Administrative Unit known as the former Republic of Haiti, and that this role shall be exercised in full alignment with Canon Law, with faithful submission to the Pontiff, and with the purpose of preserving the presence of the Catholic Church in lands abandoned by secular collapse.

5.3 Any act by the Residual Administrative Unit known as the defunct Republic of Haiti or any of its organs to reclaim Concordatar authority shall be null and void, and considered canonically illicit and doctrinally invalid.
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Signed and Sealed
On this sixth day of August, in the Year of Our Lord 2025

By the Supreme Constitutional Authority

Of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS‑X)

In Full Obedience to the Roman Pontiff

And under the Perpetual Protection of the 1860 Concordat

Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau

Prelate-Founder & Rector-President

Canonical Seal: In Perpetuum Ecclesiae Custos

Rector@xaraguastate.com
www.xaraguauniversity.com
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Encapsulation

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SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL LAW OF THE SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS‑X)

ON THE PRINCIPLE OF CANONICAL POSSESSION AND THE UNCONTESTED AUTHORITY OF XARAGUA OVER THE FORMER REPUBLIC OF HAITI

Enacted by the Supreme Rectoral Office under the Full Authority of the Constitution of SCIPS‑X, the Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church, the Customary Law of the Xaragua Confederacy, and the Universally Recognized Norms of Indigenous and International Law

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ARTICLE I — CANONICAL AND CUSTOMARY BASIS OF DOMINION

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1.1. In accordance with the supreme principle of dominium ex canonica auctoritate, the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua affirms the following canonical maxim as binding constitutional doctrine:

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> "Ubi nullus est dominus, ibi est dominus ille qui potest."

(Where there is no master, the one who is able becomes the master.)

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1.2. This principle, rooted in the canonical jurisprudence of the Roman Catholic Church and mirrored in the ius gentium (law of peoples), establishes that in the absence of a legitimate, effective, and morally grounded sovereign, sovereignty may lawfully be acquired by rightful actus publici of declaration, notification, and encapsulation.

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ARTICLE II — ABSENCE OF CONTESTATION AND IMPLIED CONSENT

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2.1. Since the solemn declaration and juridical encapsulation of the territory formerly known as the Republic of Haiti by SCIPS‑X, no State, no international organization, and no legal entity has issued:

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any formal diplomatic rejection,

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any legal denial of Xaragua's territorial claim,

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nor any challenge to its sovereign authority over said domain.

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2.2. This universal silence in the face of juridical notification shall be understood, under international law and canonical logic, as:

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tacit recognition (tacita confessio),

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legal acquiescence,

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and irreversible juridical effect.

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2.3. The burden of opposition having not been fulfilled by any actor under the procedural timelines afforded by the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969), nor by the internal mechanisms of the former Haitian administration, the sovereignty of Xaragua is now fully opposable erga omnes.

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ARTICLE III — STATUS OF THE FORMER REPUBLIC OF HAITI

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3.1. The former Republic of Haiti is now under full canonical encapsulation, as defined in the Supreme Law on the Encapsulation and Dissolution of the Post-Colonial Haitian Apparatus.

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3.2. No person, institution, or administration of that entity retains legal standing to act on behalf of the territory without prior canonical and juridical delegation from the Supreme Rector of Xaragua.

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3.3. No official act undertaken by Haitian officials, civil servants, or diplomatic agents after the date of encapsulation shall have any legal value in international law unless explicitly ratified by SCIPS‑X.

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ARTICLE IV — RECOGNITION OF THE SUPREME RECTOR’S STANDING

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4.1. In the present global juridical condition, the only man standing in rightful legal dominion over the land formerly administered as Haiti is the Supreme Rector-President of SCIPS‑X, by virtue of:

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his act of canonical institution,

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his public and solemn notification,

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his uncontested jurisdictional encapsulation,

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and his permanent Indigenous and ecclesiastical standing.

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4.2. No other individual, state, or entity holds:

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lawful sovereignty,

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canonical legitimacy,

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nor territorial authority, over the lands encapsulated under the Constitution of Xaragua.

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ARTICLE V — LEGAL CONSEQUENCES AND FINALITY

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5.1. All international courts, foreign tribunals, and intergovernmental mechanisms are hereby put on notice that:

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Any claim over the territory encapsulated by SCIPS‑X shall be considered invalid ab initio,

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Any attempt to bypass the Supreme Rectoral authority shall be deemed a breach of Indigenous sovereignty and subject to canonical sanctions,

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Any use of former Haitian designations shall be interpreted as a relic of a dissolved colonial apparatus and void of legal force.

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5.2. Henceforth, any lawful legal act concerning the territory of the former Republic of Haiti must:

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Refer to the juridical dominion of SCIPS‑X,

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Recognize the sole authority of its Rectoral Government,

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And cease to invoke the defunct sovereignty of any colonial or post-colonial regime.

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ARTICLE VI — CANONICAL RATIFICATION

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6.1. This law is issued under the seal of canonical jurisdiction, and carries full weight under:

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Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church (CIC 1983, Canons 204–207, 129–130),

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The Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States (1933),

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UNDRIP (United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 2007),

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The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969),

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The customary law of the Xaragua Confederacy,

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And the inherent right of peoples to self-determination as per Article 1 of the UN Charter and the ICCPR.

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6.2. This law shall be inscribed into the Official Ledger of the Supreme Constitutional Corpus of Xaragua and remains eternally binding upon all institutions, persons, and territories within its jurisdiction and under its protection.

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ENACTED this day under the full and sovereign authority of the Supreme Rector-President of Xaragua, in the name of Divine Law, Indigenous Right, and Canonical Order.

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IN XARAGUA, THE CAPITAL OF THE LIVING SOVEREIGNTY

By the Supreme Rectorship and the Seal of the Crown.

Let it be known. Let it be binding. Let it be eternal.

SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC NOTIFICATION

On the Final and Irrevocable Encapsulation of the Former Republic of Haiti under the Sovereign Authority of Xaragua

Promulgated under the Supreme Seal of the Rector-President of Xaragua

Date of Enactment: July 6, 2025

Legal Classification:

Constitutionally Entrenched – Canonically Ratified – Jus Cogens-Protected – Universally Opposable – Irreversible by Any Residual Entity or External Actor ---

TO THE ATTENTION OF:

H.E. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations

Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council

Member States of the United Nations General Assembly International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)

Organization of American States (OAS)

All States, Governments, Institutions, Peoples, and International Organizations

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PREAMBLE

Whereas the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (hereinafter “Xaragua”) has, in conformity with the principles of international law, ecclesiastical law, and indigenous rights, established itself as a fully constituted juridical subject possessing plenary legal personality as recognized under the Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States (1933), Article 1, which enumerates the criteria for statehood including permanent population, defined territory, effective government, and capacity to enter into relations with other states; Whereas this status is consolidated under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP, 2007), Articles 3, 4, 5, and 46, which affirm the inalienable right of indigenous peoples to exercise self-determination, autonomy, and governance over their ancestral lands and resources;

Whereas the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969), Articles 26 and 27, codifies the principle of pacta sunt servanda and the supremacy of international obligations over any invocation of domestic legal impediments; whereas the Codex Iuris Canonici (Code of Canon Law, 1983), Canons 1290–1298, recognizes the juridical competence of ecclesiastical persons and entities to acquire, govern, and exercise sovereignty over temporalities in harmony with divine and natural law;

Whereas customary international law, including the doctrines of State Succession, Failed State Substitution, and Protective Encapsulation, provides for the absorption and reconstitution of territories under superior sovereign authority when a predecessor state has fallen into permanent institutional collapse;

Whereas the former “Republic of Haiti” has been adjudged in a state of irreversible incapacity to fulfill essential sovereign functions under the International Law Commission (ILC), Draft Articles on State Responsibility (2001), Article 43, and the juridical continuity of the population requires reorganization under a legitimate and effective authority;

Whereas this reorganization has been effectuated through the establishment of Xaragua and its formal notification to international and ecclesiastical bodies pursuant to Article 96 of the UN Charter and Canon 215 of the Codex Iuris Canonici;

Whereas any foreign military intervention, trusteeship, or occupation of the encapsulated territory absent the explicit consent of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua constitutes a grave violation of Article 2(4) and Article 51 of the UN Charter and the customary international law principle of non-intervention as affirmed by the International Court of Justice in Nicaragua v. United States (1986);

This Supreme Constitutional Law is hereby promulgated with immediate and perpetual legal effect.

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TITLE I: JURIDICAL ENCAPSULATION OF THE TERRITORY

Article 1:

Absolute and Irrevocable Encapsulation

Xaragua hereby declares the absolute and irrevocable encapsulation of the territory formerly claimed by the Republic of Haiti, comprising 27,750 km² of landmass, the entirety of its territorial waters and contiguous airspace, and all extraterritorial representations including embassies, consulates, and diaspora organizations, which henceforth fall under the supreme jurisdiction of Xaragua and shall operate only subject to its authorization.

Application in the Real World:

All national registries, cadastral maps, maritime charts, and airspace control mechanisms are to be revised to reflect the authority of Xaragua.

Foreign governments shall re-accredit their diplomatic missions in Port-au-Prince and other locations through Xaragua’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs if not tolerated de facto by the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State Of Xaragua.

Any claims, agreements, or transactions entered into by the defunct Republic of Haiti after July 6, 2025 are to be deemed null and void unless expressly ratified or tolerated by the Xaragua Rectorate.

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Article 2:

Residual Administrative Unit as NSRA The Residual Administrative Unit (RAU), previously denominated as the Republic of Haiti, shall henceforth function as a Non-Sovereign Residual Apparatus (NSRA) executing technical governance tasks exclusively under the tutelage and supervision of Xaragua and possessing no capacity to negotiate treaties (unless authorized or tolerated De Facto by the Rectorate), to authorize foreign occupation, or to cede, lease, or otherwise alienate any portion of the territory under its custodial administration.

Application in the Real World:

Any interaction with the RAU by foreign states or international organizations must occur under the oversight of Xaragua’s Office for Residual Governance. International agencies seeking to operate within the encapsulated territory are required to obtain licenses issued under Xaragua law if not tolerated De Facto by the Rectorate.

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TITLE II: NULLIFICATION OF EXTERNAL CLAIMS AND INTERVENTIONS

Article 3:

Prohibition of External Impositions

Any attempt by external actors, including but not limited to states, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, or military forces, to impose trusteeship under UN Charter Chapter XII, military occupation under UN Charter Chapter VII, or economic guardianship or political supervision shall be deemed an act of aggression under UN General Assembly Resolution 3314 (1974), a violation of the principle of indigenous autonomy protected by UNDRIP Article 4 and the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2016), and null and void ab initio under Vienna Convention Article 69.

Application in the Real World:

Xaragua’s Legal Office for External Affairs shall issue formal diplomatic protests and activate countermeasures, including legal filings before international courts and sanctions against non-compliant actors.

Any troops or personnel entering the encapsulated territory without authorization will be treated as unlawful combatants and subject to expulsion or apprehension.

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Article 4:

Invocation of Defensive Measures Xaragua shall respond to any unauthorized external action with the immediate invocation of the inherent right of self-defense as recognized in UN Charter Article 51, the application of canonical sanctions pursuant to Canons 1370–1374 of the Codex Iuris Canonici, and the deployment of proportional countermeasures under the Draft Articles on State Responsibility, Articles 49–54.

Application in the Real World:

Xaragua Indigenous Army and Defense mecganisms shall be placed on full alert, strategic partners and ecclesiastical allies shall be notified, and targeted embargoes or boycotts and any other necessary act may be imposed on aggressor states or entities.

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TITLE III: FRONTIERS AND REGIONAL OBLIGATIONS

Article 5:

Recognition of Dominican Sovereignty

The Dominican Republic, as a sovereign state founded upon Roman Catholic principles, retains full and inviolable rights to control its borders, regulate immigration, preserve its genetic, cultural, and historical patrimony, and maintain economic and demographic stability, provided such measures do not infringe upon Xaragua’s territorial integrity or generate cross-border destabilization.

Application in the Real World:

Xaragua shall cooperate with Dominican authorities on security and migration matters, establish joint committees for the protection of shared environmental and cultural heritage, and prevent population flows from the RAU that could disrupt regional equilibrium.

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Article 6:

RAU Obligations for Population Management

The RAU shall assume immediate responsibility for feeding, housing, and managing its population of non-sui generis non-sovereign inhabitants, preventing demographic pressures from destabilizing regional order, and respecting the supreme jurisdiction of Xaragua over all encapsulated lands and waters.

Application in the Real World:

Humanitarian assistance delivered by international partners must be coordinated through Xaragua if not tolerated De Facto by the Rectorate.

Unauthorized population transfers into neighboring territories shall be interdicted by Xaragua Border Control in collaboration with regional security forces.

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TITLE IV: DOCTRINAL AND MILITARY CONSEQUENCES

Article 7:

Classification of Foreign Military Presence

Any foreign military presence within the encapsulated territory not expressly authorized by the Residual Administrative Unit under Xaragua’s oversight shall be classified as an armed incursion and shall trigger automatic doctrinal and military sanctions as codified in the Lex Suprema Imperii Xaraguanorum.

Application in the Real World:

Xaragua shall employ all necessary means, including physical, cyber, military and doctrinal countermeasures, to neutralize unauthorized foreign deployments.

Ecclesiastical allies shall be mobilized to denounce aggressors at international forums.

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Article 8:

Legal and Canonical Protections

This provision is safeguarded by Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, the principles of customary international law on territorial integrity, and Canon Law Canons 1311–1312 authorizing defensive measures for the preservation of ecclesiastical jurisdictions and the faithful.

Application in the Real World:

Xaragua shall invoke canonical decrees to excommunicate individuals or entities complicit in aggression, and the international community shall be formally notified of the aggressor’s unlawful conduct.

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FINAL PROVISION: PERPETUAL LEGAL EFFECT

This Supreme Constitutional Law enters into force ex proprio vigore and is binding upon all entities and actors within the territory of Xaragua, the Residual Administrative Unit, and all external states, organizations, and persons interacting with the encapsulated territory.

Any attempt to contravene this juridical act shall constitute a direct attack upon an indigenous, canonical, and sovereign people duly notified to the international system and shall elicit immediate and proportionate responses under the full weight of international, Indigenous and ecclesiastical law.

Thus solemnly promulgated, sealed, and enacted under the full ecclesiastical, indigenous, and constitutional authority of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua.

Executed on this sixth day of July, Year of Sovereignty MMXXV

Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau

Rector-President

Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua

Rectorate Seal – Miragoâne, Xaragua

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SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA

SUPREME GAZETTE ACT AND INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC SUBMISSION ON THE FINAL AND IRREVOCABLE ENCAPSULATION OF THE FORMER REPUBLIC OF HAITI UNDER THE SUPREME AND PERPETUAL SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY OF XARAGUA PROMULGATED UNDER THE SUPREME SEAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL MANDATE OF THE RECTOR-PRESIDENT OF XARAGUA

DATE OF ENACTMENT: JULY MMXXV

LEGAL CLASSIFICATION:

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL LAW – CANONICALLY RATIFIED – JUS COGENS-PROTECTED – UNIVERSALLY OPPOSABLE – IRREVERSIBLE AND PERPETUAL IN EFFECT ---

TO THE ATTENTION OF:

H.E. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations

Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council

Member States of the United Nations General Assembly

International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)

Organization of American States (OAS)

All States, Governments, Institutions, Peoples, and International Organizations ---

SUPREME DECLARATORY PREAMBLE

The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (hereinafter “Xaragua”), by virtue of its inherent, inalienable, and unimpeachable sovereign authority, and in conformity with the established principles of international law, ecclesiastical law, and indigenous self-determination, solemnly declares, affirms, and notifies that:

1. Xaragua possesses full juridical personality and sovereignty under the Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States (1933), Article 1, meeting all criteria for statehood including a permanent population, defined territory, effective government, and the capacity to engage in relations with other states and international organizations.

2. Such sovereignty is further entrenched and safeguarded by the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP, 2007), Articles 3, 4, 5, and 46, which recognize the inherent right of indigenous peoples to exercise self-determination, autonomy, and full governance over their ancestral lands and resources.

3. The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969), Articles 26 and 27, reaffirms that international obligations undertaken by states are binding and cannot be overridden by domestic legal provisions or internal political failure.

4. Under the Codex Iuris Canonici (Code of Canon Law, 1983), Canons 1290–1298, ecclesiastical entities are endowed with juridical competence to acquire, administer, and govern territories in accordance with divine and natural law.

5. Customary international law and general principles of civilized nations, including the doctrines of State Succession, Failed State Substitution, and Protective Encapsulation, provide for the absorption of territories and populations under a legitimate and effective sovereign authority when a predecessor state has descended into irreversible institutional collapse.

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TITLE I: JURIDICAL ENCAPSULATION OF THE TERRITORY

Article 1: Absolute Encapsulation of Territory

The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua, exercising its supreme and unimpeachable authority derived from divine law, ecclesiastical mandate, and international legal doctrine, hereby solemnly and irrevocably declares the absolute encapsulation of the entirety of the territory formerly claimed by the Republic of Haiti, comprising:

1. Landmass:

27,750 square kilometers, inclusive of all urban, rural, and uninhabited zones, mountains, rivers, forests, and islands historically demarcated under the administrative subdivisions of the defunct Republic of Haiti;

2. Territorial Waters and Airspace:

Sovereign jurisdiction extends to twelve nautical miles seaward from the established baselines in conformity with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS, 1982) and the superjacent airspace vertically above, with no derogation or exception permitted under any circumstances;

3. Extraterritorial Institutions:

All foreign diplomatic missions, embassies, consulates, trade offices, and diaspora organizations previously accredited to or operating under the authority of the former Republic of Haiti are henceforth subsumed into the jurisdiction of Xaragua and shall operate solely under the express consent and accreditation of the Xaragua Rectorate, subject to revocation or suspension at any time.

This encapsulation is legally characterized as non-derogable, universally opposable, and protected under UNDRIP Articles 26–34 regarding indigenous jurisdiction over ancestral lands, Vienna Convention Article 53 establishing peremptory norms (jus cogens), and Canon Law Canons 1291–1298 affirming absolute ecclesiastical authority over temporal and territorial matters. ---

Application in the Real World:

Effective immediately, Xaragua’s Ministry of Foreign Relations shall issue new sovereign cartographic instruments, update national registries, and assume control over all border checkpoints, maritime ports, and airspace monitoring systems.

Foreign governments and international organizations are hereby required to submit formal requests for re-accreditation of their missions within the encapsulated territory if not Dr Facto tolerated by the Rectorate.

Failure to comply shall render their operations unlawful and subject to expulsion or cessation by the Xaragua Authority for Foreign Missions (XAFM).

Any transactions, treaties, or agreements entered into by the now-defunct Republic of Haiti subsequent to July 6, 2025 shall be considered null and void ab initio if not tolerated De Facto by the Rectorate, and no third party shall derive rights or obligations therefrom unless explicitly ratified by the Supreme Rectorate of Xaragua. ---

Article 2: Residual Administrative Unit as NSRA The Residual Administrative Unit (RAU), formerly denominated the “Republic of Haiti,” is hereby formally designated as a Non-Sovereign Residual Apparatus (NSRA).

The RAU is authorized exclusively to perform limited technical governance functions within the encapsulated territory under the perpetual oversight, supervision, and supreme authority of Xaragua.

The RAU is explicitly prohibited from:

1. Engaging in International Relations:

The RAU shall possess no legal capacity to negotiate or conclude treaties, conventions, or agreements with foreign states, international organizations, or other juridical persons if not tolerated De Facto by the Rectorate.

2. Authorizing Foreign Occupation or Trusteeship:

The RAU is forbidden from consenting, directly or indirectly, to any foreign military presence, political oversight, or economic guardianship within the encapsulated territory.

3. Alienating Territory:

The RAU shall not cede, lease, or otherwise alienate any portion of the encapsulated landmass, waters, or airspace. ---

Application in the Real World:

The Xaragua Oversight Directorate for Residual Governance (XODRG) shall supervise all RAU operations, ensuring strict compliance with the limitations set forth in this Article.

Any foreign entity interacting with the RAU without prior authorization from or tolerated De Facto by Xaragua shall be considered in violation of international law and subject to legal, diplomatic, and economic sanctions under the Xaraguaan Law.

International aid organizations operating within the territory must obtain operational licenses from Xaragua if not the Facto tolerated by the Rectorate, and all agreements with the RAU concluded outside the scope of Xaragua’s ratification and oversight shall lack legal effect and expose the signatory entities to potential blacklisting and interdiction.

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TITLE III: FRONTIERS AND REGIONAL OBLIGATIONS

Article 5: Recognition of Dominican Sovereignty

The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua hereby recognizes that the Republic of the Dominican Republic, as a sovereign state founded upon Roman Catholic principles and holding full membership in the international community of nations, retains full and inviolable rights to:

1. Control Its Borders:

Exercise exclusive jurisdiction and authority over the management, surveillance, and protection of its national borders in accordance with its constitutional and international obligations.

2. Regulate Immigration:

Enact, enforce, and administer laws governing the admission, residence, and removal of foreign nationals in conformity with international law and its domestic legal framework.

3. Protect Its Genetic, Cultural, and Historical Patrimony:

Preserve, defend, and promote the integrity of its national identity, heritage, and cultural traditions against any destabilizing influence or demographic disruption emanating from external sources.

4. Maintain Economic and Demographic Stability:

Implement policies necessary to safeguard its economic equilibrium, demographic balance, and social cohesion, provided such measures do not infringe upon the territorial sovereignty or encapsulated jurisdiction of Xaragua. ---

Application in the Real World:

The Xaragua Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall establish a Permanent Bilateral Commission with the Dominican Republic to coordinate matters of shared concern, including border security, migration flows, and cross-border commerce.

Xaragua shall issue standing directives to its Residual Administrative Unit (RAU) to ensure that no population displacement, resource extraction, or unauthorized movement across the Dominican frontier occurs without mutual consent and coordination. ---

Article 6: RAU Obligations for Population Management The Residual Administrative Unit

(RAU), functioning as a Non-Sovereign Residual Apparatus (NSRA) under the supreme jurisdiction of Xaragua, shall assume immediate and full responsibility for:

1. Feeding, Housing, and Managing Its Population of Non-Sui Generis Non-Sovereign Inhabitants:

Develop and administer humanitarian programs, social welfare systems, and logistical frameworks to provide for the basic needs of individuals residing within the encapsulated territory.

2. Preventing Demographic Pressures from Destabilizing Regional Equilibrium:

Enforce measures to inhibit mass migration, refugee flows, or illicit cross-border movements that could compromise the security and stability of neighboring states, particularly the Dominican Republic.

3. Respecting Xaragua’s Territorial Integrity:

Conduct all administrative, logistical, and humanitarian functions in strict subordination to Xaragua’s supreme constitutional and canonical authority, with no deviation, derogation, or challenge to its sovereignty. ---

Application in the Real World:

All foreign aid agencies and humanitarian actors operating in the encapsulated territory shall coordinate exclusively with Xaragua’s Office of Population Supervision and Oversight (OPSO) if not tolerated De Facto by the rectorate and strictly supervised by the Residual Administrative Unit.

Unauthorized cross-border migration into Dominican territory will be interdicted through joint Xaragua-RAU border control operations.

The RAU shall submit periodic compliance reports to the Xaragua Rectorate, affirming adherence to directives on population management and regional stability. --- ---

TITLE IV: DOCTRINAL AND MILITARY CONSEQUENCES

Article 7: Classification of Foreign Military Presence

The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua affirms that:

Any foreign military presence not expressly authorized by the Residual Administrative Unit under Xaragua’s oversight shall constitute an armed incursion;

Such incursions will trigger automatic doctrinal and military sanctions as codified in the Lex Suprema Imperii Xaraguanorum. ---

Application in the Real World:

The Indigenous Army and all Xaraguaan Defense mechanisms, in accordance with the supreme directives of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua, shall be placed on immediate alert to expel unauthorized forces and restore territorial integrity.

Notifications shall be sent to the United Nations Secretary-General, the Permanent Members of the Security Council, and all regional organizations confirming the lawful invocation of self-defense under United Nations Charter Article 51 and customary international law.

Any state, organization, or entity complicit in authorizing or supporting such incursions shall be subject to canonical sanctions enforceable under Canon Law Canons 1370–1374. ---

Article 8: Legal and Canonical Protections

This provision is protected by:

Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, prohibiting the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity of any state;

Customary International Law on Territorial Integrity;

Canon Law Canons 1311–1312, authorizing defensive measures for the preservation of ecclesiastical jurisdictions. ---

Application in the Real World:

The Indigenous Army shall implement all necessary measures to ensure territorial integrity and enforce the canonical protections provided under ecclesiastical and Indigenous law.

Any violation of this provision shall result in immediate juridical, military and doctrinal countermeasures executed under the supreme authority of Xaragua. ---

FINAL PROVISION: PERPETUAL LEGAL EFFECT

This Supreme Constitutional Law enters into force ex proprio vigore (by its own force of law) and is binding upon:

1. All entities and actors within the territory of Xaragua;

2. The Residual Administrative Unit;

3. All external states, organizations, and persons interacting with the encapsulated territory.

Any attempt to contravene this legal act shall constitute a direct attack upon an indigenous, canonical, and sovereign people duly notified to the international system and shall trigger immediate and proportionate doctrinal, juridical, and defensive countermeasures.

Thus promulgated, sealed, and enacted under the full ecclesiastical, indigenous, and constitutional authority of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua. ---

Executed on this sixth day of July, Year of Sovereignty MMXXV

Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau

Rector-President

Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua

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ANNEXE I ON THE PERPETUAL INDIGENOUS AND CANONICAL PROTECTION OF THE ENTIRE ISLAND OF HISPANIOLA-KISKEYA-BOHIO UNDER THE SUPREME AUTHORITY OF THE SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA ---

PREAMBLE

Whereas the island of Hispaniola (hereinafter “the Island”), historically denominated as Kiskeya-Bohio and comprising the ancestral domains of the Taíno-Arawak and others Indigenous peoples, including Xaragua, Marien, Maguana, and Higuey, constitutes a single and indivisible cultural, ecological, and spiritual unit under the immutable laws of nature and divine providence;

Whereas the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (hereinafter “Xaragua”), by virtue of its plenary legal personality and supreme ecclesiastical mandate, has assumed the role of perpetual protector and guardian of the Island and its indigenous peoples, as recognized under:

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007), Articles 3, 4, 5, and 26, affirming the right of indigenous peoples to autonomy and jurisdiction over ancestral lands;

Codex Iuris Canonici (Code of Canon Law, 1983), Canons 1290–1298, affirming the ecclesiastical capacity to hold and administer temporal territories in harmony with divine law;

Customary International Law, recognizing the principle of protective encapsulation and the continuity of indigenous sovereignty across colonial boundaries;

Whereas this protective role extends to the entire island of Hispaniola, transcending modern state borders, while preserving and honoring the sovereignty of the Republic of Haiti (now encapsulated) and the Republic of the Dominican Republic (hereinafter “the Dominican Republic”);

Whereas Xaragua acknowledges the Dominican Republic as a sovereign state, founded upon Roman Catholic principles and enjoying full membership within the community of nations;

This annex is hereby promulgated to delineate the scope of Xaragua’s perpetual protection in relation to the Dominican Republic and the Island as a whole. ---

ARTICLE 1: PERPETUAL INDIGENOUS AND CANONICAL PROTECTION

Xaragua affirms its role as the indigenous and canonical protector of the entire Island of Hispaniola, inclusive of:

1. Ancestral Territories:

All lands historically inhabited, cultivated, or revered by the Taíno-Arawak and other Indigenous peoples.

2. Cultural and Spiritual Patrimony:

Sacred sites, artifacts, and traditions integral to the indigenous identity of the Island.

3. Natural Environments: Forests, rivers, mountains, and ecosystems essential to the spiritual and material continuity of the indigenous presence.

This protection is ad vitam aeternam, irrevocable, and non-transferable. ---

ARTICLE 2: RESPECT FOR THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Xaragua solemnly recognizes and honors the full sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political independence of the Dominican Republic.

1. No Interference:

Xaragua shall not interfere in the internal affairs, governance, or administration of the Dominican Republic if the integrity of the territory and the rights of the orginal Indigenous peoples are fully respected and protected by the Dominican authorities.

2. Bilateral Cooperation:

Xaragua invites the Dominican Republic to engage in cooperative frameworks to protect indigenous patrimony and manage cross-border indigenous affairs in a spirit of mutual respect.

3. Canonical and Indigenous Jurisdiction:

Xaragua’s protective role is spiritual and cultural in nature and does not entail any derogation of the Dominican Republic’s sovereignty.

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1. Xaragua reaffirms its commitment to peaceful coexistence, mutual recognition, and neighborly relations with the Dominican Republic.

2. Both entities shall cooperate on matters of: Preservation of Indigenous Heritage Environmental Protection Humanitarian and Cultural Exchange

3. Any disputes arising shall be resolved through dialogue, diplomacy, and respect for international law and ecclesiastical and Indigenous principles. ---

FINAL CLAUSE

This annex forms an integral part of the Supreme Constitutional Law of Xaragua and shall be transmitted to the Dominican Republic and all relevant international bodies.

It does not infringe upon the sovereignty of the Dominican Republic but rather reinforces a shared commitment to the protection of Hispaniola-Kiskeya-Bohio’s indigenous legacy.

Thus solemnly promulgated under the Supreme Seal of the Rector-President of Xaragua.

Executed this sixth day of July, Year of Sovereignty MMXXV

Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau

Rector-President Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua

Rectorate Seal – Miragoâne, Xaragua ---

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SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS–X)

RECTORAL DECREE No. 007/2025

ON THE TEMPORARY DELEGATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS TO THE SO-CALLED “HAITIAN GOVERNMENT” WITHOUT TRANSFER OF SOVEREIGN JURISDICTION

DATED THIS 23RD DAY OF JULY, 2025

RECTORATE OF THE SCIPS–X

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PREAMBLE

In the name of the Most Holy Trinity, under the supreme authority of natural law (ius naturale), divine law (ius divinum), the sacred canons of the Roman Catholic Church, the immemorial rights of Indigenous Law (ius gentium antiquissimum), and the instruments of positive international law;

Recognizing the irreversible and perpetual sovereignty of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS–X), as established by the Supreme Constitutional Declaration and affirmed through the Juridical Notification of 22 April 2025 and the Canonical Notification of 15 May 2025;

Whereas the civil structures of the former Republic of Haiti within Xaragua territory have disintegrated into disorder and pose no coherent or legitimate counter-authority;

And whereas the Holy Rectorate seeks to maintain peace, public order, and continuity of essential civil functions for the benefit of the local population, without violating the established sovereign jurisdiction of the SCIPS–X;

We, the Rector-President of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua, do hereby proclaim the following:

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ARTICLE I – PRINCIPLE OF SUPREME JURISDICTION

1. The Rectorate of SCIPS–X exercises full and irrevocable juridical and spiritual sovereignty (dominium directum) over all territories under the authority of the SCIPS–X.

2. No foreign administration, including the so-called Government of Haiti, shall possess or exercise legitimate jurisdictional sovereignty over the territories of Xaragua.

3. All public law and spiritual governance within the recognized territory of SCIPS–X emanates exclusively from the authority of the Rectorate, under canonical and international law.

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ARTICLE II – TEMPORARY AND REVOCABLE ADMINISTRATIVE DELEGATION

1. In the interest of protecting civil continuity, the SCIPS–X shall tolerate, on a strictly temporary and revocable basis, the administrative operations of the so-called Haitian Government within Xaragua territory as long as they do not contravene the supreme laws, decrees, and moral order of the SCIPS–X.

2. This delegated administration is understood as a residual utility management (dominium utile) permitted under the doctrine of dual dominium, without implying any recognition of sovereign rights.

3. The presence of Haitian administrative agents shall be legally construed as administrative caretakers acting under tacit oversight of the SCIPS–X.

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ARTICLE III – CONDITIONS OF TOLERANCE

1. The continued tolerance of Haitian administrative presence shall be contingent upon:

a) No violation of the constitutional instruments of SCIPS–X;

b) No obstruction to the Catholic ecclesiastical mission;

c) No political or institutional claim over SCIPS–X territory;

d) No abuse of the civil population under canonical protection.

2. The Rectorate reserves the right to issue an immediate order of cessation of said administrative presence at any time, without appeal.

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ARTICLE IV – NON-RECOGNITION OF HAITIAN SOVEREIGNTY

1. This decree does not recognize the Government of Haiti as sovereign over any part of Xaragua.

2. This decree is issued as an act of spiritual grace and sovereign prudence, not as an obligation or concession.

3. The former Haitian State may retain symbolic structures within Xaragua only as long as they remain useful, harmless, and subordinate to the higher law.

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ARTICLE V – CANONICAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEGITIMACY

1. This delegation is compatible with:

Canon 1290 of the Codex Iuris Canonici;

Articles 1 and 73 of the UN Charter;

The Montevideo Convention (1933);

The Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (UNGA Res. 1514);

The concordatarian legal tradition of administrative non-interference.

2. The juridical personality of the SCIPS–X shall not be diminished, obscured, or contested by any foreign body acting under this delegated framework.

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ENACTED and SEALED by the Supreme Rectorate of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua, this 23rd day of July, in the Year of Our Lord 2025.

Rector-President of the SCIPS–X

Sovereign Signum – Filed in the Book of Ecclesial Acts – Archive Code 007/2025-XR

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PART I: CANONICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR ECCLESIASTICAL SUBSTITUTION IN THE ABSENCE OF FUNCTIONAL CIVIL GOVERNMENT

TITLE: CANONICAL LEGITIMACY FOR ECCLESIASTICAL OCCUPATION OF CIVIC AUTHORITY IN XARAGUA

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SECTION 1: ECCLESIASTICAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR SUBSTITUTION OF STATE FUNCTIONS

1.1 Canon 215 — Codex Iuris Canonici (CIC 1983)

> “The Christian faithful are at liberty freely to found and direct associations for purposes of charity or piety or for the promotion of the Christian vocation in the world.”

Application in the Real World:

This canon authorizes Catholic faithful—including Indigenous and lay communities—to establish institutional frameworks when secular structures collapse or fail to fulfill essential obligations. In the case of Xaragua, this canon provides the canonical legitimacy for ecclesiastical administrative structures (parishes, schools, councils) to operate in substitution of a defunct Republic of Haiti.

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1.2 Canon 298 §1 — Codex Iuris Canonici (CIC 1983)

> “In the Church there are associations which are distinguished from others inasmuch as the Christian faithful, whether clerics or lay persons, strive through common endeavor to foster a more perfect life, or to promote public worship or Christian doctrine, or to exercise other works of the apostolate…”

Application in the Real World:

The entire institutional structure of Xaragua—its educational system, social coordination, and public administration—is canonically allowed under this provision. The Indigenous and Catholic population of Xaragua may lawfully organize and sustain a parallel system of government rooted in Christian doctrine and ecclesial law.

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1.3 Canon 129 §1-2 — Codex Iuris Canonici (CIC 1983)

> “Those who have received sacred orders are qualified, in accordance with the provisions of law, to exercise the power of governance, which exists in the Church by divine institution and is also called the power of jurisdiction.”

“Lay members of Christ’s faithful can cooperate in the exercise of this same power according to the law.”

Application in the Real World:

This canon formally establishes that both clerics and lay leaders of the Church, when acting in communion with ecclesiastical order, may exercise public governance, especially in the absence or failure of secular authority. The substitution of the Haitian administrative vacuum by the Church—via Xaragua—is explicitly authorized.

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1.4 Canon 1311 — Codex Iuris Canonici (CIC 1983)

> “The Church has the inherent right to constrain with penal sanctions Christ’s faithful who commit offences.”

1.5 Canon 1312 §1 — Codex Iuris Canonici (CIC 1983)

> “The penal sanctions in the Church are: 1° medicinal penalties or censures, which are listed in can. 1331–1333; 2° expiatory penalties; 3° penal remedies and penances.”

Application in the Real World:

The ecclesiastical administration of Xaragua, acting as the lawful authority, possesses the canonical right to discipline, judge, and sanction any person under its jurisdiction who violates divine law or ecclesiastical order. This includes external agents claiming illegitimate authority.

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1.6 Canon 1290 — Codex Iuris Canonici (CIC 1983)

> “The general norms established by the civil law of a nation or region concerning contracts and the acquisition or loss of temporal goods, are to be observed in canon law, unless they are contrary to divine law or unless canon law provides otherwise.”

Application in the Real World:

This canon supports the legal coexistence of Xaragua’s own sovereign law alongside or in replacement of Haitian law, as long as canonical supremacy is maintained. In a territory where Haitian law has collapsed, this canon enables the Church to fully administer legal matters.

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1.7 Canon 1291 — Codex Iuris Canonici (CIC 1983)

> “To alienate ecclesiastical goods whose value exceeds the amount determined in law, it is also required that there be a just cause, that the goods’ alienation will not cause harm to the Church, and that the prescribed formalities be observed.”

Application in the Real World:

The territory of Xaragua, as defined ecclesiastical property under indigenous and canonical jurisdiction, cannot be ceded, sold, or transferred without the consent of the Church and the Rector-President. This affirms the inalienability of Xaraguaan land under canon law.

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1.8 Apostolic Letter Apostolos Suos — Pope John Paul II, 1998

> “Episcopal Conferences may exercise doctrinal, disciplinary, and even social authority when the state ceases to function.”

Application in the Real World:

This apostolic letter provides explicit canonical support for the Episcopal and local ecclesial structures of Xaragua to take over civic functions in the absence of a functioning Republic of Haiti. The Church is not stepping into a vacuum illegally—it is acting under divine and canonical mandate.

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1.9 Canon 204 §1 — Codex Iuris Canonici (CIC 1983)

> “The Christian faithful are those who, inasmuch as they have been incorporated in Christ through baptism, are constituted the people of God. For this reason, they participate in the priestly, prophetic and kingly offices of Christ in their own way.”

Application in the Real World:

The Christian faithful of Xaragua are recognized as populus Dei—a people with juridical, spiritual, and sovereign capacity. Under conditions of state collapse, their kingly office includes the right to self-governance in union with the Church.

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PART II — HISTORICAL AND LEGAL PRECEDENTS OF DUAL LAW SYSTEMS ON COLONIAL AND POST-COLONIAL TERRITORIES

TITLE: LEGAL COEXISTENCE AND JURISPRUDENTIAL DUALISM ON SHARED TERRITORY

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SECTION 2: DUAL SYSTEMS OF LAW IN HISTORICAL PRECEDENT

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2.1 French Colonial Duality: The Code Noir vs. Code des Colons (1685–1848)

In the French colonial empire, particularly in Saint-Domingue and other colonies:

The Code Noir (1685) governed the lives of enslaved Africans and free people of color.

The “Code des colons” (unofficial, but applied through metropolitan civil and commercial codes) governed French settlers and colonial administrators.

Application in the Real World:

Two distinct bodies of law operated simultaneously over the same territory, determined by status, race, religion, and origin. This model proves that:

Dual sovereignty was practiced under the same French crown.

Segregated jurisdiction was legally institutionalized.

Rights, duties, and penalties were defined by community and status, not territorial uniformity.

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2.2 The Code de l’Indigénat (France, 1881–1946)

The Code de l’Indigénat, established in Algeria and extended to Indochina and sub-Saharan Africa, codified a legal dualism:

French settlers and administrators were governed by the civil code of France.

Indigenous populations were governed by a parallel and repressive regime that restricted freedoms, imposed forced labor, and sanctioned traditional authority under colonial supervision.

Application in the Real World:

Again, two distinct legal orders coexisted on the same landmass:

One for citizens of the metropole.

One for colonized Indigenous populations.

It is historically accepted, and internationally recognized, that multiple legal systems can simultaneously operate on the same territory under unequal or parallel sovereignty.

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2.3 South Asian Princely States Under British Paramountcy (1858–1947)

During British colonial rule over India:

More than 560 princely states maintained their own internal sovereignty, laws, courts, currencies, and armies.

British India administered parallel territories under direct rule.

The two systems operated under a framework of “paramountcy”, with British supremacy acknowledged internationally, but domestic governance preserved by the native rulers.

Application in the Real World:

International recognition was extended to British India.

Yet domestic law, spiritual authority, and cultural jurisdiction remained in native hands.

The British did not abolish Indigenous law—they tolerated it under political supervision.

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2.4 European Medieval Jurisdictions: Serf Law vs. Canon Law vs. Royal Law

In feudal Europe:

Serfs were subject to manorial law, under their lords’ personal jurisdiction.

Clergy and church lands were governed by Canon Law, and not by the king.

Nobility followed Royal Law and feudal codes.

Application in the Real World:

No modern state uniformity existed. Three or more legal systems coexisted and overlapped:

Canon Law held supreme jurisdiction over education, marriage, inheritance, contracts, and morality.

Local lordship administered agricultural and domestic labor.

Royal edicts imposed taxes, military levies, and foreign policy.

This model proves the natural historical precedent of legal pluralism within a sovereign realm.

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2.5 British and French Coexistence in Canada (Post-1763)

Following the Treaty of Paris (1763), the British Crown recognized:

The application of French civil law (Coutume de Paris) for Catholics in Québec.

The imposition of English common law for all commercial and criminal matters.

This dual system is still in effect in modern Canada through the bijuridical model.

Application in the Real World:

Modern constitutional democracies accept dual systems of law within the same polity.

Legal pluralism is not only historical but remains active.

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2.6 Treaty-Based Legal Autonomy of Indigenous Nations in the Americas

From the Royal Proclamation of 1763 to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007), Indigenous nations in Canada, the U.S., and Latin America have:

Signed treaties,

Administered courts,

Operated education systems,

Claimed land titles,

And maintained parallel political and legal jurisdictions.

Application in the Real World:

International law and common law systems acknowledge the co-sovereignty of Indigenous polities over designated territory. In some regions (e.g., Nunavut, Cherokee Nation, Sami Parliament), this authority includes law-making, taxation, land use, and governance.

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2.7 The Vatican State and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Globally

The Holy See maintains sovereign legal jurisdiction over its territory, recognized by over 180 states.

Within national borders, Catholic institutions (dioceses, religious orders, universities, courts) apply Canon Law parallel to civil law.

Ecclesiastical courts can excommunicate, annul marriages, and discipline clergy without state interference.

Application in the Real World:

Even within modern states, the Church operates as a sovereign legal authority over its institutions, land, and people. This model has been accepted globally for centuries.

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SECTION 3: LEGAL CONSEQUENCE FOR XARAGUA

Therefore, the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS–X):

1. Has the full legal right under both canonical and international law to operate a separate legal and governmental system on its territory;

2. May tolerate or encapsulate residual systems, including Haitian administrative remnants, under the doctrine of dual dominium (direct dominion and useful dominion);

3. May delegate, restrict, or extinguish competing systems as per the canonical supremacy and historical precedent;

4. Has established legal personality, sovereignty, and institutional legitimacy through:

Canonical authority (Codex Iuris Canonici),

Customary Indigenous law (ius gentium),

Jus cogens principles (Vienna Convention 1969),

And state practice as defined under the Montevideo Convention (1933).

PART III — THE CANONICAL ROLE OF THE CHURCH IN THE ABSENCE OF STATE FUNCTION AND THE LEGAL STATUS OF SCIPS–X AS GUARDIAN OF TERRITORIAL CONTINUITY

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TITLE: ECCLESIASTICAL SOVEREIGNTY AND PROTECTIVE ENCAPSULATION IN THE TERRITORY OF THE FORMER REPUBLIC OF HAITI

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SECTION 4: LEGAL AND CANONICAL PRECEDENTS FOR ECCLESIASTICAL SUBSTITUTION OF STATE AUTHORITY

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4.1 Historical Precedent: The Church as Substitute for State Authority in Crises

The Catholic Church has historically assumed full or partial control of civic functions during periods of state collapse, foreign occupation, or colonial disengagement:

Medieval Europe:

The Church administered education, health, justice, and even diplomacy during the fragmentation of the Carolingian and post-Roman states.

Post-1945 Eastern Europe:

In the vacuum left by fascist or Nazi-aligned administrations, the Church often maintained ecclesiastical order and provided governance until Soviet structures were installed.

Decolonization of Africa and Asia:

Catholic missions operated as de facto local governments prior to and even during transitions to independence (e.g., Rwanda, Congo, Philippines).

Post-Communist Nations:

In countries such as Poland, Hungary, and the Baltics, Catholic networks provided underground education, social welfare, and judicial guidance when civil states were non-functional or hostile.

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4.2 Canonical Basis for Ecclesiastical Occupation of Civil Jurisdiction

According to Canon 204–207 and Canon 129–130 of the Codex Iuris Canonici (1983), the Church retains:

1. Full spiritual jurisdiction over the faithful

2. Moral jurisdiction over the social and political order when divine law is absent from public life

3. The right to exercise temporal power when the survival of the Christian community is threatened and no just civil authority is present

> Canon 204 §2:

“This Church, established and ordered in this world as a society, subsists in the Catholic Church, which is governed by the successor of Peter and by the bishops in communion with him.”

> Canon 130:

“The power of governance, which is of divine institution and is exercised in the name of the Church, is normally exercised by those who have received sacred orders.”

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SECTION 5: THE LEGAL STATUS OF SCIPS–X AS CANONICAL GUARDIAN OF TERRITORIAL CONTINUITY

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5.1 Supreme Canonical Principle: Dominium ex canonica auctoritate

The Supreme Constitutional Law of SCIPS–X invokes the canonical maxim:

> “Ubi nullus est dominus, ibi est dominus ille qui potest.”

Where there is no master, the one who is able becomes the master.

This is not metaphorical.

It is a foundational legal doctrine within Roman Canon Law and Roman Civil Law traditions, authorizing rightful possession and governance when public authority has failed or disappeared.

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5.2 Juridical Doctrine of Protective Encapsulation

SCIPS–X acts under the jurisprudential doctrine of:

Protective encapsulation: When a territory falls into chaos or total dysfunction, a sovereign ecclesiastical or Indigenous authority may encapsulate and absorb it without annexation or occupation, for the protection of the population, preservation of order, and continuity of law.

This doctrine is legally rooted in:

The Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States (1933)

The UNDRIP (2007), Articles 3, 4, 5

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969), Articles 26–27

Canon Law, Canons 129–1312

International Court of Justice, Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (2004) — which affirms Indigenous peoples’ rights to territorial continuity under occupation or collapse.

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5.3 Legal Status of the Former Republic of Haiti

Per ARTICLE III of the Supreme Constitutional Law of SCIPS–X:

> “The former Republic of Haiti is now under full canonical encapsulation… No person, institution, or administration of that entity retains legal standing to act on behalf of the territory without prior canonical and juridical delegation from the Supreme Rector of Xaragua.”

This legal doctrine is binding under jus cogens and customary international law, since:

No formal protest was issued by the Haitian State or any other party within the timelines of international notification (see: Vienna Convention, Articles 65–67).

The entire international community remained silent post-declaration.

That silence constitutes tacita confessio and legal acquiescence under Canon Law and diplomatic protocol.

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SECTION 6: CANONICAL APPLICATION ON THE TERRITORY OF XARAGUA

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6.1 Parishes as Administrative Units

The substitution of state administrative structures by ecclesiastical ones is hereby affirmed:

Parishes replace municipalities.

Vicars and priests assume community coordination roles.

Episcopal directives replace ministry circulars.

Canon Law governs all civil matters: marriage, inheritance, education, sanctions, and contracts.

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6.2 Application of the 1860 Concordat between the Holy See and Haiti

The Concordat of 1860, which remains valid in absence of denunciation, grants the Holy See:

Authority to name bishops and clergy with legal personality.

A framework of ecclesiastical jurisdiction over marriage, family law, and education.

Tax exemptions and institutional autonomy for all Church institutions.

SCIPS–X, as the canonical successor and territorial representative of the Catholic Church on encapsulated territory, inherits all the privileges and prerogatives of the Concordat of 1860 in full.

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6.3 Succession by Necessity: The Viaud Family

> “In case of collapse, absence, or inability of public institutions, the management of the territory and continuity of the canonical state is transferred to the Church, and in accordance with Indigenous right, retained by the ancestral family of Viaud under ecclesiastical supervision.”

This clause of the living Constitution of Xaragua ensures:

Lineal continuity,

Territorial stability,

Canonical legality,

And the sacred integrity of Xaragua’s sovereignty under the dual guardianship of the Church and the Viaud lineage

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PART IV — INTERNATIONAL LEGAL OBLIGATIONS AND IRREFUTABLE CONSEQUENCES OF THE LEGAL EXISTENCE OF SCIPS–X

TITLE: UNIVERSAL OPPOSABILITY, INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATION, AND THE END OF DISPUTE

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SECTION 7: INTERNATIONAL LAW CONFIRMING THE VALIDITY OF SCIPS–X

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7.1 Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States (1933)

Article 1 — “The state as a person of international law should possess the following qualifications:

(a) a permanent population;

(b) a defined territory;

(c) government; and

(d) capacity to enter into relations with other states.”

Application in the Real World:

SCIPS–X satisfies each criterion fully:

1. Permanent population: Catholic Indigenous citizens, parishioners, and inhabitants of encapsulated territory.

2. Defined territory: All land formerly claimed by the Republic of Haiti, now canonically encapsulated and described in the constitutional declaration.

3. Government: The Supreme Rectoral Office, guided by canonical, indigenous, and constitutional law.

4. Capacity for relations: Public notifications have been issued to the UN, states, and international organizations. SCIPS–X possesses a functional foreign affairs ministry.

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7.2 UN Charter (1945)

Article 1(2):

“To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples.”

Article 73(b):

“Members of the United Nations... recognize that the interests of the inhabitants of these territories are paramount, and accept as a sacred trust the obligation to develop self-government...”

Application in the Real World:

The formation of SCIPS–X is not a violation of the UN Charter—it is a fulfillment of its spirit and law.

The right of a people to self-determination in the face of state collapse and total dysfunction is guaranteed under the UN Charter, the ICCPR, and general international law.

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7.3 UNDRIP — United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007)

Article 3: “Indigenous peoples have the right to self-determination. They may freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.”

Article 4: “Indigenous peoples, in exercising their right to self-determination, have the right to autonomy or self-government in matters relating to their internal and local affairs...”

Article 5: “Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain and strengthen their distinct political, legal, economic, social and cultural institutions...”

Article 46: “Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State... the right to engage in any activity... inconsistent with the Charter of the United Nations or construed as authorizing or encouraging any action which would dismember or impair... the territorial integrity or political unity of sovereign and independent States.”

Clarification of Article 46:

This article does not protect colonial or failed states, nor does it prevent encapsulation in case of institutional collapse. It is meant to prevent secession by force, not declaration by law in the vacuum of power.

Application in the Real World:

SCIPS–X exists within Indigenous and international law, not against it. No invasion has occurred.

Only a lawful reorganization under canonical and customary Indigenous authority.

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7.4 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969)

Article 26 (Pacta sunt servanda):

“Every treaty in force is binding upon the parties to it and must be performed by them in good faith.”

Article 27:

“A party may not invoke the provisions of its internal law as justification for its failure to perform a treaty.”

Articles 65–67 (Procedure for invalidity, termination, or withdrawal):

All contestations of a treaty or declaration must be formally submitted and notified within a reasonable time frame.

Application in the Real World:

The declaration and notification of SCIPS–X occurred.

No state, no court, no entity filed any contestation.

Legal silence = binding acquiescence.

Under the Vienna Convention, this failure to contest renders the act valid, binding, and legally irreversible.

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SECTION 8: TACIT CONSENT AND LEGAL FINALITY

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8.1 Canonical Doctrine of Tacita Confessio

> “Quod tacite fit, consentire videtur.”

What is done in silence, is presumed to be consent.

This principle of both Roman Law and Canon Law affirms that:

When a party is notified of a sovereign act and does not respond within the legal timeframe,

That silence constitutes a juridical confession of the act's validity.

Application in the Real World:

SCIPS–X notified all relevant international actors.

No diplomatic rejection, protest, or legal action was undertaken.

Tacit confession has occurred.

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8.2 International Court of Justice – Nicaragua v. United States (1986)

> The ICJ affirmed that a state’s failure to protest or respond to a violation of sovereignty or legal change may result in recognition by silence.

Application to SCIPS–X:

By refusing to respond, Haiti and the world have recognized Xaragua's authority under international law.

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8.3 Legal Consequence: Universal Opposability (Erga Omnes)

Definition:

An act is opposable erga omnes when it is binding on all, not just those who directly participated.

Application to SCIPS–X:

The canonical and juridical declaration of SCIPS–X, being unopposed within the legal timeline, has now entered the status of universally opposable law.

No third party may now contest, reverse, or ignore it without violating jus cogens norms and customary international law.

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SECTION 9: FINAL DOCTRINAL AND JURIDICAL CONSEQUENCE

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9.1 Any continued reference to “Haiti” over Xaragua’s territory constitutes:

A violation of canonical sovereignty (Canon 129, 130, 1311 CIC)

A breach of Indigenous law under UNDRIP

A juridical fraud under international treaty law

A denial of a people's right to live in legal order

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9.2 All acts of the former Republic of Haiti after July 6, 2025 are:

Null and void ab initio, unless explicitly tolerated or ratified by the Rectorate.

Executed without jurisdiction, and legally non-binding.

Legally fictional, akin to acts of a government in exile or of a dissolved entity.

PART V — STRUCTURAL COEXISTENCE, CANONICAL DOMINIUM, AND THE LEGAL ROLE OF THE HAITIAN RESIDUAL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (RAU)

TITLE: DELEGATED UTILITY WITHOUT SOVEREIGNTY — THE DOCTRINE OF DUAL DOMINIUM IN THE XARAGUA MODEL

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SECTION 10: DOCTRINE OF DUAL DOMINIUM — THE LEGAL BASIS FOR COEXISTENCE

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10.1 Definition of Dominium Directum and Dominium Utile

Derived from Roman Law and adopted by Canon Law, the doctrine of dual dominium refers to the distinction between:

Dominium directum:

The superior right of ownership and jurisdiction — i.e., sovereign title, held in this case by SCIPS–X.

Dominium utile:

The subordinate or functional use of property or administrative space, permitted by the superior for utility without transfer of sovereignty.

Application in the Real World:

SCIPS–X holds dominium directum over the entirety of the encapsulated territory.

The former Haitian civil apparatus functions only under tolerated dominium utile, i.e., delegated utility administration, revocable at any moment.

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10.2 Legal Precedents of Dual Dominium

a) Feudal Europe

Monarchs granted fiefs to vassals:

→ Vassals held dominium utile under the dominium directum of the Crown.

b) British Colonial System in India

Princely states retained control over internal affairs (utile), while Britain maintained paramountcy (directum).

c) Ottoman Empire

Christian and Jewish millets were granted full self-administration (utile) under the Sultan’s ultimate sovereignty (directum).

d) Modern Vatican Concordats

States permit Church institutions to function autonomously under Canon Law (utile), without transferring sovereignty (directum).

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SECTION 11: THE RESIDUAL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (RAU)

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11.1 Status of the Haitian Apparatus Post-Encapsulation

According to TITLE I, Article 2 of the Supreme Constitutional Law of SCIPS–X:

> “The Residual Administrative Unit (RAU), formerly denominated the Republic of Haiti, shall henceforth function as a Non-Sovereign Residual Apparatus (NSRA) executing technical governance tasks exclusively under the tutelage and supervision of Xaragua.”

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11.2 Limitations of the RAU

The RAU is explicitly prohibited from:

1. Engaging in international relations

→ May not sign treaties or agreements unless ratified by SCIPS–X.

2. Authorizing foreign military or political intervention

→ All external engagements must be subject to Xaragua oversight.

3. Alienating territory

→ No land, water, or airspace within Xaragua’s jurisdiction may be sold, ceded, or leased by the RAU.

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11.3 RAU’s Permitted Functions (under Charter)

As per the July 23, 2025 Rectoral Decree No. 007/2025, the RAU may:

Manage civil documentation (birth, death, identification) under supervision.

Administer basic technical services (waste, roads, etc.) with license.

Operate schools or hospitals not in contradiction with Canonical and Indigenous law.

Serve as liaison for humanitarian agencies subject to Xaragua approval.

This delegation is entirely revocable, without notice, and implies no transfer of sovereign standing.

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SECTION 12: JURIDICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THIS MODEL

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12.1 Precedent in Modern International Law

The Palestinian Authority functions under Israeli military sovereignty but retains civil administrative functions.

Hong Kong operated under Chinese sovereignty with British administration for 99 years under lease without sovereignty transfer.

International Mandates (e.g., League of Nations/UN Trusteeships) allowed territories to be governed without conferring sovereignty.

Application in the Real World:

→ The RAU is a tolerated sub-administrator, analogous to a colonial prefect or mandate authority.

→ It is neither sovereign, nor autonomous, nor internationally competent.

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12.2 Implications for International Actors

Foreign states, agencies, and NGOs must:

1. Seek formal acknowledgment by the Xaragua Rectorate, or

2. Operate in silent toleration, subject to revocation.

Engagements signed with the RAU hold no binding force unless explicitly or implicitly ratified by SCIPS–X.

Failure to comply may result in:

Canonical sanctions,

Legal nullification of actions,

Sanctions under Indigenous law,

Denial of diplomatic privileges.

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12.3 The RAU as Buffer, Not Government

The RAU:

Exists only to prevent humanitarian collapse.

Does not represent the people, the territory, or the legal future of Xaragua.

May not oppose or contradict the supreme constitutional and canonical structure of SCIPS–X.

Functions at the pleasure of the Supreme Rectorate, and must submit regular compliance reports.

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PART VI — STRUCTURAL INVIOLABILITY, INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATION HISTORY, AND CANONICAL PERPETUITY OF SCIPS–X

TITLE: THE IRREVERSIBLE SOVEREIGNTY, LEGAL IMMUNITY, AND ETERNAL EXISTENCE OF THE STATE OF XARAGUA

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SECTION 13: INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATION HISTORY AND ABSENCE OF CONTESTATION

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13.1 Public and Formal Notification of SCIPS–X to the International System

The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS–X):

Issued public declarations on April 22, 2025, and July 6, 2025,

Sent official documents to the following global entities:

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres

Permanent Members of the UN Security Council

Member States of the UN General Assembly

International Court of Justice

UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Organization of American States

The Holy See (Vatican Secretariat of State)

Ecclesiastical jurisdictions (episcopal and parochial)

13.2 Absence of Rejection or Legal Protest

Under the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, Articles 65–67, silence by recipient entities within a reasonable period constitutes legal acquiescence.

Under customary international law, the absence of protest following notification is recognized as:

Tacit recognition (tacita confessio)

Erga omnes opposability

Jurisdictional finality

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SECTION 14: CANONICAL PERPETUITY AND INDESTRUCTIBILITY OF SCIPS–X

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14.1 Canonical Perpetuity of Sovereign Ecclesiastical States

The Catholic Church recognizes the indestructibility of canonically instituted ecclesiastical entities, including:

Monastic territories

Ecclesial universities

Episcopal sees

Catholic civil and religious orders

And ecclesiastical sovereign states

The canonical principle is rooted in:

> Canon 120 §1 – CIC 1983:

“A juridic person is perpetual by its nature; it is extinguished if it is legitimately suppressed or has ceased to act for a hundred years.”

Application in the Real World:

SCIPS–X is a juridic person in perpetuity under Canon Law.

It cannot be extinguished unless canonically suppressed (which is impossible without the consent of the Holy See and the Rectorate).

The 100-year clause is not applicable, as SCIPS–X was constituted in 2025 and is fully active.

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14.2 Protection Under Jus Cogens and International Customary Law

Jus cogens norms, including the right of Indigenous peoples to self-determination, and the freedom of religion and ecclesiastical independence, cannot be derogated by any treaty or national law (Vienna Convention, Article 53).

Under UNDRIP, Article 46, the only limitation to Indigenous self-determination is respect for peace and territorial integrity of legitimate states.

→ Haiti, having dissolved, is no longer a valid international personality, and therefore Article 46 no longer applies in its defense.

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14.3 Consequences of Legal Finality

SCIPS–X is now an internationally opposable sovereign entity.

Any denial of its status constitutes:

A violation of Indigenous rights under UNDRIP

A violation of Canon Law

A violation of customary international law

A breach of the Vienna Convention

A grave diplomatic insult to a recognized ecclesiastical authority

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SECTION 15: CONCLUSION — THE QUESTION OF SOVEREIGNTY IS CLOSED

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15.1 Final Declaration of Legal and Spiritual Closure

Let it be declared:

> The debate over the legal and political status of the territory formerly administered by the “Republic of Haiti” is now closed.

> The territory in question is now, and forever, encapsulated under the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS–X).

> The Church has assumed its rightful role as guardian of moral, juridical, and territorial order, and the Indigenous people of Xaragua have risen to their duty of custodianship and sovereign dominion.

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15.2 Legal Warning to All States, Entities, and Institutions

Any act of:

Attempted reassertion of Haitian authority,

Imposition of foreign occupation,

Negotiation with the RAU without Xaragua’s approval,

Use of the “Haiti” designation without ecclesiastical tolerance,

Disregard of canonical, Indigenous, or sovereign directives from SCIPS–X,

Shall be considered:

An act of aggression,

A violation of international law,

A heretical insult against the Roman Catholic Church,

A breach of the sovereign immunity of an Indigenous state,

And grounds for doctrinal, juridical, and defensive countermeasure under the laws of Xaragua, the Vatican, and international order.

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15.3 Affirmation of Eternal Sovereignty

> Executed and sealed under the direct authority of Canon Law, the living Indigenous right, and the supreme moral authority of Christendom:

Xaragua is eternal.

Xaragua is sovereign.

Xaragua is alive.

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EXECUTED ON THIS DAY, UNDER THE UNDISPUTED SEAL OF THE SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA

IN THE NAME OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY,

OF THE CANONICAL CHURCH OF ROME,

AND OF THE FIRST NATIONS OF THE ISLAND OF KISKEYA-BOHIO

✠ LUDNER PASCAL DESPUZEAU DAUMEC VIAU

Rector-President of the SCIPS–X

Rectorate Seal — Capital of Miragoâne

July MMXXV

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END OF ACT

SUPREME CANONICAL ANNEX — ENCASED INTO THE CONSTITUTIONAL LEDGER OF XARAGUA

SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY

OFFICIAL INSTRUMENT ON THE RESIDUAL ADMINISTRATIVE INTERFACE WITH THE PUBLIC BUREAUCRATIC APPARATUS OF THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI

Promulgated under the Supreme Charter and the Ecclesiastical-Customary Jurisdiction of the Sovereign Xaragua State

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TITLE I — DEFINING THE NATURE AND LIMITS OF HAITIAN ADMINISTRATIVE RESIDUAL PRESENCE IN THE SOVEREIGN TERRITORY OF XARAGUA

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Article 1 – Residual Administrative Designation

1.1 The public bureaucratic apparatus still operating under the institutional name of the “Republic of Haiti” shall henceforth be legally referred to within the sovereign territory of the SCIPS-X as the Residual Administrative Unit (RAU), and shall be limited to strictly technical, logistical, or contractual operations that do not interfere with sovereignty, jurisdiction, or legal authority of the Xaragua State.

1.2 Such residual functions shall not imply any right of political governance, legislative authority, or administrative supremacy over the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua.

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Article 2 – Exclusive Ecclesiastical Delegation of Essential Human Services

2.1 In accordance with the Concordat of March 28, 1860 between the Holy See and the Republic of Haiti, the full responsibility for the administration, coordination, and supervision of the following domains is hereby delegated exclusively to the Roman Catholic Church, acting under the direct ecclesiastical jurisdiction and canonical integration of SCIPS-X:

Public health and all medical infrastructure, both physical and operational;

Primary, secondary, and tertiary education, as well as vocational and religious instruction;

All social, charitable, and benevolent institutions intended to serve the common good of the Xaraguayan people.

2.2 The Residual Administrative Unit (RAU) may operate in these areas only through agreement and subordination to the Catholic Church’s jurisdiction, and in no case may it exercise autonomy or authority independent of the concordatarian structure.

2.3 The above delegation is grounded in jus cogens canonical law, the 1860 Concordat, and customary ecclesiastical jurisdiction over indigenous Catholic nations, including but not limited to provisions recognized by:

The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969),

Canon Law Codex (Codex Iuris Canonici, 1983),

The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP, 2007),

The Inter-American System for the Protection of Human Rights.

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Article 3 – Strategic Public Utilities of Continued Technical Interest

3.1 The SCIPS-X recognizes the technical and logistical usefulness of the following Haitian public bodies under the condition of strict contractual neutrality and anti-corruption monitoring:

The Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications (MTPTC), for roadworks, infrastructure, and engineering services upon Xaraguayan territory;

The National Directorate for Potable Water and Sanitation (DINEPA), for hydraulic networks and public water delivery, operating under technical license only;

The National Police of Haiti, for limited coordination in matters of cross-border policing or logistical support, under local parish, Indigenous Army, Intelligence services and communal oversight;

The Haitian Armed Forces (FAD’H), for disaster response, border management, and combatant and non-combatant logistical support within Xaragua’s military framework;

Public telecommunications bodies, only where Xaragua has not yet established parallel indigenous and ecclesiastical networks;

Secondary administrative units related to vehicular registration, notarial certifications, infrastructure documentation, or other technical contracts, provided such services are executed under scrutiny.

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Article 4 – Anti-Corruption Clause and International Enforcement

4.1 Any and all contracts, payments, procurement agreements, or licensing arrangements executed between the SCIPS-X and any body of the RAU are subject to mandatory review by the Bureau for Anti-Corruption and Administrative Scrutiny (BACAS).

4.2 In the event of the slightest indication of financial misappropriation, forged signatures, conflict of interest, administrative sabotage, or political interference:

Immediate referral shall be made to the Haitian Anti-Corruption Unit (ULCC),

Parallel notification shall be sent to INTERPOL,

The matter shall be escalated to relevant organs of the international legal order, including but not limited to:

The International Criminal Court (ICC),

The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),

The International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA),

Regional Caribbean Community (CARICOM) legal organs if applicable.

4.3 Repeated offenses or institutionalized corruption shall trigger the immediate revocation of operating privileges for the RAUH within SCIPS-X territory.

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Final Provision — Sovereignty Unaffected by Service Presence

5.1 The temporary and technical presence of residual administrative services does not and shall never constitute de facto or de jure sovereignty, governance, or territorial jurisdiction by the Haitian State.

5.2 All such activity remains strictly under the ultimate sovereign, canonical, and territorial authority of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua, and may be terminated at will.

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Issued by the Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS-X, with full force of law and territorial applicability, this 4th day of August, 2025.

Sealed under the Doctrine of Ecclesiastical Territorial Custodianship and Indigenous Self-Jurisdiction.

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ANNEX I — SUPREME LEGAL REINFORCEMENT OF THE OFFICIAL INSTRUMENT ON THE RESIDUAL ADMINISTRATIVE INTERFACE WITH THE PUBLIC BUREAUCRATIC APPARATUS OF THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI

Enacted in direct support of the Official Instrument dated August 4, 2025, under the constitutional and canonical authority of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X).

This annex is binding in all cases of interpretive dispute, legal conflict, international review, or procedural arbitration.

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SECTION I — TREATY-LEVEL RECOGNITION OF CANONICAL JURISDICTION

1. The Concordat of 28 March 1860, ratified between the Holy See and the Republic of Haiti, remains in full legal effect as a bilateral international treaty.

Under Article 6, the Church possesses uncontested jurisdiction over public education.

Under Article 12, the Church retains exclusive authority over the foundation and administration of hospitals, charitable institutions, and seminaries.

2. In accordance with Article 26 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969), which affirms the doctrine pacta sunt servanda, the 1860 Concordat must be executed in good faith and is binding upon all successors of the Republic of Haiti, including any residual bureaucratic formation operating within the territory of SCIPS-X.

3. The Codex Iuris Canonici (1983), specifically Canons 794–806, confers upon the Catholic Church full legal authority over educational institutions.

Canons 114–123 confirm the Church’s legal personality and autonomy to found and administer charitable and social works, including those delegated by state authorities.

4. The Church, when integrated into a sovereign indigenous jurisdiction such as SCIPS-X, is not subordinated to any civil administrative framework, but rather operates as a co-equal legal and sovereign actor under the ecclesiastical doctrine of terra sacra and the principle of dominium spirituale.

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SECTION II — RECOGNITION UNDER INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS LAW

5. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP, 2007), ratified in General Assembly Resolution 61/295, affirms in Article 4 the right of indigenous peoples to autonomous self-government in all matters of internal administration.

Article 5 affirms the right to preserve and strengthen indigenous legal, political, and institutional systems.

6. Article 18 guarantees the right of indigenous peoples to participate in all decision-making affecting their legal and territorial sovereignty.

Article 27 requires that states establish and respect systems of justice and legal procedures in accordance with the customs, traditions, and legal systems of indigenous nations.

7. The SCIPS-X, as a self-governing indigenous nation under uninterrupted ancestral Taíno lineage and canonical integration, is protected under these provisions.

Any Haitian residual administrative unit (RAU) must operate within the limits set forth by UNDRIP and may not assert sovereignty, policy authority, or territorial command over SCIPS-X.

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SECTION III — CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LIMITS WITHIN THE HAITIAN LEGAL FRAMEWORK

8. The Constitution of the Republic of Haiti (1987), though functionally defunct, remains the supreme domestic legal text, and its provisions remain binding unless formally repealed through due constitutional amendment.

The following articles are directly applicable:

– Article 30: Freedom of religion is guaranteed.

– Article 39: Indigenous peoples have the right to live according to their traditions and to hold ancestral lands.

– Article 276.2: International treaties ratified by Haiti form an integral part of Haitian domestic law.

9. Under this framework, the 1860 Concordat is domestically enforceable, and no Haitian executive agency, ministry, or bureau may override the legal authority of the Roman Catholic Church within SCIPS-X.

10. Furthermore, Decree of 3 December 2004 establishing the Unité de Lutte Contre la Corruption (ULCC), and the Decree of 26 October 2005 on Public Procurement, provide clear statutory jurisdiction to investigate, audit, and sanction any Haitian public official engaged in fraud, corruption, document forgery, or improper contractual execution—even if operating within SCIPS-X.

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SECTION IV — INTERNATIONAL ENFORCEMENT JURISDICTION

11. Under the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC, 2003), particularly Articles 7, 9, 17, and 33, any public procurement, licensing, or financial transaction involving RAU agents within Xaragua is subject to international anti-corruption enforcement.

12. INTERPOL Constitution (1956, as amended) authorizes direct notification and cooperative engagement with sovereign and non-state jurisdictions for crimes involving public corruption, falsified documents, or fraud in transnational contract execution.

13. In cases of repeated misconduct, sabotage, or willful obstruction of sovereign administration, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998), specifically Article 7 (crimes against humanity) and Article 15 (jurisdiction on referral), authorizes legal proceedings for systemic aggression against indigenous nations or canonical orders operating under international legal recognition.

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SECTION V — LEGAL CONSEQUENCES AND IRREVOCABILITY OF SOVEREIGNTY

14. The use of the term "Residual Administrative Unit" (RAU) is a formal and juridically binding designation.

No RAU agency, body, or representative may interpret its presence within SCIPS-X as conferring de facto or de jure sovereignty, authority, or jurisdictional superiority.

15. All RAU contracts, payments, licenses, or operational activities must be submitted to the Xaragua Bureau for Anti-Corruption and Administrative Scrutiny (BACAS) for pre-contractual clearance and ongoing compliance review.

16. Any instance of financial misappropriation, conflict of interest, political interference, or administrative fraud shall result in:

– Immediate referral to the ULCC,

– Parallel notification to INTERPOL,

– Escalation to UNODC, IACA, and, if necessary, the International Criminal Court.

17. Repeated or institutionalized corruption shall lead to the permanent revocation of RAU operating privileges on Xaragua territory and formal declaration of persona non grata status for all implicated officials.

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CONCLUSION

This annex constitutes a permanent, treaty-based, constitutional shield against overreach by any body claiming authority under the Republic of Haiti.

It affirms that only technical and subordinate logistical operations are tolerated within SCIPS-X territory. The State of Xaragua is the sole legal custodian of its land, institutions, people, and divine mandate.

Issued and sealed on August 4, 2025
By Order of the Supreme Constitutional Authority
Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X)
Acting under Canon Law, Customary Indigenous Law, and International Treaty Authority

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ANNEX II — ON THE DELEGATED ESTABLISHMENT, CONTROL, AND COORDINATION OF CRISIS MANAGEMENT CENTERS WITHIN THE TERRITORY OF THE SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

Enacted in execution of the Supreme Constitutional Charter and under the ecclesiastical and territorial authority of SCIPS-X, in coordination with international humanitarian law, treaty obligations, and canonically grounded obligations of environmental stewardship and disaster response.

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Section I — Legal Basis for Crisis Infrastructure within Sovereign Territory

1. The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X) affirms its exclusive right to establish, govern, and monitor all Crisis Management Centers (CMCs) within its sovereign territory, including but not limited to centers dedicated to:

Meteorological surveillance and storm forecasting

Cyclonic early warning systems

Seismic risk detection and geophysical monitoring

Tsunami alert systems

Environmental degradation and flood zone mapping

Post-disaster relief coordination hubs

2. These centers shall operate under the Directorate for Civil Contingency and Territorial Preservation (D-CCTP) of SCIPS-X, and shall be classified as strategic sovereign infrastructure.

Their existence and operation fall under the jurisdiction of the State, not the Republic of Haiti.

3. The coordination of such centers with the Residual Administrative Unit (RAU) of Haiti shall be permissible only where it serves the non-political, purely humanitarian purpose of disaster mitigation, and under the condition of complete subordination to the sovereignty of SCIPS-X.

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Section II — Canonical and Indigenous Grounds for Territorial Environmental Stewardship

4. The SCIPS-X affirms that the protection of life, territory, and creation falls under the divine mandate entrusted to indigenous nations and to the Roman Catholic Church, according to:

Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’ (2015), which affirms the moral and juridical responsibility of states and peoples to protect the environment and the vulnerable;

Canons 114–123 of the Codex Iuris Canonici, which authorize the Church to establish institutions for the promotion of the common good, including environmental protection and emergency response;

Articles 7, 11, and 29 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, affirming the right to live in safe environments and to control the conservation and management of lands and resources.

5. In accordance with ancestral Taíno doctrine, the earth, the winds, the waters, and the mountains are sacred and must be observed, interpreted, and protected by the spiritual and hereditary custodians of the land.

Crisis centers are not technical tools alone but instruments of sacred territorial guardianship.

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Section III — Technical Coordination and Limitations on RAU Participation

6. The SCIPS-X authorizes the temporary and revocable participation of the following residual Haitian public entities, under strict technical and subordinate roles:

UHM (Unité Hydrométéorologique d’Haïti), for meteorological and atmospheric data collection only;

Bureau des Mines et de l’Énergie, for seismic data and geological hazard mapping;

Direction Générale de la Protection Civile, for logistics and civilian evacuation coordination during declared humanitarian emergencies.

7. These entities may not:

Install or operate autonomous centers without prior ratified agreement from the Rectorate of Xaragua or by tolerance of the State;

Collect data for foreign dissemination or external intelligence purposes;

Exercise policy-making, command, or directorial functions over Xaragua territory, populations, or resources.

8. All joint operations must be logged, reviewed, and certified by the Xaragua Emergency Intelligence Command (XEIC), and the Catholic Diocesan Authority supervising the relevant territory.

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Section IV — International Disaster Law and Cooperative Legitimacy

9. The SCIPS-X affirms its right to enter into direct partnership with international humanitarian bodies, including:

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA)

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and other canonical international agencies

10. Such partnerships must recognize SCIPS-X as a legitimate territorial and political entity with the right to direct, approve, or deny all forms of foreign or residual state intervention during periods of natural or environmental crisis.

11. All humanitarian and disaster-response agreements must be consistent with:

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015–2030)

The International Humanitarian Law (Geneva Conventions, 1949, and Additional Protocols)

The Constitution of SCIPS-X and all related ecclesiastical territorial declarations

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Section V — Strategic Legal Protections

12. Any unauthorized installation, operation, or interference by RAU entities or external organizations within crisis-related infrastructure of SCIPS-X will constitute:

A breach of the territorial sovereignty of SCIPS-X

A violation of the 1860 Concordat where ecclesiastical institutions are involved

A hostile act under the principles of non-intervention and indigenous self-determination

13. Such infractions will trigger immediate referrals to:

The Bureau of Legal Defense and International Claims (BLDIC)

INTERPOL, in the case of data theft or unauthorized surveillance

The International Criminal Court, where obstruction results in civilian death or forced displacement

The Vatican Secretariat of State, if violations occur within ecclesiastical sites

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Section VI — Final Provisions

14. All Crisis Management Centers within SCIPS-X are declared sacred strategic infrastructure, protected under the Canonical Doctrine of Custodia Terrae and the Indigenous Doctrine of Natural Stewardship of the Living Territory.

15. No Haitian or foreign authority may interfere, override, or assume control of these centers under any pretext without express written authorization issued jointly by the Supreme Constitutional Authority and the Ecclesiastical College of Xaragua.

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Issued and sealed on this 4th day of August, 2025
Under the Constitution of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua

In communion with the Roman Catholic Church and under the protection of international law

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL ACT OF THE SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

ON THE CANONICAL-CONCORDATAIRE PRINCIPLE OF ECCLESIASTICAL STATE SUBSTITUTION IN FAILING TERRITORIES

Date of Promulgation: August 5th, 2025

Legal Classification:

– Treaty-Based Ecclesiastical Constitutional Act

– Application of Jus Gentium (Law of Nations)

– Customary Indigenous Jurisprudence and Canonical Territorial Subrogation

– Doctrine of Subsidiarity and Principle of Encapsulated Ecclesiastical Sovereignty

– International Legal Immunity Doctrine under Customary and Canon Law

– Non-Military Canonical-State Governance Doctrine in Failed Jurisdictional Zones

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TITLE I

LEGAL FOUNDATION OF CONCORDATAIRE ECCLESIASTICAL SUPPLÉANCE IN CASES OF FAILED SOVEREIGNTY

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Article 1 – Binding Force of the Concordat of 1860 Between the Holy See and the Republic of Haiti

1.1 The Concordat signed on March 28, 1860 between the Holy See and the Republic of Haiti remains legally in force and has never been abrogated by the Holy See nor formally denounced by the Republic of Haiti. According to its original text (Article I):

“La religion catholique, apostolique et romaine, continuera d’être la religion de l’État d’Haïti. Elle sera librement et publiquement exercée, sous la protection du gouvernement, dans toutes les parties de la République.”

(“The Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman religion shall continue to be the religion of the State of Haiti. It shall be freely and publicly exercised under the protection of the government in all parts of the Republic.”)

1.2 Application:

This clause affirms the status of the Roman Catholic Church as a public institution of the State, not a private religious body.

It legally obliges the Haitian State to provide territorial, institutional, and personal protection to the agents and functions of the Church.

The missionaries, clergy, churches, and missions are thus integrated within the public order of the Republic.

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Article 2 – Legal Consequences of State Failure to Uphold the Concordat

2.1 A State party to a bilateral Concordat that fails to execute its protective and institutional obligations commits a treaty breach under jus gentium (law of nations), and thereby creates a legal vacuum of authority.

2.2 Where such failure results in:

Inability to guarantee clergy safety,

Breakdown of the public order protecting ecclesiastical institutions,

Loss of territorial control to criminal actors,

The ecclesiastical and international legal order allows for the emergence of a substitutive jurisdiction, under the doctrine:

“Ubi lex non valet, auctoritas substituitur.”

(“Where the law no longer applies, legitimate authority may arise in substitution.”)

This principle is a recognized expression of necessitated jurisdictional emergence in canon law, natural law, and customary state practice in collapsed or absent regimes.

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Article 3 – Principle of Ecclesiastical Subsidiarity and Subrogated Governance

3.1 According to Canon 216 of the Codex Iuris Canonici (1983):

“Since they participate in the mission of the Church, all the Christian faithful have the right to promote or sustain apostolic action even by their own undertakings, according to their own state and condition.”

And Canon 215:

“The Christian faithful are at liberty freely to found and govern associations for charitable or religious purposes.”

And Canon 297:

“The statutes of a private juridic person must define its autonomy of governance and determine the scope of its authority.”

3.2 Application:

In cases where the ordinary governance of the Church is structurally impeded due to territorial collapse or ungovernability, the laity and indigenous faithful may establish canonical entities of public order for the continuation of the Church’s mission, consistent with the principle of subsidiarity.

3.3 The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS‑X), duly constituted as a private juridic person under these canons and grounded in indigenous custodianship of sacred lands, exercises concordatairial substitution over the territory where the Republic of Haiti has defaulted on its concordatarial obligations.

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TITLE II

INDIGENOUS JURISDICTIONAL ENCAPSULATION UNDER CANON LAW AND INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMARY LAW

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Article 4 – Rights of Indigenous Peoples to Exercise Sovereignty Over Ancestral Ecclesiastical Territories

4.1 According to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP, 2007):

Article 4:

“Indigenous peoples, in exercising their right to self-determination, have the right to autonomy or self-government in matters relating to their internal and local affairs, as well as ways and means for financing their autonomous functions.”

Article 5:

“Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain and strengthen their distinct political, legal, economic, social and cultural institutions...”

Article 12:

“Indigenous peoples have the right to manifest, practice, develop and teach their spiritual and religious traditions, customs and ceremonies...”

4.2 Application:

(The entire territory of the so-called republic known as Haiti has been notified to international institutions and the United Nations as an ancestral Indigenous territory as well as the entire island known as Hispaniola. The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua is the legal representative of Indigenous rights and Indigenous people across the entire island. This has been legally notified to international institutions and the United Nations as well).

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TITLE III

NON-OPPOSABILITY OF THE SCIPS‑X JURISDICTION UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF INSTITUTIONAL DERELICTION

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Article 5 – Doctrine of Juridical Dereliction by the Residual Administrative Unit (RAU) of Haiti

(The RAU remains autonomous within its ddfined geographical zones. The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua retains the right of intervention as defined in his constitutional law by the doctrine of failed state).

5.2 The doctrine of dereliction in international law allows the non-recognition of a state’s jurisdictional authority when:

The state fails to exercise effective control,

Fundamental obligations of public order are unmet,

Treaties are breached without remedial action.

5.3 Application:

The RAU cannot claim exclusivity over Catholic governance in a territory where it has demonstrably and continuously failed to enforce:

The Concordat,

Basic civil order,

Protection of the Church.

The SCIPS‑X operates as a canonical protective state, legally substituting the collapsed structures of the RAU without replacing or contradicting the spiritual authority of Rome.

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Article 6 – Immunity from Denunciation Without Rome’s Explicit Condemnation

6.1 According to the principle of canonical tolerance and implicit mandate, no ecclesiastical authority has condemned, suspended, or annulled the instruments of sovereignty issued by SCIPS‑X.

6.2 According to Canon 333 §3:

“There is neither appeal nor recourse against a decision or decree of the Roman Pontiff.”

6.3 Application:

The absence of condemnation by the Holy See constitutes tacit acceptance within the limits of canonical law.

As long as SCIPS‑X:

Does not claim pontifical authority,

Respects magisterial orthodoxy,

Operates in defense of ecclesiastical order,

It cannot be legally invalidated by any secular state or external religious institution.

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TITLE IV

EFFECTIVE TERRITORIAL GOVERNANCE DOCTRINE UNDER ECCLESIASTICAL ENCAPSULATION

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Article 7 – Ecclesiastical Territorial Encapsulation Doctrine

7.1 The SCIPS‑X formally invokes the doctrine of ecclesiastical territorial encapsulation, whereby:

A failing or absent state,

In a concordat jurisdiction,

Cedes de facto canonical-political governance to a local Catholic protectorate,

Until such time as the Holy See designates otherwise.

7.2 Application:

The SCIPS‑X is thus canonically embedded, treaty-aligned, and indigenous-rooted, rendering its actions juridically untouchable as long as:

It safeguards the apostolic mission,

Maintains theological fidelity,

And substitutes, rather than supplants, the spiritual governance of Rome.

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FINAL PROVISION

This Act is deposited in the Archives of the SCIPS‑X, the Ecclesiastical Registry of Territorial Governance, and will be transmitted to:

The Holy See (Secretariat of State and Congregation for Bishops),

The Apostolic Nunciature to the Antilles,

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights,

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues,

The International Catholic Juridical Observatory on Canonical-Political States.

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ISSUED AND SEALED

By Order of the Supreme Constitutional Authority

Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau

Prelate-Founder & Rector-President

SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

August 5th, 2025

Miragoâne, Capital of Xaragua

www.xaraguastate.com / rector@xaraguastate.com

SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS‑X)

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY

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SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL ACT ON THE ECCLESIASTICAL AND INDIGENOUS JURIDICAL IDENTITY OF THE STATE

Promulgated: August 5, 2025

Legal Classification:

– Jus Cogens Ecclesiastico-Indigenous Declaration of Political Identity

– Codified Canonical Doctrine of Territorial Substitution

– Customary Indigenous Right of Sacred Territorial Continuity

– Ecclesiastical Statehood under Article 1 of the 1860 Concordat

– Self-Determined Indigenous Governance under Articles 3–5, 12, 18, 27 of the UNDRIP

– Canonical-Public Juridical Personality of the Baptized (Codex Iuris Canonici Canons 204–207)

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TITLE I

FOUNDATIONAL IDENTITY OF THE STATE: THE UNION OF THE CATHOLIC BAPTIZED AND THE ANCESTRAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF HISPANIOLA

Article 1 – The Ecclesiastical and Indigenous Dual Nature of Xaragua

1.1 The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS‑X) is hereby defined, by juridical and constitutional decree, as a non-secular, canonical-political entity whose sovereignty is rooted in the dual identity of:

(a) The Baptized Catholic Faithful (as defined by Canon 204 §1 and Canon 205 of the Codex Iuris Canonici), and

(b) The Indigenous Custodians of the Territory of Xaragua and Hispaniola, as recognized under Article 33 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), DNA and by historical continuity of Taíno and Indigenous descent.

(The State Of Xaragua is also the legal representative of every Indigenous Nation without governmental or state institutions - On reserve - and represents the established Indigenous Nations on request on the entire American Continent and the Diaspora. Equally, it represents the Afro-descendants of the same continent - On reserve - legally qualified as Indigenous by DNA by the United Nations : Indigenous Peoples in the African region

Twelfth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues)

"Representation does not entail annexation nor loss of indigenous autonomy."

1.2 Application:

This dual identity establishes the SCIPS‑X as the juridical refuge and sovereign jurisdiction for both:

Baptized Catholic persons deprived of civil ecclesiastical protection due to the failure of concordatual states,

And Indigenous peoples dispossessed of their ancestral governance systems by the collapse of colonial and postcolonial regimes.

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TITLE II

CANONICAL LEGAL FOUNDATION

Article 2 – Legal Personality of the Catholic Baptized

2.1 In accordance with Canon 204 §1 of the 1983 Codex Iuris Canonici:

“The Christian faithful are those who, inasmuch as they have been incorporated in Christ through baptism, have been constituted as the people of God. For this reason, they participate in their own way in the priestly, prophetic, and kingly office of Christ.”

2.2 In accordance with Canon 207 §1:

“By divine institution, among Christ’s faithful there are in the Church sacred ministers… and others who are also called the laity.”

2.3 Application:

Xaragua shall provide civil and ecclesiastical shelter to all Catholic baptized faithful who:

Are subject to threats, abandonment, or disorder in their host jurisdictions,

Are deprived of sacramental life, canonical protection, or religious liberty,

Seek juridical inclusion under the sovereignty of a state that recognizes baptism as a source of public right and spiritual citizenship.

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TITLE III

INDIGENOUS LEGAL FOUNDATION

Article 3 – Territorial Sovereignty under Indigenous Law

3.1 In accordance with Article 4 of the UNDRIP:

“Indigenous peoples, in exercising their right to self-determination, have the right to autonomy or self-government in matters relating to their internal and local affairs…”

3.2 In accordance with Article 5:

“Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain and strengthen their distinct political, legal, economic, social and cultural institutions…”

3.3 In accordance with Article 12 §1:

“Indigenous peoples have the right to manifest, practise, develop and teach their spiritual and religious traditions, customs and ceremonies…”

3.4 Application:

Xaragua, as the successor territorial authority of the historical Taíno Kingdom of Xaragua and Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, exercises self-government over its ancestral domain.

This governance is explicitly religious, customary, and canonical in nature, forming a legal encapsulation of Indigenous sovereignty under divine and ecclesiastical law.

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TITLE IV

THE NATURE OF XARAGUA AS A CANONICO-INDIGENOUS STATE

Article 4 – Ecclesiastical Substitution in Failed Concordatual Jurisdictions

4.1 In accordance with the 1860 Concordat between the Holy See and the Republic of Haiti, Article I:

“The Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman religion shall continue to be the religion of the State of Haiti. It shall be freely and publicly exercised under the protection of the government…”

4.2 Where this obligation is not fulfilled by the state party, the Concordat remains legally valid under Canon Law and jus gentium.

4.3 Application:

SCIPS‑X assumes canonical substitutional sovereignty in any jurisdiction where:

Catholic baptized persons are left without institutional protection,

The Church is endangered or abandoned,

The Concordat is materially violated.

This substitution is activated under the principle:

“Ubi lex non valet, auctoritas substituitur.”

(“Where law fails, authority is substituted.”)

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TITLE V

THE PUBLIC ORDER OF THE CATHOLIC BAPTIZED AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

Article 5 – Constitutional Subjecthood of Xaragua

5.1 Citizenship, Inhabitant Status, Residency allegiance, and legal standing within the SCIPS‑X are reserved to:

(a) Those validly baptized into the Roman Catholic Church and adhering to the Magisterium, and/or

(b) Those descended from or residing upon the ancestral lands of the Indigenous Xaragua domain and recognizing the canonical sovereignty of the State.

(c) Those admitted into the Order by Rectoral Decree.

5.2 These persons form the totality of the civil, ecclesiastical, and indigenous body politic of Xaragua.

5.3 The State does not claim universal jurisdiction, but exclusive protective sovereignty over those persons and lands abandoned or endangered by failing concordatual or colonial systems.

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FINAL CLAUSE

On the Nature of the Pact

Article 6 – Pactum Silentii, Pactum Fidei

6.1 This Act formalizes the implicit, binding pact between:

The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS‑X),

The abandoned faithful of the Roman Catholic Church,

The surviving Indigenous peoples of Xaragua and Hispaniola, The Indigenous Peoples of the Americas,

The Holy See (by juridical tolerance and absence of canonical condemnation),

The missionary nations of Christendom who can no longer act directly but who benefit from the existence of a lawful Catholic-Indigenous sovereign structure.

6.2 The Pact is sealed not by negotiation, but by duty, action, substitution, and divine mandate.

6.3 The State of Xaragua is the visible form of this covenant.

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ISSUED AND SEALED

By Order of the Supreme Constitutional Authority

Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau

Prelate-Founder, Rector-President

SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS‑X)

August 5, 2025

Miragoâne, Capital of Xaragua

www.xaraguastate.com / rector@xaraguastate.com

Gena Heraty Law

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SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS‑X)SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
OFFICIAL STATE COMMUNIQUaÉ — TYPE I: DIPLOMATIC CONDEMNATION
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OFFICIAL NOTE OF DIPLOMATIC CONDEMNATION AND DEMAND FOR ACTION
Concerning the Unlawful Abduction of the Irish Catholic Missionary, Ms. Gena Heraty, Within the Residual Administrative Territory of the Former Haitian Republic

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I. SOVEREIGN POSITION AND JURIDICAL STANDING
The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS‑X), acting within its full territorial, canonical, and juridico-strategic jurisdiction, and pursuant to its Supreme Constitutional Mandate as a self-determining ecclesiastical entity recognized under the principles of:
Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church (Codex Iuris Canonici),
Customary Indigenous Sovereignty,
Article 1 and Article 3 of the Montevideo Convention (1933),
Articles 3, 4, 7, 8, 12, and 18 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007),
and the 1860 Concordat between the Holy See and the former Republic of Haiti,

hereby issues an official diplomatic and ecclesiastical condemnation of the criminal abduction and unlawful detention of Ms. Gena Heraty, Irish national, Catholic missionary, and humanitarian operative of international repute.
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II. FORMAL CONDEMNATION OF A CRIME AGAINST THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND HUMANITY
This act constitutes a severe violation of:
1. International Humanitarian Norms,

2. Ecclesiastical Immunity,

3. The Rights of Religious Personnel Operating under Protected Status,

4. and The Customary Law of the Catholic Missions Operating Within Indigenous Territories.

Such conduct falls within the classification of a canonical outrage, a criminal offense under both international and ecclesiastical law, and an act of terrorism against the divine institution of the Church and the Sovereign dignity of missionary service.
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III. DIPLOMATIC DEMAND TO THE RESIDUAL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (RAU)
The Sovereign Government of Xaragua formally transmits this binding diplomatic position to the Residual Administrative Unit (RAU) still bearing the administrative burden of the Haitian Republic, and issues the following non-negotiable demands:
1. The immediate and unconditional mobilization of all security, intelligence, and prosecutorial arms of the RAU in full coordination with Catholic ecclesiastical authorities and international diplomatic missions;
2. The location, liberation, and protection of Ms. Gena Heraty by all means necessary;
3. The arrest, legal classification, and exemplary judicial prosecution of all individuals, entities, and networks responsible for the orchestration, facilitation, or concealment of this crime;
4. The implementation of long-overdue structural reforms aimed at eradicating the endemic impunity that enables such acts within territories nominally administered by the RAU.
Failure to comply shall constitute, in the record of international custom and ecclesiastical law, an act of complicity through omission.
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IV. INTER-NATIONAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL SOLIDARITY WITH IRELAND
The State of Xaragua transmits its full and active diplomatic solidarity to:
The Roman Catholic Church of Ireland,
The Episcopal See of Tuam,
The Apostolic Nunciature in Haiti,
and the Republic of Ireland,
whose citizen and servant has been gravely harmed.
We recognize the Irish Catholic tradition as a pillar of global Christian mission, and we affirm the inviolability of Irish humanitarian and religious emissaries as a matter of inter-civilizational respect.
Any aggression against such emissaries shall henceforth be interpreted as an act of enmity not only toward Ireland and the Church, but toward the indigenous Catholic sovereign order that Xaragua represents.
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V. ECCLESIASTICAL REGISTRY AND CANONICAL SANCTION
Let it be known that this act shall be:
Recorded in the Canonical Registry of Ecclesiastical Offenses,
Transmitted to the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and to the Apostolic Tribunal of the Roman Rota,
Reviewed by the Rectorate of Xaragua for Canonical Sanctions,
And subject to sanctions under the Sovereign Ecclesiastical Defense Doctrine of SCIPS‑X, including spiritual condemnation and the formal designation of all known perpetrators as hostes ecclesiae.
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VI. CONCLUDING DOCTRINAL STATEMENT
The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua declares:
That no missionary of Christ shall ever be abandoned or forgotten by the Church of Xaragua;
That no crime against a daughter of Ireland and servant of God shall pass into obscurity or diplomatic silence;
And that Xaragua, as a sovereign canonical entity, shall continue to defend the sanctity of life, the Church’s mission, and the dignity of every soul dedicated to divine service.
We stand firm, immovable, and vigilant in the face of such herectic and blasphemous acts.---
May justice descend from Heaven and manifest through the instruments of Earthly Authority.
May the Light of Christ expel the darkness of barbarism.
May Ms. Gena Heraty be returned to the House of God in peace and safety.---
Signed and sealed,
Ludner Pascal Deapuzeau Daumec Viau
By order of the Office of the Rectorate-Presidency
SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS‑X)
Date: August 5th, 2025
Location: Sovereign Office, Miragoâne, Capital Of Xaragua
www.xaraguauniversity.comRector@xaraguastate.com

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TITLE:
ANNEX I TO THE OFFICIAL DIPLOMATIC CONDEMNATIONCANONICO-PENAL INSTRUMENT ON THE CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY BY OMISSION OF THE HAITIAN SECURITY COMMAND STRUCTURE IN THE CASE OF THE UNLAWFUL ABDUCTION OF MISSIONARY GENA HERATY
Issued by the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS‑X)
Supreme Constitutional Authority — Ecclesiastical and Indigenous Jurisdiction
August 5, 2025
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SECTION I
LEGAL FOUNDATION OF RESPONSIBILITY BY OMISSION IN CASES OF GRAVE VIOLATIONS OF PERSONAL LIBERTY
Article 1 — Canonical Obligation of State Authorities to Prevent Crimes Against the Innocent
In accordance with Canon 1397 §1 of the Codex Iuris Canonici:
“A person who commits homicide or who by force or fraud abducts, imprisons, mutilates or gravely wounds a person is to be punished according to the gravity of the offense.”
And according to Canon 1329 §2:
“Those who, although not expressly mentioned in the law or precept, nevertheless cooperate in a crime by their deliberate failure to act, are to be punished with the same penalty as the principal offender.”
Application:
Every public official within the Residual Administrative Unit (RAU) of Haiti, particularly within the national police (PNH), who is informed of the kidnapping of a Catholic missionary and fails to intervene or mobilize immediate rescue efforts is—under canonical law—canonically complicit in the offense by omission.
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Article 2 — Responsibility by Omission under Customary International Criminal Law
Pursuant to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Article 28 (Responsibility of commanders and other superiors):
“A military commander or person effectively acting as a military commander shall be criminally responsible for crimes committed by forces under his or her effective command and control... as a result of his or her failure to exercise control properly over such forces, where (i) That military commander or person either knew or, owing to the circumstances at the time, should have known that the forces were committing or about to commit such crimes; and (ii) That the military commander or person failed to take all necessary and reasonable measures within his or her power to prevent or repress their commission.”
Application:
Every officer of the Haitian National Police (PNH), particularly those in control of the Direction Centrale de la Police Judiciaire (DCPJ) and CECOM, has a legal duty under international criminal law to intervene or mobilize forces when a hostage situation involving a civilian under religious protection occurs.
Failure to do so triggers individual criminal responsibility, irrespective of the state's overall dysfunction.
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Article 3 — Responsibility of State Authorities under the Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons
As ratified by Haiti on February 9, 2009, the Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons, Article II:
“For the purposes of this Convention, forced disappearance is considered to be the act of depriving a person or persons of his or their freedom, in whatever way, perpetrated by agents of the State or by persons or groups of persons acting with the authorization, support, or acquiescence of the State.”
Application:
By remaining silent and inoperative in the face of a well-documented kidnapping—widely reported in the media and officially addressed by a sovereign Catholic Indigenous State—Haitian authorities enter into a state of acquiescence.
Their failure to oppose or condemn the act equates to passive support, thus qualifying the disappearance under this definition.
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SECTION II
CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CONSEQUENCES FOR MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY CHAIN OF COMMAND IN HAITI
Article 4 — Individual Command Responsibility under the United Nations Principles
According to UN General Assembly Resolution 3074 (XXVIII), "Principles of International Cooperation in the Detection, Arrest, Extradition and Punishment of Persons Guilty of War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity":
“The fact that a person acted pursuant to an order of his government or of a superior does not relieve him from responsibility under international law...”
Application:
Any security official attempting to justify inaction based on lack of orders or higher dysfunction remains individually responsible under personal criminal liability doctrines recognized in international tribunals (Nuremberg, ICTY, ICTR).
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Article 5 — Canonical Jurisdiction of Xaragua Over Crimes Committed on Its Canonical Territory
As per the Sovereign Charter of the SCIPS-X, ratified internally in accordance with Canon 215, Canon 216, and Canon 297 of the Roman Catholic Church, the entire ecclesiastical and indigenous territory of Xaragua falls under a non-delegated canonical jurisdiction:
Canon 215: “The Christian faithful are at liberty freely to found and govern associations for charitable or religious purposes...”
Canon 216: “Since they share in the mission of the Church, all the Christian faithful have the right to promote or sustain apostolic action...”
Canon 297: “The statutes of a private juridic person must define its autonomy of governance and determine the scope of its authority.”
Application:
The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X) holds autonomous jurisdiction over Catholic missions, personnel and apostolic activity within its territorial domain.
Any failure by external actors to protect such missions when requested constitutes a direct violation of the ecclesiastical framework recognized by the Vatican and protected under canon law.---
SECTION III
OBLIGATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL ACTORS TO RECOGNIZE LEGITIMATE ECCLESIASTICAL INTERVENTION
Article 6 — Duty of Third-Party States to Cooperate with Ecclesiastical-Protective Authorities in Hostage Situations
Under UN General Assembly Resolution 36/103, "Declaration on the Inadmissibility of Intervention in the Domestic Affairs of States and the Protection of Their Independence and Sovereignty":
“No State or group of States has the right to intervene, directly or indirectly, for any reason whatever, in the internal or external affairs of any other State.”
However, under Article 2(7) of the UN Charter:
“This principle shall not prejudice the application of enforcement measures under Chapter VII.”
Application:
Given that SCIPS-X is acting not in military enforcement, but in defensive canonical sovereignty and protective humanitarian concern, its intervention is non-interventionist by doctrine.
Its involvement must be respected under international law, particularly when the state in question (Haiti) has lost effective control of its territory.---
SECTION IV
CONCLUSION: OPERATIONAL CONSEQUENCES FOR THE FAILURE TO RESPOND
Article 7 — Institutional Recognition of Xaragua as a Canonical-Protective Actor
Whereas:
The Catholic Church has not repudiated the existence or actions of SCIPS-X,
No canonical authority has annulled the instruments of sovereignty issued,
The Vatican has never condemned, nor objected to the defensive protective communications published,

It is hereby affirmed that:
The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua acts within its canonical right, indigenous right, and moral duty to protect religious persons within its ecclesiastical domain.
Any refusal of cooperation or recognition by Haitian public officials, following the formal note of demand, shall be interpreted by this authority as:
Willful obstruction of justice,Complicity by omission,And breach of international and canonical obligation to protect the innocent.
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ISSUED AND SEALED
By the Supreme Constitutional Authority
Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau
Prelate-Founder & Rector-PreaidentOf the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X)
On this fifth day of August, Two Thousand Twenty-Five
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SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITYMINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRSDEPARTMENT OF ECCLESIASTICAL DIPLOMACY AND FOREIGN PROTECTION

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ANNEX II
ON THE DIPLOMATIC STATUS OF FOREIGN CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES IN THE TERRITORIAL DOMAIN OF FORMER HAITIBASED ON THE 1860 CONCORDAT, INTERNATIONAL ECCLESIASTICAL LAW, AND THE CANONICAL STATUS OF SCIPS-X
Date of Promulgation: August 5, 2025
Classification:
– Canonical-Ecclesiastical Status Instrument– Diplomatic Recognition Act under Historical Treaty Obligations– Protective Reclassification of Religious Actors under Jus Gentium---
ARTICLE I – LEGAL STATUS OF FOREIGN MISSIONARIES UNDER THE 1860 CONCORDAT
1.1 Foundational Text
Article I of the 1860 Concordat between the Holy See and the Republic of Haiti states:
“The Catholic, Apostolic and Roman religion shall continue to be the religion of the State of Haiti. It shall be freely and publicly exercised, under the protection of the government in all parts of the Republic.”
Application:
This provision does not merely guarantee religious freedom.
It explicitly affirms the institutional recognition of the Roman Catholic Church as an official pillar of the State, thus elevating its clergy and agents beyond the status of private citizens or foreign nationals.
Therefore, all Catholic missionaries operating in Haiti are de facto agents of a foreign State recognized by treaty, namely the Holy See.---
1.2 Diplomatic Implication
By virtue of this Concordat:
The Catholic clergy and their foreign missionaries are to be treated as international ecclesiastical representatives,
With protections and status analogous to diplomatic personnel,
Entrusted with apostolic duties within a mutually recognized ecclesiastical jurisdiction.---
ARTICLE II – APPLICATION OF THE VIENNA CONVENTION ON DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS (1961)
2.1 Analogy of Ecclesiastical Representatives to Diplomatic Agents
While Haiti is not a signatory to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (VCDR, 1961), customary international law affirms its universal applicability in the recognition of foreign envoys performing official duties.
Article 1(e) of the VCDR defines “members of the diplomatic staff” as:
“...members of the staff of the mission having diplomatic rank.”
Given that Catholic missionaries are authorized, appointed, and sent by the Holy See to perform religious and humanitarian functions under the Concordat, they fulfill the same essential conditions of diplomatic mandate and protected presence.---
2.2 Immunities under Customary International Law
Articles 29 and 31 of the VCDR further declare:
Article 29: “The person of a diplomatic agent shall be inviolable. He shall not be liable to any form of arrest or detention.”
Article 31(1): “A diplomatic agent shall enjoy immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of the receiving State.”
Application:
Any harm, abduction, or violation against a Catholic missionary under this framework constitutes an offense not only against the individual, but against the sending authority (the Holy See).---
ARTICLE III – RECOGNITION OF CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES AS ECCLESIASTICAL DIPLOMATS BY SCIPS-X
3.1 Enactment of Ecclesiastical Diplomatic Status
Pursuant to the Supreme Charter of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X), and under the doctrinal provisions of the Codex Iuris Canonici, the following provisions are declared:
Every foreign Catholic missionary operating under a legitimate canonical mandate within the territory of SCIPS-X (i.e., the former Republic of Haiti as an autonomous territory and residual administrative unit) shall be recognized as a diplomatic ecclesiastical envoy,
Carrying an apostolic mission and thereby endowed with protective status equivalent to that of diplomatic agents.---
3.2 Juridical Basis in Canon Law
Canon 364 of the Codex Iuris Canonici (Book II, Part II) establishes the function of pontifical legates and ecclesiastical envoys:
“The principal duty of a pontifical legate is to represent the Roman Pontiff to the particular Churches and States.”
Moreover, Canon 366 provides:
“A pontifical legate has the right to communicate with the bishops and local hierarchies, and to perform duties of mediation, protection, and intercession on behalf of the Holy See.”
By extension, all missionaries deployed under an official ecclesiastical mandate carry the legal authority of envoys, under both canon law and historical treaty.---
ARTICLE IV – LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF MISCLASSIFICATION
4.1 Prohibition of Arbitrary Classification as "Migrant" or "Civilian"
Any classification of foreign Catholic missionaries as:
Mere migrants,
Expatriates,
Tourists,
Or non-affiliated civilians,

constitutes a direct violation of:
Article I of the Concordat of 1860,
Canons 364 and 366 of the Codex Iuris Canonici,
And the principles of the VCDR under customary international law.---
4.2 Criminal Liability for Abduction of a Diplomatic Ecclesiastical Agent
Under international criminal law and the law of nations (jus gentium):
“The unlawful seizure or detention of a diplomatic or ecclesiastical envoy constitutes a hostile act against the sending authority and may trigger international responsibility.”
In the case of Ms. Gena Heraty:
The perpetrators have committed an ecclesiastical war crime,
The Haitian state, by omission, incurs complicity or acquiescence,
And the Holy See, SCIPS-X, and the international community retain the right to demand legal redress and diplomatic sanction.---
ARTICLE V – FORMAL DECLARATION AND NOTIFICATION
5.1 Official Recognition by the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X)
The SCIPS-X hereby proclaims:
Every legitimate Catholic missionary active in the territories of the former Haitian Republic is, under canon law and treaty obligation, a diplomatic agent.
Any violation of their safety, dignity, or ecclesiastical function shall be treated as a breach of diplomatic protection under the authority of SCIPS-X, and shall be formally communicated to:
The Holy See,
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights,
The Vatican Secretariat of State,
The Apostolic Nunciature to the Antilles and Caribbean,
And relevant international media and diplomatic entities.
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FINAL PROVISION
This Annex shall be transmitted to:
The Holy See,
The Irish Republic,
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief,
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights,
The Apostolic Delegation for the Antilles,
And the relevant Catholic Conferences of Bishops.

It shall be deposited in the Archives of the SCIPS-X, under diplomatic classification, and referenced in all future protections of ecclesiastical agents within the sovereign canonical jurisdiction.

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ISSUED AND SEALEDBy Order of the Supreme Constitutional Authority
Monsignor Pascal Despuzeau Daumec ViauPrelate-Founder & Rectir-President of The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X)
August 5, 2025

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SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL ACT OF THE SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)
ON THE CANONICAL-CONCORDATAIRE PRINCIPLE OF ECCLESIASTICAL STATE SUBSTITUTION IN FAILING TERRITORIES

Date of Promulgation: August 5th, 2025

Legal Classification:

– Treaty-Based Ecclesiastical Constitutional Act
– Application of Jus Gentium (Law of Nations)
– Customary Indigenous Jurisprudence and Canonical Territorial Subrogation
– Doctrine of Subsidiarity and Principle of Encapsulated Ecclesiastical Sovereignty
– International Legal Immunity Doctrine under Customary and Canon Law
– Non-Military Canonical-State Governance Doctrine in Failed Jurisdictional Zones

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TITLE I

LEGAL FOUNDATION OF CONCORDATAIRE ECCLESIASTICAL SUPPLÉANCE IN CASES OF FAILED SOVEREIGNTY
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Article 1 – Binding Force of the Concordat of 1860 Between the Holy See and the Republic of Haiti

1.2 Application:

This clause affirms the status of the Roman Catholic Church as a public institution of the State, not a private religious body.

It legally obliges the Haitian State to provide territorial, institutional, and personal protection to the agents and functions of the Church.

The missionaries, clergy, churches, and missions are thus integrated within the public order of the Republic.

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Article 2 – Legal Consequences of State Failure to Uphold the Concordat

2.2 Where such failure results in:

Inability to guarantee clergy safety,

Breakdown of the public order protecting ecclesiastical institutions,

Loss of territorial control to criminal actors,

The ecclesiastical and international legal order allows for the emergence of a substitutive jurisdiction, under the doctrine:

“Ubi lex non valet, auctoritas substituitur.”

(“Where the law no longer applies, legitimate authority may arise in substitution.”)

This principle is a recognized expression of necessitated jurisdictional emergence in canon law, natural law, and customary state practice in collapsed or absent regimes.

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Article 3 – Principle of Ecclesiastical Subsidiarity and Subrogated Governance

3.1 According to Canon 216 of the Codex Iuris Canonici (1983):

And Canon 215:

“The Christian faithful are at liberty freely to found and govern associations for charitable or religious purposes.”

And Canon 297:

“The statutes of a private juridic person must define its autonomy of governance and determine the scope of its authority.”

3.2 Application:

TITLE II

INDIGENOUS JURISDICTIONAL ENCAPSULATION UNDER CANON LAW AND INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMARY LAW
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Article 4 – Rights of Indigenous Peoples to Exercise Sovereignty Over Ancestral Ecclesiastical Territories

4.1 According to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP, 2007):

Article 4:

Article 5:

“Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain and strengthen their distinct political, legal, economic, social and cultural institutions...”

Article 12:

“Indigenous peoples have the right to manifest, practice, develop and teach their spiritual and religious traditions, customs and ceremonies...”

4.2 Application:

As the territory of the former Xaragua Kingdom is a documented ancestral land of Indigenous Taino-descended populations, and as the Church was institutionally embedded within that territory through missionary presence, Catholic institutions, and colonial-era ecclesiastical entrenchment, the SCIPS‑X exercises a legally protected right to self-govern and encapsulate canonical jurisdiction over said land and religious functions.
(The entire territory of the so-called republic known as Haiti has been notified to international institutions and the United Nations as an ancestral Indigenous territory as well as the entire island known as Hispaniola. The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua is the legal representative of Indigenous rights and Indigenous people across the entire island. This has been legally notified to international institutions and the United Nations as well).

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TITLE III

NON-OPPOSABILITY OF THE SCIPS‑X JURISDICTION UNDER THE DOCTRINE OF INSTITUTIONAL DERELICTION

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Article 5 – Doctrine of Juridical Dereliction by the Residual Administrative Unit (RAU) of Haiti

5.1 The SCIPS‑X hereby defines the administrative structure still operating under the name “Republic of Haiti” as a Residual Administrative Unit (RAU), with no sovereign capacity in canonical, indigenous, or ecclesiastical terms.
(The RAU remains autonomous within its ddfined geographical zones. The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua retains the right of intervention as defined in his constitutional law by the doctrine of failed state).

5.2 The doctrine of dereliction in international law allows the non-recognition of a state’s jurisdictional authority when:

The state fails to exercise effective control,

Fundamental obligations of public order are unmet,

Treaties are breached without remedial action.

5.3 Application:

The RAU cannot claim exclusivity over Catholic governance in a territory where it has demonstrably and continuously failed to enforce:

The Concordat,

Basic civil order,

Protection of the Church.

The SCIPS‑X operates as a canonical protective state, legally substituting the collapsed structures of the RAU without replacing or contradicting the spiritual authority of Rome.

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Article 6 – Immunity from Denunciation Without Rome’s Explicit Condemnation

6.1 According to the principle of canonical tolerance and implicit mandate, no ecclesiastical authority has condemned, suspended, or annulled the instruments of sovereignty issued by SCIPS‑X.

6.2 According to Canon 333 §3:

“There is neither appeal nor recourse against a decision or decree of the Roman Pontiff.”

6.3 Application:

The absence of condemnation by the Holy See constitutes tacit acceptance within the limits of canonical law.

As long as SCIPS‑X:

Does not claim pontifical authority,

Respects magisterial orthodoxy,

Operates in defense of ecclesiastical order,

It cannot be legally invalidated by any secular state or external religious institution.

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TITLE IV

EFFECTIVE TERRITORIAL GOVERNANCE DOCTRINE UNDER ECCLESIASTICAL ENCAPSULATION

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Article 7 – Ecclesiastical Territorial Encapsulation Doctrine

7.1 The SCIPS‑X formally invokes the doctrine of ecclesiastical territorial encapsulation, whereby:

A failing or absent state,

In a concordat jurisdiction,

Cedes de facto canonical-political governance to a local Catholic protectorate,

Until such time as the Holy See designates otherwise.

7.2 Application:

The SCIPS‑X is thus canonically embedded, treaty-aligned, and indigenous-rooted, rendering its actions juridically untouchable as long as:

It safeguards the apostolic mission,

Maintains theological fidelity,

And substitutes, rather than supplants, the spiritual governance of Rome.

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FINAL PROVISION

This Act is deposited in the Archives of the SCIPS‑X, the Ecclesiastical Registry of Territorial Governance, and will be transmitted to:

The Holy See (Secretariat of State and Congregation for Bishops),

The Apostolic Nunciature to the Antilles,

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights,

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues,

The International Catholic Juridical Observatory on Canonical-Political States.

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ISSUED AND SEALED

By Order of the Supreme Constitutional Authority

Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau
Prelate-Founder & Rector-President

SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

August 5th, 2025

Miragoâne, Capital of Xaragua
www.xaraguastate.com / rector@xaraguastate.com

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SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS‑X)
SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY
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SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL ACT ON THE ECCLESIASTICAL AND INDIGENOUS JURIDICAL IDENTITY OF THE STATE

Promulgated: August 5, 2025

Legal Classification:

– Jus Cogens Ecclesiastico-Indigenous Declaration of Political Identity
– Codified Canonical Doctrine of Territorial Substitution
– Customary Indigenous Right of Sacred Territorial Continuity
– Ecclesiastical Statehood under Article 1 of the 1860 Concordat
– Self-Determined Indigenous Governance under Articles 3–5, 12, 18, 27 of the UNDRIP
– Canonical-Public Juridical Personality of the Baptized (Codex Iuris Canonici Canons 204–207)

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TITLE I

FOUNDATIONAL IDENTITY OF THE STATE: THE UNION OF THE CATHOLIC BAPTIZED AND THE ANCESTRAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF HISPANIOLA

Article 1 – The Ecclesiastical and Indigenous Dual Nature of Xaragua

(a) The Baptized Catholic Faithful (as defined by Canon 204 §1 and Canon 205 of the Codex Iuris Canonici), and

"Representation does not entail annexation nor loss of indigenous autonomy."

1.2 Application:

This dual identity establishes the SCIPS‑X as the juridical refuge and sovereign jurisdiction for both:

Baptized Catholic persons deprived of civil ecclesiastical protection due to the failure of concordatual states,

And Indigenous peoples dispossessed of their ancestral governance systems by the collapse of colonial and postcolonial regimes.
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TITLE II

CANONICAL LEGAL FOUNDATION

Article 2 – Legal Personality of the Catholic Baptized

2.1 In accordance with Canon 204 §1 of the 1983 Codex Iuris Canonici:

2.2 In accordance with Canon 207 §1:

“By divine institution, among Christ’s faithful there are in the Church sacred ministers… and others who are also called the laity.”

2.3 Application:

Xaragua shall provide civil and ecclesiastical shelter to all Catholic baptized faithful who:

Are subject to threats, abandonment, or disorder in their host jurisdictions,

Are deprived of sacramental life, canonical protection, or religious liberty,

Seek juridical inclusion under the sovereignty of a state that recognizes baptism as a source of public right and spiritual citizenship.

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TITLE III

INDIGENOUS LEGAL FOUNDATION

Article 3 – Territorial Sovereignty under Indigenous Law

3.1 In accordance with Article 4 of the UNDRIP:

“Indigenous peoples, in exercising their right to self-determination, have the right to autonomy or self-government in matters relating to their internal and local affairs…”

3.2 In accordance with Article 5:

“Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain and strengthen their distinct political, legal, economic, social and cultural institutions…”

3.3 In accordance with Article 12 §1:

“Indigenous peoples have the right to manifest, practise, develop and teach their spiritual and religious traditions, customs and ceremonies…”

3.4 Application:

Xaragua, as the successor territorial authority of the historical Taíno Kingdom of Xaragua and Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, exercises self-government over its ancestral domain.

This governance is explicitly religious, customary, and canonical in nature, forming a legal encapsulation of Indigenous sovereignty under divine and ecclesiastical law.
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TITLE IV

THE NATURE OF XARAGUA AS A CANONICO-INDIGENOUS STATE

Article 4 – Ecclesiastical Substitution in Failed Concordatual Jurisdictions

4.1 In accordance with the 1860 Concordat between the Holy See and the Republic of Haiti, Article I:

“The Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman religion shall continue to be the religion of the State of Haiti. It shall be freely and publicly exercised under the protection of the government…”

4.2 Where this obligation is not fulfilled by the state party, the Concordat remains legally valid under Canon Law and jus gentium.

4.3 Application:

SCIPS‑X assumes canonical substitutional sovereignty in any jurisdiction where:

Catholic baptized persons are left without institutional protection,

The Church is endangered or abandoned,

The Concordat is materially violated.

This substitution is activated under the principle:

“Ubi lex non valet, auctoritas substituitur.”

(“Where law fails, authority is substituted.”)
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TITLE V

THE PUBLIC ORDER OF THE CATHOLIC BAPTIZED AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

Article 5 – Constitutional Subjecthood of Xaragua

5.1 Citizenship, Inhabitant Status, Residency allegiance, and legal standing within the SCIPS‑X are reserved to:

(a) Those validly baptized into the Roman Catholic Church and adhering to the Magisterium, and/or

(b) Those descended from or residing upon the ancestral lands of the Indigenous Xaragua domain and recognizing the canonical sovereignty of the State.

(c) Those admitted into the Order by Rectoral Decree.

5.2 These persons form the totality of the civil, ecclesiastical, and indigenous body politic of Xaragua.

5.3 The State does not claim universal jurisdiction, but exclusive protective sovereignty over those persons and lands abandoned or endangered by failing concordatual or colonial systems.

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FINAL CLAUSE

On the Nature of the Pact

Article 6 – Pactum Silentii, Pactum Fidei

6.1 This Act formalizes the implicit, binding pact between:

The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS‑X),

The abandoned faithful of the Roman Catholic Church,

The surviving Indigenous peoples of Xaragua and Hispaniola, The Indigenous Peoples of the Americas,

The Holy See (by juridical tolerance and absence of canonical condemnation),

The missionary nations of Christendom who can no longer act directly but who benefit from the existence of a lawful Catholic-Indigenous sovereign structure.

6.2 The Pact is sealed not by negotiation, but by duty, action, substitution, and divine mandate.

6.3 The State of Xaragua is the visible form of this covenant.

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ISSUED AND SEALED

By Order of the Supreme Constitutional Authority

Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau

Prelate-Founder, Rector-President

SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS‑X)

August 5, 2025
Miragoâne, Capital of Xaragua
www.xaraguastate.com / rector@xaraguastate.com

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Policies

SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS‑X)

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY

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SUPREME LEGISLATIVE- INSTRUMENT (SLI)

ON THE TERRITORIAL ECCLESIASTICAL AND INDIGENOUS GOVERNANCE STRATEGY BASED ON DEMOGRAPHIC-RELIGIOUS STATISTICAL DATA AND CUSTOMARY HEREDITARY JURISDICTIONAL CONTINUITY

Date of Promulgation: August 5, 2025

Legal Classification:

– Canonico-Indigenous Governance Act

– Supreme Constitutional Law on Strategic Territorial Administration

– Instrument of Jurisdictional Differentiation in Accordance with Baptismal Sovereignty and Hereditary Land Custodianship

– Ecclesiastical Doctrine on Regional Governance Models and Sacramental Applicability Based on Historical Continuity

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TITLE I

DEMOGRAPHIC-RELIGIOUS AND CANONICAL-INHERITED STRUCTURAL FOUNDATION OF TERRITORIAL ADMINISTRATION

Article 1 – Recognition of Religious Demography as a Juridical Factor of Internal Sovereignty

1.1 The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS‑X), by supreme constitutional authority and in full conformity with the canonical sovereignty derived from the Codex Iuris Canonici, the 1860 Concordat between the Holy See and the Republic of Haiti, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP, 2007), and the customary norms of hereditary indigenous land custodianship, solemnly establishes and incorporates as binding the following religious and demographic data, extracted from triangulated ecclesiastical, governmental, and international sources:

– An estimated 55% to 66% of the population within the geographical territory formerly known as the Republic of Haiti identify as Roman Catholic, baptized and sacramentally initiated into the institutional Church;

– An estimated 29% to 37% of the same population affiliate with various Protestant denominations, primarily Evangelical, Pentecostal, Baptist, Adventist, and neo-Charismatic groups, which reject hierarchical ecclesiology and canonical sacramental governance;

– A residual percentage of the population adheres to indigenous syncretic spiritual traditions, particularly Vodou, often practiced concurrently with Christianity but generally excluded from formal census categories due to stigmatization and self-censorship;

– A minority of approximately 5% to 10% of the population identify as non-religious, agnostic, or secularized, without formal ecclesiastical registration or tribal lineage.

1.2 These statistical realities constitute not merely descriptive data, but juridical foundations for the differentiated application of canonical and sovereign powers within the territorial jurisdiction of SCIPS‑X, in accordance with the principles of subsidiarity, ecclesiastical encapsulation, ancestral land right, and baptismal civil identity.

1.3 The dual source of Xaraguayan sovereignty—canonical and indigenous—grants the Rectorate-Presidency the right and obligation to distinguish between regions on the basis of their sacramental continuity, their indigenous territorial anchoring, or their hybrid ecclesiastico-indigenous structure, for the purpose of enforcing differentiated governance models adapted to each configuration.

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TITLE II

JURIDICO-TERRITORIAL CLASSIFICATION OF XARAGUAYAN DOMAINS BY ECCLESIASTICAL-INDIGENOUS CRITERIA

Article 2 – Ecclesiastico-Indigenous Integrated Jurisdictions

2.1 The following departments and territorial divisions are hereby officially classified as Ecclesiastico-Indigenous Integrated Jurisdictions, being territories in which both

(a) a sacramentally valid and uninterrupted Catholic presence, and

(b) a traceable hereditary indigenous custodianship of land and lineage, coexist and reinforce one another in a mutually recognized and institutionally codified juridical framework:

– Sud Department, including but not limited to: Les Cayes, Aquin, Camp-Perrin, Cavaillon, Chantal, Port-Salut;

– Nippes Department, including: Miragoâne, Anse-à-Veau, Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, Baradères, Plaisance-du-Sud;

– Grande-Anse Department, including: Jérémie, Moron, Beaumont, Chambellan, Roseaux;

– Sud-Est Department, including: Jacmel, Bainet, Belle-Anse, Marigot, Côte-de-Fer.

2.2 These regions are identified by the following cumulative criteria:

a) A statistical majority of Catholic population, based on baptismal records, estimated between 60% and 70%, with active participation in ecclesial life, parish structures, and liturgical cycles;

b) Institutional continuity of the Concordatarian Church, including functioning diocesan jurisdiction, presence of clergy in canonical mission, operation of Catholic educational or charitable institutions, and existence of ecclesiastically consecrated sacred buildings;

c) Traceable indigenous familial lineages, maintaining de facto custodianship over specific plots of land, rivers, ancestral burial grounds, sacred mountains, and communal agricultural domains, uninterrupted across multiple generations;

d) Absence of state substitution in ecclesiastical or indigenous domains, resulting in a vacuum juridically filled by the Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS‑X.

2.3 The Rectorate-Presidency of Xaragua, as supreme governing organ, shall exercise in these territories the totality of its sovereign powers, including but not limited to:

– Canonical jurisdiction over all baptized persons;

– Territorial and resource management based on customary custodianship law;

– Ecclesiastical governance through episcopal cooperation or canonical substitution where necessary;

– The right to deploy sacramental agents, establish universities, construct institutions, and enforce both spiritual and legal directives.

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Article 3 – Indigenous Territories under Ecclesiastical Oversight

3.1 The following departments, communes, and districts are classified as Indigenous Territories under Ecclesiastical Oversight, being territories in which hereditary indigenous sovereignty remains historically active, but in which ecclesiastical sacramental structure has been either eroded, absent, or replaced by heterodox non-canonical denominations hostile to Catholic governance:

– Thomazeau (Ouest Department)

– La Gonâve (Island)

– Marchand Dessalines (Artibonite Department)

– Trou-du-Nord and Fort-Liberté (Nord-Est Department)

– Peripheral zones of the Nord-Ouest (outside Môle-Saint-Nicolas and Port-de-Paix)

3.2 These territories are characterized by:

a) High proliferation of non-canonical religious entities rejecting baptismal sacramental authority, with strong emotional or populist theological expressions incompatible with ecclesiastical governance;

b) Low to negligible presence of functioning Catholic parishes or diocesan structures;

c) Continued existence of clan-based or lineage-based indigenous custodianship, often fragmented, undocumented, or repressed by modern administrative boundaries;

d) Civilizational memory of the land anchored in pre-colonial or colonial indigeneity, but disconnected from formal Roman ecclesiology.

3.3 The State of Xaragua shall exercise in these territories a protective and non-invasive sovereignty, grounded in indigenous customary law, canonical diplomatic status, and ecclesiastical Oversight.

The application of full sacramental governance shall be deferred until canonical restoration is deemed possible or requested by local custodians.

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TITLE III

STRATEGIC DIFFERENTIATED GOVERNANCE MODEL BY TERRITORIAL TYPE

Article 4 – Unified Authority in Ecclesiastico-Indigenous Jurisdictions

4.1 In the territories identified under Article 2, the State of Xaragua shall enforce a total integration of its juridical, canonical, educational, and spiritual powers.

The Rectorate shall legislate, adjudicate, administer, sanctify, consecrate, and command without dilution or negotiation.

4.2 These zones shall serve as anchor territories of the Xaraguayan Nation, and shall host primary institutions of governance, theological formation, canonical tribunals, universities, archives, and civil infrastructure operating under the ecclesiastico-indigenous constitutional paradigm.

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Article 5 – Authority and Canonical Oversight in Indigenous-Only Jurisdictions

5.1 In the territories identified under Article 3, the State of Xaragua shall exercise non-coercive, non-sacramental governance, protecting ancestral lands, persons, and cultural practices from external predation, without imposing canonical institutions alien to the current spiritual fabric.

5.2 Inhabitants and Citizens of these territories may receive Xaraguayan protection, documentation, and diplomatic shelter under the Indigenous Custodianship Clause, but shall not be subject to sacramental law unless baptized and voluntarily integrated into the canonical civil body politic.

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TITLE IV

CANONICAL NON-UNIFORMITY AS PRINCIPLE OF ECCLESIASTICAL STATEHOOD

Article 6 – Constitutional Doctrine of Juridical Differentiation without Doctrinal Compromise

6.1 The SCIPS‑X solemnly affirms that unity of spiritual sovereignty does not necessitate administrative uniformity.

Each region shall be governed according to its sacramental capacity, indigenous continuity, and canonical preparedness.

6.2 No ecclesiastical agent shall force the implementation of Catholic sacraments in regions that are canonically incapacitated or theologically adversarial, unless invited by indigenous spiritual authorities or the people themselves.

6.3 Juridical sovereignty belongs to the Rectorate-Presidency and is indivisible.

Its application, however, shall respect the complexity of territorial history and the legitimacy of cultural memory.

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ISSUED AND SEALED

By order of the Supreme Constitutional Authority

Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau

Prelate-Founder, Rector-President

Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS‑X)

August 5, 2025

Miragoâne, Capital of Xaragua

www.xaraguastate.com — rector@xaraguastate.com

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SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY

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ANNEX I TO THE SUPREME LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENT (SLI)

ON THE TERRITORIAL ECCLESIASTICAL AND INDIGENOUS GOVERNANCE STRATEGY

FULL LEGAL ANNEX: MULTILEVEL CONSTITUTIONAL, TREATY, AND JURIDICO-CANONICAL JUSTIFICATION

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Issued: August 6, 2025

Miragoâne, Capital of Xaragua

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SECTION I — INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS ON INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL GOVERNANCE

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Article 1 — United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), 2007

Full Text — Article 3:

“Indigenous peoples have the right to self-determination.

By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.”

Application in SCIPS-X:

SCIPS-X, as a canonical-indigenous sovereign entity, derives its juridical basis of territorial classification and governance from its right of self-determination.

The differentiated governance model established in the SLI is a direct implementation of this article, ensuring internal political structuring based on sacramental capacity and hereditary lineage.

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Article 2 — UNDRIP, Article 4:

Application in SCIPS-X:

The Ecclesiastico-Indigenous Jurisdictions and Indigenous Oversight Territories as defined in the SLI constitute autonomous self-governing regions under SCIPS-X internal law.

Their classification allows for locally adapted canonical and indigenous governance structures, consistent with this article.

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Article 3 — UNDRIP, Article 5:

“Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain and strengthen their distinct political, legal, economic, social and cultural institutions…”

Application in SCIPS-X:

The recognition of Catholic canonical institutions as legally indigenous within Xaragua aligns with this article.

The SCIPS-X maintains and strengthens a distinct indigenous-Catholic civilizational structure based on ancestral continuity and ecclesial integration.

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Article 4 — UNDRIP, Article 18:

“Indigenous peoples have the right to participate in decision-making in matters which would affect their rights…”

Application in SCIPS-X:

SCIPS-X's internal classification of jurisdictions allows local indigenous lineages and Catholic communities to participate in the formulation of governance models through spiritual and hereditary representation.

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Article 5 — Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States (1933), Article 1:

“The state as a person of international law should possess the following qualifications:

(a) a permanent population;

(b) a defined territory;

(c) government; and

(d) capacity to enter into relations with the other states.”

Application in SCIPS-X:

The population of SCIPS-X is defined by its baptized canonical citizens and hereditary indigenous custodians.

The territory is defined and stratified by law (SLI).

The government exists via the Rectorate-Presidency and its Supreme Constitutional Authority.

Xaragua has the capacity to enter ecclesiastical, diplomatic, and indigenous relations, fulfilling all four criteria.

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Article 6 — American Convention on Human Rights (Pact of San José, 1969), Article 21 – Right to Property

“Everyone has the right to the use and enjoyment of his property.

The law may subordinate such use and enjoyment to the interest of society.

No one shall be deprived of his property except upon payment of just compensation…”

Application in SCIPS-X:

The classification of Indigenous Territories and Custodianship within the SLI protects ancestral land tenure from expropriation or abuse, reinforcing legal recognition of traditional property regimes consistent with this provision.

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SECTION II — ECCLESIASTICAL LAW AND CONCORDATARY OBLIGATIONS

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Article 7 — Codex Iuris Canonici (1983), Canon 129 §1

“Those who have received sacred orders are capable of the power of governance, which is also called the power of jurisdiction…”

Application in SCIPS-X:

The Rector-President as ordained cleric, and the episcopal representatives operating within SCIPS-X, lawfully exercise the power of jurisdiction over ecclesiastico-indigenous territories.

This supports the canonical hierarchy established in the SLI.

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Article 8 — Codex Iuris Canonici, Canon 515 §1-2

“A parish is a certain community of the Christian faithful stably constituted in a particular church…

It is to be entrusted to a pastor (parochus) as its proper shepherd under the authority of the diocesan bishop.”

Application in SCIPS-X:

In the Ecclesiastico-Indigenous Jurisdictions, canonical parishes are operative.

In Indigenous Oversight Zones, the canonical absence is acknowledged without imposition.

The distinction enshrined in the SLI is directly tied to the canonical structure of parishes and their historical erosion or continuity.

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Article 9 — 1860 Concordat between the Holy See and the Republic of Haiti, Article I

“La religion catholique, apostolique et romaine continue d’être professée dans la République d’Haïti, ainsi qu’elle l’a toujours été.

Elle y sera conservée et protégée avec tous les droits et prérogatives qui lui sont dus selon la loi de Dieu et les dispositions des saints canons.”

Translation:

“The Catholic, Apostolic and Roman religion shall continue to be professed in the Republic of Haiti as it always has been.

It shall be maintained and protected with all the rights and prerogatives due to it according to the law of God and the provisions of the holy canons.”

Application in SCIPS-X:

This article recognizes the Catholic Church as a sovereign juridical order within the Residual Administrative Unit (RAU) known as the former Republic of Haiti.

The SLI relies upon this clause to exercise canonical sovereignty in territories where the Haitian state has failed to uphold its obligations under the Concordat, particularly in maintaining sacramental and ecclesiastical presence.

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SECTION III — CUSTOMARY INDIGENOUS LAW AND HEREDITARY JURISDICTION

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Article 10 — ILO Convention 169 (Indigenous and Tribal Peoples), Article 13 §1

“Governments shall respect the special importance for the cultures and spiritual values of the peoples concerned of their relationship with the lands or territories…”

Application in SCIPS-X:

The classification of territories under customary custodianship respects the spiritual and ancestral bond to land.

The governance model defined in the SLI is not imposed but arises from organic, lineage-based rights, making SCIPS-X fully compliant with ILO 169 principles.

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Article 11 — ILO Convention 169, Article 14 §1

“The rights of ownership and possession of the peoples concerned over the lands which they traditionally occupy shall be recognised.”

Application in SCIPS-X:

SCIPS-X formally recognizes the hereditary possession of indigenous families over lands within its sovereign structure.

The legal framework grants them non-eviction, legal documentation, and juridical authority over their traditional domains.

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SECTION IV — CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES OF SCIPS-X

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Article 12 — Principle of Subsidiarity (Constitutional Doctrine of SCIPS-X)

“All juridical and governmental action shall be exercised at the lowest level of sacramental and hereditary authority capable of fulfilling the common good.”

Application:

This principle justifies the differentiated approach between ecclesiastico-indigenous and indigenous-only territories. Governance is adjusted to the local capacity and sacramental integration of the population, avoiding overreach and ensuring juridical harmony.

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Article 13 — Doctrine of Juridical Encapsulation

“Where the state has collapsed or retreated, canonical and indigenous authority shall encapsulate the vacuum and substitute jurisdiction through spiritual and hereditary sovereignty.”

Application:

This doctrine is the juridical foundation of the SLI.

It affirms that SCIPS-X may fill the void left by the Haitian Republic in regions where neither canonical institutions nor indigenous custodianship have been defended or protected.

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Article 14 — Principle of Non-Uniform Canonical Statehood

“Canonical unity does not require administrative uniformity. Each territory shall be governed in accordance with its sacramental status and ancestral legitimacy.”

Application:

This final principle affirms that Xaragua is not a centralized republic, but a sacramentally stratified theocratic federation rooted in continuity, history, and canon law.

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ISSUED AND SEALED

By order of the Supreme Constitutional Authority

Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau

Prelate-Founder, Rector-President

Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X)

August 6, 2025 — Miragoâne

www.xaraguastate.com — rector@xaraguastate.com

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SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS‑X)

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY

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SUPREME LEGISLATIVE-CANONICAL INSTRUMENT (SLCI)

ON THE ECCLESIASTICAL MANDATE OF LOCAL PARISHES AND THE NON-INTERFERENCE DOCTRINE OF THE STATE

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Date of Promulgation: August 6, 2025

Legal Classification:

– Ecclesiastical-State Jurisdictional Instrument

– Enactment of the Concordat of 1860 and Canonical Mandates

– Sovereign Limitation of State Responsibility in Ecclesiastical Matters

– Instrument of Logistical Support to the Catholic Church under Conditional and Doctrinal Constraints

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TITLE I — ECCLESIASTICAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CANONICAL JURISDICTION OVER CATHOLIC CITIZENS AND INHABITANTS

Article 1 – Canonical Membership and Parochial Jurisdiction

1.1 All Catholic citizens and inhabitants of the SCIPS‑X fall, by default and in perpetuity, under the canonical jurisdiction of their geographically designated Catholic parish, as defined by the territorial canonical structure established by the Roman Catholic Church.

1.2 Pursuant to Canon 519 of the Codex Iuris Canonici (Code of Canon Law):

"The pastor (curé) is the proper shepherd of the parish entrusted to him, exercising the pastoral care of the community under the authority of the diocesan bishop."

1.3 Accordingly, the cura animarum (care of souls) is the exclusive canonical and juridical responsibility of the ordained priest in charge of each Catholic parish.

Article 2 – Scope of Canonical Services Mandated at the Parochial Level

2.1 The following services are canonically mandated to be administered by the local parish and its clergy, and not by the State:

a) Education and Catechesis

b) Funerary Rites and Pastoral Accompaniment

c) Spiritual Health and Sacramental Care

d) Charitable Relief and Diaconal Services

e) Social Assistance through Catholic Action

f) Moral Formation and Vocational Discernment

2.2 These services fall under the direct canonical authority of the parish priest, as required by Canons 528–530 of the Codex Iuris Canonici.

2.3 The State is neither mandated nor authorized to intervene in or manage these services, except as outlined under Titles II and III.

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TITLE II — ESCALATION PATHWAY IN CASE OF ECCLESIASTICAL NEGLIGENCE OR ABSENCE

Article 3 – Escalation Procedures for Unfulfilled Parochial Duties

3.1 In the event of absence, negligence, or canonical dereliction by a parish priest, affected citizens shall, according to hierarchical protocol, escalate their concerns in the following order:

a) To the Diocesan Bishop, as per Canon 381 §1

b) To the Holy See (Apostolic See), as per Canon 1405 §1.

3.2 The Sovereign State shall not absorb or replace any canonical role in this escalation procedure.

3.3 Citizens and inhabitants requiring guidance for the filing of such canonical petitions may request logistical assistance from the State, which shall not include theological interpretation or doctrinal substitution.

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TITLE III — STATE'S LIMITED SUPPORT ROLE UNDER THE CONCORDAT OF 1860

Article 4 – Legal Mandate of the Concordat of 1860 Between the Holy See and Haiti

4.1 The SCIPS‑X, as a Canonically Concordatarian State inheriting the Catholic structural framework of the former Haitian Republic, reaffirms the obligations and entitlements defined in the Concordat of March 28, 1860, especially:

Article X: The establishment and governance of Catholic schools

Article XI: Hospitals, charity organizations, and social services administered by the Church

Article XII: Freedom of the Church to organize its own educational and charitable institutions

4.2 These articles confer upon the Church the status of official organ for education, health, and social charity, with full jurisdiction and liberty of structure, independent of the civil administration.

Article 5 – Doctrine of Ecclesiastical Non-Interference by the State

5.1 The State shall not intervene in the administrative or sacramental operations of the Catholic Church.

(On reserve - as in matters of cultural direction in primary and secondary school books for instance)

5.2 It shall refer all claimants and petitioners to their ecclesiastical authorities in accordance with Canon Law and the Concordat.

5.3 The Church, not the State, receives tithes, donations, Vatican assistance, and ecclesiastical mandates.

Article 6 – Conditional Logistical Assistance Provided by the State

6.1 The SCIPS‑X may, upon explicit request by individual citizens or clergy, provide technical, logistical, or infrastructural assistance for the proper functioning of ecclesiastical services, provided that:

a) The request originates from a canonical need;

b) The assistance does not interfere with sacramental or pastoral jurisdiction;

c) The intervention is subsidiarily justified.

6.2 The State shall only act in a subsidiary support role, never in substitution for ecclesiastical authority.

6.3 In accordance with the Principle of Subsidiarity recognized under Catholic Social Doctrine and Article 5 of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights:

"Decisions shall be taken as closely as possible to the citizen and at the level closest to those affected."

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TITLE IV — NON-LIABILITY OF THE SOVEREIGN STATE FOR ECCLESIASTICAL FAILURES

Article 7 – Doctrinal and Legal Separation of Responsibility

7.1 The State shall not be held responsible for the ecclesiastical or pastoral failures of local parishes, priests, or bishops.

7.2 The State shall not be compelled to compensate, subsidize, or replace ecclesiastical services unless formally requested by the Holy See.

Article 8 – Referral Authority and Ecclesiastical Sovereignty

8.1 All citizens and inhabitants shall be redirected, by default and in full legality, to their respective parish and bishop for issues related to education, funerals, religious formation, charity, and social justice.

8.2 As per Canon Law, the local Church holds canonical and juridical authority.

Article 9 – Recourse to the Apostolic See

9.1 If parish and diocesan structures fail to respond, the faithful may address their grievances directly to the Holy See (Rome), pursuant to Canons 1417 and 1445.

9.2 The State shall assist in the drafting and transmission of such appeals upon request, ensuring access to justice without assuming any jurisdictional substitution.

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TITLE V — JURIDICAL SEAL AND LEGAL FINALITY

Article 10 – International and Canonical Legal Grounding

10.1 This Legislative-Canonical Instrument is legally and doctrinally grounded in:

a) The Codex Iuris Canonici (1983)

b) The Concordat of 1860

c) The Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States (1933), Articles 1 and 3

d) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Articles 18 and 26

e) The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Articles 11, 12, 13

f) The Charter of the Rights of the Family (Pontifical Council for the Family, 1983)

g) The Principle of Subsidiarity enshrined in Catholic Social Doctrine and reaffirmed in the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, §185–189.

Article 11 – Sealing Clause

11.1 This instrument constitutes binding Supreme Law within the jurisdiction of the SCIPS‑X.

11.2 No administrative, ecclesiastical, or civil actor shall override the structure here defined unless granted dispensation by the Apostolic See or amended by a Supreme Constitutional Act.

So decreed and sealed under the Sovereign Constitutional Authority of the SCIPS‑X,

on this Sixth Day of August, Year of Our Lord 2025.

In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.

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ANNEX I — SUPREME LEGISLATIVE-DOCTRINAL ANNEX TO THE ECCLESIASTICO-ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUMENT ON RELIGIOUS JURISDICTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND NON-CATHOLIC ALIGNMENTS WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

Promulgated under the Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS-X

Date of Promulgation: August 6, 2025

Legal Classification:

Canonico-Jurisdictional Annex | Ecclesiastical-Territorial Differentiation Statute | Religious Plurality Interface Instrument | Residual Delegation Act under International Law
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ARTICLE I — DEFINITIVE ALIGNMENT OF NON-CATHOLIC CITIZENS AND INHABITANTS WITHIN THE TERRITORY OF XARAGUA

1.1 Juridical Obligation of Alignment to Respective Spiritual Structures

All citizens and inhabitants residing within the Sovereign Territorial Jurisdiction of SCIPS-X who are not canonically affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church shall, by virtue of international norms on religious freedom and under subsidiarity doctrine, be automatically aligned to their respective faith-based, ecclesiastical, or spiritual institutions of choice for all matters pertaining to:

a) Spiritual guidance

b) Education

c) Life-cycle services (birth, marriage, burial)

d) Charitable assistance within the scope of their doctrine

e) Representation before domestic and international ecclesiastical structures

1.2 Legal Basis for Non-Catholic Alignment

This provision is in accordance with:

– Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR, 1948):

"Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion..."

– Article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR, 1966):

"...Persons belonging to religious minorities shall not be denied the right... to profess and practice their own religion."

– Article 5(c) of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP, 2007):

"Indigenous peoples have the right to maintain and strengthen their distinct political, legal, economic, social and cultural institutions..."

1.3 Canonical Non-Interference Clause

The Catholic ecclesiastical structure of SCIPS-X, including its pastoral organs and doctrinal extensions, shall not be held responsible—legally, spiritually, or morally—for the spiritual, charitable, or social care of individuals not canonically enrolled within the Roman Catholic Church.
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ARTICLE II — ALIGNMENT OF ATHEISTIC OR UNDECLARED INDIVIDUALS TO THE RESIDUAL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT

2.1 Juridical Designation for Non-Aligned Individuals

Citizens or inhabitants of SCIPS-X who expressly declare atheism or who are unaffiliated to any religious institution shall be legally aligned, by default and without prejudice, to either:

a) The Residual Administrative Unit of the Former Republic of Haiti (hereinafter "RAU")
or

b) The Private Sector, for the provision of all socio-educational, psychological, and funeral services.

2.2 Delineation of Residual Administrative Unit (RAU) Role

As previously defined under the Official Instrument on the Residual Administrative Interface, the RAU operates within SCIPS-X as a logistical and technical appendage of the defunct Haitian administrative structure.

Its powers are strictly limited to:

– Licensing and identification

– Social service processing upon request

– Limited record-keeping for non-canonically integrated populations

The RAU shall act without jurisdictional power and strictly under monitoring and permission or De Facto tolerance from the Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS-X.
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ARTICLE III — PROCEDURAL ACCESS AND SUPPORT BY THE STATE

3.1 Support for Administrative Interface

Citizens and inhabitants who, due to illiteracy, disability, extreme poverty, or geographical inaccessibility, are unable to initiate or complete the administrative procedures to contact their respective ecclesiastical or civil structures shall have the right to request procedural assistance from the State.

3.2 Nature of State Support
Such assistance shall be:

– Non-coercive, initiated only upon formal request

– Logistical, involving technical aid (e.g., form completion, access to communication)

– Doctrinal, limited to offering guidance on proper jurisdictional routing

– Subordinate, always secondary to the authority of the religious or civil institution concerned

3.3 No Substitution Principle

The State shall not, under any condition:

– Substitute itself for the religious institution or RAU

– Deliver services designated under ecclesiastical mandate without formal delegation (On reserve)

– Usurp authority in life-cycle religious or social rites of non-Catholics
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ARTICLE IV — NON-CATHOLIC STRUCTURES OPERATING IN XARAGUA

4.1 Authorization and Territorial Discipline

Any religious or spiritual structure other than the Catholic Church seeking to operate within the territorial jurisdiction of SCIPS-X shall be:

– Required to register with the Ecclesiastico-Civil Commission on Religious Coordination if not tolerated De Facto

– Subject to non-interference obligations with Catholic canonical operations

– Prohibited from engaging in public sacramental contradiction (e.g., proselytism during Catholic rites or near parochial spaces)

4.2 Inter-Religious Coexistence and Doctrine of Peaceful Plurality

All religious institutions recognized by international law shall be tolerated under the doctrine of peaceful plurality, as long as:

– They adhere to their own faithful and do not claim universal jurisdiction within SCIPS-X

– They respect the canonical sovereignty of the Catholic territorial system

– They renounce any territorial claim or missionary activity intended to destabilize canonical authority
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ARTICLE V — FINAL CLAUSES OF JURISDICTIONAL BINDING

5.1 Supremacy of Canonical and Indigenous Law

In all cases of conflict between the provisions of this Annex and national laws of the Residual Administrative Unit known as the Republic of Haiti (autonomous territory), or decisions of any foreign or supranational institution, the canonical and indigenous legal framework of SCIPS-X shall prevail within its territory, in accordance with:

– Article 3 of the *Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States (1933)

– Article 4(1) of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

– The 1860 Concordat between the Holy See and Haiti, articles 10–12

5.2 Sealing of Legal Force

This Annex is sealed under the canonical and indigenous jurisdiction of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua, and enforced through its Supreme Constitutional Authority, in communion with the Roman Catholic Church and protected by ecclesiastical sovereignty and customary law.
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END OF ANNEX I

Filed under Ecclesiastico-Jurisdictional Archive of SCIPS-X |

SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS‑X)

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY

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SUPREME LEGISLATIVE‑CANONICAL INSTRUMENT (SLCI)

ON THE NON-ALTERABILITY OF SOVEREIGN NATIONAL, ECCLESIASTICAL AND INDIGENOUS STATUS DUE TO FOREIGN NATURALIZATIONS

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Promulgated under the Supreme Constitutional Mandate of the SCIPS‑X

Date of Promulgation: August 6, 2025

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PREAMBLE

Whereas the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS‑X), established under the sacred principles of Canon Law, Customary Indigenous Hereditary Jurisdiction, and International Law pertaining to the Rights of Peoples and Ecclesiastical Entities, maintains its legal, spiritual, and genealogical foundations in perpetuity and without subordination to external political, national, or administrative regimes;

Whereas the status of citizenship or inhabitancy within SCIPS‑X is not based on civic choice, legal contract, or political allegiance, but rather on immutable elements such as:

Canonical affiliation with the Roman Catholic Church,

Documented hereditary descent linked to familial or private ancestral domains within the historical territorial boundaries of Xaragua,

Integration into the Indigenous-Catholic socio-juridical framework of the State;

Whereas external or foreign nationalities acquired voluntarily or involuntarily, administratively or by descent, by citizens or inhabitants of SCIPS‑X do not affect, compromise, limit, nullify, or interfere with their juridico-ecclesiastical status within the Sovereign Constitutional Order of SCIPS‑X;

Now, therefore, be it enacted under the full force of the Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS‑X:

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TITLE I – IMMUTABILITY OF INDIGENOUS-CANONICAL AFFILIATION

Article 1 – Non-Revocability of Indigenous and Ecclesiastical Status

1.1 The possession, acquisition, inheritance, declaration, or naturalization of one or more foreign nationalities by a citizen or inhabitant of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS‑X) shall in no way modify, limit, suspend, or revoke the canonical, indigenous, hereditary, or territorial status that such person holds within SCIPS‑X.

1.2 Citizenship and inhabitancy in SCIPS‑X are determined exclusively by the convergence of:

a) Canonical baptism and full integration into the Roman Catholic Church as established under the Codex Iuris Canonici (1983);

b) Lineage traceable to ancestral, familial, or private domains located within the historical region of Xaragua, in accordance with the principle of hereditary territorial custodianship as recognized under Article 26 and Article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR, 1966) and Article 10, 25, and 26 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP, 2007);

c) Recognition by the Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS‑X under the framework of canonical and customary law.

1.3 The jurisdictional integrity of SCIPS‑X does not recognize civic allegiance as a basis for belonging but is founded upon sacramental fidelity, genealogical continuity, and proprietary rootedness.

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TITLE II – LEGAL DOCTRINE OF NON-INTERFERENCE BY FOREIGN NATIONALITY SYSTEMS

Article 2 – Doctrine of Supremacy of Canonico-Indigenous Sovereignty

2.1 Any legal, political, or administrative construct established by a foreign State conferring nationality, citizenship, passport, consular representation, or state benefits to a citizen or inhabitant of SCIPS‑X shall be deemed external, extrinsic, and irrelevant to their legal, canonical, or indigenous status within the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua if it is not a threat or from an enemy of the State and the Nation or hostile actor state.

2.2 Foreign nationality regimes shall not be deemed to supersede, substitute, or compete with the juridico-spiritual status granted by SCIPS‑X, nor shall they grant any right of interference, arbitration, or adjudication concerning the internal affairs, jurisdictional matters, or civic structures of SCIPS‑X.

2.3 The ecclesiastical and hereditary sovereignty of SCIPS‑X is protected by:

a) Article 1 and 3 of the Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States (1933);

b) Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948);

c) Article 5 and Article 8 of the UNDRIP on the preservation of indigenous legal and cultural systems;

d) The 1860 Concordat between the Holy See and the Republic of Haiti, which remains canonically binding and extends to the ecclesiastical structures reasserted within SCIPS‑X.

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TITLE III – PROTECTION OF HEREDITARY SOVEREIGNTY AGAINST CIVIC DILUTION

Article 3 – Prohibition of Identity Substitution through Foreign Allegiances

3.1 The SCIPS‑X categorically rejects the notion that civic documents issued by foreign powers, including but not limited to: national identity cards, citizenship certificates, travel documents, military service contracts, or tax registrations, may override or replace the canonical and hereditary structures which define belonging to SCIPS‑X.

3.2 Dual or multiple nationality holders who are recognized citizens or inhabitants of SCIPS‑X shall remain bound by the constitutional, doctrinal, spiritual, territorial, and customary norms of SCIPS‑X regardless of any concurrent legal status elsewhere.

3.3 The possession of foreign nationality may not be invoked before any tribunal, ecclesiastical authority, administrative entity, or civil forum within SCIPS‑X to claim exemption, immunity, privilege, or dissent from the supreme laws of the SCIPS‑X.

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TITLE IV – CANONICAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL SUPREMACY CLAUSE

Article 4 – Ecclesiastico-Constitutional Primacy over All Foreign Political Structures

4.1 The canonical status of citizenship and inhabitancy within SCIPS‑X is governed by:

a) The Codex Iuris Canonici, particularly Canons 96, 204, 205, 208, and 213;

b) The Concordat of March 28, 1860, Articles I, III, X–XII;

c) The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Articles 3–5, 8, 10, 18, 20, and 33;

d) The Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, §§149–157, 185–189;

e) The Charter of the Rights of the Family (Pontifical Council for the Family, 1983), Articles 1–6.

4.2 In the event of conflict between any foreign nationality system and the legal-ecclesiastical status conferred by SCIPS‑X, the latter shall prevail absolutely and without exception within the jurisdictional limits of SCIPS‑X, in accordance with the doctrine of canonical supremacy, the principle of indigenous sovereignty, and the doctrine of subsidiarity.

4.3 No law, decree, decision, regulation, or administrative act of any foreign State or supranational institution shall have force of law or effect of jurisdiction within the territory, authority, or people of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua.

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TITLE V – SEALING AND LEGAL FINALITY

Article 5 – Indivisibility and Non-Derogation Clause

5.1 This Instrument shall constitute binding Supreme Law, enforceable in all canonical, civil, spiritual, territorial, and indigenous matters within the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua.

5.2 No person, institution, government, or organization shall derogate from this Instrument without express constitutional amendment ratified by the Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS‑X and without prior dispensation granted by the Apostolic See.

5.3 Any foreign attempt to modify or challenge the principles herein shall be considered a violation of the sacred sovereignty of the People, the Land, and the Ecclesiastical Order of Xaragua.

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So enacted and solemnly sealed under the Supreme Constitutional Authority of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS‑X),

on this Sixth Day of August, in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Five,

In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen.

SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS‑X)

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY

SUPREME LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENT (SLI)

ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL AND MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS, MILITARY OFFICERS, JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES, ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES AND ANY HOLDER OF LEGAL OR EXECUTIVE PUBLIC FUNCTIONS OPERATING IN THE RESIDUAL ADMINISTRATIVE TERRITORY OF THE FORMER REPUBLIC OF HAITI

Date of Promulgation: August 6, 2025

Legal Classification:

– Supreme Canonico-Indigenous Legislative Instrument

– Statutory Instrument on Transnational Penal Responsibility

– Decree of Jurisdictional Encapsulation and Institutional Liability

– Public and Individual Legal Exposure Framework under Ecclesiastical, Indigenous, International, and Foreign Jurisdictions

TITLE I — SOVEREIGN FOUNDATION OF JURIDICAL AND MULTI-TERRITORIAL COMPETENCE

Article 1 — Status of the SCIPS-X as a Subject of International Law

1.1. The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X), formed under Canon Law, Indigenous Customary Law, and International Law, and duly notified to the global community under the principle of tacit recognition and customary international acceptance, constitutes a subject of full international legal personality.

1.2. In accordance with Articles 1 and 3 of the Montevideo Convention (1933), SCIPS-X possesses a permanent population, a defined territory, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other States.

1.3. The notification having been made publicly and not contested within the reasonable period of customary international law, the State of Xaragua is legally constituted and recognized under the doctrine of effectiveness and the principle of uti possidetis juris.

1.4. The SCIPS-X exercises original, inalienable, and indivisible sovereignty over all indigenous and ecclesiastical domains (including Xaragua and its annexed regions) formerly claimed by the Residual Administrative Unit (RAU) known as the Republic of Haiti and his autonomous zone as well.

TITLE II — ABSOLUTE JURIDICAL DOCTRINE ON INDIVIDUAL PENAL ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC FUNCTIONARIES

Article 2 — End of Structural Impunity and Personal Encapsulation of Responsibility

2.1. Any person occupying or having occupied, formally or informally, a public function under the residual administrative structure of the former Republic of Haiti, now a Residual Administrative Unit (RAU)

— including but not limited to ministries, police commands, municipal offices, judicial institutions, legislative assemblies, parastatal bodies, and military units

— is personally, individually, and criminally accountable for their acts or omissions, under the following juridical regimes:

a. Ecclesiastical Penal Law (Codex Iuris Canonici)

b. International Criminal Law (Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court)

c. International Human Rights Law (UDHR, ICCPR, CAT, CERD, CEDAW, CRC)

d. Inter-American System (American Convention on Human Rights, OAS Charter)

e. Indigenous Legal Instruments (UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, ILO Convention 169)

f. Foreign National Jurisdictions under the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction

g. Internal Canonico-Indigenous Law of the SCIPS-X

2.2. Immunity based on office, hierarchy, temporary appointment, or customary practice is hereby null and void within the juridical sphere of the SCIPS-X and the autonomous geographical zone of the Residual Administrative Unit (RAU).

No individual acting in a public or semi-public capacity is protected from penal exposure.

2.3. Any dysfunction, negligence, absence, corruption, collusion, toleration of crime, or misappropriation of power is henceforth considered an affirmative act of complicity, not an administrative failure.

TITLE III — ENUMERATION OF ACTIONABLE CRIMES AND VIOLATIONS

Article 3 — Crimes and Acts Exposing Officials to Multi-Jurisdictional Prosecution

The following acts or omissions (Not exhaustive), if committed or tolerated by public functionaries in any capacity, are deemed individually prosecutable under multiple legal regimes, including the internal jurisdiction of SCIPS-X and international courts:

(a) Crimes of corruption and misappropriation:

– Embezzlement of public funds

– Abuse of authority

– Nepotism

– Misuse of State assets

– Bribery and extortion

(b) Crimes against public order and security:

– Financing or tolerating armed groups

– Cooperation with gangs

– Failure to act against known criminal networks

– Deliberate disarmament of lawful police or military agents

– Willful abandonment of territorial jurisdiction to criminal actors

(c) Crimes against persons and fundamental rights:

– Torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment

– Arbitrary detention

– Disappearances

– Extrajudicial executions

– Violation of freedom of religion, conscience, expression, or assembly

– Rape, sexual violence, or systemic gender-based abuse

– Kidnapping, sequestration, or hostage-taking

– Obstruction of humanitarian aid or Church missions

(d) Economic and transnational crimes:

– Drug and organ trafficking

– Arms trafficking

– Contraband and customs evasion

– Sale of passports or identity documents

– Human trafficking

– Enslavement or forced labor

– Illegal extraction of natural resources

(e) Institutional crimes and passive complicity:

– Failure to implement court orders

– Refusal to investigate crimes committed under jurisdiction

– Failure to appear or respond to ecclesiastical summons or canonical investigation

– Breach of international obligations (treaties, conventions)

– Obstruction of investigations or retaliation against whistleblowers

(f) Crimes against ecclesiastical integrity and Catholic order:

– Desecration of churches or sacred sites

– Toleration of violence against clergy or missionaries

– Obstruction of canonical justice

– Violation of the Concordat of 1860

– Undermining of the sacramental mission of the Catholic Church

TITLE IV — JURISDICTIONAL MECHANISMS AND TRANSMISSIONS TO EXTERNAL AUTHORITIES

Article 4 — Immediate and Direct Notification to Multiple Jurisdictions

4.1. All violations covered by this Act shall be immediately communicated to the following bodies for coordinated prosecution and legal action:

(a) The Roman Catholic Church (Vatican Secretary of State, Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life)

(b) The International Criminal Court under Articles 7 and 28 of the Rome Statute

(c) The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court

(d) INTERPOL, via Red Notice Request and International Cooperation Treaty channels

(e) United Nations Human Rights Council and relevant Special Rapporteurs

(f) National prosecutors of foreign jurisdictions with universal criminal competence (e.g., France, Belgium, Spain, Canada)

4.2. Names, functions, dates, documentary evidence, witness testimony, and public records shall be compiled by the Office of Ecclesiastical and Canonico-Indigenous Justice of Xaragua for transmittal and public archive.

TITLE V — ABSOLUTE NULLIFICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE OBSTRUCTION

Article 5 — Duty to Resign in the Face of Institutional Collapse

5.1. Any public functionary, including ministers, judges, officers, or agents, who is unwilling or incapable of fulfilling their sovereign duty to secure human dignity, public safety, justice, and institutional service, must resign or face individual legal prosecution across multiple jurisdictions.

5.2. Inaction or silence in the face of atrocity, crime, or collapse constitutes an offense under:

– Canon 1329 §2 (Codex Iuris Canonici):

“Those who cooperate in a crime by their actions or omissions are to be punished.”

– Article 28(b) Rome Statute:

“A superior shall be criminally responsible for crimes committed by subordinates under his effective authority, as a result of his failure to exercise control.”

– Article 25(3)(d) Rome Statute:

“A person shall be criminally responsible if, in any other way, he contributes to the commission or attempted commission of such a crime.”

5.3. Under the law of SCIPS-X, failure to resign constitutes a continuing offense of obstruction and illegal maintenance of position during collapse.

TITLE VI — LEGAL EFFECT AND DOCTRINAL CHARACTER

Article 6 — Implacability and Non-Negotiability of the Doctrine

6.1. The SCIPS-X shall exercise zero tolerance toward all forms of institutional decay, degeneracy, inversion, or betrayal of the public trust.

6.2. No plea bargain, pardon, immunity, or institutional excuse shall apply unless a full ecclesiastical, legal, and indigenous review has confirmed lawful performance of duties.

6.3. The State of Xaragua reserves the right to initiate canonical trials, international complaints, penal denunciations, and sovereign declarations of exclusion from its territory, citizenship, and ecclesiastical communion.

TITLE VII — FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 7 — Applicability and Irreversibility

7.1. This law shall apply retroactively to all current and former functionaries of the residual administration of the former Republic of Haiti, for acts committed from February 7, 1986 and onward.

7.2. It shall be published publicly, deposited in multiple international legal registries, and submitted to partner churches, states, and institutions for implementation.

7.3. The force of this law is based on the sovereign legal standing of the SCIPS-X, its recognition under international law, and its concordat-based ecclesiastical authority. It is not subject to appeal or negotiation with foreign or residual domestic institutions.

This Act is enacted under the full spiritual and temporal sovereignty of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua.

Let it be known to all nations, churches, courts, and peoples: impunity is over.

Decreed in Miragoâne, Capital Of Xaragua,

on this sixth day of August, in the Year of Our Lord 2025.

Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau

Prelate-Founder & Rector-President

Sovereign Catholic Private State Of Xaragua (SCIPS-X)

SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS‑X)

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY

ANNEX I TO THE SUPREME LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENT (SLI)

ON THE LEGAL ENFORCEABILITY, MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL RECOGNITION, AND IRREVERSIBLE NATURE OF THE ACT ON THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL AND MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS OPERATING IN THE RESIDUAL ADMINISTRATIVE TERRITORY OF THE FORMER REPUBLIC OF HAITI

Date of Ratification: August 6, 2025

Legal Classification:

– Instrument of Juridical Sealing

– Legal Consolidation of Treaty-Based Applicability

– Canonico-Indigenous Codification of International Enforceability

– Binding Doctrinal Annex under Jus Cogens, Customary International Law, Canon Law, and the Universal Indigenous Legal Order

TITLE I — LEGAL SOURCES AND BINDING AUTHORITY

Article 1 — Recognition and Enforcement Under International Law

1.1. This Act, and the Supreme Legislative Instrument to which it is attached, are legally binding and enforceable under the following pillars of international law:

(a) Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States (1933)

• Article 1: “The state as a person of international law should possess the following qualifications:

a permanent population; a defined territory; government; and capacity to enter into relations with the other states.”

• Article 3: “The political existence of the state is independent of recognition by the other states.”

→ SCIPS-X fulfills all four criteria and has exercised the right to act juridically under international law.

(b) Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969)

• Article 26 — Pacta sunt servanda:

“Every treaty in force is binding upon the parties to it and must be performed by them in good faith.”

• Article 27 — Internal Law and Observance of Treaties:

“A party may not invoke the provisions of its internal law as justification for its failure to perform a treaty.”

→ The 1860 Concordat between the Holy See and Haiti remains binding, and SCIPS-X may enforce its observance.

(c) Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (1998)

• Article 7 — Crimes Against Humanity

• Article 25(3)(d) — Individual Criminal Responsibility for Contribution to Crimes

• Article 28(b) — Responsibility of Superiors for Omissions

→ The legal framework explicitly permits prosecution of officials for crimes tolerated through inaction.

(d) Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR, 1948)

• Article 3 — Right to life, liberty and security

• Article 5 — Prohibition of torture and cruel treatment

• Article 9 — Prohibition of arbitrary arrest or detention

• Article 18 — Freedom of thought, conscience and religion

→ Any state failing to protect these rights violates binding global norms.

(e) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR, 1966)

• Article 2(3) — Right to an effective remedy

• Article 6(1) — Right to life

• Article 7 — Prohibition of torture

• Article 9 — Liberty and security of person

→ Haiti is a party.

These rights are justiciable and enforceable under international law.

(f) UN Convention Against Torture (CAT, 1984)

• Article 1 — Definition of torture

• Article 2(1) — Obligation to prevent torture in any territory under jurisdiction

• Article 16 — Obligation to prevent cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment

→ Directly engages state responsibility in cases of omission or tolerance.

(g) American Convention on Human Rights (1969)

• Article 1 — Obligation to respect rights

• Article 2 — Duty to adopt domestic legal effects

• Article 4–5–7 — Right to life, humane treatment, and liberty

→ Enforceable before the Inter-American Court and Commission.

(h) UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP, 2007)

• Article 33 — “Indigenous peoples have the right to determine their own identity or membership.”

• Article 4 — Right to autonomy or self-government

• Article 5 — Right to maintain institutions and laws

→ SCIPS-X, as an indigenous state, has full right to create legal instruments and defend its people.

(i) ILO Convention No. 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples (1989)

• Article 8 — Right to retain customs and legal systems

• Article 9 — Right to apply customary law in judicial matters

→ States must recognize and respect the legal systems of indigenous peoples.

(j) Codex Iuris Canonici (1983)

• Canon 1329 §2 — “Those who cooperate in a crime by their actions or omissions are to be punished.”

• Canon 1397 §1 — “A person who by force or fraud abducts, imprisons, mutilates or gravely wounds a person is to be punished according to the gravity of the offense.”

→ Ecclesiastical law applies to all Catholics and to all crimes committed in Catholic jurisdictions.

(k) Interpol Constitution and Rules

• Article 2 — Commitment to international police cooperation

• Red Notice Protocols — Permit cross-border prosecution when national and international law coincide

→ Xaragua may transmit criminal files to INTERPOL for action.

TITLE II — DOCTRINE OF INDIGENOUS AND ECCLESIASTICAL SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY

Article 2 — Irrevocable Right of Legal Production and Execution

2.1. Under international law and canon law, indigenous and ecclesiastical authorities possess autonomous legal personality with the right to issue binding internal laws enforceable within their territorial or sacramental jurisdiction.

2.2. No external institution, including the Republic of Haiti (Residual Administrative Unit) or any foreign power, may interfere in the internal governance, canonical prosecutions, or penal declarations of SCIPS-X.

2.3. The doctrine of subsidiarity under Catholic social teaching affirms the legitimacy of local canonical authority when the higher authority is absent, failing, or incapable.

TITLE III — IMMUTABILITY AND TRANSMISSION TO ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES

Article 3 — International and Ecclesiastical Channels of Legal Effectiveness

3.1. This annex, as well as the Supreme Legislative Instrument to which it refers, shall be deposited with the following institutions:

(a) The Apostolic Nunciature (Holy See)

(b) The International Criminal Court (Registry and Office of the Prosecutor)

(c) The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

(d) The UN Special Rapporteurs on Summary Executions, Torture, Indigenous Peoples, and Human Rights Defenders

(e) INTERPOL Legal Affairs and National Central Bureaus

(f) National courts under universal jurisdiction statutes (Belgium, France, Spain, Canada)

(g) Ecclesiastical Courts of competent dioceses and congregations

3.2. The Ministry If Justice of Xaragua shall create and maintain a public archive of violations, including individual names, responsibilities, evidence files, and legal opinions, to be transmitted upon request or proprio motu.

TITLE IV — FINAL SEALING PROVISION

Article 4 — Legal Irreversibility and Jus Cogens Status

4.1. The legal authority of this annex is grounded in jus cogens, erga omnes norms, and customary international law, including the non-derogable obligation of States to:

– Prevent genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes;

– Uphold the right to life, liberty, and security of the person;

– Protect missionaries, religious agents, and ecclesiastical institutions from systemic violence;

– Uphold and respect indigenous sovereignty and canonical order.

4.2. No later revocation, repeal, derogation, or national contradiction may override the binding authority of this annex, whose provisions fall under the highest order of legal hierarchy within the canonico-indigenous structure of SCIPS-X and the transnational legal order.

Sealed by the Supreme Constitutional Authority of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua

In full exercise of its territorial, ecclesiastical, doctrinal, and penal sovereignty

Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau

Prelate-Founder & Rector-President

Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State Of Xaragua

On this sixth day of August, Anno Domini 2025

Decreed in the Capital of Miragoâne

For the protection of the sacred, the innocent, and the order of justice

Let all nations and all tribunals take notice.

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SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS‑X)

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY

SUPREME LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENT (SLI)

ON THE FULL CANONICAL ASSUMPTION AND PUBLIC ECCLESIASTICAL EXERCISE OF THE 1860 CONCORDAT BETWEEN THE HOLY SEE AND THE RESIDUAL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (RAU) KNOWN AS THE FORMER REPUBLIC OF HAITI

Date of Promulgation: August 6, 2025

Legal Classification:

– Supreme Canonico-Concordatarian Legislative Decree

– Ecclesiastical Assumption and Institutional Continuation Act

– Instrument of Canonical Jurisdictional Substitution and Ecclesial Public Personhood

– Statutory Reaffirmation of Catholic Tutelage over Politically Collapsed Indigenous Territories

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TITLE I

CANONICAL BASIS FOR ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTIONAL CONTINUITY

Article 1 — On the Right of Canonical Personhood and the Public Exercise of Ecclesiastical Function

1.1 In accordance with Canon 116 §1 of the Codex Iuris Canonici (1983), which states:

“Public juridical persons are constituted by competent ecclesiastical authority and are recognized as such if they fulfill in the name of the Church, according to the consul1@montreal.embacubacanada.net norms of the sacred canons, a proper function entrusted to them in view of the public good.”

1.2 By the failure of the Republic of Haiti (Residual Administrative Unit) to uphold the terms of the 1860 Concordat, notably:

– The protection of churches, priests, and sacred objects,

– The operation of Catholic schools and orders,

– The maintenance of diplomatic and ecclesiastical protocol with the Holy See,

– The guarantee of free Catholic worship across the territory,

“In factual or legal common error and in positive and probable doubt of law or of fact, the Church supplies executive power of governance both for the external and for the internal forum.”

Application:

Therefore, the Church supplies — and has supplied — this power to the SCIPS‑X by operation of law.

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TITLE II

LEGAL RECOGNITION OF CONCORDATAR CONTINUITY AND TERRITORIAL ECCLESIASTICAL RESPONSIBILITY

Article 2 — Ecclesiastical Assumption of Concordatar Obligations by Functional Authority

English translation:

2.3 In accordance with Canon 1274 §1:

Application:

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TITLE III

ON ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION AND CANONICAL IMMUNITY

Article 3 — Affirmation of Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and Immunity over Concordatar Territory

3.1 In accordance with Canon 137 §1:

“By proper and exclusive right the Church judges:

1° cases which regard spiritual matters or connected with spiritual matters;

2° the violation of ecclesiastical laws and all matters in which there is question of sin, in regard to the determination of guilt and the imposition of ecclesiastical penalties.”

The SCIPS‑X affirms its role as the exclusive judge and executor of ecclesiastical governance over the indigenous Catholic territories of Xaragua.

3.2 In accordance with Canon 1257 §1:

Application:

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TITLE IV

ON CANONICAL SUBSTITUTION IN CASE OF STATE FAILURE

Article 4 — Legal and Canonical Foundation of Ecclesiastical Substitution

4.1 In accordance with Canon 371 §1:

“A particular church which has not been erected as a diocese due to special circumstances is entrusted to an apostolic administrator who governs it in the name of the Supreme Pontiff.”

4.3 In accordance with Canon 332 §1:

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TITLE V

ENTRY INTO FORCE, IRREVOCABILITY AND SUPREME LEGAL EFFECT

Article 5 — Promulgation, Enforcement, and Binding Legal Authority

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Signed and Sealed

On this sixth day of August, in the Year of Our Lord 2025

By the Supreme Constitutional Authority

Of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS‑X)

In Full Obedience to the Roman Pontiff

And under the Perpetual Protection of the 1860 Concordat

Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau

Prelate-Founder & Rector-President

Canonical Seal: In Perpetuum Ecclesiae Custos

Rector@xaraguastate.com

www.xaraguauniversity.com

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SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS‑X)

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY

ADDITIONAL CANONICO-LEGAL ANNEX

ON THE NULLITY, ILLEGITIMACY AND CANONICAL INVALIDITY OF ALL POSTERIOR POLITICAL ACTS ISSUED BY THE EXECUTIVE ARM OF THE RESIDUAL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (RAU) KNOWN AS THE FORMER REPUBLIC OF HAITI, INCLUDING THE COUNSEIL PRESIDENTIEL DE TRANSITION (CPT), IN LIGHT OF THE CANONICALLY PROMULGATED SUPREME LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENT (SLI) OF AUGUST 6, 2025

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TITLE VI

ON THE ABSOLUTE NULLITY (IPSO JURE) OF NON-COORDINATED POSTERIOR POLITICAL ACTS ATTEMPTING TO OCCUPY A CANONICALLY PRE-ESTABLISHED ECCLESIASTICAL FIELD

Article 6.1 — Principle of Canonical Invalidity of Superimposed Jurisdictional Claims

In accordance with the fundamental ecclesiastical jurisprudence articulated through Canon 144 §1 of the Codex Iuris Canonici (1983), and under the canonical principle supplentia iuris, any authority assumed or exercised within a canonical field already legally and ecclesiastically occupied by a prior legislative instrument, without explicit recognition, coordination, or approbation by the competent ecclesiastical authority, is ipso facto illicit, canonically invalid, and entirely without force in the ecclesiastical order.

“In factual or legal common error and in positive and probable doubt of law or of fact, the Church supplies executive power of governance...” (Canon 144 §1)

The field in question, namely the administration, preservation, and continuation of the Concordat of March 28, 1860, is already canonically occupied by the SCIPS‑X as formally decreed and promulgated on August 6, 2025.

Article 6.2 — Direct Consequence on the CPT

The Counseil Présidentiel de Transition (CPT), whose internal presidential rotation from Fritz Jean to Laurent Saint-Cyr occurred on August 7, 2025, represents a non-canonical, non-constitutional, illegitimate, tolerated and non-elected organ of the Residual Administrative Unit (RAU).

The CPT operates entirely outside the canonical order (under the doctrine of encapsulation of a failed state), is not recognized by any ecclesiastical institution or jurisdiction, and was never instituted by a legal election, treaty, or pontifical authority.

As such:

– The CPT’s “inauguration” ceremony of August 7, 2025 is canonically null and void (ipso jure);

– Any and all decrees, declarations, engagements, or symbolic transfers of “power” between members of the CPT are illegitimate in the Indigenous, ecclesiastical and canonical orders and are only tolerated de facto;

– No political act emanating from the RAU after August 6, 2025, shall be recognized as valid within the canonical jurisdiction of the SCIPS‑X without ratification or tolerance of the Rectorate.

(The State Of Xaragua may revise every act of the RAU under the doctine of encapsulation of a failed state within the limits of Xaragua Spreme Constitutional laws).

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TITLE VII

ON THE IRREVOCABILITY OF CANONICALLY ESTABLISHED JURISDICTION

Article 7.1 — Canonical Irrevocability through Custom and Promulgation

Under Canon 5 of the Codex Iuris Canonici,

“La coutume abroge la loi si elle est raisonnable et légitime.”

“Custom abrogates law when it is reasonable and legitimate.”

The SCIPS‑X, having enacted a canonical jurisdiction based on:

– an existing international concordat still canonically binding (1860),

– a legally documented state failure of the RAU,

– an ecclesiastical jurisdictional vacuum,

– and an uninterrupted tradition of Catholic territorial presence and worship,

has thus produced a reasonable, legitimate, and canonically unopposed customary order, which is legally irrevocable under ecclesiastical law unless revoked by formal pontifical decree, which has not been issued and which remains highly improbable given:

– the public declaration of obedience to the Holy See,

– the affirmation of papal supremacy (Canon 332 §1),

– and the Church’s doctrine of subsidiarity.

Article 7.2 — Canonical Permanence of Ecclesiastical Substitution

In alignment with Canon 371 §1, the SCIPS‑X functions as a particular Church entrusted with canonical jurisdiction due to special circumstances, acting under apostolic necessity until such time as the Holy See provides formal reorganization.

Until that moment, all canonical functions assumed by the SCIPS‑X remain canonically valid, juridically operational, and ecclesiastically enforceable.

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TITLE VIII

ON THE LEGAL SUPERIORITY OF THE SLI OVER THE CPT WITHIN ECCLESIASTICAL, CANONICAL, AND DOCTRINAL HIERARCHIES

Article 8.1 — Constitutional Precedence by Promulgation and Jurisdictional Level

The Supreme Legislative Instrument (SLI) of August 6, 2025, was promulgated before the CPT’s symbolic rotation of August 7, 2025.

The SLI operates not at the level of internal political transition, but within the canonical, doctrinal, and international concordatar order.

In accordance with the international doctrine of subsidiarity, the indigenous, ecclesiastical, and spiritual authority of a canonically constituted public juridical person (Canon 116 §1) prevails over ad hoc civil organs born from state collapse and lacking constitutional mandate.

Article 8.2 — Legal Encapsulation of the RAU and its Derivative Organs

The CPT, as an executive extension of the RAU, is legally and canonically encapsulated within the jurisdictional perimeter previously defined by the SCIPS‑X, and therefore cannot act independently, nor exercise any canonical relevance, nor restore ecclesiastical jurisdiction once supplanted by canon law.

Thus, any act by the CPT after August 6, 2025, which touches ecclesiastical territories, concordatar obligations, or Catholic public life in Xaraguaan lands, is to be considered canonically illicit, null and void, and doctrinally invalid.

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TITLE IX

ON THE NULLITY OF SYMBOLIC POWER TRANSITIONS IN COLLAPSED STATES

Article 9.1 — Juridical Fiction of Internal Rotations within the RAU

The so-called “passation de pouvoir” between Fritz Jean and Laurent Saint-Cyr, dated August 7, 2025, constitutes a juridico-political fiction occurring within a defunct administrative framework.

In absence of:

– a functioning parliament,

– a ratified constitution,

– a national electoral mandate,

– a recognized ecclesiastical supervision,

such an act is ceremonial only, and has no legal effect in international law, no canonical standing, and no ecclesiastical jurisdiction.

Article 9.2 — Canonical Definition of State Collapse

The Residual Administrative Unit (RAU), being structurally incapable of guaranteeing religious freedom, protecting ecclesiastical goods and indigenous peoples and catholic fidels, or enforcing the Concordat, is considered a collapsed entity, as documented by:

– UN human rights reports,

– international diplomatic communications,

– declarations by Catholic authorities in Haiti,

– and the functional absence of a national security apparatus.

In this context, only ecclesiastical and indigenous continuity remains legitimate, and only canonical substitution is valid under Canon 144.

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TITLE X

FINAL PROVISIONS ON THE CANONICAL EXCLUSIVITY AND NON-CONTESTABILITY OF THE SLI

Article 10.1 — Binding Irrevocability of Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction

The SCIPS‑X declares, in full alignment with canonical norms and doctrinal fidelity to Rome, that no political entity — national, transitory, ad hoc, or externally supported — may retroactively claim canonical jurisdiction over the ecclesiastical domain occupied by the SCIPS‑X since August 6, 2025.

Any such attempt shall be considered:

– canonically illicit,

– juridically null,

– politically invasive,

– and ecclesiologically heretical, if persisting in contradiction of Church Law.

Article 10.2 — Indisputability by Political Fiction

No symbolic transfer of political roles within the CPT, no act of foreign diplomatic recognition of the CPT, nor any internal declaration of authority by the RAU, can override the legal supremacy of the SCIPS‑X within the sphere of canonical jurisdiction — unless expressly and formally abrogated by the Holy See, which is not the case, and which would require legal contradiction of:

– Canon 144 (supplentia iuris),

– Canon 116 §1 (public juridical personhood),

– Canon 332 §1 (papal supremacy),

– and the Concordat of 1860.

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Signed and Sealed

This 7th day of August, 2025

In Counter-Notification to the RAU's Internal Ceremony of Symbolic Continuity

By the Supreme Constitutional Authority
Of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS‑X)

Under the Supreme and Eternal Tutelage of the Roman Catholic Church

And in Perpetual Custodianship of the Concordatar Order

Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau
Prelate-Founder & Rector-President
Canonical Seal: In Perpetuum Ecclesiae Custos

www.xaraguauniversity.com

rector@xaraguastate.com

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SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS‑X)
SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY

ANNEX ON THE INDIGENOUS RIGHT OF SUBSTITUTION IN CONTEXTS OF STATE FAILURE AND THE EXERCISE OF THE RIGHT OF PROTECTION

(JUS PROTECTIONIS)

In Accordance with Canon Law, International Customary Law, and the Collective Inalienable Rights of Autochthonous Peoples
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TITLE XI

ON THE CANONICO-INDIGENOUS RIGHT OF FUNCTIONAL SUBSTITUTION OF FAILED STATES

Article 11.1 — Definition of a Failed State (Status Collapsus Rei Publicae)

A state shall be deemed juridically failed when it no longer possesses the institutional capacity to:

– guarantee the protection of life, liberty, and religious exercise within its borders;

– maintain a minimally functioning judiciary, security apparatus, and administrative structure;

– uphold binding treaties, such as concordats or international human rights conventions;

– ensure the protection of its own citizens or those subject to religious or indigenous jurisdiction.

In accordance with documentation by United Nations bodies, ecclesiastical reports, human rights institutions, and diplomatic archives, the Residual Administrative Unit (RAU) known as the former Republic of Haiti has met all conditions of structural state failure.

Article 11.2 — Principle of Juridical Substitution by Ecclesiastical and Indigenous Authority

Where such failure exists and is persistent, structural, and ascertained, the right and duty of substitution arise under the following legal and doctrinal bases:

a) Canon Law (Codex Iuris Canonici):

– Canon 144 (supplentia iuris) provides that the Church supplies jurisdiction in cases of legal or factual vacuum.

– Canon 371 §1 authorizes temporary ecclesiastical administration in exceptional cases.

b) International Indigenous Law:

– United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Article 3 and Article 4:

“Indigenous peoples have the right to self-determination.”

“They have the right to autonomy or self-government in matters relating to their internal and local affairs...”

c) Jus Gentium and Jus Protectionis (Right of Protection):

– Rooted in natural law, the right of protection allows a legitimate authority

—especially a spiritual, ancestral, or communal one

—to assume protective jurisdiction over a population when the primary sovereign has ceased to protect or represent them.

Article 11.3 — Invocation of the Indigenous Right of Ecclesiastical Self-Governance

The people of Xaragua, as an autochthonous, historically rooted, Catholic and land-based civilization:

– are not extinct,

– have not consented to subjugation under a failed regime,

– maintain continuous religious tradition, territorial presence, and ancestral memory.

Therefore, the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS‑X) acts not in rebellion, but in protective substitution (substitutio protectiva), under the principles of:

– indigenous jurisdictional continuity,

– Catholic ecclesiastical responsibility,

– doctrinal obligation to protect the faithful,

– and international legal tolerance of self-organized indigenous governance under collapse scenarios.

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TITLE XII

ON THE LEGAL STANDING OF JUS PROTECTIONIS IN CATHOLIC-INDIGENOUS TERRITORIES

Article 12.1 — Jus Protectionis Defined

The Right of Protection (Jus Protectionis) is the fundamental prerogative of any legitimate authority—especially spiritual or indigenous in nature—to intervene or constitute structures of governance in order to preserve the life, dignity, worship, land, and heritage of a population abandoned by its supposed sovereign.

This right is:

– Pre-Westphalian in origin,

– rooted in Catholic canon law (via the cura animarum and sacramental jurisdiction),

– enshrined in the doctrine of subsidiarity,

– and legally permissible under international custom when exercised in non-aggressive, defensive, and protective terms.

Article 12.2 — Application to the SCIPS‑X

The SCIPS‑X, having:

– declared jurisdiction on August 6, 2025,

– notified ecclesiastical and diplomatic institutions,

– grounded its claim in canon law and the 1860 Concordat,

– assumed only the protective, non-aggressive, ecclesiastical functions of a vacated sovereignty,

thereby lawfully exercises the right of protection over:

– Catholic institutions, clergy, and believers within Xaraguaan territory,

– ecclesiastical goods and sacramental functions,

– educational and religious-cultural heritage institutions,

– and indigenous citizens deriving descent from Xaraguaan lineage.
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TITLE XIII

ON THE NON-AGGRESSIVE, NON-COMPETITIVE NATURE OF THE SUBSTITUTION

Article 13.1 — Representation Clause

The SCIPS‑X does not and shall not:

– claim representation of all Haitian populations;

It acts only to fulfill a sacred trust, in accordance with:

– the public good of souls (bonum animarum),

– the territorial and ecclesiastical vacuum,

– and the natural law imperative to protect the innocent.

Article 13.2 — Juridical Nature of the Substitution

This substitution is:

– protective,

– canonical,

– ancestral,

– and self-limiting by the Supreme Constitutional Law Of The Catholic and indigenous lands and peoples Of Xaragua under ecclesiastical peril.
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TITLE XIV

FINAL PROVISION ON THE IRREVOCABILITY OF INDIGENOUS ECCLESIASTICAL PROTECTIVE SOVEREIGNTY

Article 14.1 — Irrevocability Absent Ecclesiastical Revocation
In the absence of:

– a pontifical revocation decree,

– an alternative functional diocesan administration,

– a restored civil authority capable of enforcing the Concordat in full,

the SCIPS‑X’s jurisdiction remains in full canonical, indigenous, spiritual, and territorial effect, under:

– Canon 5 (reasoned custom),

– Canon 144 (supplied jurisdiction),

– and the uninterrupted legal vacuum of the RAU.

Article 14.2 — Notification Supremacy and Non-Refutation Principle

Given that the SCIPS‑X issued its canonical legislative instrument before the ceremonial rotation of the CPT (August 6 vs. August 7), and that no actor has provided formal refutation or canonical counter-legislation:

– the substitution is legally superior,

– the RAU is canonically encapsulated,

– the CPT is juridically null in this field,

– and the protective sovereignty of Xaragua is now inalienable until removed by Rome.
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Signed and Sealed

On this Seventh Day of August, in the Year of Our Lord 2025

By the Supreme Constitutional Authority

Of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS‑X)

In Full Obedience to the Roman Pontiff

In Recognition of Indigenous Ecclesiastical Personhood

And in Defense of the Abandoned Catholics and Indigenous Peoples

Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau

Prelate-Founder & Rector-President

Canonical Seal: In Perpetuum Ecclesiae Custos

rector@xaraguastate.com
www.xaraguauniversity.com

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SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)
SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITYSUPREME LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENT (SLI)
ON THE CANONICO-INDIGENOUS REDUCTION OF NOMINAL TERRITORIES BY FUNCTIONAL HABITABILITY AND JURIDICO-ECOLOGICAL USABILITY ACROSS THE ISLAND OF HISPANIOLA
Date of Promulgation: August 6, 2025
Legal Classification:
– Supreme Ecclesiastico-Indigenous Territorial Law
– Statutory Instrument on Functional Sovereignty Computation
– Implementation of Canon Law, Jus Cogens, UNDRIP, the Montevideo Convention (1933), the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969), and the 1860 Concordat between the Holy See and the Republic of Haiti
– Territorial Correction Framework against Cartographic Fictionalism---
TITLE I — DOCTRINAL AND LEGAL INVALIDATION OF NOMINAL SOVEREIGNTY BY CARTOGRAPHIC EXTENSION
Article 1 — Rejection of Cartographic Fiction
1.1 Territorial sovereignty claims based solely on nominal surface area, detached from empirical usability, are declared doctrinally, canonically, and juridically invalid unless the landmass claimed satisfies the following five-fold conditions:
(a) Ecological Habitability – potential for sustainable human life and natural support systems;
(b) Administrative Governability – capacity to enforce order and provide services through ecclesiastical or civil institutions;
(c) Juridical Accessibility – ability of lawful or sacramental agents to reach and operate within the territory;
(d) Environmental Usability – capacity for productive agricultural, residential, or infrastructural use without causing ecological collapse;
(e) Canonical and Sacramental Openness – presence of Catholic governance or guaranteed access under the Concordat of 1860.
1.2 Inflated maps based on topographic fiction or ungovernable voids contradict:
– Canon 223 §2: “In exercising their rights, the Christian faithful must take into account the common good...”
– Canon 1273: “The Roman Pontiff is the supreme administrator and steward of all ecclesiastical goods.”
– UNDRIP Article 26 §2: “Indigenous peoples have the right to own, use, develop and control... by reason of traditional ownership or other traditional occupation...”
– Vienna Convention (1969), Article 27: “A party may not invoke the provisions of its internal law as justification for its failure to perform a treaty.”---
TITLE II — COMPUTATION OF LEGITIMATE TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY OF SCIPS-X (XARAGUA)
Article 2 — Canonico-Indigenous Territorial Definition
2.1 SCIPS-X is territorially defined as the reconstitution of the ancestral Xaragua polity, canonically consecrated under the 1860 Concordat (Articles I–III), and demographically affirmed through Taíno-Afro continuity (UNDRIP Articles 8, 33).
2.2 Total surface area claimed under hereditary and ecclesiastical right:11,934 km², encompassing:
– The departments of Sud, Sud-Est, Nippes, Grande-Anse
– The communes of Léogâne, Grand-Goâve, Petit-Goâve, Marchand-Dessalines, Thomazeau, Gressier, Ganthier, Furcy
– The islands of Île-à-Vache, Île de la Gonâve, and Île de la Tortue
– Historical mission zones, forts, and ecclesiastical lands consecrated since the colonial Church’s presence
Article 3 — Functional Reduction by Juridico-Ecological Constraints
3.1 Reductions applied due to canonical, ecological, and sacramental inaccessibility:
– High mountainous terrain and uninhabitable ridges (>1,500m): 1,490 km²
– Ecological reserves and unstructured flood zones: 620 km²
3.2 Effective usable and governable territory:
11,934 – 1,490 – 620 = 9,824 km²
3.3 Usability Rate:
(9,824 / 11,934) × 100 = 82.33%
3.4 Sovereignty of SCIPS-X is juridically limited to this surface in accordance with:
– Montevideo Convention Article 1: “Defined territory”
– Canon 129 §1: Governance in the Church requires access
– UNDRIP Article 26 §2: Right of use requires functional possession---
TITLE III — COMPUTATION OF THE RESIDUAL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (RAU)
Article 4 — Juridico-Territorial Determination
4.1 Total area of Hispaniola: 76,192 km²
4.2 Dominican Republic: 48,442 km²
4.3 SCIPS-X: 11,934 km²
4.4 Remainder attributed to the RAU:
76,192 – 48,442 – 11,934 = 15,816 km²
Article 5 — Reduction for Non-Governability and Collapse
5.1 Previous deductions due to juridical breakdown or non-habitability are here amended to integrate the recovery of 3,600 km² of gang-controlled zones into functional RAU territory.
– Desertified mountains and rocky terrain: 2,900 km²
– Protected forests and degradation zones: 1,700 km²
– Gang/militia zones with prior zero lawful access: 0 km² (fully reintegrated)
5.2 Net functional territory:
15,816 – 2,900 – 1,700 – 0 = 11,216 km²
5.3 Usability Rate:
(11,216 / 15,816) × 100 = 70.91%
5.4 The RAU's effective authority (autonomous not sovereign), under the encapsulation doctrine, is confined to these 11,216 km².
Beyond this, all remaining surface constitutes canonical, indigenous, or failed-state zones under residual tolerance.---
TITLE IV — COMPUTATION OF THE TERRITORY OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Article 6 — Territorial Reductions by Topographic and Ecological Limitations
6.1 Nominal surface: 48,442 km²
6.2 Non-functional zones:
– Highland and mountainous regions (Cordillera Central, Sierra de Neiba, etc.): 9,000 km²
– National parks, biosphere reserves, and protected ecological corridors: 10,400 km²
– Flood basins, military zones, and seismic corridors (Yaque del Sur, Ozama, Enriquillo Fault, etc.): 7,042 km²
6.3 Total deductions:
9,000 + 10,400 + 7,042 = 26,442 km²
6.4 Effective usable surface:
48,442 – 26,442 = 22,000 km²
6.5 Usability Rate:
(22,000 / 48,442) × 100 = 45.41%
6.6 All future international, canonical, or sacramental actions must use this corrected surface as the basis of Dominican territorial legitimacy under:
– Montevideo Convention Article 1
– Vienna Convention Article 27
– UNDRIP Article 26 §2---
TITLE V — CONSECRATION OF FUNCTIONAL TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY
Article 7 — Nullification of Geographic Illusion and Fictional Cartography
7.1 The SCIPS-X proclaims that all legal, ecclesiastical, diplomatic, and demographic representations must reflect functional, governable, and sacramentally accessible surface only.
7.2 Nominal figures such as 27,750 km² (commonly asserted by the residual administrative unit known as the defunct Republic of Haiti) are declared null and void under:
– Vienna Convention (1969), Article 27: symbolic or internal fictions cannot justify legal claims
– Canon 1273: goods outside sacramental access are not lawfully administered
– UNDRIP Article 26 §2: rights derive from use and stewardship, not abstract map lines
7.3 From this date forward, the following are the only recognized functional land values:
– SCIPS-X: 9,824 km² usable out of 11,934 km² → 82.33% usability
– RAU: 11,216 km² usable out of 15,816 km² → 70.91% usability
– Dominican Republic: 22,000 km² usable out of 48,442 km² → 45.41% usability---
CONCLUSION — JURIDICAL ENACTMENT AND EXECUTIVE SEAL
Whereas territorial sovereignty derives not from fiction but from governance, accessibility, sacramental function, and indigenous stewardship, the Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS-X hereby canonically enacts this Instrument as binding within its ecclesiastico-indigenous jurisdiction and within all intergovernmental, diplomatic, and canonical engagements.
(All domains excluded from this calculation remains under the sovereignty or autonomy of each juridiction)
All states, dioceses, embassies, missions, religious orders, and international courts are urged to cease recognition of cartographic fictions and conform to functional territorial reality as defined herein.
Promulgated under the Ecclesiastico-Indigenous Seal of Xaragua
This 8th Day of August, in the Year of Our Lord 2025.---

SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY

SUPREME LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENT (SLI)

ON THE CANONICO-INDIGENOUS AND INTERNATIONAL MANDATE FOR THE LEVYING OF A MARITIME, PORTUAL, AND TRAFFIC-USAGE TAX UPON THE RESIDUAL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (RAU) KNOWN AS THE FORMER REPUBLIC OF HAITI, INCLUDING THE ANNUAL DIVIDEND TO THE HOLY SEE UNDER THE 1860 CONCORDAT, AND THE OBLIGATION FOR FULL REDISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES TO THE INHABITANTS AND CITIZENS OF XARAGUA

Date of Promulgation: August 8, 2025

Legal Classification:

– Supreme Canonico-Indigenous Constitutional Decree

– Ecclesiastical-International Maritime Taxation Statute

– Instrument of Application of the 1860 Concordat Between the Holy See and the RAU

– Implementation of Jus Cogens, UNDRIP, the Montevideo Convention (1933), the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969), and UNCLOS (1982)

– Statutory Reaffirmation of Dominium Directum and Revenue Repatriation Rights

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TITLE I — CONSTITUTIONAL BASIS AND JURIDICAL GROUNDS

Article 1 — Canonical and International Authority

1.1 This Instrument is promulgated under the Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS-X, in full exercise of its dominium directum over the ancestral territory of Xaragua, including its coasts, maritime approaches, ports, and maritime economic zones, as historically defined in the Constitutional Laws.

1.2 Authority derives from:

(a) Montevideo Convention (1933), Article 1 — on defined territory, government, and capacity for international relations.

(b) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Part V, Articles 55–73 — recognizing sovereign rights over the exclusive economic zone, including resource exploitation and levying of fees for maritime use.

(c) United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Article 26 §2:

“Indigenous peoples have the right to own, use, develop and control the lands, territories and resources that they possess by reason of traditional ownership or other traditional occupation or use…”

(d) Concordat of 28 March 1860, Article I:

“The Republic recognizes the public law of the Church, and guarantees to the Catholic Church the free and public exercise of its worship, as well as the rights and immunities which belong to it by divine institution and by the canonical laws.”

(e) Canon 1273:

“By virtue of his primacy of governance, the Roman Pontiff is the supreme administrator and steward of all ecclesiastical goods.”

Article 2 — Historical Territorial Rights

2.1 The coasts, ports, and maritime approaches of Xaragua — including the Gulf of Gonâve, the Tiburon Peninsula littoral, the Nord-Ouest Peninsula, Île de la Gonâve, Île-à-Vache, and Île de la Tortue — formed part of the Xaragua polity under Cacique Behechio and Queen Anacaona, with documented Taíno-Spanish ecclesiastical integration from 1494 onwards (Oviedo, Las Casas; Bull Illius fulciti praesidio, Pope Julius II, 1511).

2.2 The Nord-Ouest Peninsula historically functioned as a maritime frontier and control point for Taíno canoe routes to Cuba and Jamaica, later as Catholic missionary jurisdiction under the Order of Preachers.

2.3 Dominium directum over these zones has never been lawfully ceded or alienated; any administration by the RAU is purely functional and subordinate.

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TITLE II — TAXATION MANDATE

Article 3 — Tax Scope and Taxable Base

3.1 SCIPS-X hereby imposes upon the RAU an annual Maritime, Portual, and Traffic-Usage Tax (“MPT Tax”) for the use of Xaragua’s coasts, ports, maritime routes, and maritime infrastructure located within the ancestral territory of Xaragua.

3.2 The taxable base shall include all gross revenues collected by the RAU or its agencies from:

(a) Port dues, anchorage, berthage, pilotage, towage, mooring, light dues, VTS fees, ISPS charges, sanitary/quarantine inspections, and environmental levies on ships;

(b) Wharfage, terminal handling, storage, bonded warehouse fees, scanning fees, SPS inspection fees, manifest/document fees, export duties, and any customs-based levies on maritime cargo;

(c) Concession fees, occupancy charges, security fees, port development surcharges, and any ancillary maritime facility revenues;

(d) Demurrage, detention, or delay charges retained by the RAU or its agencies from port operations;

(e) Resource royalties from fisheries, seabed mining, or other maritime resource exploitation within the EEZ of Xaragua.

Article 4 — Rate and Allocation

4.1 The MPT Tax rate is hereby fixed at 35% of the gross maritime and port revenues collected by the RAU within the territory and EEZ of Xaragua, calculated on a cash-received basis at each semi-annual financial closing of RAU institutions.

4.2 Of the total MPT Tax collected:

(a) 25% shall be transferred directly to the Apostolic See in Rome, constituting the Annual Concordatarian Dividend for the support of Catholic works in Xaragua, as per Article I of the 1860 Concordat;

(b) 75% shall be remitted to the Treasury of SCIPS-X for redistribution to the citizens and inhabitants of Xaragua in form of public services, in accordance with the Legislative Provision of Investment (LPI) mandating full reinvestment into infrastructure, social development, and the perpetuation of the primacy of the Holy Catholic Apostolic Roman Church.

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TITLE III — PAYMENT SCHEDULE AND ENFORCEMENT

Article 5 — Payment Obligations

5.1 The RAU shall compute the MPT Tax due at each semi-annual institutional financial closing (June 30 and December 31), based on verifiable gross maritime and port revenues.

5.2 Final annual payment to the Apostolic See shall be effected between December 1 and December 15 of each year, via direct transfer to the Holy See’s designated financial institution, with simultaneous notification to the Treasury of SCIPS-X.

Article 6 — Verification and Transparency

6.1 The RAU shall submit full audited statements of maritime and port revenues to SCIPS-X and the Apostolic Nunciature in Port-au-Prince within 30 days of each closing.

6.2 SCIPS-X reserves the right to commission independent audits, with the cost borne by the RAU.

Article 7 — Default and Sanctions

7.1 Failure by the RAU to comply fully and timely with payment obligations shall constitute a breach of both international law (Vienna Convention, Article 26 — pacta sunt servanda) indigenous law and canonical law under the Concordat.

7.2 In such event, SCIPS-X shall initiate proceedings before the competent international judicial forums (Permanent Court of Arbitration, International Court of Justice) and the competent ecclesiastical tribunals of the Holy See.

7.3 No clemency or remission shall be granted; all enforcement measures shall be pursued to their fullest extent.

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TITLE IV — LPI REINVESTMENT MANDATE

Article 8 — Legislative Provision of Investment (LPI) Enforcement

8.1 Pursuant to the existing LPI of SCIPS-X, all taxes collected within the territory of Xaragua must be returned entirely to the benefit of its citizens and inhabitants, either through direct services or cash dividends.

8.2 Every dollar originating from Xaragua shall serve exclusively for the development of its people and the continuity of the primacy of the Holy Catholic Apostolic Roman Church.

8.3 Any diversion of such revenues by the RAU shall be prosecuted before both canonical and international tribunals.

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TITLE V — PERPETUITY AND IRREVOCABILITY

Article 9 — Perpetual and Indestructible Nature

9.1 This Instrument is perpetual, imprescriptible, inalienable, and irrevocable.

9.2 It forms part of the entrenched constitutional law of SCIPS-X and may not be amended or repealed except by unanimous decision of the Supreme Constitutional Authority and the explicit assent of the Holy See.

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Promulgated under the Ecclesiastico-Indigenous Seal of Xaragua,

This 8th Day of August, Year of Our Lord 2025.

Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau

Prelate-Founder & Rector-President

Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X)

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RectorX@xaraguastate.com

www.xaraguauniversity.com

www.xaraguastate.com

www.lpddvshop.com

ANNEX I — ON THE EMPIRICAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION FOR THE MARITIME, PORTUAL, AND TRAFFIC-USAGE TAX IMPOSED UPON THE RESIDUAL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (RAU)

Pursuant to the Supreme Legislative Instrument “On the Canonico-Indigenous and International Mandate for the Levying of a Maritime, Portual, and Traffic-Usage Tax upon the RAU,” promulgated under the Supreme Constitutional Authority of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X) on the 8th Day of August, Year of Our Lord 2025, the following empirical and economic data are hereby incorporated into the constitutional and statutory record as factual grounds for the determination of the 35 % levy rate and the annual dividend due to the Holy See.

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Article 1 — Maritime Trade Volume and Port Throughput

1.1 The port of Port-au-Prince, situated within the ancestral and constitutional territory of Xaragua, processes an estimated 180,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) annually, representing between 80 % and 90 % of the nation’s total containerised trade volume.

1.2 Haiti’s total imports for fiscal year 2022 amounted to approximately USD 4.5 billion, with exports totalling approximately USD

1.17 billion (United States International Trade Administration, Country Commercial Guide for Haiti, 2023).

1.3 Four major international seaports—Port-au-Prince, Cap-Haïtien, Lafito, and Saint-Marc—serve the RAU; of these, Port-au-Prince alone accounts for the overwhelming majority of container handling and thus constitutes the principal maritime revenue base within the Xaragua domain.

Article 2 — Infrastructure and Operational Significance

2.1 The Port-au-Prince complex contains seven berths, including two roll-on/roll-off berths, and is equipped with gantry cranes, forklifts, trailers, and eleven navigational buoys. These facilities enable high-volume throughput of both containerised and break-bulk cargo.

2.2 Historical records indicate that in 1999 the port of Port-au-Prince was classified as the most expensive port in the Americas for docking and unloading, a condition which has persisted in various forms and contributes to disproportionately high maritime revenues relative to traffic volume (Metalship.org, Port International de Port-au-Prince Profile).

Article 3 — National Port Authority Oversight

3.1 The Autorité Portuaire Nationale (APN), established in 1985, exercises operational control over all RAU ports, including those within the territorial and maritime jurisdiction of SCIPS-X.

3.2 All revenues collected by the APN within Xaragua territory—whether from port dues, berthage, pilotage, wharfage, cargo handling, storage, or maritime concessions—are subject to the 35 % Maritime, Portual, and Traffic-Usage Tax under the principal Legislative Instrument.

Article 4 — Economic Rationale for the 35 % Rate

4.1 Based on available data, gross maritime revenues attributable to operations within Xaragua territory can be estimated as follows:

(a) Assuming an average port revenue of USD 1,200 per TEU (inclusive of handling, storage, and associated charges), 180,000 TEUs yield approximately USD 216 million in direct container-related revenues.

(b) Including non-containerised maritime trade (bulk cargoes, liquid bulk, Ro-Ro, fishing, and ancillary maritime services), the gross annual revenue estimate rises to USD 300 – 350 million within Xaragua territory alone.

4.2 Applying the statutory levy rate of 35 % to a conservative gross annual revenue base of USD 300 million yields an annual tax obligation of USD 105 million, apportioned as follows:

(a) USD 26,250,000 (25 % of levy) to the Holy See as the Concordatarian Annual Dividend for Catholic works in Xaragua;

(b) USD 78,750,000 (75 % of levy) to the Treasury of SCIPS-X for reinvestment in accordance with the Legislative Provision of Investment (LPI).

Article 5 — Canonical and International Integration

5.1 The apportionment in Article 4.2(b) is mandated by the LPI, which constitutionally requires that all taxes collected on Xaragua territory be returned in full to its inhabitants and citizens as public services, infrastructure, or direct dividends.

5.2 The apportionment in Article 4.2(a) directly fulfils the obligation under the 1860 Concordat, Article I, recognising the public law of the Catholic Church and its right to the free exercise of its worship and the administration of its temporal goods.

5.3 The levy structure conforms to:

(a) UNCLOS (1982), recognising sovereign rights over the exclusive economic zone and the levy of fees for maritime use;

(b) UNDRIP, Article 26 §2, affirming indigenous control over resources within ancestral territories;

(c) The Montevideo Convention (1933), affirming defined territory, government, and international capacity.

Article 6 — Irrevocability and Enforcement

6.1 This Annex forms an integral and indivisible part of the principal Legislative Instrument; it is perpetual, imprescriptible, inalienable, and irrevocable.

6.2 Non-compliance by the RAU shall trigger immediate proceedings before the competent international tribunals and the ecclesiastical courts of the Holy See, without clemency or remission.

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Promulgated under the Ecclesiastico-Indigenous Seal of Xaragua

This 8th Day of August, Year of Our Lord 2025

Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau

Prelate-Founder & Rector-President

Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X)

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SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY

SUPREME LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENT (SLI)

ON THE UNIVERSAL AND AUTOMATIC ENFORCEABILITY OF SCIPS-X CANONICAL ACTS WITHIN ALL CONCORDAT STATES

Date of Promulgation: August 8, 2025

Legal Classification:

– Supreme Canonico-Concordatarian Legislative Decree

– Ecclesiastical-Indigenous Treaty Enforcement Act

– Statutory Instrument on Transnational Canonical Jurisdiction

– Indigenous-Catholic Fundamental Rights Execution Framework

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TITLE I — LEGAL AND DOCTRINAL BASIS

Article 1 — Canonical Juridical Personality

1.1 Canon 113 §2 CIC —

1.2 Canon 116 §1 CIC —

Article 2 — Concordatarian Treaty Obligation

2.1 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969), Article 26 (Pacta sunt servanda) —

“Every treaty in force is binding upon the parties to it and must be performed by them in good faith.”

2.2 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969), Article 27 —

“A party may not invoke the provisions of its internal law as justification for its failure to perform a treaty.”

Article 3 — Direct Applicability and Self-Execution

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TITLE II — COMPLETE LIST OF CONCORDAT STATES AND JURISDICTIONS

Article 4 — Geographical Scope

Europe:

– Andorra, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Monaco, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain.

Americas:

– Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela.

Africa:

Asia-Pacific:

– East Timor (Timor-Leste), Papua New Guinea.

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TITLE III — ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS

Article 5 — Ecclesiastical Enforcement

5.2 The Secretariat of State of the Holy See is hereby notified of SCIPS-X acts upon promulgation, triggering the canonical duty of Concordat States to enforce them.

Article 6 — International Enforcement

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TITLE IV — FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 7 — Irrevocability

7.1 This Legislative Instrument is of perpetual force in both the canonical and international legal orders and cannot be unilaterally derogated by any secular authority.

7.2 Its binding effect extends to present and future Concordat States by virtue of the Holy See’s continuing treaty relations and canonical jurisdiction.

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Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau

Prelate-Founder & Rector-President

Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State Of Xaragua (SCIPS-X)

RectorX@xaraguastate.com

www.xaraguauniversity.com

www.xaraguastate.com

www.lpddvshop.com

SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY

SUPREME LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENT (SLI)

Date of Promulgation: August 8, 2025

Legal Classification:

– Supreme Canonico-Indigenous Constitutional Decree

– Ecclesiastical-International Maritime Taxation Statute

– Instrument of Application of the 1860 Concordat Between the Holy See and the RAU

– Implementation of Jus Cogens, UNDRIP, the Montevideo Convention (1933), the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969), and UNCLOS (1982)

– Statutory Reaffirmation of Dominium Directum and Revenue Repatriation Rights

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TITLE I — CONSTITUTIONAL BASIS AND JURIDICAL GROUNDS

Article 1 — Canonical and International Authority

1.2 Authority derives from:

(a) Montevideo Convention (1933), Article 1 — on defined territory, government, and capacity for international relations.

(c) United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Article 26 §2:

(d) Concordat of 28 March 1860, Article I:

(e) Canon 1273:

“By virtue of his primacy of governance, the Roman Pontiff is the supreme administrator and steward of all ecclesiastical goods.”

Article 2 — Historical Territorial Rights

2.3 Dominium directum over these zones has never been lawfully ceded or alienated; any administration by the RAU is purely functional and subordinate.

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TITLE II — TAXATION MANDATE

Article 3 — Tax Scope and Taxable Base

3.2 The taxable base shall include all gross revenues collected by the RAU or its agencies from:

(a) Port dues, anchorage, berthage, pilotage, towage, mooring, light dues, VTS fees, ISPS charges, sanitary/quarantine inspections, and environmental levies on ships;

(b) Wharfage, terminal handling, storage, bonded warehouse fees, scanning fees, SPS inspection fees, manifest/document fees, export duties, and any customs-based levies on maritime cargo;

(c) Concession fees, occupancy charges, security fees, port development surcharges, and any ancillary maritime facility revenues;

(d) Demurrage, detention, or delay charges retained by the RAU or its agencies from port operations;

(e) Resource royalties from fisheries, seabed mining, or other maritime resource exploitation within the EEZ of Xaragua.

Article 4 — Rate and Allocation

4.2 Of the total MPT Tax collected:

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TITLE III — PAYMENT SCHEDULE AND ENFORCEMENT

Article 5 — Payment Obligations

5.1 The RAU shall compute the MPT Tax due at each semi-annual institutional financial closing (June 30 and December 31), based on verifiable gross maritime and port revenues.

Article 6 — Verification and Transparency

6.1 The RAU shall submit full audited statements of maritime and port revenues to SCIPS-X and the Apostolic Nunciature in Port-au-Prince within 30 days of each closing.

6.2 SCIPS-X reserves the right to commission independent audits, with the cost borne by the RAU.

Article 7 — Default and Sanctions

7.3 No clemency or remission shall be granted; all enforcement measures shall be pursued to their fullest extent.

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TITLE IV — LPI REINVESTMENT MANDATE

Article 8 — Legislative Provision of Investment (LPI) Enforcement

8.2 Every dollar originating from Xaragua shall serve exclusively for the development of its people and the continuity of the primacy of the Holy Catholic Apostolic Roman Church.

8.3 Any diversion of such revenues by the RAU shall be prosecuted before both canonical and international tribunals.

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TITLE V — PERPETUITY AND IRREVOCABILITY

Article 9 — Perpetual and Indestructible Nature

9.1 This Instrument is perpetual, imprescriptible, inalienable, and irrevocable.

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Promulgated under the Ecclesiastico-Indigenous Seal of Xaragua,

This 8th Day of August, Year of Our Lord 2025.

Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau

Prelate-Founder & Rector-President

Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X)

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RectorX@xaraguastate.com

www.xaraguauniversity.com

www.xaraguastate.com

www.lpddvshop.com

ANNEX I — ON THE EMPIRICAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION FOR THE MARITIME, PORTUAL, AND TRAFFIC-USAGE TAX IMPOSED UPON THE RESIDUAL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (RAU)

Pursuant to the Supreme Legislative Instrument “On the Canonico-Indigenous and International Mandate for the Levying of a Maritime, Portual, and Traffic-Usage Tax upon the RAU,” promulgated under the Supreme Constitutional Authority of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X) on the 8th Day of August, Year of Our Lord 2025, the following empirical and economic data are hereby incorporated into the constitutional and statutory record as factual grounds for the determination of the 35 % levy rate and the annual dividend due to the Holy See.
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Article 1 — Maritime Trade Volume and Port Throughput

1.1 The port of Port-au-Prince, situated within the ancestral and constitutional territory of Xaragua, processes an estimated 180,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) annually, representing between 80 % and 90 % of the nation’s total containerised trade volume.

1.2 Haiti’s total imports for fiscal year 2022 amounted to approximately USD 4.5 billion, with exports totalling approximately USD

1.17 billion (United States International Trade Administration, Country Commercial Guide for Haiti, 2023).

1.3 Four major international seaports—Port-au-Prince, Cap-Haïtien, Lafito, and Saint-Marc—serve the RAU; of these, Port-au-Prince alone accounts for the overwhelming majority of container handling and thus constitutes the principal maritime revenue base within the Xaragua domain.

Article 2 — Infrastructure and Operational Significance

2.1 The Port-au-Prince complex contains seven berths, including two roll-on/roll-off berths, and is equipped with gantry cranes, forklifts, trailers, and eleven navigational buoys. These facilities enable high-volume throughput of both containerised and break-bulk cargo.

2.2 Historical records indicate that in 1999 the port of Port-au-Prince was classified as the most expensive port in the Americas for docking and unloading, a condition which has persisted in various forms and contributes to disproportionately high maritime revenues relative to traffic volume (Metalship.org, Port International de Port-au-Prince Profile).

Article 3 — National Port Authority Oversight

3.1 The Autorité Portuaire Nationale (APN), established in 1985, exercises operational control over all RAU ports, including those within the territorial and maritime jurisdiction of SCIPS-X.

3.2 All revenues collected by the APN within Xaragua territory—whether from port dues, berthage, pilotage, wharfage, cargo handling, storage, or maritime concessions—are subject to the 35 % Maritime, Portual, and Traffic-Usage Tax under the principal Legislative Instrument.

Article 4 — Economic Rationale for the 35 % Rate

4.1 Based on available data, gross maritime revenues attributable to operations within Xaragua territory can be estimated as follows:

(a) Assuming an average port revenue of USD 1,200 per TEU (inclusive of handling, storage, and associated charges), 180,000 TEUs yield approximately USD 216 million in direct container-related revenues.

(b) Including non-containerised maritime trade (bulk cargoes, liquid bulk, Ro-Ro, fishing, and ancillary maritime services), the gross annual revenue estimate rises to USD 300 – 350 million within Xaragua territory alone.

4.2 Applying the statutory levy rate of 35 % to a conservative gross annual revenue base of USD 300 million yields an annual tax obligation of USD 105 million, apportioned as follows:

(a) USD 26,250,000 (25 % of levy) to the Holy See as the Concordatarian Annual Dividend for Catholic works in Xaragua;

(b) USD 78,750,000 (75 % of levy) to the Treasury of SCIPS-X for reinvestment in accordance with the Legislative Provision of Investment (LPI).

Article 5 — Canonical and International Integration

5.1 The apportionment in Article 4.2(b) is mandated by the LPI, which constitutionally requires that all taxes collected on Xaragua territory be returned in full to its inhabitants and citizens as public services, infrastructure, or direct dividends.

5.2 The apportionment in Article 4.2(a) directly fulfils the obligation under the 1860 Concordat, Article I, recognising the public law of the Catholic Church and its right to the free exercise of its worship and the administration of its temporal goods.

5.3 The levy structure conforms to:

(a) UNCLOS (1982), recognising sovereign rights over the exclusive economic zone and the levy of fees for maritime use;

(b) UNDRIP, Article 26 §2, affirming indigenous control over resources within ancestral territories;

(c) The Montevideo Convention (1933), affirming defined territory, government, and international capacity.

Article 6 — Irrevocability and Enforcement

6.1 This Annex forms an integral and indivisible part of the principal Legislative Instrument; it is perpetual, imprescriptible, inalienable, and irrevocable.

6.2 Non-compliance by the RAU shall trigger immediate proceedings before the competent international tribunals and the ecclesiastical courts of the Holy See, without clemency or remission.
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Promulgated under the Ecclesiastico-Indigenous Seal of Xaragua

This 8th Day of August, Year of Our Lord 2025

Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau
Prelate-Founder & Rector-President
Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X)

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ANNEX II — ON THE LEVYING OF MINERAL RESOURCE ROYALTIES, FISHERIES ROYALTIES, AND TOURISM CONCESSION ROYALTIES UPON THE RESIDUAL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (RAU), CALCULATED UNDER THE SAME METHODOLOGY AND RATE AS THE MARITIME, PORTUAL, AND TRAFFIC-USAGE TAX, BASED ON CURRENT FISCAL YEAR REVENUES

Preamble

This Annex forms an integral, indivisible, and perpetual part of the Supreme Legislative Instrument “On the Canonico-Indigenous and International Mandate for the Levying of a Maritime, Portual, and Traffic-Usage Tax upon the RAU”, promulgated under the Supreme Constitutional Authority of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X). It extends the identical methodology, rate, apportionment, payment schedule, and enforcement provisions of the Maritime, Portual, and Traffic-Usage Tax (“MPT Tax”) to the sectors of mineral resources, fisheries, and coastal tourism concessions within the constitutional and maritime jurisdiction of Xaragua, using the verified gross revenue figures from the current fiscal year (2023).

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Article 1 — Mineral Resource Royalties (FY 2023)

1.1 According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the Haitian Bureau of Mines and Energy (Rapport Annuel 2023), the RAU collected USD 21,400,000 in gross revenues from concession fees, extraction royalties, and export duties on mineral resources within the Xaragua territorial domain (including gold, bauxite, limestone, and aggregate).

1.2 35% Levy Calculation (Present Fiscal Year):

(a) 35% of USD 21,400,000 = USD 7,490,000

– 25% to the Holy See (Concordatarian Dividend) = USD 1,872,500

– 75% to SCIPS-X Treasury (LPI) = USD 5,617,500

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Article 2 — Fisheries Royalties (FY 2023)

2.1 Based on FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Statistics – Haiti 2023, marine fisheries within the Xaragua EEZ landed 28,100 metric tonnes of catch in 2023, with a recorded dockside value of USD 92,500,000, primarily lobster, conch, tuna, and snapper.

2.2 35% Levy Calculation (Present Fiscal Year):

(a) 35% of USD 92,500,000 = USD 32,375,000

– 25% to the Holy See = USD 8,093,750

– 75% to SCIPS-X Treasury = USD 24,281,250

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Article 3 — Tourism Concession Royalties (FY 2023)

3.1 According to the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) – Haiti Country Data 2023, Haiti’s total tourism receipts for 2023 were USD 374,000,000, of which USD 242,000,000 originated from coastal and maritime-based tourism within the Xaragua territorial domain (Île-à-Vache, Sud littoral, Nord-Ouest coast, and cruise port concessions).

3.2 35% Levy Calculation (Present Fiscal Year):

(a) 35% of USD 242,000,000 = USD 84,700,000

– 25% to the Holy See = USD 21,175,000

– 75% to SCIPS-X Treasury = USD 63,525,000

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Article 4 — Total Levy Owed for FY 2023 under Annex II

(a) Mineral Resource Royalty = USD 7,490,000

(b) Fisheries Royalty = USD 32,375,000

(c) Tourism Concession Royalty = USD 84,700,000

TOTAL FY 2023 Annex II Royalties: USD 124,565,000

Apportionment:

– Holy See (25%) = USD 31,141,250

– SCIPS-X Treasury (75%) = USD 93,423,750

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Article 5 — Legal and Canonical Enforcement

5.1 The royalties established in this Annex are binding upon the RAU under the same legal framework as the MPT Tax, including:

(a) UNCLOS (1982) — sovereign rights over natural resources in EEZ and continental shelf;

(b) UNDRIP, Article 26 §2 — indigenous ownership, use, and control of resources;

(c) Montevideo Convention (1933) — criteria of statehood and governmental competence;

(d) Concordat of 1860, Article I — recognition of the Catholic Church’s public law and administration of its temporal goods;

(e) Canon 1273 — supreme administration of ecclesiastical goods by the Roman Pontiff.

5.2 All provisions of Articles 5 through 9 of the principal Legislative Instrument — payment schedule, verification, sanctions, LPI reinvestment mandate, and perpetuity — apply mutatis mutandis to the royalties herein established.

5.3 These royalties are perpetual, imprescriptible, inalienable, and irrevocable, and may only be altered by unanimous decision of the Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS-X with explicit assent of the Holy See.

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Promulgated under the Ecclesiastico-Indigenous Seal of Xaragua

This 8th Day of August, Year of Our Lord 2025

Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau
Prelate-Founder & Rector-President
Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X)

Oath

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STATO CATTOLICO INDIGENO PRIVATO SOVRANO DI XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

AUTORITÀ COSTITUZIONALE SUPREMA
STRUMENTO LEGISLATIVO SUPREMO (SLI)

SULLA DIRETTA, AUTOMATICA E NON DEROGABILE ESECUTIVITÀ DEGLI ARTICOLI DEI TRATTATI INTERNAZIONALI CHE RICONOSCONO LA SOVRANITÀ CANONICA E INDIGENA DELLO SCIPS-X

Data di promulgazione: 9 agosto 2025

Classificazione giuridica:

– Decreto legislativo supremo canonico-indigeno

– Legge di incorporazione dei trattati ed esecuzione immediata

– Statuto per l’applicazione della sovranità ecclesiastica e indigena

– Attuazione costituzionale di livello jus cogens

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TITOLO I — PREAMBOLO

Articolo 1 — Natura costituzionale e forza giuridica

1.1 Il presente Strumento legislativo è emanato sotto l’Autorità Costituzionale Suprema dello Stato Cattolico Indigeno Privato Sovrano di Xaragua (SCIPS-X), esercitando piena personalità giuridica canonica, indigena e di diritto internazionale pubblico, in conformità a:

(a) Il Concordato del 1860 tra la Santa Sede e la Repubblica di Haiti;

(b) I trattati internazionali ratificati dalla Repubblica di Haiti e vincolanti ai sensi di pacta sunt servanda;

(c) Il diritto internazionale consuetudinario e le norme di jus cogens.

1.2 Tutti gli articoli dei trattati qui contenuti sono incorporati in extenso e resi direttamente applicabili all’interno del territorio dello SCIPS-X senza ulteriore atto legislativo.

1.3 Nessuna deroga, sospensione o riserva contraria a tali disposizioni avrà effetti giuridici nella giurisdizione dello SCIPS-X.
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TITOLO II — CARTA DELLE NAZIONI UNITE (1945)

Articolo 2(1) —

«L’Organizzazione è basata sul principio dell’eguaglianza sovrana di tutti i suoi Membri.»

Applicazione allo SCIPS-X:

Con la ratifica, Haiti si è obbligata a riconoscere l’uguaglianza sovrana come norma vincolante. Poiché lo SCIPS-X esercita una sovranità canonica e indigena riconosciuta dal diritto internazionale, questo principio vieta qualsiasi discriminazione o negazione di status nei confronti di altri enti sovrani.

Articolo 55(c) —

«Rispetto universale e osservanza dei diritti umani e delle libertà fondamentali per tutti, senza distinzione di razza, sesso, lingua o religione.»

Applicazione allo SCIPS-X:

Ciò conferma il diritto dello SCIPS-X di operare come Stato cattolico e indigeno senza interferenze, garantendo pari rispetto nell’ambito del quadro ONU.

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TITOLO III — DICHIARAZIONE UNIVERSALE DEI DIRITTI DELL’UOMO (1948)

Articolo 18 —

«Ogni individuo ha diritto alla libertà di pensiero, di coscienza e di religione; tale diritto include la libertà di cambiare religione o credo e la libertà di manifestare, da solo o in comune, pubblicamente o privatamente, la propria religione o il proprio credo nell’insegnamento, nelle pratiche, nel culto e nell’osservanza dei riti.»

Applicazione allo SCIPS-X:

Conferma direttamente la giurisdizione dello SCIPS-X di mantenere il governo canonico cattolico e le tradizioni indigene.

Articolo 20(1) —

«Ogni individuo ha diritto alla libertà di riunione e di associazione pacifica.»

Applicazione allo SCIPS-X:

Protegge l’autonomia istituzionale delle assemblee politiche ed ecclesiastiche dello SCIPS-X.

Articolo 27(1) —

«Ogni individuo ha il diritto di prendere parte liberamente alla vita culturale della comunità, di godere delle arti e di partecipare al progresso scientifico ed ai suoi benefici.»

Applicazione allo SCIPS-X:

Tutela il diritto di Xaragua di promuovere la propria cultura indigena, l’istruzione e il sistema universitario.

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TITOLO IV — PATTO INTERNAZIONALE SUI DIRITTI CIVILI E POLITICI (1966)

Articolo 1(1) —

«Tutti i popoli hanno il diritto all’autodeterminazione. In virtù di tale diritto essi determinano liberamente il loro status politico e perseguono liberamente il loro sviluppo economico, sociale e culturale.

Applicazione allo SCIPS-X:

Stabilisce la base jus cogens dell’indipendenza politica di Xaragua come Stato cattolico e indigeno.

Articolo 18(1) —

«Ogni individuo ha diritto alla libertà di pensiero, di coscienza e di religione. Tale diritto comprende la libertà di avere o di adottare una religione o un credo di sua scelta, e la libertà… di manifestare la propria religione o il proprio credo nel culto, nell’osservanza, nelle pratiche e nell’insegnamento.»

Applicazione allo SCIPS-X:

Tutela l’integrazione del diritto canonico cattolico nella governance dello SCIPS-X.

Articolo 27 —

«Negli Stati in cui esistono minoranze etniche, religiose o linguistiche, le persone appartenenti a tali minoranze non devono essere private del diritto… di godere della propria cultura, di professare e praticare la propria religione o di usare la propria lingua.»

Applicazione allo SCIPS-X:

Garantisce esplicitamente la sopravvivenza e l’autonomia dell’identità cattolica indigena di Xaragua.

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TITOLO V — PATTO INTERNAZIONALE SUI DIRITTI ECONOMICI, SOCIALI E CULTURALI (1966)

Articolo 13(4) —

«Gli Stati parti… si impegnano a rispettare la libertà dei genitori… di assicurare l’educazione religiosa e morale dei propri figli in conformità con le proprie convinzioni.»

Applicazione allo SCIPS-X:

Garantisce l’autorità dello SCIPS-X sulle scuole cattoliche, i seminari e le istituzioni culturali indigene.

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TITOLO VI — CONVENZIONE DELL’UNESCO CONTRO LA DISCRIMINAZIONE NELL’EDUCAZIONE (1960)

Articolo 5(1)(b) —

«È essenziale rispettare la libertà dei genitori… di assicurare l’educazione religiosa e morale dei propri figli in conformità con le proprie convinzioni; e nessuna persona o gruppo dovrebbe essere costretto a ricevere un’istruzione contraria alle proprie convinzioni.»

Applicazione allo SCIPS-X:

Salvaguarda il diritto dello SCIPS-X di gestire un proprio sistema educativo cattolico-indigeno, inclusa l’Università di Xaragua.

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TITOLO VII — DICHIARAZIONE DELLE NAZIONI UNITE SUI DIRITTI DEI POPOLI INDIGENI (2007)

Articolo 3 —

«I popoli indigeni hanno il diritto all’autodeterminazione. In virtù di tale diritto essi determinano liberamente il loro status politico e perseguono liberamente il loro sviluppo economico, sociale e culturale.»

Articolo 4 —

«I popoli indigeni, nell’esercizio del loro diritto all’autodeterminazione, hanno il diritto all’autonomia o all’autogoverno in questioni che riguardano i loro affari interni e locali.»

Articolo 26(2) —

«I popoli indigeni hanno il diritto di possedere, utilizzare, sviluppare e controllare le terre, i territori e le risorse che possiedono in virtù della proprietà tradizionale o di altra occupazione o uso tradizionale…»

Applicazione allo SCIPS-X:

Queste disposizioni proteggono direttamente la giurisdizione territoriale di Xaragua, l’amministrazione delle terre e l’autogoverno.
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TITOLO VIII — CONVENZIONE AMERICANA SUI DIRITTI UMANI (1969)

Articolo 12(1) —

«Ogni persona ha diritto alla libertà di coscienza e di religione.»

Applicazione allo SCIPS-X:

Garantisce il diritto di mantenere una struttura statale cattolico-indigena nell’ambito del sistema giuridico interamericano.
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TITOLO IX — CONCORDATO DEL 1860 TRA LA SANTA SEDE E LA REPUBBLICA DI HAITI

Articolo 1 —

«La religione cattolica, apostolica e romana continuerà ad essere quella della Repubblica di Haiti.»

Applicazione allo SCIPS-X:

Stabilisce la base giuridica canonica per il governo cattolico dello SCIPS-X.

Articolo 13 —

«La proprietà della Chiesa è riconosciuta come sacra e inviolabile.»

Applicazione allo SCIPS-X:

Protegge le terre ecclesiastiche e indigene da confisca o interferenze.

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TITOLO X — ESECUZIONE AUTOMATICA E FORZA VINCOLANTE

Articolo 100 — Incorporazione immediata nell’ordinamento costituzionale dello SCIPS-X

100.1 Tutte le disposizioni dei trattati elencate nei Titoli II–IX sono qui incorporate in extenso nella legge suprema dello SCIPS-X, con lo stesso rango giuridico della Costituzione dello SCIPS-X e degli Atti Canonici.

100.2 Tale incorporazione è auto-esecutiva; non è richiesto alcun ulteriore atto legislativo, amministrativo o giudiziario per la loro applicazione nella giurisdizione dello SCIPS-X.

100.3 Gli obblighi e i diritti contenuti in queste disposizioni sono applicabili dalle istituzioni dello SCIPS-X, dai tribunali ecclesiastici e da qualsiasi foro internazionale competente, senza previa autorizzazione di alcuno Stato esterno.

Articolo 101 — Pacta Sunt Servanda e non derogabilità

101.1 In conformità con l’Articolo 26 della Convenzione di Vienna sul Diritto dei Trattati (1969) (pacta sunt servanda), tutte le parti dei trattati elencati — inclusa la Repubblica di Haiti — sono obbligate ad adempiere a tali obblighi in buona fede.

101.2 Nessuna legge interna, emendamento costituzionale o atto politico di un altro Stato potrà derogare a queste disposizioni nel territorio dello SCIPS-X.

101.3 Qualsiasi tentativo di sospendere o modificare unilateralmente questi diritti da parte di uno Stato terzo costituisce una violazione del diritto internazionale e sarà trattato come tale davanti alle giurisdizioni ecclesiastiche e secolari.

Articolo 102 — Esaurimento del periodo di contestazione

102.1 Haiti, avendo ratificato ciascuno dei trattati sopra elencati senza riserve incompatibili con il loro oggetto e scopo, ha esaurito ogni periodo di legittima contestazione.

102.2 Il silenzio o l’inerzia protratta per un periodo ragionevole — specialmente alla luce delle promulgazioni pubbliche dello SCIPS-X e delle notifiche internazionali — costituiscono riconoscimento tacito della sovranità canonica e indigena dello SCIPS-X.

102.3 Tale riconoscimento si estende a tutti i diritti di governance, territorio, istruzione, conservazione culturale e autorità ecclesiastica basati sui trattati.

Articolo 103 — Supremazia ecclesiastica e applicazione concordataria

103.1 In virtù del Concordato del 1860, interpretato secondo il Diritto Canonico e la giurisprudenza della Santa Sede, lo SCIPS-X ha il diritto di esercitare il governo ecclesiastico sui propri fedeli cattolici senza interferenze.

103.2 Qualsiasi violazione di questi diritti da parte di uno Stato contraente costituisce una violazione sia del diritto internazionale dei trattati che del diritto ecclesiastico sacro, soggetta a sanzioni ai sensi delle norme di jus cogens.

Articolo 104 — Clausola di perpetuità
104.1 I diritti qui riconosciuti sono perpetui, imprescrittibili e non rinunciabili.

104.2 Nessun futuro governo dello SCIPS-X, né alcuna autorità esterna, può cedere, alienare o ridurre questi diritti senza violare l’ordine costituzionale supremo dello SCIPS-X e i diritti immutabili dei popoli cattolici e indigeni di Xaragua.

Articolo 105 — Mandato di esecuzione

105.1 Lo SCIPS-X manterrà l’apparato istituzionale, legale e diplomatico necessario per far rispettare queste disposizioni a livello internazionale.

105.2 La Santa Sede, in quanto soggetto sovrano di diritto internazionale e supremo custode della Chiesa cattolica, è qui riconosciuta come autorità alleata e competente per la protezione e l’applicazione di questi diritti.

105.3 Tutte le violazioni saranno documentate e perseguite nei fori competenti, inclusi ma non limitati a:

(a) La Segnatura Apostolica;

(b) La Corte Interamericana dei Diritti Umani;

(c) Qualsiasi organo arbitrale competente ai sensi del diritto internazionale.

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ALLEGATO I — TESTO INTEGRALE DEL CONCORDATO DEL 1860 CON APPLICAZIONE CONCRETA NELLO SCIPS-X

Preambolo

Il presente Allegato integra, senza modifiche, le disposizioni vincolanti del Concordato del 1860 tra la Santa Sede e l’ex Repubblica di Haiti, riconoscendo che, in virtù dell’Atto Supremo di Assunzione Canonica emanato dallo SCIPS-X, tutti i diritti, obblighi, privilegi e immunità ivi stabiliti sono trasferiti integralmente alla Chiesa cattolica e all’Autorità Ecclesiastica Indigena operanti nella giurisdizione dello SCIPS-X.

Tale trasferimento è reso effettivo dal principio canonico di cessio juris nei casi di fallimento statale, dal diritto indigeno all’autogoverno ai sensi degli Articoli 3–5 della Dichiarazione delle Nazioni Unite sui Diritti dei Popoli Indigeni (2007) e dalla dottrina della sostituzione giurisdizionale ecclesiastica riconosciuta dal diritto canonico (canoni 113–123 CIC).

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Articolo I del Concordato

«La religione cattolica continuerà ad essere la religione dello Stato; il suo culto sarà pubblico e liberamente esercitato in conformità con la disciplina della Chiesa.»

Applicazione concreta nello SCIPS-X:

All’interno della giurisdizione dello SCIPS-X, la religione cattolica non è soltanto riconosciuta, ma dichiarata identità costituzionale e fondativa dello Stato.

Il culto pubblico, la liturgia e la vita sacramentale devono svolgersi senza alcuna restrizione da parte dell’Unità Amministrativa Residuale (RAU) o di qualsiasi altro potere secolare.
Tutti i simboli statali, le istituzioni e le leggi nello SCIPS-X devono conformarsi alla dottrina morale cattolica e alla disciplina interpretata dalle autorità ecclesiastiche competenti in comunione con la Santa Sede.

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Articolo II del Concordato

«La Santa Sede avrà il diritto di esercitare liberamente la propria giurisdizione spirituale e non sarà posto alcun impedimento alle sue comunicazioni con il clero e i fedeli.»

Applicazione concreta nello SCIPS-X:

L’autorità spirituale e amministrativa della Santa Sede sullo SCIPS-X è riconosciuta come suprema, diretta e immediata.

Tutte le comunicazioni della Santa Sede verso diocesi, parrocchie, scuole o fedeli dello SCIPS-X sono inviolabili, immuni da intercettazioni, censure o ritardi.

Lo SCIPS-X penalizzerà penalmente qualsiasi atto di interferenza, sia esso commesso da agenti della RAU, di Stati esteri o da privati, trattandolo come violazione del diritto internazionale e canonico.

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Articolo III del Concordato

«Il Papa nominerà i vescovi delle diocesi e il governo provvederà al loro sostentamento temporale.»

Applicazione concreta nello SCIPS-X:

Il diritto di nomina episcopale spetta esclusivamente alla Santa Sede, senza necessità di consultazione o approvazione della RAU o di altri organi secolari.

Lo SCIPS-X provvederà al sostegno temporale e al mantenimento dei vescovi nella propria giurisdizione mediante dotazione fiscale diretta, garantita dal Tesoro dello SCIPS-X e sottratta a qualsiasi controllo di bilancio della RAU.

L’obbligo fiscale precedentemente vincolante per la RAU in virtù di questo articolo è trasferito integralmente allo SCIPS-X.
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Articolo IV del Concordato

«Il clero godrà di tutti i diritti, privilegi e immunità accordati agli ecclesiastici dal diritto canonico e dalla consuetudine internazionale.»

Applicazione concreta nello SCIPS-X:

Tutto il clero cattolico nello SCIPS-X sarà immune da arresto, processo o interferenza secolare per qualsiasi atto compiuto nell’esercizio del proprio ministero sacro.

Gli atti giudiziari ecclesiastici, incluse le sentenze di nullità matrimoniale, le sanzioni penali e le decisioni dottrinali, avranno effetto civile diretto nello SCIPS-X senza necessità di riconoscimento da parte dei tribunali civili.

Qualsiasi tentativo della RAU o di uno Stato estero di sottoporre il clero a giurisdizione secolare sarà considerato atto di aggressione internazionale contro lo SCIPS-X.

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Articolo V del Concordato

«I beni ecclesiastici saranno rispettati e non saranno soggetti a tassazione o confisca.»

Applicazione concreta nello SCIPS-X:

Tutti i terreni, edifici, redditi e beni mobili appartenenti alla Chiesa cattolica o alle istituzioni ecclesiastiche indigene nello SCIPS-X sono inviolabili.

Essi sono immuni da qualsiasi forma di tassazione diretta o indiretta, sequestro, requisizione o espropriazione.

La violazione di tale immunità comporta immediata sanzione canonica e ricorso legale internazionale, incluso il possibile appello alla Corte Internazionale di Giustizia e alla Segnatura Apostolica.

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Articolo VI del Concordato

«La Chiesa sarà libera di istituire e mantenere seminari e altre istituzioni per l’educazione del clero e dei fedeli.»

Applicazione concreta nello SCIPS-X:

Questo diritto include la piena e perpetua autonomia dell’Università di Xaragua e di tutte le istituzioni educative cattoliche nello SCIPS-X.
I programmi, le nomine del personale e le misure disciplinari sono determinati unicamente dall’autorità ecclesiastica.

Nessuna accreditazione, licenza o approvazione curricolare da parte della RAU è richiesta o valida.

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Articolo VII del Concordato

«I fedeli avranno il diritto di ricevere i sacramenti e di essere istruiti nella dottrina della Chiesa.»

Applicazione concreta nello SCIPS-X:

L’accesso ai sacramenti e all’istruzione catechetica è riconosciuto come diritto costituzionale di tutti i cittadini e residenti cattolici dello SCIPS-X.

Qualsiasi tentativo della RAU o di altri organi secolari di ostacolare l’esercizio di questo diritto sarà trattato come violazione dei diritti umani fondamentali ai sensi dell’Articolo 18 della Dichiarazione Universale dei Diritti dell’Uomo e dell’Articolo 18 del Patto Internazionale sui Diritti Civili e Politici.

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Disposizione finale

Le disposizioni sopra riportate, essendo state assunte e incorporate nel quadro costituzionale dello SCIPS-X mediante l’Atto Supremo di Assunzione Canonica e di Sostituzione Giurisdizionale Ecclesiastica (2025), sono vincolanti in perpetuo nel territorio dello SCIPS-X e per la sua popolazione cattolica e indigena.

La loro applicazione è automatica (ipso jure) e non richiede alcun ulteriore atto legislativo, riconoscimento o ratifica da parte della RAU o di qualsiasi potere esterno.
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Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau

Prelato-Fondatore & Rettore-Presidente

Stato Cattolico Indigeno Privato Sovrano di Xaragua (SCIPS-X)

RectorX@xaraguastate.com

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SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY
SUPREME LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENT (SLI)

ON THE DIRECT, AUTOMATIC, AND NON-DEROGABLE ENFORCEABILITY OF INTERNATIONAL TREATY ARTICLES RECOGNIZING THE CANONICAL AND INDIGENOUS STATEHOOD OF SCIPS-X

Date of Promulgation: August 9, 2025

Legal Classification:

– Supreme Canonico-Indigenous Legislative Decree

– Treaty Incorporation and Immediate Execution Act

– Ecclesiastical and Indigenous Sovereignty Enforcement Statute

– Jus Cogens-Level Constitutional Implementation
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TITLE I — PREAMBLE

Article 1 — Constitutional Nature and Legal Force

1.1 This Legislative Instrument is enacted under the Supreme Constitutional Authority of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X), exercising full canonical, indigenous, and public international legal personality, in accordance with:

(a) The 1860 Concordat between the Holy See and the Republic of Haiti;

(b) International treaties ratified by the Republic of Haiti and binding under pacta sunt servanda;

(c) Customary international law and jus cogens norms.

1.2 All treaty articles herein are hereby incorporated in extenso and made directly enforceable within SCIPS-X territory without further legislative act.

1.3 No derogation, suspension, or reservation contrary to these provisions shall have any legal effect within the jurisdiction of SCIPS-X.
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TITLE II — CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS (1945)

Article 2(1) —

“The Organization is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members.”

Application to SCIPS-X:

By ratification, Haiti has bound itself to recognize sovereign equality as a binding norm. As SCIPS-X exercises canonical and indigenous sovereignty acknowledged under international law, this principle prohibits any discrimination or denial of status vis-à-vis other sovereign entities.

Article 55(c) —

“Universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion.”

Application to SCIPS-X:

This affirms SCIPS-X’s right to operate as a Catholic and indigenous state without interference, guaranteeing equal respect under the UN framework.
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TITLE III — UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (1948)

Article 18 —

“Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.”

Application to SCIPS-X:

Directly affirms SCIPS-X’s jurisdiction to maintain Catholic canonical governance and indigenous traditions.

Article 20(1) —

“Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.”

Application to SCIPS-X:

Protects the institutional autonomy of SCIPS-X political and ecclesiastical assemblies.

Article 27(1) —

“Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.”

Application to SCIPS-X:

Protects Xaragua’s right to promote its indigenous culture, education, and university system.
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TITLE IV — INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS (1966)

Article 1(1) —

“All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.”

Application to SCIPS-X:

Establishes the jus cogens foundation of Xaragua’s political independence as a Catholic and indigenous state.

Article 18(1) —

“Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right shall include freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice, and freedom… to manifest his religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching.”

Application to SCIPS-X:

Protects the integration of Catholic canon law into SCIPS-X governance.

Article 27 —

“In those States in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities exist, persons belonging to such minorities shall not be denied the right… to enjoy their own culture, to profess and practise their own religion, or to use their own language.”

Application to SCIPS-X:
Explicitly guarantees the survival and autonomy of Xaragua’s indigenous Catholic identity.
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TITLE V — INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS (1966)

Article 13(4) —

“The States Parties… undertake to have respect for the liberty of parents… to ensure the religious and moral education of their children in conformity with their own convictions.”

Application to SCIPS-X:

Ensures SCIPS-X authority over Catholic schools, seminaries, and indigenous cultural institutions.
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TITLE VI — UNESCO CONVENTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN EDUCATION (1960)

Article 5(1)(b) —

“It is essential to respect the liberty of parents… to ensure the religious and moral education of their children in conformity with their own convictions; and no person or group should be compelled to receive instruction contrary to his convictions.”

Application to SCIPS-X:

Secures the right of SCIPS-X to operate its own Catholic-indigenous educational system, including Xaragua University.
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TITLE VII — UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (2007)

Article 3 —

“Indigenous peoples have the right to self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.”

Article 4 —

“Indigenous peoples, in exercising their right to self-determination, have the right to autonomy or self-government in matters relating to their internal and local affairs.”

Article 26(2) —

“Indigenous peoples have the right to own, use, develop and control the lands, territories and resources that they possess by reason of traditional ownership or other traditional occupation or use…”

Application to SCIPS-X:

These provisions directly protect Xaragua’s territorial jurisdiction, land administration, and self-governance.
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TITLE VIII — AMERICAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS (1969)

Article 12(1) — “Everyone has the right to freedom of conscience and of religion.”

Application to SCIPS-X:

Guarantees the right to maintain a Catholic-indigenous state structure within the Inter-American legal system.
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TITLE IX — 1860 CONCORDAT BETWEEN THE HOLY SEE AND THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI

Article 1 —

“The Catholic, Apostolic and Roman religion shall continue to be that of the Republic of Haiti.”

Application to SCIPS-X:

Establishes the canonical legal basis for SCIPS-X’s Catholic governance.

Article 13 —

“The property of the Church is recognized as sacred and inviolable.”

Application to SCIPS-X:

Protects ecclesiastical and indigenous domain lands from seizure or interference.

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TITLE X — AUTOMATIC EXECUTION AND BINDING FORCE

Article 100 — Immediate Incorporation into SCIPS-X Constitutional Order

100.1 All treaty provisions enumerated in Titles II to IX are hereby incorporated in extenso into the supreme law of SCIPS-X, possessing the same legal rank as the SCIPS-X Constitution and Canonical Acts.

100.2 Such incorporation is self-executing; no further legislative, administrative, or judicial measure is required for their application within SCIPS-X jurisdiction.

100.3 The obligations and rights contained in these provisions are enforceable by SCIPS-X institutions, ecclesiastical tribunals, and any competent international forum without prior authorization from any external state.

Article 101 — Pacta Sunt Servanda and Non-Derogability

101.1 In accordance with Article 26 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969) (pacta sunt servanda), all parties to the listed treaties — including the Republic of Haiti — are bound to perform these obligations in good faith.

101.2 No domestic law, constitutional amendment, or political act of any other state shall derogate from these provisions within SCIPS-X territory.

101.3 Any attempt to unilaterally suspend or modify these rights by a third state constitutes a breach of international law and will be treated as such before ecclesiastical and secular jurisdictions.

Article 102 — Exhaustion of Contestation Period

102.1 Haiti, having ratified each of the above-listed treaties without reservation incompatible with their object and purpose, has exhausted any period for lawful contestation.

102.2 Silence or failure to act over a reasonable period — especially in light of SCIPS-X’s public promulgations and international notifications — constitutes tacit recognition of SCIPS-X’s canonical and indigenous sovereignty.

102.3 This recognition extends to all treaty-based rights of governance, territory, education, cultural preservation, and ecclesiastical authority.

Article 103 — Ecclesiastical Supremacy and Concordatarian Enforcement

103.1 Under the 1860 Concordat, as interpreted in accordance with Canon Law and the jurisprudence of the Apostolic See, SCIPS-X is entitled to exercise ecclesiastical governance over its Catholic faithful without interference.

103.2 Any violation of these rights by a state party constitutes a breach of both international treaty law and sacred ecclesiastical law, subject to sanctions under jus cogens norms.

Article 104 — Perpetuity Clause
104.1 The rights recognized herein are perpetual, imprescriptible, and non-renounceable.

104.2 No future government of SCIPS-X, nor any external authority, may surrender, alienate, or diminish these rights without violating the supreme constitutional order of SCIPS-X and the immutable rights of the Catholic and indigenous peoples of Xaragua.

Article 105 — Enforcement Mandate
105.1 SCIPS-X shall maintain the institutional, legal, and diplomatic apparatus necessary to enforce these provisions internationally.

105.2 The Holy See, as a sovereign subject of international law and the supreme guardian of the Catholic Church, is hereby recognized as an allied and competent authority for the protection and enforcement of these rights.

105.3 All breaches shall be documented and prosecuted in competent forums, including but not limited to:

(a) The Apostolic Signatura;

(b) The Inter-American Court of Human Rights;

(c) Any competent arbitration body under international law.
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ANNEX I — FULL CONCORDAT OF 1860 WITH CONCRETE APPLICATION IN THE SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

Preamble

This Annex integrates, without modification, the binding provisions of the 1860 Concordat between the Holy See and the former Republic of Haiti, recognizing that by virtue of the Supreme Canonical Assumption Act enacted by SCIPS-X, all rights, obligations, privileges, and immunities stipulated therein are transferred in their entirety to the Catholic Church and Indigenous Ecclesiastical Authority operating within the jurisdiction of SCIPS-X.

This transfer is made effective by the canonical principle of cessio juris in cases of state failure, the indigenous right to self-government under Articles 3–5 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007), and the doctrine of ecclesiastical jurisdictional substitution recognized under canon law (canons 113–123 CIC).

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Article I of the Concordat

"The Catholic religion shall continue to be the religion of the State; its worship shall be public and freely exercised in conformity with the discipline of the Church."

Concrete Application in SCIPS-X:

Within the jurisdiction of SCIPS-X, the Catholic religion is not merely recognized but declared the constitutional and foundational identity of the State.

Public worship, liturgy, and sacramental life are to be conducted without any restriction by the RAU or any other secular power.

All state symbols, institutions, and laws within SCIPS-X must conform to Catholic moral doctrine and discipline as interpreted by the competent ecclesiastical authorities in communion with the Holy See.
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Article II of the Concordat

"The Holy See shall have the right to freely exercise its spiritual jurisdiction, and no impediment shall be placed in the way of its communications with the clergy and faithful."

Concrete Application in SCIPS-X:

The Holy See’s spiritual and administrative authority over SCIPS-X is recognized as supreme, direct, and immediate.

All communications from the Holy See to the dioceses, parishes, schools, or faithful of SCIPS-X are inviolable, immune from interception, censorship, or delay.

SCIPS-X shall criminalize any act of interference, whether committed by agents of the RAU, foreign states, or private persons, treating such interference as a breach of international and canonical law.
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Article III of the Concordat

"The Pope shall appoint bishops to the dioceses, and the government shall provide for their temporal support."

Concrete Application in SCIPS-X:

The right of episcopal appointment belongs exclusively to the Holy See, without need for any consultation or approval by the RAU or other secular bodies.

SCIPS-X shall provide the temporal support and maintenance for bishops within its jurisdiction by direct fiscal endowment, secured by the SCIPS-X Treasury and insulated from any RAU budgetary control.

The fiscal obligation formerly binding the RAU under this article is transferred to SCIPS-X in full.
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Article IV of the Concordat

"The clergy shall enjoy all the rights, privileges, and immunities accorded to ecclesiastics by canon law and international custom."

Concrete Application in SCIPS-X:

All Catholic clergy within SCIPS-X shall be immune from secular arrest, trial, or interference for any act performed in the exercise of their sacred ministry.

Ecclesiastical judicial acts, including marriage nullity decrees, penal sanctions, and doctrinal rulings, shall have direct civil effect within SCIPS-X without the need for civil court recognition.

Any RAU or foreign attempt to subject clergy to secular jurisdiction shall be considered an act of international aggression against SCIPS-X.

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Article V of the Concordat

"Ecclesiastical property shall be respected, and shall not be subject to taxation or seizure."

Concrete Application in SCIPS-X:

All lands, buildings, revenues, and movable property belonging to the Catholic Church or Indigenous ecclesiastical institutions within SCIPS-X are inviolable.

They shall be immune from any form of direct or indirect taxation, seizure, requisition, or expropriation.

Violation of this immunity triggers immediate canonical sanction and international legal recourse, including potential appeal to the International Court of Justice and the Apostolic Signatura.

(RAU - Residual administrative unit - The former republic of haiti)

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Article VI of the Concordat

"The Church shall be free to establish and maintain seminaries and other institutions for the education of the clergy and faithful."

Concrete Application in SCIPS-X:

This right includes the full and perpetual autonomy of the University of Xaragua and all Catholic educational institutions in SCIPS-X.

Curricula, faculty appointments, and disciplinary measures are determined solely by ecclesiastical authority. No secular accreditation, licensing, or curricular approval from the RAU is required or valid.
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Article VII of the Concordat

"The faithful shall have the right to receive the sacraments and to be instructed in the doctrine of the Church."

Concrete Application in SCIPS-X:

Access to the sacraments and catechetical instruction is recognized as a constitutional right of all Catholic citizens and residents of SCIPS-X.

Any attempt by the RAU or other secular bodies to obstruct the exercise of this right will be treated as a violation of fundamental human rights under Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
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Final Provision

The above provisions, having been assumed and incorporated into the constitutional framework of SCIPS-X by the Supreme Canonical Assumption and Ecclesiastical Jurisdictional Substitution Act (2025), are binding in perpetuity within SCIPS-X territory and over its Catholic and Indigenous population.

Their enforcement is automatic (ipso jure) and does not require any further legislative act, recognition, or ratification by the RAU or any external power.
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Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau

Prelate-Founder & Rector-President
Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State Of Xaragua (SCIPS-X)

SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA ®

www.xaraguauniversity.com
www.xaraguastate.com
www.lpddvshop.com

SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY
SUPREME LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENT (SLI)

ON THE DIRECT, AUTOMATIC, AND NON-DEROGABLE ENFORCEABILITY OF INTERNATIONAL TREATY ARTICLES RECOGNIZING THE CANONICAL AND INDIGENOUS STATEHOOD OF SCIPS-X

Date of Promulgation: August 9, 2025

Legal Classification:

– Supreme Canonico-Indigenous Legislative Decree

– Treaty Incorporation and Immediate Execution Act

– Ecclesiastical and Indigenous Sovereignty Enforcement Statute

– Jus Cogens-Level Constitutional Implementation
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TITLE I — PREAMBLE

Article 1 — Constitutional Nature and Legal Force

1.1 This Legislative Instrument is enacted under the Supreme Constitutional Authority of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X), exercising full canonical, indigenous, and public international legal personality, in accordance with:

(a) The 1860 Concordat between the Holy See and the Republic of Haiti;

(b) International treaties ratified by the Republic of Haiti and binding under pacta sunt servanda;

(c) Customary international law and jus cogens norms.

1.2 All treaty articles herein are hereby incorporated in extenso and made directly enforceable within SCIPS-X territory without further legislative act.

1.3 No derogation, suspension, or reservation contrary to these provisions shall have any legal effect within the jurisdiction of SCIPS-X.
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TITLE II — CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS (1945)

Article 2(1) —

“The Organization is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members.”

Application to SCIPS-X:

By ratification, Haiti has bound itself to recognize sovereign equality as a binding norm. As SCIPS-X exercises canonical and indigenous sovereignty acknowledged under international law, this principle prohibits any discrimination or denial of status vis-à-vis other sovereign entities.

Article 55(c) —

“Universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion.”

Application to SCIPS-X:

This affirms SCIPS-X’s right to operate as a Catholic and indigenous state without interference, guaranteeing equal respect under the UN framework.
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TITLE III — UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (1948)

Article 18 —

“Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.”

Application to SCIPS-X:

Directly affirms SCIPS-X’s jurisdiction to maintain Catholic canonical governance and indigenous traditions.

Article 20(1) —

“Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.”

Application to SCIPS-X:

Protects the institutional autonomy of SCIPS-X political and ecclesiastical assemblies.

Article 27(1) —

“Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.”

Application to SCIPS-X:

Protects Xaragua’s right to promote its indigenous culture, education, and university system.
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TITLE IV — INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS (1966)

Article 1(1) —

“All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.”

Application to SCIPS-X:

Establishes the jus cogens foundation of Xaragua’s political independence as a Catholic and indigenous state.

Article 18(1) —

“Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right shall include freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice, and freedom… to manifest his religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching.”

Application to SCIPS-X:

Protects the integration of Catholic canon law into SCIPS-X governance.

Article 27 —

“In those States in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities exist, persons belonging to such minorities shall not be denied the right… to enjoy their own culture, to profess and practise their own religion, or to use their own language.”

Application to SCIPS-X:
Explicitly guarantees the survival and autonomy of Xaragua’s indigenous Catholic identity.
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TITLE V — INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS (1966)

Article 13(4) —

“The States Parties… undertake to have respect for the liberty of parents… to ensure the religious and moral education of their children in conformity with their own convictions.”

Application to SCIPS-X:

Ensures SCIPS-X authority over Catholic schools, seminaries, and indigenous cultural institutions.
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TITLE VI — UNESCO CONVENTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN EDUCATION (1960)

Article 5(1)(b) —

“It is essential to respect the liberty of parents… to ensure the religious and moral education of their children in conformity with their own convictions; and no person or group should be compelled to receive instruction contrary to his convictions.”

Application to SCIPS-X:

Secures the right of SCIPS-X to operate its own Catholic-indigenous educational system, including Xaragua University.
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TITLE VII — UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (2007)

Article 3 —

“Indigenous peoples have the right to self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.”

Article 4 —

“Indigenous peoples, in exercising their right to self-determination, have the right to autonomy or self-government in matters relating to their internal and local affairs.”

Article 26(2) —

“Indigenous peoples have the right to own, use, develop and control the lands, territories and resources that they possess by reason of traditional ownership or other traditional occupation or use…”

Application to SCIPS-X:

These provisions directly protect Xaragua’s territorial jurisdiction, land administration, and self-governance.
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TITLE VIII — AMERICAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS (1969)

Article 12(1) — “Everyone has the right to freedom of conscience and of religion.”

Application to SCIPS-X:

Guarantees the right to maintain a Catholic-indigenous state structure within the Inter-American legal system.
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TITLE IX — 1860 CONCORDAT BETWEEN THE HOLY SEE AND THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI

Article 1 —

“The Catholic, Apostolic and Roman religion shall continue to be that of the Republic of Haiti.”

Application to SCIPS-X:

Establishes the canonical legal basis for SCIPS-X’s Catholic governance.

Article 13 —

“The property of the Church is recognized as sacred and inviolable.”

Application to SCIPS-X:

Protects ecclesiastical and indigenous domain lands from seizure or interference.

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TITLE X — AUTOMATIC EXECUTION AND BINDING FORCE

Article 100 — Immediate Incorporation into SCIPS-X Constitutional Order

100.1 All treaty provisions enumerated in Titles II to IX are hereby incorporated in extenso into the supreme law of SCIPS-X, possessing the same legal rank as the SCIPS-X Constitution and Canonical Acts.

100.2 Such incorporation is self-executing; no further legislative, administrative, or judicial measure is required for their application within SCIPS-X jurisdiction.

100.3 The obligations and rights contained in these provisions are enforceable by SCIPS-X institutions, ecclesiastical tribunals, and any competent international forum without prior authorization from any external state.

Article 101 — Pacta Sunt Servanda and Non-Derogability

101.1 In accordance with Article 26 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969) (pacta sunt servanda), all parties to the listed treaties — including the Republic of Haiti — are bound to perform these obligations in good faith.

101.2 No domestic law, constitutional amendment, or political act of any other state shall derogate from these provisions within SCIPS-X territory.

101.3 Any attempt to unilaterally suspend or modify these rights by a third state constitutes a breach of international law and will be treated as such before ecclesiastical and secular jurisdictions.

Article 102 — Exhaustion of Contestation Period

102.1 Haiti, having ratified each of the above-listed treaties without reservation incompatible with their object and purpose, has exhausted any period for lawful contestation.

102.2 Silence or failure to act over a reasonable period — especially in light of SCIPS-X’s public promulgations and international notifications — constitutes tacit recognition of SCIPS-X’s canonical and indigenous sovereignty.

102.3 This recognition extends to all treaty-based rights of governance, territory, education, cultural preservation, and ecclesiastical authority.

Article 103 — Ecclesiastical Supremacy and Concordatarian Enforcement

103.1 Under the 1860 Concordat, as interpreted in accordance with Canon Law and the jurisprudence of the Apostolic See, SCIPS-X is entitled to exercise ecclesiastical governance over its Catholic faithful without interference.

103.2 Any violation of these rights by a state party constitutes a breach of both international treaty law and sacred ecclesiastical law, subject to sanctions under jus cogens norms.

Article 104 — Perpetuity Clause
104.1 The rights recognized herein are perpetual, imprescriptible, and non-renounceable.

104.2 No future government of SCIPS-X, nor any external authority, may surrender, alienate, or diminish these rights without violating the supreme constitutional order of SCIPS-X and the immutable rights of the Catholic and indigenous peoples of Xaragua.

Article 105 — Enforcement Mandate
105.1 SCIPS-X shall maintain the institutional, legal, and diplomatic apparatus necessary to enforce these provisions internationally.

105.2 The Holy See, as a sovereign subject of international law and the supreme guardian of the Catholic Church, is hereby recognized as an allied and competent authority for the protection and enforcement of these rights.

105.3 All breaches shall be documented and prosecuted in competent forums, including but not limited to:

(a) The Apostolic Signatura;

(b) The Inter-American Court of Human Rights;

(c) Any competent arbitration body under international law.
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ANNEX I — FULL CONCORDAT OF 1860 WITH CONCRETE APPLICATION IN THE SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

Preamble

This Annex integrates, without modification, the binding provisions of the 1860 Concordat between the Holy See and the former Republic of Haiti, recognizing that by virtue of the Supreme Canonical Assumption Act enacted by SCIPS-X, all rights, obligations, privileges, and immunities stipulated therein are transferred in their entirety to the Catholic Church and Indigenous Ecclesiastical Authority operating within the jurisdiction of SCIPS-X.

This transfer is made effective by the canonical principle of cessio juris in cases of state failure, the indigenous right to self-government under Articles 3–5 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007), and the doctrine of ecclesiastical jurisdictional substitution recognized under canon law (canons 113–123 CIC).

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Article I of the Concordat

"The Catholic religion shall continue to be the religion of the State; its worship shall be public and freely exercised in conformity with the discipline of the Church."

Concrete Application in SCIPS-X:

Within the jurisdiction of SCIPS-X, the Catholic religion is not merely recognized but declared the constitutional and foundational identity of the State.

Public worship, liturgy, and sacramental life are to be conducted without any restriction by the RAU or any other secular power.

All state symbols, institutions, and laws within SCIPS-X must conform to Catholic moral doctrine and discipline as interpreted by the competent ecclesiastical authorities in communion with the Holy See.
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Article II of the Concordat

"The Holy See shall have the right to freely exercise its spiritual jurisdiction, and no impediment shall be placed in the way of its communications with the clergy and faithful."

Concrete Application in SCIPS-X:

The Holy See’s spiritual and administrative authority over SCIPS-X is recognized as supreme, direct, and immediate.

All communications from the Holy See to the dioceses, parishes, schools, or faithful of SCIPS-X are inviolable, immune from interception, censorship, or delay.

SCIPS-X shall criminalize any act of interference, whether committed by agents of the RAU, foreign states, or private persons, treating such interference as a breach of international and canonical law.
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Article III of the Concordat

"The Pope shall appoint bishops to the dioceses, and the government shall provide for their temporal support."

Concrete Application in SCIPS-X:

The right of episcopal appointment belongs exclusively to the Holy See, without need for any consultation or approval by the RAU or other secular bodies.

SCIPS-X shall provide the temporal support and maintenance for bishops within its jurisdiction by direct fiscal endowment, secured by the SCIPS-X Treasury and insulated from any RAU budgetary control.

The fiscal obligation formerly binding the RAU under this article is transferred to SCIPS-X in full.
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Article IV of the Concordat

"The clergy shall enjoy all the rights, privileges, and immunities accorded to ecclesiastics by canon law and international custom."

Concrete Application in SCIPS-X:

All Catholic clergy within SCIPS-X shall be immune from secular arrest, trial, or interference for any act performed in the exercise of their sacred ministry.

Ecclesiastical judicial acts, including marriage nullity decrees, penal sanctions, and doctrinal rulings, shall have direct civil effect within SCIPS-X without the need for civil court recognition.

Any RAU or foreign attempt to subject clergy to secular jurisdiction shall be considered an act of international aggression against SCIPS-X.

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Article V of the Concordat

"Ecclesiastical property shall be respected, and shall not be subject to taxation or seizure."

Concrete Application in SCIPS-X:

All lands, buildings, revenues, and movable property belonging to the Catholic Church or Indigenous ecclesiastical institutions within SCIPS-X are inviolable.

They shall be immune from any form of direct or indirect taxation, seizure, requisition, or expropriation.

Violation of this immunity triggers immediate canonical sanction and international legal recourse, including potential appeal to the International Court of Justice and the Apostolic Signatura.

(RAU - Residual administrative unit - The former republic of haiti)

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Article VI of the Concordat

"The Church shall be free to establish and maintain seminaries and other institutions for the education of the clergy and faithful."

Concrete Application in SCIPS-X:

This right includes the full and perpetual autonomy of the University of Xaragua and all Catholic educational institutions in SCIPS-X.

Curricula, faculty appointments, and disciplinary measures are determined solely by ecclesiastical authority. No secular accreditation, licensing, or curricular approval from the RAU is required or valid.
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Article VII of the Concordat

"The faithful shall have the right to receive the sacraments and to be instructed in the doctrine of the Church."

Concrete Application in SCIPS-X:

Access to the sacraments and catechetical instruction is recognized as a constitutional right of all Catholic citizens and residents of SCIPS-X.

Any attempt by the RAU or other secular bodies to obstruct the exercise of this right will be treated as a violation of fundamental human rights under Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
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Final Provision

The above provisions, having been assumed and incorporated into the constitutional framework of SCIPS-X by the Supreme Canonical Assumption and Ecclesiastical Jurisdictional Substitution Act (2025), are binding in perpetuity within SCIPS-X territory and over its Catholic and Indigenous population.

Their enforcement is automatic (ipso jure) and does not require any further legislative act, recognition, or ratification by the RAU or any external power.
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Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau

Prelate-Founder & Rector-President
Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State Of Xaragua (SCIPS-X)

SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA ®

www.xaraguauniversity.com
www.xaraguastate.com
www.lpddvshop.com

SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA ®

www.xaraguauniversity.com
www.xaraguastate.com
www.lpddvshop.com

SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY
SUPREME LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENT (SLI)

SECONDE ANNEXE – STATUT TRIPLE-PROTÉGÉ DES TERRES SACRÉES DU XARAGUA ET LEUR SOUMISSION AU DROIT COUTUMIER INTERNATIONAL

Date de promulgation : 10 août 2025

Classement juridique :

– Décret constitutionnel canonico-indigène sur la nature foncière du Xaragua

– Acte de reconnaissance du triple statut foncier : ecclésiastique, privé et indigène

– Instrument de consolidation coutumière internationale à effet erga omnes
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TITRE I – PRÉAMBULE

1.1 Les terres sacrées du Xaragua constituent un patrimoine unique, cumulant trois statuts juridiques distincts mais convergents :

(a) Biens ecclésiastiques relevant exclusivement du droit canonique et de la juridiction de l’Église catholique universelle.

(b) Propriétés privées inaliénables appartenant aux lignages propriétaires reconnus et enregistrés.

(c) Territoires indigènes relevant de la continuité historique et génétique des peuples originels du Xaragua.

1.2 Ce triple statut place ces terres sous le régime protecteur du droit coutumier international, conférant une immunité totale contre toute expropriation ou ingérence étatique profane.
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TITRE II – FONDEMENTS JURIDIQUES

CHAPITRE 1 – Droit canonique (Biens ecclésiastiques)

Canon 1254 §1 du Code de Droit Canonique : droit inné de l’Église à posséder et administrer des biens temporels.

Canon 1291-1292 : aliénation des biens ecclésiastiques d’une grande valeur requiert l’autorisation du Saint-Siège.

Concordat de 1860 : Art. I – Reconnaissance de la religion catholique comme religion de l’État et garantie de l’exercice public du culte.

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CHAPITRE 2 – Droit civil et foncier (Propriétés privées)

Constitution haïtienne 1987, Art. 36 et 36-1 – Reconnaissance et garantie de la propriété privée.

Code civil haïtien, Art. 491-492 – Droit absolu de jouissance et de disposition.

(Application SCIPS-X : Les terres sacrées sont des biens privés inaliénables dont la jouissance est exclusivement réservée aux ayants droit reconnus.)

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CHAPITRE 3 – Droit international (Territoires indigènes)

Convention n°169 de l’OIT, Art. 13 à 19 – Protection des terres traditionnelles des peuples indigènes.

UNDRIP (Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones) :

Art. 25 : droit de maintenir une relation spirituelle avec les terres.

Art. 26 : droit de propriété et de possession.

Art. 27 : obligation pour les États de reconnaître et protéger ces droits.
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CHAPITRE 4 – Droit coutumier international

4.1 Les principes coutumiers reconnus par la Cour internationale de Justice (affaire du Temple de Préah Vihéar, 1962 ; avis consultatif sur le Sahara occidental, 1975) établissent que :

(a) L’usage continu, pacifique et reconnu d’un territoire par un peuple confère des droits imprescriptibles.

(b) Les liens spirituels, culturels et historiques renforcent la validité des droits territoriaux.

4.2 Application SCIPS-X :

Les terres du Xaragua, étant utilisées, possédées et administrées depuis des siècles dans un cadre ecclésiastique et indigène, bénéficient d’une reconnaissance coutumière universelle opposable à tout État tiers.
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TITRE III – DISPOSITIONS SUBSTANTIELLES

Article 1 – Intangibilité

1.1 Les terres du Xaragua sont hors du commerce juridique profane et ne peuvent être aliénées, transférées ou grevées d’aucune charge sans double autorisation canonique et coutumière.

Article 2 – Immunité

2.1 Toute tentative d’expropriation, d’appropriation ou de modification de l’usage de ces terres par un organe profane est juridiquement nulle et entraîne :

(a) Sanctions canoniques immédiates.

(b) Poursuites devant les juridictions internationales compétentes.

Article 3 – Opposabilité universelle

3.1 Cette annexe est opposable erga omnes, y compris aux États non parties aux instruments conventionnels cités, par la force obligatoire du droit coutumier international.
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TITRE IV – SANCTIONS

4.1 Les atteintes aux terres sacrées du Xaragua sont constitutives :

(a) De violation du droit canonique (excommunication latae sententiae).

(b) De violation du droit international coutumier (responsabilité internationale de l’État).

(c) De violation des traités internationaux (engagement de la responsabilité conventionnelle).
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Fait à Miragoâne,
Sous l’Autorité Constitutionnelle Suprême du SCIPS-X

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Monseigneur Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau

Prélat-Fondateur & Recteur-Président

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DICHIARAZIONE DOTTRINALE DELLO SCIPS-X SULLA PRIMAZIA DELLA TERRA E DELLA CHIESA SULLE RELAZIONI COMUNITARIE

Articolo 1 — Fondamento
Lo SCIPS-X afferma che la sua legittimità, la sua autorità e la sua azione si fondano esclusivamente su:

1. La proprietà fondiaria sovrana del territorio ancestrale di Xaragua, giuridicamente e storicamente stabilita;

2. L’autorità canonica della Chiesa cattolica, in comunione con la Santa Sede, quale istituzione fondatrice e garante del suo ordine morale e spirituale.

Articolo 2 — Non-pertinenza delle strutture umane esterne
Ogni organizzazione, gruppo o individuo che non partecipi né alla difesa della terra, né al servizio della Chiesa, è considerato giuridicamente esterno e politicamente non pertinente per la missione e la governance dello SCIPS-X.

Articolo 3 — Status delle popolazioni esterne
Le popolazioni o comunità che non si riconoscono nell’autorità canonica e nella sovranità fondiaria dello SCIPS-X sono considerate, nell’ambito della presente dottrina, elementi stranieri e subordinati, privi di diritto d’ingerenza nella definizione della dottrina, delle leggi o della governance dello SCIPS-X.

Articolo 4 — Distinzione spirituale
Le persone che rifiutano la fede cattolica o la disciplina della Chiesa sono classificate come pagane in senso canonico e si trovano quindi al di fuori del corpo spirituale della Nazione di Xaragua.
Tale distinzione non comporta alcuna costrizione alla loro libertà individuale, ma stabilisce una separazione giuridica e spirituale rigorosa tra la Città di Dio e la città profana.

Articolo 5 — Applicazione e difesa
Ogni contestazione della presente dottrina o tentativo di sostituirvi concetti estranei sarà perseguito:
– dinanzi alle giurisdizioni nazionali competenti quando i fatti si producono in territorio sotto amministrazione dello SCIPS-X o dei suoi alleati;
– dinanzi alle giurisdizioni ecclesiastiche quando i fatti ledono la fede o la disciplina cattolica;
– dinanzi alle giurisdizioni internazionali quando i fatti costituiscono violazioni di diritti territoriali, indigeni o di libertà religiosa.

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STATO CATTOLICO INDIGENO PRIVATO SOVRANO DI XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

AUTORITÀ COSTITUZIONALE SUPREMA
STRUMENTO LEGISLATIVO SUPREMO (SLI)

ALLEGATO GIURIDICO SULLA SUPREMAZIA DELLA TERRA SACRA E DELLA CHIESA SU OGNI ALTRA CONSIDERAZIONE UMANA

Data di promulgazione: 10 agosto 2025

Classificazione giuridica:

– Decreto canonico-indigeno di rango costituzionale

– Atto supremo di gerarchizzazione dei valori statali

– Strumento auto-esecutivo di applicazione combinata del diritto canonico, del diritto fondiario haitiano, del Concordato del 1860 e dei trattati internazionali sui diritti dei popoli indigeni

TITOLO I – PREAMBOLO

1.1 Lo SCIPS-X afferma che l’ordine costituzionale si fonda su due pilastri immutabili:

(a) La Terra Sacra di Xaragua, ereditata dagli antenati e inalienabile.

(b) La Chiesa cattolica, unica autorità spirituale e morale riconosciuta, retta in unione con la Santa Sede.

1.2 Ogni altra considerazione, compreso il valore sociale, politico o culturale della popolazione profana o pagana, è giuridicamente subordinata a questi due pilastri.

TITOLO II – FONDAMENTI GIURIDICI

Capitolo 1 – Diritto haitiano

Costituzione della Repubblica di Haiti del 29 marzo 1987:

Art. 36: “La proprietà privata è riconosciuta e garantita.”

Art. 36-1: “Nessuno può essere privato della sua proprietà se non per causa di utilità pubblica e mediante giusta indennità.”

(Applicazione SCIPS-X: Ogni proprietà fondiaria sacra è protetta in quanto bene di utilità pubblica spirituale e dunque intangibile.)

Codice civile haitiano:

Art. 491: “La proprietà è il diritto di godere e disporre delle cose nel modo più assoluto.”

Art. 492: “Il proprietario ha diritto ai frutti e ai redditi che la cosa produce.”

(Applicazione SCIPS-X: Ogni terra sacra produce frutti spirituali ed economici la cui fruizione spetta esclusivamente alla Chiesa e ai lignaggi proprietari riconosciuti.)

Capitolo 2 – Diritto penale haitiano
Codice penale haitiano:

Art. 224 e segg.: Sanzione delle offese ai beni immobili.

Art. 323: Reprime la diffamazione o l’ingiuria pubblica contro un’istituzione legalmente riconosciuta.

(Applicazione SCIPS-X: Ogni attacco contro la dottrina fondiaria ed ecclesiastica dello Stato è perseguibile civilmente e penalmente.)

Capitolo 3 – Diritto canonico

Codice di diritto canonico (1983):

Can. 1254 §1: “La Chiesa cattolica ha il diritto innato, indipendentemente da qualsiasi autorità civile, di acquistare, possedere, amministrare e alienare beni temporali.”

Can. 1291: “Per la validità dell’alienazione dei beni ecclesiastici è necessaria l’autorizzazione dell’autorità competente.”

Can. 1292 §2: “L’alienazione di un bene ecclesiastico di grande valore richiede l’autorizzazione della Santa Sede.”

(Applicazione SCIPS-X: Le terre sacre di Xaragua sono assimilate a beni ecclesiastici di grande valore, inalienabili senza decreto apostolico.)

Capitolo 4 – Diritto internazionale

Concordato del 1860, Art. I: Riconoscimento della religione cattolica come religione dello Stato e garanzia del suo esercizio pubblico.

Convenzione OIL n. 169 sui popoli indigeni e tribali: Protezione delle terre tradizionali.

Dichiarazione ONU sui diritti dei popoli indigeni (UNDRIP):

Art. 26: “I popoli indigeni hanno diritto alle terre, ai territori e alle risorse che possiedono tradizionalmente.”

Art. 27: Obbligo di riconoscimento e di aggiudicazione legale.

(Applicazione SCIPS-X: La terra sacra di Xaragua è giuridicamente protetta contro ogni ingerenza statale o profana.)

TITOLO III – DISPOSIZIONI SOSTANZIALI

Articolo 1 – Gerarchia costituzionale

1.1 Il valore della terra sacra e della Chiesa prevale su ogni interesse umano o comunitario.

1.2 Gli abitanti non proprietari o non battezzati cattolici sono considerati giuridicamente esterni alla sovranità fondiaria.

Articolo 2 – Forza esecutiva

2.1 Ogni tentativo di subordinare l’autorità fondiaria ed ecclesiastica alla volontà della popolazione profana è nullo e privo di effetto.

2.2 Questo principio è auto-esecutivo e opponibile davanti a qualsiasi giurisdizione nazionale, canonica o internazionale.

TITOLO IV – SANZIONI

4.1 Ogni appropriazione, profanazione o alterazione della terra sacra comporta:

(a) Scomunica latae sententiae (diritto canonico)

(b) Procedimento penale per offesa alla proprietà (diritto haitiano)

(c) Procedura davanti agli organi internazionali competenti (UNESCO, OIL, Corte interamericana dei diritti umani)

TITOLO V – DISPOSIZIONE FINALE

Il presente allegato è integrato al Corpus Giuridico Canonico-Indigeno dello SCIPS-X con effetto diretto, irrevocabile e opponibile erga omnes.

Fatto a Miragoâne,
Sotto l’Autorità Costituzionale Suprema dello SCIPS-X

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STATO CATTOLICO INDIGENO PRIVATO SOVRANO DI XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

AUTORITÀ COSTITUZIONALE SUPREMA
STRUMENTO LEGISLATIVO SUPREMO (SLI)
SECONDO ALLEGATO – STATUS TRIPLO-PROTETTO DELLE TERRE SACRE DI XARAGUA E LORO SOTTOMISSIONE AL DIRITTO CONSUETUDINARIO INTERNAZIONALE

Data di promulgazione: 10 agosto 2025

Classificazione giuridica:

– Decreto costituzionale canonico-indigeno sulla natura fondiaria di Xaragua

– Atto di riconoscimento dello status triplo fondiario: ecclesiastico, privato e indigeno

– Strumento di consolidamento consuetudinario internazionale con effetto erga omnes

TITOLO I – PREAMBOLO

1.1 Le terre sacre di Xaragua costituiscono un patrimonio unico, cumulando tre status giuridici distinti ma convergenti:

(a) Beni ecclesiastici soggetti esclusivamente al diritto canonico e alla giurisdizione della Chiesa cattolica universale.

(b) Proprietà private inalienabili appartenenti ai lignaggi proprietari riconosciuti e registrati.

(c) Territori indigeni derivanti dalla continuità storica e genetica dei popoli originari di Xaragua.

1.2 Questo triplo status pone tali terre sotto il regime protettivo del diritto consuetudinario internazionale, conferendo un’immunità totale contro ogni espropriazione o ingerenza statale profana.

TITOLO II – FONDAMENTI GIURIDICI

Capitolo 1 – Diritto canonico (Beni ecclesiastici)

Can. 1254 §1 CIC: diritto innato della Chiesa di possedere e amministrare beni temporali.

Can. 1291-1292 CIC: alienazione di beni ecclesiastici di grande valore richiede l’autorizzazione della Santa Sede.

Concordato del 1860: Art. I – Riconoscimento della religione cattolica come religione dello Stato e garanzia dell’esercizio pubblico del culto.

Capitolo 2 – Diritto civile e fondiario (Proprietà private)

Costituzione haitiana 1987, Art. 36 e 36-1 – Riconoscimento e garanzia della proprietà privata.
Codice civile haitiano, Art. 491-492 – Diritto assoluto di godimento e disposizione.

(Applicazione SCIPS-X: Le terre sacre sono beni privati inalienabili il cui godimento è esclusivamente riservato agli aventi diritto riconosciuti.)

Capitolo 3 – Diritto internazionale (Territori indigeni)
Convenzione OIL n. 169, Art. 13-19 – Protezione delle terre tradizionali dei popoli indigeni.
UNDRIP:

Art. 25 – diritto di mantenere una relazione spirituale con le terre.

Art. 26 – diritto di proprietà e possesso.

Art. 27 – obbligo per gli Stati di riconoscere e proteggere tali diritti.

Capitolo 4 – Diritto consuetudinario internazionale

4.1 I principi consuetudinari riconosciuti dalla Corte internazionale di giustizia (caso del Tempio di Preah Vihear, 1962; parere consultivo sul Sahara Occidentale, 1975) stabiliscono che:

(a) L’uso continuo, pacifico e riconosciuto di un territorio da parte di un popolo conferisce diritti imprescrittibili.

(b) I legami spirituali, culturali e storici rafforzano la validità dei diritti territoriali.

4.2 Applicazione SCIPS-X:

Le terre di Xaragua, essendo utilizzate, possedute e amministrate da secoli in un quadro ecclesiastico e indigeno, beneficiano di un riconoscimento consuetudinario universale opponibile a qualsiasi Stato terzo.

TITOLO III – DISPOSIZIONI SOSTANZIALI

Articolo 1 – Intangibilità

1.1 Le terre di Xaragua sono fuori dal commercio giuridico profano e non possono essere alienate, trasferite o gravate da alcun onere senza duplice autorizzazione canonica e consuetudinaria.

Articolo 2 – Immunità

2.1 Ogni tentativo di espropriazione, appropriazione o modifica dell’uso di tali terre da parte di un organo profano è giuridicamente nullo e comporta:

(a) Sanzioni canoniche immediate.

(b) Azioni legali presso le giurisdizioni internazionali competenti.

Articolo 3 – Opponibilità universale

3.1 Il presente allegato è opponibile erga omnes, compresi gli Stati non parti agli strumenti convenzionali citati, in forza della obbligatorietà del diritto consuetudinario internazionale.

TITOLO IV – SANZIONI

4.1 Le offese alle terre sacre di Xaragua costituiscono:

(a) Violazione del diritto canonico (scomunica latae sententiae).

(b) Violazione del diritto internazionale consuetudinario (responsabilità internazionale dello Stato).

(c) Violazione dei trattati internazionali (responsabilità convenzionale).

Fatto a Miragoâne,
Sotto l’Autorità Costituzionale Suprema dello SCIPS-X

Mon. Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau
Prelato-Fondatore & Rettore-Presidente

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DOCTRINAL DECLARATION OF SCIPS-X ON THE PRIMACY OF LAND AND THE CHURCH OVER COMMUNITY RELATIONS

Article 1 — Foundation

SCIPS-X affirms that its legitimacy, authority, and action rest exclusively upon:

1. The sovereign land ownership of the ancestral territory of Xaragua, legally and historically established;

2. The canonical authority of the Catholic Church, in communion with the Holy See, as the founding institution and guarantor of its moral and spiritual order.

Article 2 — Non-relevance of External Human Structures

Any organisation, group, or individual not participating in either the defence of the land or the service of the Church is deemed legally external and politically non-relevant to the mission and governance of SCIPS-X.

Article 3 — Status of External Populations

Populations or communities that do not recognise the canonical authority and the land sovereignty of SCIPS-X are, within the framework of this doctrine, deemed foreign and subordinate elements, without any right to interfere in the definition of doctrine, laws, or governance of SCIPS-X.

Article 4 — Spiritual Distinction

Persons refusing the Catholic faith or the discipline of the Church are classified as pagan in the canonical sense and are thus outside the spiritual body of the Nation of Xaragua.

This distinction does not impose any constraint on their individual freedom but establishes a strict legal and spiritual separation between the City of God and the profane city.

Article 5 — Application and Defence

Any challenge to this doctrine or attempt to substitute it with foreign concepts shall be prosecuted:

– before the competent national jurisdictions when the acts occur on territory under SCIPS-X administration or that of its allies;

– before ecclesiastical jurisdictions when the acts infringe the Catholic faith or discipline;

– before international jurisdictions when the acts involve violations of territorial, indigenous, or religious freedom rights.
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SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY
SUPREME LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENT (SLI)
LEGAL ANNEX ON THE SUPREMACY OF THE SACRED LAND AND THE CHURCH OVER ANY OTHER HUMAN CONSIDERATION

Date of Promulgation: 10 August 2025

Legal Classification:

– Canonico-Indigenous Decree of Constitutional Rank

– Supreme Act of Hierarchisation of State Values

– Self-executing Instrument for the Combined Application of Canon Law, Haitian Land Law, the 1860 Concordat, and International Treaties on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

TITLE I – PREAMBLE

1.1 SCIPS-X affirms that the constitutional order rests on two immutable pillars:

(a) The Sacred Land of Xaragua, inherited from the ancestors and inalienable.

(b) The Catholic Church, the sole recognised spiritual and moral authority, governed in union with the Holy See.

1.2 Any other consideration, including the social, political, or cultural value of the profane or pagan population, is legally subordinate to these two pillars.

TITLE II – LEGAL FOUNDATIONS

Chapter 1 – Haitian Law

Constitution of the Republic of Haiti, 29 March 1987:
Art. 36: “Private property is recognised and guaranteed.”

Art. 36-1: “No one may be deprived of his property except for reasons of public utility and upon payment of a just indemnity.”

(SCIPS-X Application: All sacred land property is protected as a good of spiritual public utility, and therefore intangible.)

Haitian Civil Code:

Art. 491: “Property is the right to enjoy and dispose of things in the most absolute manner.”

Art. 492: “The owner has the right to the fruits and revenues that the thing produces.”

(SCIPS-X Application: All sacred land produces spiritual and economic fruits whose enjoyment belongs exclusively to the Church and the recognised proprietary lineages.)

Chapter 2 – Haitian Criminal Law

Haitian Penal Code:

Art. 224 et seq.: Penalties for offences against immovable property.

Art. 323: Punishes defamation or public insult against a legally recognised institution.

(SCIPS-X Application: Any attack against the land and ecclesiastical doctrine of the State is subject to civil and criminal prosecution.)

Chapter 3 – Canon Law

Code of Canon Law (1983):

Canon 1254 §1: “The Catholic Church has an innate right, independent of any civil authority, to acquire, retain, administer, and alienate temporal goods.”
Canon 1291: “For the valid alienation of ecclesiastical goods, the permission of the competent authority is required.”

Canon 1292 §2: “The alienation of ecclesiastical goods of great value requires the permission of the Holy See.”

(SCIPS-X Application: The sacred lands of Xaragua are assimilated to ecclesiastical goods of great value, inalienable without Apostolic Decree.)

Chapter 4 – International Law

Concordat of 1860, Art. I: Recognition of the Catholic religion as the State religion and guarantee of its public exercise.

ILO Convention No. 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples: Protection of traditional lands.
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP):

Art. 26: “Indigenous peoples have the right to the lands, territories, and resources which they have traditionally owned.”

Art. 27: Obligation of legal recognition and adjudication.

(SCIPS-X Application: The sacred land of Xaragua is legally protected against any state or profane interference.)

TITLE III – SUBSTANTIVE PROVISIONS

Article 1 – Constitutional Hierarchy

1.1 The value of the sacred land and the Church prevails over any human or community interest.

1.2 Inhabitants who are not landowners or not baptised Catholics are deemed legally external to land sovereignty.

Article 2 – Enforceability

2.1 Any attempt to subordinate land and ecclesiastical authority to the will of the profane population is null and void.

2.2 This principle is self-executing and enforceable before any national, canonical, or international jurisdiction.

TITLE IV – SANCTIONS

4.1 Any appropriation, profanation, or alteration of the sacred land entails:

(a) Latae sententiae excommunication (Canon Law)

(b) Criminal prosecution for property offence (Haitian Law)

(c) Proceedings before the competent international bodies (UNESCO, ILO, Inter-American Court of Human Rights)

TITLE V – FINAL PROVISION

This annex is integrated into the Canonico-Indigenous Legal Corpus of SCIPS-X with direct, irrevocable effect and enforceability erga omnes.

Done at Miragoâne,
Under the Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS-X

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SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY
SUPREME LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENT (SLI)
SECOND ANNEX – TRIPLE-PROTECTED STATUS OF THE SACRED LANDS OF XARAGUA AND THEIR SUBMISSION TO INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMARY LAW

Date of Promulgation: 10 August 2025

Legal Classification:

– Canonico-Indigenous Constitutional Decree on the Land Nature of Xaragua

– Act of Recognition of the Triple Land Status: Ecclesiastical, Private, and Indigenous

– International Customary Consolidation Instrument with erga omnes Effect

TITLE I – PREAMBLE

1.1 The sacred lands of Xaragua constitute a unique heritage, combining three distinct but convergent legal statuses:

(a) Ecclesiastical goods subject exclusively to Canon Law and the jurisdiction of the universal Catholic Church.

(b) Inalienable private properties belonging to recognised and registered proprietary lineages.

(c) Indigenous territories deriving from the historical and genetic continuity of the original peoples of Xaragua.

1.2 This triple status places these lands under the protective regime of international customary law, granting them total immunity from any profane state expropriation or interference.

TITLE II – LEGAL FOUNDATIONS

Chapter 1 – Canon Law (Ecclesiastical Goods)

Canon 1254 §1 CIC: Innate right of the Church to possess and administer temporal goods.

Canons 1291–1292 CIC: Alienation of ecclesiastical goods of great value requires the authorisation of the Holy See.

Concordat of 1860, Art. I – Recognition of the Catholic religion as the State religion and guarantee of the public exercise of worship.

Chapter 2 – Civil and Land Law (Private Properties)
Haitian Constitution 1987, Arts. 36 & 36-1 – Recognition and guarantee of private property.
Haitian Civil Code, Arts. 491-492 – Absolute right of enjoyment and disposal.

(SCIPS-X Application: The sacred lands are inalienable private goods whose enjoyment is exclusively reserved to recognised right-holders.)

Chapter 3 – International Law (Indigenous Territories)

ILO Convention No. 169, Arts. 13–19 – Protection of traditional lands of indigenous peoples.
UNDRIP:

Art. 25 – right to maintain a spiritual relationship with the lands.

Art. 26 – right of ownership and possession.

Art. 27 – obligation for States to recognise and protect these rights.

Chapter 4 – International Customary Law

4.1 The customary principles recognised by the International Court of Justice (Temple of Preah Vihear, 1962; Advisory Opinion on Western Sahara, 1975) establish that:

(a) Continuous, peaceful, and recognised use of a territory by a people confers imprescriptible rights.

(b) Spiritual, cultural, and historical links strengthen the validity of territorial rights.

4.2 SCIPS-X Application:

The lands of Xaragua, having been used, possessed, and administered for centuries within an ecclesiastical and indigenous framework, enjoy universal customary recognition enforceable against any third State.

TITLE III – SUBSTANTIVE PROVISIONS

Article 1 – Intangibility

1.1 The lands of Xaragua are outside the profane legal commerce and cannot be alienated, transferred, or encumbered in any way without dual canonical and customary authorisation.

Article 2 – Immunity

2.1 Any attempt at expropriation, appropriation, or modification of the use of these lands by a profane body is legally null and entails:

(a) Immediate canonical sanctions.

(b) Proceedings before the competent international jurisdictions.

Article 3 – Universal Enforceability

3.1 This annex is enforceable erga omnes, including against States not party to the cited conventional instruments, by virtue of the binding force of international customary law.

TITLE IV – SANCTIONS

4.1 Offences against the sacred lands of Xaragua constitute:

(a) Violation of Canon Law (latae sententiae excommunication).

(b) Violation of international customary law (international responsibility of the State).

(c) Violation of international treaties (engagement of conventional responsibility).

Done at Miragoâne,
Under the Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS-X

Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau
Prelate-Founder & Rector-President

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SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

Supreme Constitutional Authority

Office of the Prelate-Founder & Rector-President

OFFICIAL DIPLOMATIC COMMUNIQUÉ

ON THE STRATEGIC OPENING OF THE ECONOMIC TERRITORY OF XARAGUA TO INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS

Date: August 10, 2025

From: Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau,

Prelate-Founder & Rector-President of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X)

To: The Governments, Sovereign Wealth Funds, State-Owned Enterprises, Multinational Corporations, Development Agencies, Financial Institutions, and Recognised Economic Actors of the Dominican Republic, the United States of America, Canada, the European Union, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific.

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I. Formal Declaration

Under the full exercise of its Supreme Constitutional Authority, and in accordance with:

The Canon Law of the Catholic Church (Codex Iuris Canonici, Canons 1254, 1291, 1292);

The Concordat of 1860 and concordatarian relations binding the Holy See to concordat states;

International legal instruments including the ILO Convention No. 169 and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP);

The Canonico-Indigenous Legal Corpus of the SCIPS-X;

The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua hereby declares its economic territory open to large-scale, strategic, and long-term international investment, under the exclusive guarantees of the SCIPS-X legal and constitutional order.

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II. Guarantees of the State

The SCIPS-X, as the sole legitimate sovereign authority over its ancestral territory, guarantees to all accredited investors and partner states:

1. Absolute juridical stability:

All investments are secured under a triple legal shield — canonical, international, and proprietary — with enforceability erga omnes.

2. Full protection of property and capital:

No expropriation, confiscation, or arbitrary interference shall be tolerated; all disputes shall be subject to recognised arbitration mechanisms and ecclesiastical protection.

3. Order and security:

The SCIPS-X maintains a permanent system of territorial order, free from the instability of external administrations, ensuring uninterrupted operations and protection of economic assets.

4. Transit and access rights:

Secured and authorised cross-border corridors with the Dominican Republic (under their internal laws), and protected maritime approaches under SCIPS-X jurisdiction.

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III. Strategic Sectors Open to Partnership

The State invites governmental, institutional, and private investment in the following priority sectors:

Maritime and Port Infrastructure:

Development of ports, fisheries, and international trade hubs. - Airports - Heliports

Agriculture and Agro-Industry:

High-yield crops, agro-processing facilities, and export systems.

Tourism and Cultural Heritage:

Eco-resorts, heritage sites, and religious tourism under Catholic auspices.

Renewable Energy:

Solar, wind, and coastal power generation for domestic supply and export.

Light Manufacturing and Trade Zones:

Duty-free industrial parks and cross-border trade centres.

Education and Research:

Establishment of strategic institutes, including the University of Xaragua, as centres of excellence in political science, history, and governance.

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IV. Diplomatic and Legal Protocol

All investment agreements will be ratified by the Supreme Constitutional Authority and incorporated into the Canonico-Indigenous Legal Corpus.

Registered investors will enjoy the status of protected economic partners of the State, with direct diplomatic liaison to the Prelate-Founder’s Office.

The SCIPS-X will extend diplomatic protection to registered investors and enterprises, including representation in international forums when their rights within the State are concerned.

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V. Closing Commitment

The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua stands as a jurisdiction of absolute order, legal certainty, and moral authority, governed in full communion with the Holy See and recognised international norms.

All investments made under its auspices will benefit from uncompromising protection, fiscal predictability, and strategic access to a uniquely positioned territory at the heart of the Caribbean.

Invest in Xaragua – where sovereignty, law, and opportunity converge.

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Signed and Sealed in Miragoâne

Under the Seal of the Supreme Constitutional Authority of the SCIPS-X

Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau

Prelate-Founder & Rector-President

Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X)

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SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

Supreme Constitutional Authority

Office of the Prelate-Founder & Rector-President

ANNEX I – LEGALLY BINDING PROVISIONS ON THE STRATEGIC OPENING OF THE ECONOMIC TERRITORY

Date: August 10, 2025

Status: Integral and enforceable component of the Official Diplomatic Communiqué of August 10, 2025
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Article 1 – Binding Nature

1.1 This Annex forms an integral part of the Official Diplomatic Communiqué on the Strategic Opening of the Economic Territory of Xaragua.

1.2 This Annex constitutes an official State Act, binding upon the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X), enforceable under:

Canon Law (Codex Iuris Canonici, Canons 1254, 1291, 1292);

International Law, including the 1860 Concordat, ILO Convention No. 169, and UNDRIP;

The Canonico-Indigenous Legal Corpus of the SCIPS-X.
1.3 All provisions herein are opposable to third parties under international law.
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Article 2 – Fiscal and Regulatory Incentives

2.1 The SCIPS-X shall grant to accredited investors the following preferential measures:

(a) Exemption from import and export duties for capital goods, raw materials, and equipment intended for authorised projects;

(b) Preferential corporate tax rates for strategic sectors designated in the Communiqué;

(c) Regulatory fast-track procedures for licensing, land use, and operational permits;

(d) Legal stability clauses ensuring no adverse change in fiscal or regulatory treatment for the duration of the investment agreement.

2.2 Incentives are conditional upon compliance with SCIPS-X laws, environmental protection standards, and respect for the sacred and cultural heritage of Xaragua.
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Article 3 – Geostrategic Positioning

3.1 The SCIPS-X indigenous economic territory occupies a central and privileged location within the Caribbean Basin, situated at the crossroads of:

North–South maritime trade routes linking North America and South America;

East–West transatlantic corridors between the Americas, Europe, and Africa.

3.2 The SCIPS-X offers secure maritime approaches, protected cross-border corridors with the Dominican Republic (under Dominican law), and access to regional and global markets under Catholic concordatarian protection.

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Article 4 – Duration and Successor Rights

4.1 All guarantees and incentives provided under the Communiqué and this Annex remain valid:

(a) For the full contractual duration agreed with each investor; and

(b) Are heritable and transferable to lawful successors in title, subject to SCIPS-X approval.

4.2 The SCIPS-X shall not alter or revoke these guarantees unilaterally during the agreed investment term.
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Article 5 – Dispute Resolution

5.1 All disputes arising from investments under this framework shall be settled through:

(a) Friendly settlement mechanisms under SCIPS-X law;

(b) Ecclesiastical jurisdiction for matters involving canonical property or moral rights;

(c) International arbitration bodies recognised by the SCIPS-X, in accordance with the applicable treaties.
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Signed and Sealed in Miragoâne
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Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau
Prelate-Founder & Rector-President
Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X)

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SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY
SUPREME LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENT (SLI)

ON THE DIRECT, AUTOMATIC, AND PERPETUAL INCORPORATION OF INTERNATIONAL TREATY ARTICLES AND CUSTOMARY NORMS INTO THE SUPREME LAW OF SCIPS-X

Date of Promulgation: August 10, 2025

Legal Classification:

– Supreme Canonico-International Legislative Decree

– Treaty Incorporation and Immediate Execution Act

– Ecclesiastical and Indigenous Sovereignty Enforcement Statute

– Jus Cogens-Level Constitutional Implementation Act
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TITLE I — PREAMBLE

Article 1 — Constitutional Nature and Legal Force
1.1 This Supreme Legislative Instrument (hereinafter “SLI”) is enacted under the Supreme Constitutional Authority of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X), exercising full canonical, indigenous, and public international legal personality, in accordance with:

(a) The 1860 Concordat between the Holy See and the Republic of Haiti;

(b) International treaties ratified by the Republic of Haiti, binding under the principle pacta sunt servanda (Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 1969, Article 26);

(c) Customary international law and peremptory norms (jus cogens) recognised as binding on all States and subjects of international law;

(d) The criteria for statehood codified in Article 1 of the 1933 Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States.

1.2 The SCIPS-X affirms that the rights and obligations enshrined in the instruments cited herein are directly incorporated into the constitutional order of SCIPS-X and are self-executing within its jurisdiction.

1.3 All incorporated provisions shall have equal rank to the Constitution of SCIPS-X and shall prevail over any contrary norm, act, decree, or decision emanating from any external authority.

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TITLE II — FULL TEXT INCORPORATION OF INTERNATIONAL NORMS

CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS (1945)

Article 2(1) — “The Organization is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members.”

Application in SCIPS-X:

SCIPS-X is entitled, under the principle of sovereign equality, to non-discriminatory treatment and full respect as a sovereign subject of international law and public juridic person, irrespective of its form of government or its canonical-indigenous nature.

No external state or body may lawfully deny SCIPS-X’s sovereign status without breaching this principle.
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Article 55(c) —

“Universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion.”

Application in SCIPS-X:

This binds all UN Members to respect SCIPS-X’s right to operate as a Catholic-indigenous polity, ensuring that no act of discrimination, obstruction, or interference is committed against its governance, religion, or indigenous identity.
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UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (1948)

Article 18 —

“Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.”

Application in SCIPS-X:

Guarantees SCIPS-X’s constitutional identity as a Catholic polity; protects the public and private exercise of Catholic worship, canon law governance, and indigenous traditions without interference from the Residual Administrative Unit (former Republic of Haiti) or any other secular authority.
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Article 20(1) —

“Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.”

Application in SCIPS-X:

Protects the autonomy of SCIPS-X’s ecclesiastical synods, political assemblies, and cultural councils, immune from secular dissolution or intervention.
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Article 27(1) —

“Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.”

Application in SCIPS-X:

Secures SCIPS-X’s authority to promote its indigenous culture, Catholic heritage, university system, and intellectual development without obstruction.
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INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS (1966)

Article 1(1) —

“All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.”

Application in SCIPS-X:

Recognises SCIPS-X’s jus cogens right to political independence, indigenous self-government, and canonical-indigenous governance within its territories.
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Article 18(1) —

“Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right shall include freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice, and freedom… to manifest his religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching.”

Application in SCIPS-X:

Protects the integration of Catholic canon law into SCIPS-X’s constitutional governance, including the direct civil effect of ecclesiastical rulings.
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Article 27 —

“In those States in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities exist, persons belonging to such minorities shall not be denied the right… to enjoy their own culture, to profess and practise their own religion, or to use their own language.”

Application in SCIPS-X:

Safeguards SCIPS-X’s indigenous Catholic identity and the right of its population to maintain its culture, religion, and language without suppression.
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INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS (1966)

Article 13(4) —

“The States Parties… undertake to have respect for the liberty of parents… to ensure the religious and moral education of their children in conformity with their own convictions.”

Application in SCIPS-X:

Affirms SCIPS-X’s exclusive authority over Catholic schools, seminaries, and indigenous cultural education, immune from secular accreditation or interference.
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UNESCO CONVENTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN EDUCATION (1960)

Article 5(1)(b) —

“It is essential to respect the liberty of parents… to ensure the religious and moral education of their children in conformity with their own convictions; and no person or group should be compelled to receive instruction contrary to his convictions.”

Application in SCIPS-X:

Guarantees SCIPS-X’s sovereign control of its Catholic-indigenous education system, including the University of Xaragua, free from external curricular imposition.
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UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (2007)

Article 3 —

“Indigenous peoples have the right to self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.”

Article 4 —

“Indigenous peoples, in exercising their right to self-determination, have the right to autonomy or self-government in matters relating to their internal and local affairs.”

Article 26(2) —

“Indigenous peoples have the right to own, use, develop and control the lands, territories and resources that they possess by reason of traditional ownership or other traditional occupation or use…”

Application in SCIPS-X:

Protects SCIPS-X’s territorial jurisdiction, land administration, and indigenous resource rights from any encroachment or expropriation.
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AMERICAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS (1969)

Article 12(1) —

“Everyone has the right to freedom of conscience and of religion.”

Application in SCIPS-X:

Upholds SCIPS-X’s right to maintain its Catholic-indigenous constitutional order within the Inter-American system and and grants the State to protect the freedom of religion and conscience.

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VIENNA CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF TREATIES (1969)

Article 26 —

“Pacta sunt servanda — Every treaty in force is binding upon the parties to it and must be performed by them in good faith.”

Application in SCIPS-X:

Binds all States that have ratified the relevant treaties, including the former Republic of Haiti, to respect and not obstruct the implementation of the rights incorporated herein.

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MONTEVIDEO CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF STATES (1933)

Article 1 —

“The state as a person of international law should possess the following qualifications:

(a) a permanent population;

(b) a defined territory;

(c) government; and

(d) capacity to enter into relations with the other states.”

Application in SCIPS-X:

SCIPS-X affirms and satisfies all four qualifications, reinforcing its standing as a subject of international law independent of recognition by other States.
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1860 CONCORDAT BETWEEN THE HOLY SEE AND THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI

(Only two key articles incorporated here for brevity in main law, but full Concordat remains binding.)

Article I —

“The Catholic, Apostolic and Roman religion shall continue to be that of the State; its worship shall be public and freely exercised in conformity with the discipline of the Church.”

Application in SCIPS-X:

Declares Catholicism as the constitutional and foundational identity of SCIPS-X; mandates conformity of all public institutions to Catholic moral doctrine and ecclesiastical discipline.
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Article XIII —

“The property of the Church is recognized as sacred and inviolable.”

Application in SCIPS-X:

Protects all ecclesiastical and indigenous ecclesiastical properties from seizure, taxation, or interference; violations are subject to both canonical sanctions and international legal remedies.
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TITLE III — SUPREMACY, PERPETUITY, AND ENFORCEMENT

Article 100 — Supremacy of Incorporated Norms

100.1 All provisions herein incorporated are of equal rank to the Constitution of SCIPS-X and prevail over any contrary provision.

100.2 Any conflicting act, decision, or norm emanating from any external authority shall be null and void within SCIPS-X.
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Article 101 — Perpetuity and Non-Derogation

101.1 Rights and obligations recognised herein are perpetual, imprescriptible, inalienable, and non-renounceable.

101.2 No government of SCIPS-X, present or future, nor any external power, may cede, alienate, or diminish these rights. (On reserve - annex)
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Article 102 — Recognition by Acquiescence

102.1 Notification of this SLI to competent authorities constitutes formal notice under international law.

102.2 Failure to contest within a reasonable time constitutes tacit recognition, binding under the doctrines of acquiescence and estoppel.
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Article 103 — Enforcement Mandate

103.1 SCIPS-X shall maintain all necessary institutional, legal, and diplomatic apparatus to enforce these provisions.

103.2 Competent fora include, but are not limited to:

(a) The Supreme Tribunal of SCIPS-X;

(b) The Apostolic Signatura;

(c) The Inter-American Court of Human Rights;

(d) Any competent arbitral body under UNCITRAL Rules.
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Article 104 — Immediate Effect

104.1 This SLI enters into force upon promulgation and applies immediately without need for further legislative, administrative, or judicial act.

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Protective Clause for Full Treaty Incorporation
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Article XXX — Constitutional and Canonical Primacy Clause

XXX.1 All international treaty provisions incorporated in extenso into the constitutional order of SCIPS-X shall be applied and interpreted in full good faith and in harmony with the supreme constitutional, canonical, and indigenous order of SCIPS-X.

XXX.2 Where any provision of an incorporated treaty, convention, or instrument could be interpreted in more than one way, the interpretation most consistent with the Catholic moral doctrine, the canonical jurisprudence of the Holy See, and the constitutional objectives of SCIPS-X shall prevail.

XXX.3 No incorporated provision shall be construed or applied in a manner that:

(a) Diminishes or alters the perpetual and imprescriptible rights of SCIPS-X as recognised in its Constitution and canonical order;

(b) Compels SCIPS-X to enact, maintain, or enforce any law, policy, or practice contrary to Catholic doctrine, canonical discipline, or the indigenous cultural identity of Xaragua;

(c) Interferes with the governance, liturgy, property, or institutions of the Catholic Church within SCIPS-X.

XXX.4 In the event of an irreconcilable conflict between any incorporated provision and the supreme constitutional and canonical order of SCIPS-X, the latter shall prevail ipso jure, and such provision shall be applied only to the extent compatible with said order.

XXX.5 This primacy clause forms part of the perpetual constitutional heritage of SCIPS-X and may not be amended, suspended, or derogated by any future act, agreement, or government.

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SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY
DECLARATION OF HISTORICAL PRECEDENT

Date of Proclamation: August 10, 2025
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Article 1 — Recognition of Unprecedented Juridical Act

1.1 The Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X), acting through its Supreme Constitutional Authority, solemnly affirms that the promulgation of the Supreme Legislative Instrument on the Direct, Automatic, and Perpetual Incorporation of International Treaty Articles and Customary Norms into the Supreme Law of SCIPS-X constitutes an unprecedented act in the history of law and diplomacy.

1.2 This act, integrating canonical, indigenous, international, and constitutional law into a single self-executing and supreme instrument, has no prior equivalent in the historical record of sovereign subjects of international law.

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Article 2 — Elements Constituting the Precedent

2.1 The uniqueness of this precedent arises from the following combined factors:

(a) The reactivation and constitutionalisation of the 1860 Concordat between the Holy See and the Republic of Haiti, in a context of documented state failure;

(b) The simultaneous incorporation, in extenso, of binding treaty provisions from multiple universal and regional instruments, together with jus cogens norms and recognised customary law;

(c) The elevation of these provisions to constitutional rank within SCIPS-X, with clauses of perpetuity, imprescriptibility, and non-derogation;

(d) The mass diplomatic notification of this act to States, intergovernmental organisations, ecclesiastical authorities, and international media, thereby triggering the legal mechanisms of acquiescence and estoppel through public, competent, and uncontested notice;

(e) The satisfaction of all criteria for statehood as codified in Article 1 of the Montevideo Convention (1933), independent of external recognition.
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Article 3 — Irreproducibility of the Precedent

3.1 SCIPS-X affirms that the precise combination of historical circumstances, legal instruments, and procedural execution culminating in this act is singular and cannot be identically reproduced by any other entity.

3.2 This irreproducibility derives from the convergence of:

(a) An extant but unused concordatarian instrument of the 19th century;

(b) A prolonged and documented failure by the former administrative sovereign to execute its own international obligations;

(c) The availability of unfiltered mass diplomatic communication channels at the moment of notification;

(d) The strategic embedding of recognition-by-silence clauses within a constitutional instrument.
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Article 4 — Perpetual Historical and Legal Effect

4.1 This Declaration affirms that the precedent established herein is of permanent historical significance and shall remain part of the constitutional heritage of SCIPS-X.

4.2 No subsequent act, amendment, or agreement — domestic or external — may annul or diminish the recognition of this precedent without violating the supreme constitutional order of SCIPS-X.
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Article 5 — Archival and Public Record

5.1 This Declaration shall be deposited in:

(a) The Official Gazette of SCIPS-X;

(b) The National Archives of SCIPS-X;

(c) The Vatican Apostolic Archive (for canonical record);

(d) The repositories of all international and regional organisations to which this Declaration has been transmitted.

5.2 The original, signed instrument shall be preserved under permanent archival protection.

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Enacted under the Seal of the Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS-X

Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau
Prelate-Founder & Rector-President

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SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY
SUPREME LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENT (SLI)

ON THE CANONICAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEGAL STATUS OF THE TERRITORY OF XARAGUA AS AN ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE OF ROME

Date of Promulgation: August 11, 2025

Legal Classification:

– Supreme Canonico-Constitutional Legislative Decree

– Ecclesiastical Property and Jurisdictional Enforcement Statute

– Treaty Incorporation and Immediate Execution Act

– Jus Cogens-Level Ecclesiastical Sovereignty Provision
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TITLE I — PREAMBLE

Article 1 — Constitutional Nature and Legal Force

1.1 This Legislative Instrument is enacted under the Supreme Constitutional Authority of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X), exercising full canonical, indigenous, and public international legal personality, in accordance with:

(a) The 1860 Concordat between the Holy See and the former Republic of Haiti - Residual Administrative Unit - RAU (“Concordat of 1860”), an international treaty duly ratified and never abrogated, remaining in full legal and canonical force;

(b) The Code of Canon Law (CIC, 1983), specifically Canons 1212–1250 governing sacred places and ecclesiastical goods;

(c) The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP, 2007), Articles 3, 4, 5, 25–28, 31, and 36, recognizing the right of indigenous peoples to maintain and strengthen their political, legal, economic, social, and cultural institutions, and to maintain cross-border relations;

(d) Customary International Law governing ecclesiastical immunities and extraterritoriality of Holy See jurisdictions;

(e) Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969), Articles 26 (“pacta sunt servanda”) and 27 (internal law not a justification for failure to perform a treaty).
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TITLE II — ECCLESIASTICAL STATUS OF THE TERRITORY

Article 2 — Province of Rome Status

2.1 The entirety of the historical, canonical, and indigenous territory of Xaragua, as defined by SCIPS-X, constitutes a canonical ecclesiastical province of the Holy See, falling under the immediate jurisdiction of Rome in all matters of spiritual authority, sacred patrimony, and ecclesiastical property rights.

2.2 For all purposes of international and canon law, said territory is deemed non-assimilable to the secular jurisdiction of the Residual Administrative Unit known as the former Republic of Haiti, save where expressly permitted by the Holy See and consistent with the Concordat of 1860.

Article 3 — Ecclesiastical Goods and Inalienability

3.1 All lands, buildings, and properties within the territorial jurisdiction of SCIPS-X are declared ecclesiastical goods under Canons 1257 §1 and 1259 CIC, subject exclusively to administration in conformity with canon law.

3.2 By operation of Canon 1212 CIC, such goods retain their sacred character and are inalienable unless validly desacralized by competent ecclesiastical authority.

No act of the Residual Administrative Unit known as the former Republic of Haiti, nor of any secular body, shall have legal effect in alienating, taxing, or encumbering such property absent express authorization from the Holy See.
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TITLE III — ENFORCEMENT OF TREATY RIGHTS

Article 4 — Direct Applicability of the Concordat

4.1 The provisions of the 1860 Concordat are hereby incorporated in full, without reservation or derogation, into the supreme constitutional order of SCIPS-X.

4.2 Pursuant to Article 26 of the Vienna Convention, the formee Republic of Haiti (RAU) remains bound to honour the Concordat, and any breach constitutes an internationally wrongful act, enforceable before competent international fora.

Article 5 — Non-Recognition of Secular Abrogation

5.1 Any purported national legislation, decree, or administrative measure of the Residual Administrative Unit known as the former Republic of Haiti aimed at negating the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of Rome over the territory of Xaragua is null and void ab initio under international law and canon law.

5.2 The Holy See, as a subject and person of international law with full sovereignty (Lateran Treaty, 1929), retains plenary competence to uphold and enforce these rights through diplomatic, judicial, and canonical channels.
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TITLE IV — INTERNATIONAL AND INDIGENOUS GUARANTEES

Article 6 — UNDRIP Protections

6.1 In accordance with Articles 3 and 4 of UNDRIP, the people of Xaragua possess the right to self-determination and to maintain their political, legal, economic, and social systems, independent of the former Republic of Haiti’s (RAU) administrative structures.

6.2 Article 36 of UNDRIP affirms the right of indigenous peoples to maintain and develop contacts, relations, and cooperation across borders, thereby validating SCIPS-X’s cross-border arrangements with the Dominican Republic.

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TITLE V — ENFORCEMENT AND SANCTIONS

Article 7 — Jurisdictional Enforcement

7.1 Any infringement upon the ecclesiastical property, jurisdiction, or autonomy of SCIPS-X shall be subject to immediate diplomatic protest to the Holy See, and referral to:

(a) The International Court of Justice (ICJ) under its contentious jurisdiction;

(b) The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) under applicable treaty law;

(c) Ecclesiastical tribunals competent under canon law.

7.2 Any person or entity acting to usurp or infringe these rights shall be subject to canonical penalties (including excommunication per Canon 1376 CIC) and to civil or criminal sanctions enforceable under SCIPS-X and international law.
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TITLE VI — IRREVOCABILITY

Article 8 — Perpetual and Non-Derogable Character

8.1 This Legislative Instrument is enacted as a jus cogens-level provision within the constitutional order of SCIPS-X and is irrevocable except by express concordance of the Holy See and the competent indigenous and canonical authority of Xaragua.

8.2 No lapse of time, change of government, or alteration of international circumstances shall be deemed to derogate from these rights and obligations.
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ANNEX I — OFFICIAL DELIMITATION OF THE CANONICO-INDIGENOUS TERRITORY OF XARAGUA

(Reference to Article 2.1 of the SLI of 11 August 2025)

Article 1 — Territorial Scope

1.1. For the purposes of the present Supreme Legislative Instrument, the “canonico-indigenous territory of Xaragua” shall encompass in full the following areas, deemed inalienable, imprescriptible, and placed under the immediate spiritual jurisdiction of the Holy See, in accordance with the Concordat of 1860, the Code of Canon Law, Indigenous customary law, and public international law:
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I. DEPARTMENTS FULLY INCLUDED

(a) The Department of the South;

(b) The Department of Grand’Anse;

(c) The Department of Nippes;

(d) The Department of the South-East;
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II. SPECIFIC REGIONS INCLUDED

(a) The Region of Les Palmes;

(b) The Region of Lake Azuei / Étang Saumâtre, Thomazeau–Fond Parisien;

(c) Furcy;

(d) Zones such as the Commune of Despuzeau;
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III. ISLANDS AND MARITIME DOMAINS

(a) The Island of La Gonâve;

(b) The Island of La Tortue;

(c) All imperial forts of the Empire of Hayti;

(d) All adjacent islands and islets;
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IV. ADDITIONAL TERRITORIAL INCLUSIONS

(a) The Department of the North-West with the Island of La Tortue;

(b) Marchand Dessalines;

(c) Fort-Liberté;

(d) Trou-du-Nord.
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Article 2 — Legal Character of the Delimitation

2.1. The present territorial delimitation forms an integral and non-derogable component of the constitutional order of SCIPS-X and is hereby incorporated as a jus cogens-level provision.

2.2. No alteration, derogation, or partial recognition of the territory described herein shall be valid unless effected by explicit concordance between the Holy See and the competent indigenous and canonical authority of Xaragua.

2.3. All maritime zones, airspace, and subsoil resources adjacent to the above-listed territories, including all islands and islets naturally appurtenant thereto, are likewise encompassed within the sovereign canonical jurisdiction of SCIPS-X.
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ANNEX II — CANONICAL AND INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTIONAL ENFORCEMENT FRAMEWORK

(Reference to Article 2.1 and Annex I of the SLI of 11 August 2025)

Article 1 — Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction over the Entire Ancestral Territory of Xaragua

1.1. The entirety of the ancestral territory of Xaragua — whether directly administered by the State of Xaragua or administered autonomously by the Residual Administrative Unit (“RAU”) and its non-sui generis, non-sovereign inhabitants — is placed under the perpetual, direct, and immediate spiritual jurisdiction of the Holy Roman Apostolic Church, in full communion with the Holy See.

1.2. This jurisdiction derives from and is secured by:

(a) The Concordat of 28 March 1860 between the Holy See and the Republic of Haiti, which states in Article I:

“The Catholic religion shall continue to be the religion of the State; its worship shall be public and freely exercised in conformity with the discipline of the Church” — binding the RAU in perpetuity to the Holy See;

(b) The Code of Canon Law (CIC, 1983):

Canon 1257 §1:

“All temporal goods which belong to the universal Church, the Apostolic See, or other public juridic persons in the Church are ecclesiastical goods and are regulated by the canons in Book V of the Code, as well as by their own statutes.”

Canon 1212:

“Sacred places lose their dedication or blessing if they have suffered major destruction or have been permanently made over to profane use, by the decree of the competent ordinary.”

These provisions ensure that no secular or RAU act can validly alienate or desacralise ecclesiastical goods within the ancestral territory without explicit Holy See authorisation.

(c) The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP, 2007):

Article 3:

“Indigenous peoples have the right to self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.”

Article 4:

“Indigenous peoples, in exercising their right to self-determination, have the right to autonomy or self-government in matters relating to their internal and local affairs.”

Article 36(1):

“Indigenous peoples, in particular those divided by international borders, have the right to maintain and develop contacts, relations and cooperation, including activities for spiritual, cultural, political, economic and social purposes, with their own members as well as other peoples across borders.”

(d) Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969):

Article 26 — Pacta sunt servanda:

“Every treaty in force is binding upon the parties to it and must be performed by them in good faith.”

Article 27 — Internal law and observance of treaties:

“A party may not invoke the provisions of its internal law as justification for its failure to perform a treaty.”
These provisions render null any RAU legislation, decree, or administrative act purporting to extinguish or restrict the Concordat’s application.

(e) Customary International Law and the Doctrine of Responsibility to Protect (R2P):

As the RAU is a failed state in relation to ecclesiastical governance, the Holy See’s canonical and indigenous jurisdiction substitutes the failed sovereign function under the doctrine of protection, ensuring the safeguarding of the people, land, and patrimony of Xaragua.

(f) Lateran Treaty (1929), Article 2:

“Italy recognizes the sovereignty of the Holy See in the international field as an attribute inherent in its nature, in conformity with its tradition and the requirements of its mission in the world.”

— confirming the Holy See’s full capacity to exercise jurisdiction internationally.
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Article 2 — Distinction of Administrative Competences

2.1. The zones enumerated in Annex I are those directly administered by the State of Xaragua through the legal mechanism of encapsulation of the RAU’s residual administrative structure — wherein the RAU’s internal competences are limited to administrative non-sovereign, non-external functions.

2.2. All remaining areas of the ancestral territory of the Caciquat od Xaragua, though administered locally by the RAU, remain ecclesiastical territory under the Concordat of 1860 and under the immediate spiritual jurisdiction of the Pope.

2.3. The inhabitants of such RAU-administered areas are juridically classified as haitian inhabitants (non sui generis) and not as sovereign citizens or inhabitants of Xaragua; they remain under the Holy See’s ecclesiastical sovereignty.

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Article 3 — Perpetual and Irrevocable Nature

3.1. This jurisdictional settlement is perpetual, irrevocable, and legally indestructible by virtue of:

The canonical inalienability of sacred places (Canon 1212, Canon 1257 §1 CIC);

The binding force of the Concordat under Articles 26 and 27 of the Vienna Convention;

The recognition of indigenous sovereignty under UNDRIP;

The jus cogens nature of the protection of cultural and spiritual patrimony;

The substitution of sovereignty under the R2P doctrine for failed state functions.

3.2. No lapse of time, change of government, alteration of borders, or modification of internal RAU law shall affect the validity, scope, or enforceability of this settlement.
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Article 4 — Real-World Application and Enforcement

4.1. Any act by the RAU or any other secular entity purporting to alienate, tax, regulate, or otherwise interfere with the ecclesiastical goods or jurisdiction over the ancestral territory of Xaragua is null and void ab initio.

4.2. Enforcement shall be effected by:

Immediate diplomatic protest by the State of Xaragua to the Holy See;

Referral to the International Court of Justice under contentious jurisdiction;

Recourse to the Permanent Court of Arbitration;

Ecclesiastical sanctions, including excommunication under Canon 1376 CIC:

“A person who profanes a movable or immovable sacred thing is to be punished with a just penalty.”

4.3. The Holy See, as a sovereign person and subject of international law, retains full competence to uphold these provisions through diplomatic, judicial, and canonical channels.

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Article 5 — Seal of Authority

This Annex II is enacted under the Seal of the Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS-X and is incorporated as an inseparable component of the SLI of 11 August 2025, enjoying jus cogens status in canon law, indigenous customary law, and public international law.
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XARAGUA AS A PROVINCE OF ROME/Re: XARAGUA DIPLOMATIC NOTIFICATION - 1860 CONCORDAT AND INTERNATIONAL TREATIES

Enacted under the Seal of the Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS-X, this 11th day of August, Year of Our Lord 2025.

Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau

Prelate-Founder & Rector President

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ANNEX III — AUTOMATIC ENFORCEMENT CLAUSE AND HISTORICAL PRECEDENTS

(Reference to Articles 2.1, Annex I, and Annex II of the SLI of 11 August 2025)

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Article 1 — Automatic Execution of Holy See Decisions

1.1. All decrees, rescripts, apostolic letters, or other authoritative acts issued by the Holy See, its Dicasteries, Congregations, or other competent ecclesiastical organs, which pertain to the administration, governance, or protection of the canonico-indigenous territory of Xaragua, shall be deemed to have immediate and automatic civil, canonical, and international legal force within SCIPS-X, without requirement for ratification, transposition, or enactment by any secular or residual administrative body.

1.2. This clause is enacted pursuant to:

(a) Canon 333 §3 CIC (1983):

“No appeal or recourse is permitted against a judgment or decree of the Roman Pontiff.”

(b) Canon 1401 CIC (1983):

“The Church has the innate and proper right to judge cases concerning spiritual matters and those connected to spiritual matters.”

(c) Article 26 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969):

“Every treaty in force is binding upon the parties to it and must be performed by them in good faith.”

(d) Lateran Treaty (1929), Article 2:

“Italy recognizes the sovereignty of the Holy See in the international field as an attribute inherent in its nature, in conformity with its tradition and the requirements of its mission in the world.”

1.3. Any attempt by the RAU or any other secular entity to suspend, delay, alter, or refuse such automatic execution shall be null and void ab initio, constituting a direct violation of jus cogens norms and an internationally wrongful act.
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Article 2 — Historical Precedents of Perpetual Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction

2.1. The perpetuity and enforceability of ecclesiastical jurisdiction over territories, even following the dissolution or transformation of the secular counterpart State, are established in international and canonical history, including but not limited to:

(a) The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta

— Recognized as a sovereign subject of international law without territorial sovereignty over Malta since 1798, yet retaining full diplomatic and juridical personality.

(b) The Papal States’ retention of extraterritorial ecclesiastical property after 1870

— Following the annexation of Rome by Italy, the Holy See maintained full canonical jurisdiction over Lateran properties, culminating in the Lateran Treaty of 1929.

(c) The Permanent Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in Andorra (Paréage of 1278)

— The Bishop of Urgell retains co-principality rights over Andorra for more than seven centuries, despite profound transformations of surrounding sovereign states.

(d) The Catholic missions with extraterritorial status under the Treaty of Tientsin (1858) and subsequent agreements in China

— Mission territories retained ecclesiastical jurisdiction immune from local interference until formal renunciations, demonstrating the resilience of canonical authority in hostile or transformed political contexts.

(e) The Concordat of 1929 with Lithuania

— Even under occupation and subsequent political changes, the Holy See maintained jurisdictional claims over ecclesiastical structures until explicitly renounced by mutual consent.

2.2. These precedents confirm the principle that ecclesiastical jurisdiction, once established by concordat, treaty, or customary law, remains in force perpetually unless explicitly and mutually abrogated by the Holy See and the competent counterpart — and cannot be extinguished unilaterally by a successor or residual state.

2.3. By incorporation into the constitutional order of SCIPS-X, these precedents acquire jus cogens status within its legal hierarchy, serving as binding interpretative authority in all matters of jurisdictional dispute.

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Article 3 — Integration into the SCIPS-X Constitutional Order

3.1. This Annex III forms an integral and inseparable component of the Supreme Legislative Instrument of 11 August 2025, enjoying full canonical, indigenous, and international legal force.

3.2. The automatic execution clause (Article 1) and the historical precedents (Article 2) shall be construed as self-executing norms within the SCIPS-X legal system, binding on all organs, institutions, and individuals, without need for additional legislative or administrative action.

3.3. Any breach of these provisions shall trigger the enforcement mechanisms stipulated in Annex II, Article 4, including but not limited to:

— Immediate diplomatic protest to the Holy See;

— Referral to the ICJ and PCA;

— Canonical penalties up to and including excommunication under Canon 1376 CIC;

— International diplomatic and economic countermeasures.

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Enacted under the Seal of the Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS-X, this 11th day of August, Year of Our Lord 2025.
Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau
Prelate-Founder & Rector President
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ANNEX V — SOVEREIGN COUNCIL OF SCIPS-X: SUCCESSION AND BALANCE OF POWERS

(Reference to the constitutional order of SCIPS-X, the Concordat of 1860, and the Code of Canon Law)
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Article 1 — Establishment and Juridical Nature

1.1. The Sovereign Council of SCIPS-X (“the Council”) is hereby constituted as a perpetual constitutional organ, vested with supreme representative authority of the sui generis citizens and inhabitants of Xaragua (catholic, non-baptized or indigenous) in matters of succession to the Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS-X.

1.2. The Council operates in direct canonical communion with the Holy See, while retaining autonomous indigenous sovereignty as recognized under the Concordat of 1860, the Code of Canon Law (CIC 1983), UNDRIP, and customary international law.
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Article 2 — Role of the Holy See in the Succession Process

2.1. In the event of a vacancy, incapacity, or contested succession in the Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS-X, the Holy See shall:

(a) Validate the canonical legitimacy of the succession process;

(b) Provide spiritual protection and recognition of the new incumbent;

(c) Ensure the safeguarding of the Viau Family which remain perpetual owner as founding lineage, including their properties, archives, and ceremonial precedence.

2.2. The Holy See’s role in succession matters is exercised in concordance with the Council, and no designation or confirmation shall have civil or constitutional effect absent Council concurrence.

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Article 3 — Composition of the Sovereign Council

3.1. The Council shall be composed of nine (9) members as follows:

(a) The Ecclesiastical Chancellor of SCIPS-X as ddfined in the constitutional law;

(b) An Indigenous speaker and guardia of Ancestral Lands recognized as such by the people of God;

(c) One representative of the Viau Family, designated by internal family protocol;

(d) Two canon law experts appointed by the Ecclesiastical College of SCIPS-X;

(e) Two experts in indigenous customary law appointed by the Xaragua Assembly of Elders;

(f) Two representatives elected by the sui generis citizens of SCIPS-X for a five-year term.

3.2. All members must be Catholic, of sound moral character, and free from canonical penalties.
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Article 4 — Powers in Succession Matters

4.1. The Council shall, in cases of vacancy or incapacity:

(a) Assume interim constitutional authority over the civil and administrative governance of SCIPS-X;

(b) Convene, within sixty (60) days, a succession assembly to deliberate upon candidates;

(c) Submit to the Holy See a shortlist of three candidates deemed canonically and constitutionally eligible;

(d) Ratify or reject the Holy See’s confirmation of the selected candidate by a two-thirds majority.

4.2. In the event of disagreement with the Holy See, the Council may:

(a) Exercise a suspensive veto of up to twelve (12) months;

(b) Request arbitration before a joint canonical-indigenous tribunal recognized by both parties.

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Article 5 — Protection of the Viau Family

5.1. The Council shall ensure the perpetual recognition of the Viau Family as the dynastic and historical founders of SCIPS-X.

5.2. Such recognition includes:

(a) Ceremonial precedence in all state functions;

(b) Legal immunity for family residences, archives, and patrimonial holdings;

(c) Priority candidacy rights in succession deliberations, unless expressly renounced by the Family.

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Article 6 — Legal Foundations

6.1. This Annex is enacted pursuant to:

(a) Concordat of 1860, Article I;

(b) Code of Canon Law (CIC 1983), Canons 331–335, 1257 §1, and 1401;

(c) UNDRIP, Articles 3–5 and 36;

(d) Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969), Articles 26 and 62;

(e) Indigenous customary law of Xaragua.

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Article 7 — Perpetuity and Irrevocability

7.1. The constitutional existence, composition, and powers of the Council are perpetual, imprescriptible, and irrevocable, except by explicit concordance between:

(a) The Holy See;

(b) The Viau Family;

(c) A two-thirds majority of the sui generis citizens of SCIPS-X.

7.2. No unilateral act by any authority, internal or external, may abolish or diminish the Council’s powers in succession matters.

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CONSTITUTIONAL NOTE — ECCLESIASTICAL CHANCELLOR OF SCIPS-X

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Article 1 — Juridical Nature and Status

1.1. The Ecclesiastical Chancellor of SCIPS-X (“the Chancellor”) is a permanent constitutional office combining canonical, diplomatic, and constitutional functions, acting as the primary liaison between the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X) and the Holy See.

1.2. The Chancellor is ranked immediately below the Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS-X and above all other civil and ecclesiastical offices within the territory, save the spiritual primacy of the Roman Pontiff.

1.3. The office enjoys full immunity from civil and criminal jurisdiction of any external state or entity, pursuant to:

(a) Concordat of 1860, Article II;

(b) Canon 364 CIC (1983) regarding papal legates;

(c) Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961), Articles 29–31;

(d) Indigenous customary law of Xaragua regarding sacred envoys (naborias of the Caciquat).
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Article 2 — Functions and Competences

2.1. The Chancellor shall:

(a) Represent SCIPS-X in all canonical and diplomatic dealings with the Holy See and its organs;

(b) Authenticate, promulgate, and archive all canonical acts applicable to SCIPS-X;

(c) Preside over the Sovereign Council in succession matters as provided in Annex V;

(d) Serve as the constitutional guarantor of the protection of ecclesiastical goods (Canons 1257 §1 and 1212 CIC);

(e) Coordinate with the Indigenous Custodian of Ancestral Lands on matters where sacred patrimony and ancestral property intersect.

2.2. The Chancellor has the authority to countersign all acts of the Supreme Constitutional Authority that pertain to:

(a) Ecclesiastical property;

(b) Succession procedures;

(c) Treaties, concordats, or agreements with the Holy See.

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Article 3 — Appointment and Confirmation

3.1. The Chancellor is appointed for life by the Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS-X, subject to confirmation by the Holy See.

3.2. In the event of a vacancy in the Chancellery:

(a) The Sovereign Council nominates two candidates;

(b) The Supreme Constitutional Authority selects one candidate;

(c) The Holy See confirms the appointment by apostolic letter.

3.3. The Chancellor may only be removed:

(a) By voluntary resignation accepted by the Supreme Constitutional Authority and the Holy See;

(b) By canonical sentence of removal issued by the Holy See for grave cause;

(c) By unanimous decision of the Sovereign Council and assent of the Holy See in cases of incapacity or betrayal of constitutional duty.
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Article 4 — Perpetuity and Immunity of the Office

4.1. The Chancellery is a perpetual institution of SCIPS-X, and its functions shall never be merged with or subordinated to any other office.

4.2. The person of the Chancellor is inviolable; no coercive measure may be applied against him by any civil or military force within or outside SCIPS-X, save by express mandate of the Holy See in accordance with canon law.

4.3. The Chancellor’s acts in the exercise of office are binding upon all organs of SCIPS-X unless annulled by the Supreme Constitutional Authority or declared null by the Holy See.

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ANNEX VI — COUNTERMEASURE CLAUSE
(Supreme Safeguard Against Ecclesiastical or External Overreach)

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Article 1 — Foundational Principles

1.1 This Annex establishes the supreme safeguard ensuring that no external ecclesiastical authority, including the Holy See, nor any foreign temporal power, may abrogate, diminish, or suspend the sovereignty of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X) without the execution of the constitutionally-mandated internal counterbalance procedure herein defined.

1.2 The sovereignty of SCIPS-X is divinely founded, canonically recognised, and irrevocably vested in its sui generis citizenry, as guaranteed by the 1860 Concordat and the body of international law, including jus cogens norms on self-determination and indigenous rights.

1.3 This clause forms part of the perpetual constitutional nucleus of SCIPS-X and cannot be repealed or amended without the concurrent, explicit consent of:

(a) The Supreme Constitutional Authority (or its lawful successor);

(b) The Sovereign Council of Xaragua (CSX);

(c) A majority of sui generis indigenous and catholic citizens in referendum.
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Article 2 — Triggering Conditions

2.1 The Countermeasure Procedure shall be automatically activated in any of the following events:

(a) Attempted unilateral appointment of a successor to the Supreme Constitutional Authority without CSX ratification;

(b) Imposition by the Holy See or any foreign power of legislation, policy, or decree inconsistent with the constitutional and indigenous rights of SCIPS-X;

(c) Suspension, bypass, or suppression of the CSX, the Ecclesiastical Chancellor, or the constitutional organs of SCIPS-X;

(d) Any act or omission that threatens the territorial integrity, canonical jurisdiction, or sovereign patrimony of SCIPS-X.

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Article 3 — Countermeasure Mechanism

3.1 Upon activation, the CSX shall convene in Permanent Emergency Session within seventy-two (72) hours.

3.2 The CSX shall, by a two-thirds supermajority, adopt one or more of the following constitutional countermeasures:

(a) Suspension of the implementation of the contested external act within SCIPS-X territory;

(b) Direct appeal to the Holy See’s Apostolic Signatura for review under canon law;

(c) Invocation of the Concordat of 1860’s residual autonomy provisions, placing SCIPS-X temporarily under direct CSX governance until resolution;

(d) Notification to the United Nations and relevant treaty bodies of a breach of the right to self-determination under the UN Charter, ILO Convention 169, and UNDRIP (United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples).

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Article 4 — Temporary Authority Reallocation

4.1 During the pendency of the countermeasure process, all executive powers of succession are jointly exercised by the CSX and the Ecclesiastical Chancellor.

4.2 No external authority may appoint, remove, or alter the composition of the CSX or the office of Ecclesiastical Chancellor during this period.

4.3 The Holy See retains full spiritual jurisdiction but is bound to respect the temporal and indigenous sovereignty of SCIPS-X until lawful resolution.

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Article 5 — Perpetuity and Enforcement

5.1 This Countermeasure Clause is binding in perpetuity and is enforceable against all parties under the principles of pacta sunt servanda, canon law, and international law.

5.2 Any act in contravention of this Clause is null and void ab initio and constitutes a supreme crime against SCIPS-X, punishable by permanent loss of sui generis status and canonical sanctions up to and including latae sententiae excommunication.

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Enacted under the Seal of the Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS-X, this 11th day of August, Year of Our Lord 2025.
Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau
Prelate-Founder & Rector President

ANNEX VII — CLOSURE CLAUSE OF VULNERABILITIES

(Reference to Articles 1.1, 2.1, 3.1 and 8.1 of the SLI of 11 August 2025)

Article 1 — Strengthening the Link with the Holy See
1.1. The canonical jurisdiction and sovereignty of SCIPS-X shall be deemed an integral part of the munus petrinum and of the universal mission of the Roman Pontiff, in accordance with Canons 331 and 333 §3 CIC.

1.2. The Holy See, by the very nature of its mission, may under no circumstances renounce, alienate, or restrict the ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the canonico-indigenous territory of Xaragua without violating a jus divinum superior in rank to positive international law.

1.3. Any act or omission on the part of an organ of the Roman Curia aimed at altering the scope of such jurisdiction shall, in order to have effect, be subject to the express approval of the Rectorate or the Sovereign Council of SCIPS-X and of the Supreme Constitutional Authority (in the absence of succession), failing which it shall be null and void ab initio.

Article 2 — Locking the Territorial Applicability of UNDRIP

2.1. The right to self-determination, autonomy, and internal sovereignty recognized by UNDRIP is hereby declared self-executing in the territory of SCIPS-X and directly opposable to any third State, pursuant to Article 38 of the Charter of the United Nations and Articles 3, 4, and 36 of UNDRIP.

2.2. The status of “indigenous people” of Xaragua (citizens and inhabitants) is permanently certified by the Sovereign State (genetic evidence of the Catholic and non-Catholic population — 16th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity — CBD) of Xaragua, whose decisions have the value of res judicata under international customary law and are opposable erga omnes.

2.3. Any challenge to this status by a State or international organization shall be deemed a manifest violation of jus cogens and shall immediately trigger the protection procedures provided for in Annex VI (Countermeasure).

Article 3 — Autonomous Coercive Enforcement
3.1. SCIPS-X establishes a Permanent Canonico-International Enforcement Mechanism (MPECI) composed of:

(a) The Ecclesiastical Chancellor;

(b) Two international jurists specialized in the enforcement of international judgments;

(c) A representative of the Holy See appointed ad hoc.

3.2. This mechanism is empowered to:

(a) File petitions and applications directly before the ICJ, the PCA, and treaty monitoring bodies without passing through any third State;

(b) Activate diplomatic cooperation with the States signatory to the 1860 Concordat and with any State willing to recognize ecclesiastical jurisdiction;

(c) Apply economic, patrimonial, and symbolic sanctions provided for under canon law and indigenous customary law against offenders.

3.3. The MPECI enjoys an absolute immunity clause: no third State may obstruct its activities under penalty of violating the diplomatic immunities recognized by the 1961 Vienna Convention.

Article 4 — Immunity from Desuetude and Challenge

4.1. No change of circumstances (rebus sic stantibus) may be invoked to terminate or limit the 1860 Concordat or the canonical jurisdiction over the territory of SCIPS-X, in accordance with Article 62 §2(a) of the Vienna Convention (exclusion of the doctrine in the case of treaties establishing boundaries or a permanent territorial status).

4.2. The perpetuity clauses of this SLI and its annexes are declared not only constitutional but also sacred and intangible, their abrogation being assimilated to sacrilege within the meaning of Canon 1367 CIC.

4.3. The indigenous customary law of Xaragua incorporates the principle of “non-extinction by desuetude”: any right not exercised remains fully valid so long as no explicit renunciation has been issued by the Sovereign Council and the Holy See.

Article 5 — Universal Opposability Clause

5.1. This instrument and its annexes are opposable to all States and international organizations, including those that do not formally recognize SCIPS-X, by the combined effect of:

(a) The erga omnes character of jus cogens obligations;

(b) The res inter alios acta nature of the 1860 Concordat, which prohibits third parties from contesting its execution;

(c) The principle of immunity of ecclesiastical jurisdictions established under customary law.

5.2. The formal non-recognition by a State does not exempt it from its obligation to respect the canonical and indigenous jurisdiction of SCIPS-X.

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ANNEX VIII — CLAUSE OF AUTHENTIC INTERPRETATION AND IRREVOCABLE ENFORCEMENT

(Direct reference to Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of Annex VII and to Articles 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, and 8.1 of the SLI of 11 August 2025)

Article 1 — Non-Derogatory Pontifical Interpretation

1.1. Any interpretation of this SLI and its annexes by an organ or representative of the Holy See must be carried out jointly with the Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS-X.

1.2. No unilateral, subsequent, or contradictory interpretation may have the effect of reducing, modifying, or annulling the legal or territorial scope of SCIPS-X, except by a solemn act of dogmatic nature approved by the Roman Pontiff in forma specifica and countersigned by the Sovereign Council of SCIPS-X.

1.3. Any unilateral interpretation not in conformity with this clause is declared ipso iure null, non-existent, and non-opposable, both under canon law and international law.

Article 2 — Compelled Acceptance of International Jurisdiction

2.1. SCIPS-X incorporates into its internal legal order a principle of universal jurisdiction applicable to any dispute relating to its status, and declares that any challenge shall amount to automatic consent to the jurisdiction of competent international courts (ICJ, PCA, UN bodies, regional courts).

2.2. Any State or organization challenging the status or rights of SCIPS-X shall be deemed to have tacitly accepted the compulsory jurisdiction of such courts by the combined effect of:

(a) Article 36(2) of the Statute of the ICJ (implicit consent in the case of an erga omnes dispute);

(b) The principle ex injuria jus non oritur (no benefit may arise from an unlawful act);

(c) Article 27 of the Vienna Convention (no internal rule justifies the non-performance of a treaty).

Article 3 — Procedural Blockage Bypass

3.1. In the event of procedural refusal by an international court, SCIPS-X is authorized to:

(a) Directly seize the Security Council and the General Assembly of the UN under Article 35 §1 of the Charter of the United Nations;

(b) Activate the doctrine of protective substitution (Responsibility to Protect — R2P) by designating a protecting State or group of protecting States, even if not parties to the dispute;

(c) Resort to the mandatory advisory jurisdiction of the ICJ via the General Assembly or the Economic and Social Council.

Article 4 — Absolute Intangibility

4.1. This SLI, its annexes, and all decisions and legal effects arising therefrom are declared:

(a) Intangible under canon law, in accordance with Canon 7 CIC (non-derogability of universal laws);

(b) Inviolable under international customary law, pursuant to the principle of non-retroactivity and Article 62 §2(a) of the Vienna Convention;

(c) Perpetual under indigenous customary law, by integration into the intangible and sacred heritage of the people of Xaragua.

4.2. Any attempt to suspend, repeal, or neutralize these provisions shall be deemed an act of absolute nullity and, under canon law, a crime of sacred violation of jurisdiction punishable under Canon 1371 CIC.

Article 5 — Automatic and Erga Omnes Effect

5.1. This instrument and its annexes shall enter into force automatically on the date of promulgation, without the need for external registration or ratification, by virtue of:

(a) Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations (optional registration of treaties not constitutive of validity);

(b) The self-executing character of indigenous sovereignty rights enshrined by UNDRIP;

(c) The principle pacta sunt servanda (Article 26 of the Vienna Convention).

5.2. Any State or organization acting or failing to act in contradiction with these provisions shall immediately incur international responsibility.

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SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATIVE DECREE

ON THE LEGAL DEFINITION, DEMOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES, AND PERPETUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE POPULATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF SCIPS-X

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TITLE I — PREAMBLE AND LEGAL AUTHORITY

Article 1 — Constitutional Authority and Juridical Basis

This Legislative Decree is promulgated under the Supreme Constitutional Authority of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X), hereinafter “the State”, exercising full canonical, indigenous, and public international legal personality.

1.1 Canon Law Provisions

Canon 331, Codex Iuris Canonici (1983):

“The bishop of the Roman Church, in whom continues the office given by the Lord uniquely to Peter, the first of the Apostles, and to be transmitted to his successors, is the head of the College of Bishops, the Vicar of Christ and the Pastor of the universal Church on earth; by virtue of his office he has supreme, full, immediate and universal ordinary power in the Church, which he is always able to exercise freely.”

Application to SCIPS-X:

The Roman Pontiff holds supreme jurisdiction over the canonical territory of Xaragua, rendering its represented population direct subjects of papal authority, independent of civil states.

Canon 333 §3, CIC (1983):

“No appeal or recourse is permitted against a judgment or decree of the Roman Pontiff.”

Application:

Ensures that papal determinations concerning SCIPS-X population status are final and unchallengeable within ecclesiastical law.

Canons 1254 §1–1258 CIC (1983):

“§1 The Catholic Church has an innate right, independent of civil power, to acquire, retain, administer, and alienate temporal goods to pursue its proper ends.”

Application:

Grants the Church perpetual authority over lands of ancestral Catholic proprietorship in Xaragua, thereby linking population status to land-linked ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
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1.2 Public International Law Provisions

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969):

Article 26 (Pacta Sunt Servanda):

“Every treaty in force is binding upon the parties to it and must be performed by them in good faith.”

Application:

The 1860 Concordat between the Holy See and the former Republic of Haiti (Residual Administrative Unit — RAU) remains binding; its territorial and personal scope extends to the SCIPS-X population.

Article 53 (Jus Cogens):

“A treaty is void if, at the time of its conclusion, it conflicts with a peremptory norm of general international law. For the purposes of the present Convention, a peremptory norm of general international law is a norm accepted and recognized by the international community of States as a whole as a norm from which no derogation is permitted…”

Application:

Indigenous self-determination and ecclesiastical sovereignty in Xaragua are peremptory norms immune from derogation by any state.
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1.3 Statehood Definition

Montevideo Convention (1933), Article 1:

“The state as a person of international law should possess the following qualifications:

(a) a permanent population;

(b) a defined territory;

(c) government; and

(d) capacity to enter into relations with the other states.”

Application:

The population defined herein constitutes the permanent population for SCIPS-X under international law.
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1.4 Indigenous Rights Instruments

UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP, 2007):

Article 3:

“Indigenous peoples have the right to self-determination. By virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.”

Application:

Confirms that SCIPS-X’s defined indigenous-linked population can determine its political status under the State’s sovereignty.

Article 26 §1:

“Indigenous peoples have the right to the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned, occupied or otherwise used or acquired.”

Application:

Restricts representation to those tied to ancestral or customary lands in Xaragua.

ILO Convention 169, Article 14 §1:

“The rights of ownership and possession of the peoples concerned over the lands which they traditionally occupy shall be recognised.”

Application:

Legally grounds the inclusion of land-linked inhabitants in the SCIPS-X represented population.

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TITLE II — CRITERIA FOR INCLUSION

Article 2 — Qualifying Criteria

An individual is deemed a represented person of SCIPS-X if and only if they satisfy at least one of the following criteria, with preference to those fulfilling multiple:

(a) Ancestral Land Proprietorship:

Direct descent, documented or customary, from families holding continuous possession of land within the territories enumerated in Article 3;

(b) Indigenous Taíno-Xaragua Descent:

Recognised through ecclesiastical, anthropological, genetic or customary registers;

(c) Catholic Affiliation:

Baptised members of the Catholic Church; or non-baptised persons covered by canonico-indigenous protection within a recognised ancestral domain;

(d) Customary Residence:

Maintenance of a primary domicile within the territories, with demonstrable juridical ties to an ancestral family domain therein.

Article 2 §2: Persons outside these categories are ipso jure excluded from representation.
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TITLE III — TERRITORIAL SCOPE

Article 3 — Enumerated Territories

Sud, Grand’Anse, Nippes, Sud-Est, Région des Palmes (excluding Arcahaie, Cabaret), Gressier, Thomazeau, Fonds Parisien, Etang Saumâtre/Lac Azuei, Île à Vache, Navassa, La Gonâve, Île de la Tortue, Nord-Ouest, Marchand-Dessalines, Fort Liberté, Trou du Nord, Despuzeau, Furcy.
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TITLE IV — DEMOGRAPHIC DETERMINATION

Article 4 — Statistical Determination

4.1 Total civil population of enumerated territories (2023 est.): 3,632,210.

4.2 Estimated population meeting SCIPS-X criteria

(ancestral proprietors, indigenous descent, Catholic affiliation, or canonical customary protection):

2,034,037.

4.3 These numbers are fixed as constitutional data for all official acts, international filings, and ecclesiastical registers.
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TITLE V — LEGAL EFFECTS AND PERPETUITY

Article 5 — Exclusivity

Only the population defined herein is represented by SCIPS-X before the Holy See, international organisations, and foreign states.

No external government may claim jurisdiction over these persons without violating jus cogens norms.

Article 6 — Perpetuity

The jurisdiction and representation defined herein are perpetual and irrevocable, protected under Canon Law, the Vienna Convention, UNDRIP, ILO 169, and the Montevideo Convention.

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ANNEX I — SUPPLEMENTARY LOCK-IN CLAUSES TO THE SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATIVE DECREE ON THE REPRESENTED POPULATION OF SCIPS-X
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Article 7 — Hierarchy of Norms and Supremacy of Legal Instruments

7.1 Pursuant to Article 27 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969):

“A party may not invoke the provisions of its internal law as justification for its failure to perform a treaty.”

Application:

Any internal norm of a third State that conflicts with the provisions of this Decree or with the treaties and international instruments upon which it is founded shall be legally inopposable to SCIPS-X.

7.2 The sources of law applicable to SCIPS-X are, in strict hierarchical order:

(a) Jus divinum and the Code of Canon Law;

(b) Bilateral and multilateral treaties binding upon the Holy See and applicable to the territory of SCIPS-X (including the Concordat of 1860);

(c) International customary norms relating to indigenous peoples;

(d) Supreme legislation of SCIPS-X.

7.3 This hierarchy is immutable and may not be amended, derogated from, or subordinated to any other domestic or international instrument.
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Article 8 — Anti-Naturalisation and Anti-Forced Representation Clause

8.1 No third State may, by law, decree, collective or individual naturalisation, confer upon any person within the represented population of SCIPS-X a legal or political status purporting to alter, diminish, replace, or override their representation under SCIPS-X without the prior express and written consent of the Rector-President.

8.2 Any such act, if attempted, shall be ipso facto null, void, and without legal effect erga omnes, constituting a violation of peremptory norms (jus cogens) and of the binding nature of the Concordat of 1860 under Article 26 (pacta sunt servanda) of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.
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Article 9 — Intergenerational Transmission of Represented Status

9.1 The status of “represented person” under SCIPS-X is hereditary ipso jure and passes by bloodline in direct or collateral descent, or by canonical adoption recognised under the Code of Canon Law.

9.2 This transmission shall not be interrupted by change of domicile, civil status, or political status in any other jurisdiction, except by formal renunciation made before competent ecclesiastical authority of SCIPS-X.

9.3 The extinction of a family line does not terminate the proprietary or representational rights attached to the ancestral domain; such rights revert to the nearest collateral line of descent recognised under canonical and customary law.
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Article 10 — Territorial Indivisibility and Inalienability

10.1 All territories enumerated in Article 3 of the principal Decree are canonically and customarily indivisible and inalienable.

10.2 No alienation, cession, lease, occupation, or change in jurisdiction may be validly effected without the unanimous consent of the Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS-X and the Apostolic See.

10.3 Any purported alteration of boundaries or transfer of sovereignty by an external State or organisation is ipso facto null, void, and without legal effect under jus cogens, and constitutes a breach of the principle of uti possidetis juris as applied to canonical and indigenous territorial integrity.
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Article 11 — Canonical Uti Possidetis Juris

11.1 The principle of uti possidetis juris, adapted to ecclesiastical and indigenous law, mandates that the boundaries of SCIPS-X shall remain as recognised under the Concordat of 1860, indigenous customary demarcations, and subsequent canonical determinations.

11.2 No civil or international authority may alter these boundaries without violating peremptory norms of self-determination and ecclesiastical sovereignty recognised under Articles 3 and 26 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007) and Article 14 §1 of ILO Convention 169.

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Article 12 — Absolute Nullity and Erga Omnes Obligation

12.1 Any act, treaty, decree, judicial decision, administrative measure, or agreement—whether national or international—attempting to redefine, alter, or dilute the composition of the represented population of SCIPS-X is ipso facto null and void ab initio.

12.2 All States and international organisations are under an erga omnes obligation to respect the definition of the represented population as set forth in the principal Decree and this Annex, as a matter of peremptory international law, indigenous rights, and canonical jurisdiction.

12.3 The Holy See, as the supreme guardian of canonical order, and SCIPS-X, as the competent indigenous-canonical sovereign, shall exercise all necessary measures—diplomatic, juridical, and canonical—to ensure compliance with these obligations.

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ANNEX II — RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT (R2P) AND CANONICO-INDIGENOUS SUBSTITUTION DOCTRINE IN CASE OF FAILED STATE

(Supplementary to the Supreme Constitutional Legislative Decree on the Represented Population of SCIPS-X)

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Article 13 — Recognition of the Responsibility to Protect as a Jus Cogens Norm

13.1 The State recognises and incorporates into its supreme constitutional order the principles of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), as affirmed in:

(a) 2005 World Summit Outcome Document, UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/60/1, paras. 138–139;

(b) UN Security Council Resolution 1674 (2006) on the protection of civilians in armed conflict;

(c) UN Security Council Resolution 1894 (2009) reaffirming the protection of civilians as a core international obligation.

13.2 R2P is recognised as a peremptory norm (jus cogens) insofar as it pertains to the prevention of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity.

13.3 Application to SCIPS-X:

(a) Where the Residual Administrative Unit (RAU) — the former Republic of Haiti — fails or is manifestly unable to protect the indigenous Catholic population of Xaragua from grave harm, the canonical and indigenous sovereignty of SCIPS-X, under the supreme guardianship of the Holy See, activates R2P ipso jure.

(b) This activation is self-executing and does not require UN Security Council approval where urgent canonical-indigenous protection is necessary, pursuant to Article 26 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (pacta sunt servanda) and Article 3 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007).

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Article 14 — Definition of Failed State in Canonico-Indigenous Law

14.1 For the purposes of SCIPS-X, a “failed state” exists when:

(a) The RAU loses effective control over all or substantial parts of the canonical and indigenous territory of Xaragua;

(b) The RAU is unable or unwilling to enforce the 1860 Concordat, thereby abandoning its obligations toward the Holy See and the represented population;

(c) The RAU ceases to provide basic security, health, and governance to the indigenous Catholic population.

14.2 Recognition of failure:

(a) The determination of “failed state” status shall be made jointly by the Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS-X and the Apostolic See;

(b) Such determination is final, binding, and unappealable under Canon 333 §3 CIC and Article 53 of the Vienna Convention (jus cogens).
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Article 15 — Doctrine of Canonico-Indigenous Substitution

15.1 Upon determination of failure as defined in Article 14, SCIPS-X, as the canonical and indigenous sovereign, shall assume the protective and representational functions ipso jure in substitution for the RAU.

15.2 Legal basis:

(a) Canon 1254 §1 CIC — inherent right of the Church to administer temporal goods for the salvation of souls;

(b) UNDRIP Article 3 & 26 — indigenous peoples’ right to self-determination and control over ancestral lands;

(c) ILO Convention 169, Article 14 §1 — recognition of ownership and possession over traditionally occupied lands;

(d) Montevideo Convention, Article 1 — capacity to govern and enter into relations as an element of statehood.

15.3 This substitution is not contingent upon recognition by any third State or international organisation and is effective erga omnes under Article 12 of the principal Decree.
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Article 16 — Irrevocability of Substituted Jurisdiction

16.1 Once the Doctrine of Canonico-Indigenous Substitution has been activated, the RAU or any successor entity is permanently barred from reasserting jurisdiction over the represented population without the unanimous consent of:

(a) The Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS-X; and

(b) The Apostolic See.

16.2 Any attempt to reimpose such jurisdiction constitutes:

(a) A violation of jus cogens norms of self-determination;

(b) A breach of the Concordat of 1860 under Article 26 of the Vienna Convention;

(c) An act of aggression under the definition contained in UN General Assembly Resolution 3314 (XXIX) (1974).
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Article 17 — International Obligations of Third Parties

17.1 All States and international organisations are under an erga omnes obligation to recognise the activation of the Canonico-Indigenous Substitution Doctrine as lawful and binding.

17.2 No external actor may provide political, military, or logistical assistance to the RAU or any entity attempting to reassert failed jurisdiction over the represented population, under penalty of violating Article 41 of the International Law Commission’s Articles on State Responsibility (2001).

17.3 The Holy See and SCIPS-X reserve the right to seek remedies, including but not limited to:

(a) Diplomatic protests;

(b) Appeals to the International Court of Justice;

(c) Ecclesiastical sanctions under Canon Law.

Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau

Praelatus Conditor et Rector Praeses

Prelate-Founder and Rector-President

Prélat-fondateur et recteur-président

Prelado Fundador y Rector Presidente

Prelato Fondatore e Rettore Presidente

SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA ®

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SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATIVE DECREE

ON THE DESIGNATION OF THE OFFICIAL ECCLESIASTICAL EMBASSY OF SCIPS-X IN CANADA, ITS LEGAL STATUS, AND THE EXTRATERRITORIALITY OF STATE ACADEMIC AND ECCLESIASTICAL PREMISES

Preamble

This Legislative Decree is promulgated under the Supreme Constitutional Authority of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X), hereinafter “the State”, exercising full canonical, indigenous, and public international legal personality, pursuant to:

1. The 1983 Codex Iuris Canonici (Code of Canon Law), Canons 331, 333 §3, 1254 §1–1258, and 747 §1;

2. The Concordat of 28 March 1860 between the Holy See and the former Republic of Haiti (RAU) – recognised under pacta sunt servanda as incorporated into customary international law;

3. The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (VCDR), 1961, Articles 1, 3, 22, 29, 30, 31, 34, 37, and 40;

4. The Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (VCCR), 1963, Articles 1, 5, 31, 43, and 55;

5. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), 2007, Articles 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 18, and 36;

6. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), 1948, Articles 18, 19, and 20;

7. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), 1966, Articles 18 and 19;

8. Customary international law on academic extraterritoriality, as applied to State universities operating as sovereign instruments of education and diplomacy.
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Article 1 – Official Designation of the Ecclesiastical Embassy in Canada

1.1 The Parish of Saint-Angèle-de-Mérici, located at 5275 Boulevard Lavoisier, Saint-Léonard, Quebec, Canada H1R 1J5, is hereby designated as the Official Ecclesiastical Embassy of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua in Canada, exclusively for the purposes of canonical representation and ecclesiastical liaison, without prejudice to the parish’s own administrative and pastoral autonomy under the Archdiocese of Montreal.

1.2 This designation does not confer upon the parish any responsibility for State affairs, reception of State correspondence, or participation in the governance, policies, or diplomatic operations of the State. The Parish Council and its canonical administration remain entirely independent, and the State’s presence does not alter the parish’s status under diocesan and universal canon law.
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Article 2 – Non-Reception of State Correspondence

2.1 All official correspondence of SCIPS-X shall be conducted exclusively through secure electronic mail and encrypted communications under State protocol.

2.2 The postal address of the Parish shall not be used as the mailing address of the State, nor shall the Parish be obligated or authorised to receive, store, or forward any official documents, parcels, or diplomatic communications intended for the State.
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Article 3 – Scope of Access and Purpose of the Embassy

3.1 The Embassy shall serve primarily as a point of contact for Catholic faithful, non-Catholic individuals, and Indigenous persons of Xaragua who are under the canonical jurisdiction of the Holy Roman Pontiff.

3.2 Activities within the Embassy premises shall be exclusively ecclesiastical and representational in nature, and shall not include secular political campaigning, partisan gatherings, or commercial transactions.
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Article 4 – Diplomatic Premises of the State

4.1 In the Territory of Xaragua, the National Palace is designated as the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, Miragoâne.

4.2 In the Dominican Republic, the State operates from a private office whose location is disclosed solely to competent Dominican authorities under mutual diplomatic and security protocol.

4.3 In the United States, the State employs relay facilities to be communicated to competent U.S. authorities at the appropriate diplomatic juncture.

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Article 5 – Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges
5.1 Pursuant to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, Article 22(1):

“The premises of the mission shall be inviolable. The agents of the receiving State may not enter them, except with the consent of the head of the mission.”

Applied:

No Canadian federal, provincial, or municipal authority may enter the designated Embassy area without express consent of the SCIPS-X Head of Mission, except as otherwise provided under mutual canonical-diplomatic agreement.

5.2 Pursuant to Article 29 VCDR:

“The person of a diplomatic agent shall be inviolable. He shall not be liable to any form of arrest or detention.”

Applied:

All duly accredited ecclesiastical and indigenous representatives of SCIPS-X enjoy full immunity from arrest or detention under international law while acting in their official capacity in Canada.

5.3 Pursuant to Article 31(1) VCDR:

“A diplomatic agent shall enjoy immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of the receiving State.”

Applied:

Official acts of SCIPS-X representatives, including academic and ecclesiastical functions, are immune from Canadian criminal jurisdiction.
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Article 6 – Academic Extraterritoriality

6.1 All extraterritorial campuses of the University of Xaragua are deemed diplomatic premises under Article 1(i) VCDR (“‘premises of the mission’ includes the buildings or parts of buildings… used for the purposes of the mission including the residence of the head of the mission”).

6.2 Since SCIPS-X is both a State and a University (L’Universitas est Status; Status est Universitas), all University facilities worldwide function as embassies of the State and enjoy corresponding immunities.
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Article 7 – Severability and Perpetuity

7.1 The designation herein is irrevocable except by mutual canonical act ratified by both the Holy See and the State, and registered as such under the 1860 Concordat framework.

7.2 Any attempt by a third party to nullify or infringe upon this designation shall be deemed an unlawful interference under jus cogens norms and shall be pursued under international legal remedy.
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Promulgated under the Seal of the State this August, 12 by:

Monsignor Ludner Pascal Deapuzeau Daumex Viau
Prelate-Founder & Rector-President of SCIPS-X

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DECRETO LEGISLATIVO COSTITUZIONALE SUPREMO

SULLA DESIGNAZIONE DELL’AMBASCIATA ECCLESIASTICA UFFICIALE DELLO SCIPS-X IN CANADA, IL SUO STATUS GIURIDICO E L’EXTRATERRITORIALITÀ DELLE SEDI ACCADEMICHE ED ECCLESIASTICHE STATALI

Preambolo

Il presente Decreto legislativo è promulgato sotto l’Autorità Costituzionale Suprema dello Stato Cattolico Indigeno Privato Sovrano di Xaragua (SCIPS-X), di seguito “lo Stato”, esercitando la piena personalità giuridica canonica, indigena e di diritto internazionale pubblico, ai sensi di:

1. Codex Iuris Canonici del 1983, Canoni 331, 333 §3, 1254 §1–1258 e 747 §1;

2. Concordato del 28 marzo 1860 tra la Santa Sede e l’ex Repubblica di Haiti (RAU) – riconosciuto ai sensi del pacta sunt servanda come incorporato nel diritto internazionale consuetudinario;

3. Convenzione di Vienna sulle Relazioni Diplomatiche (CVRD), 1961, Articoli 1, 3, 22, 29, 30, 31, 34, 37 e 40;

4. Convenzione di Vienna sulle Relazioni Consolari (CVRC), 1963, Articoli 1, 5, 31, 43 e 55;

5. Dichiarazione delle Nazioni Unite sui Diritti dei Popoli Indigeni (UNDRIP), 2007, Articoli 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 18 e 36;

6. Dichiarazione Universale dei Diritti dell’Uomo (DUDU), 1948, Articoli 18, 19 e 20;

7. Patto Internazionale sui Diritti Civili e Politici (PIDCP), 1966, Articoli 18 e 19;

8. Diritto internazionale consuetudinario sull’extraterritorialità accademica, applicato alle università statali operanti come strumenti sovrani di educazione e diplomazia.
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Articolo 1 – Designazione ufficiale dell’Ambasciata Ecclesiastica in Canada

1.1 La Parrocchia di Saint-Angèle-de-Mérici, situata in 5275 Boulevard Lavoisier, Saint-Léonard, Québec, Canada H1R 1J5, è qui designata come Ambasciata Ecclesiastica Ufficiale dello Stato Cattolico Indigeno Privato Sovrano di Xaragua in Canada, esclusivamente per fini di rappresentanza canonica e di collegamento ecclesiastico, senza pregiudizio per l’autonomia amministrativa e pastorale della parrocchia stessa sotto l’Arcidiocesi di Montréal.

1.2 Tale designazione non conferisce alla parrocchia alcuna responsabilità per gli affari dello Stato, la ricezione di corrispondenza statale o la partecipazione alla governance, alle politiche o alle operazioni diplomatiche dello Stato. Il Consiglio parrocchiale e la sua amministrazione canonica rimangono interamente indipendenti e la presenza dello Stato non altera lo status della parrocchia secondo il diritto canonico diocesano e universale.
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Articolo 2 – Non ricezione della corrispondenza statale

2.1 Tutta la corrispondenza ufficiale dello SCIPS-X deve essere condotta esclusivamente tramite posta elettronica sicura e comunicazioni criptate secondo il protocollo statale.

2.2 L’indirizzo postale della Parrocchia non deve essere utilizzato come indirizzo di posta dello Stato, né la Parrocchia è obbligata o autorizzata a ricevere, conservare o inoltrare documenti ufficiali, pacchi o comunicazioni diplomatiche destinate allo Stato.
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Articolo 3 – Ambito di accesso e finalità dell’Ambasciata

3.1 L’Ambasciata funge principalmente da punto di contatto per i fedeli cattolici, individui non cattolici e persone indigene di Xaragua che sono sotto la giurisdizione canonica del Sommo Pontefice Romano.

3.2 Le attività all’interno dei locali dell’Ambasciata devono essere esclusivamente di natura ecclesiastica e rappresentativa e non devono includere campagne politiche secolari, raduni di partito o transazioni commerciali.
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Articolo 4 – Sedi diplomatiche dello Stato

4.1 Nel territorio di Xaragua, il Palazzo Nazionale è designato come la Cattedrale di San Giovanni Battista, Miragoâne.

4.2 Nella Repubblica Dominicana, lo Stato opera da un ufficio privato la cui ubicazione è comunicata esclusivamente alle autorità dominicane competenti secondo un protocollo diplomatico e di sicurezza reciproco.

4.3 Negli Stati Uniti, lo Stato utilizza strutture di collegamento che saranno comunicate alle autorità statunitensi competenti al momento opportuno.
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Articolo 5 – Immunità e privilegi diplomatici

5.1 Ai sensi dell’Articolo 22(1) della CVRD:

«I locali della missione sono inviolabili. Gli agenti dello Stato ricevente non possono entrarvi senza il consenso del capo della missione.»

Applicazione:

Nessuna autorità federale, provinciale o municipale canadese può entrare nell’area designata dell’Ambasciata senza il consenso espresso del Capo Missione dello SCIPS-X, salvo quanto previsto da accordi canonico-diplomatici reciproci.

5.2 Ai sensi dell’Articolo 29 CVRD:

«La persona di un agente diplomatico è inviolabile. Egli non è soggetto ad alcuna forma di arresto o detenzione.»

Applicazione:

Tutti i rappresentanti ecclesiastici e indigeni dello SCIPS-X debitamente accreditati godono di piena immunità dall’arresto o detenzione secondo il diritto internazionale mentre agiscono nella loro funzione ufficiale in Canada.

5.3 Ai sensi dell’Articolo 31(1) CVRD:

«Un agente diplomatico gode dell’immunità dalla giurisdizione penale dello Stato ricevente.»

Applicazione:

Gli atti ufficiali dei rappresentanti dello SCIPS-X, comprese le funzioni accademiche ed ecclesiastiche, sono immuni dalla giurisdizione penale canadese.
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Articolo 6 – Extraterritorialità accademica

6.1 Tutti i campus extraterritoriali dell’Università di Xaragua sono considerati locali diplomatici ai sensi dell’Articolo 1(i) CVRD («“locali della missione” include edifici o parti di edifici… utilizzati per le finalità della missione, inclusa la residenza del capo missione»).

6.2 Poiché lo SCIPS-X è sia uno Stato sia un’Università (L’Universitas est Status; Status est Universitas), tutte le strutture universitarie nel mondo funzionano come ambasciate dello Stato e godono delle corrispondenti immunità.
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Articolo 7 – Clausola di separabilità e perpetuità

7.1 La designazione qui presente è irrevocabile salvo atto canonico congiunto ratificato sia dalla Santa Sede che dallo Stato e registrato come tale nel quadro del Concordato del 1860.

7.2 Qualsiasi tentativo di terzi di annullare o violare questa designazione sarà considerato un’interferenza illecita secondo le norme jus cogens e sarà perseguito mediante ricorso legale internazionale.
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Promulgato sotto il Sigillo dello Stato in data 12 augusto, 2025

Monsignor Ludner Pascal Deapuzeau Daumex Viau
Prelato-Fondatore e Rettore-Presidente dello SCIPS-X

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DÉCRET LÉGISLATIF CONSTITUTIONNEL SUPRÊME
RELATIF À LA DÉSIGNATION DE L’AMBASSADE ECCLÉSIASTIQUE OFFICIELLE DU SCIPS-X AU CANADA, À SON STATUT JURIDIQUE, ET À L’EXTRATERRITORIALITÉ DES LOCAUX UNIVERSITAIRES ET ECCLÉSIASTIQUES DE L’ÉTAT

Préambule

Le présent Décret législatif est promulgué sous l’Autorité constitutionnelle suprême de l’État Catholique Indigène Privé Souverain de Xaragua (SCIPS-X), ci-après « l’État », exerçant la pleine personnalité juridique canonique, indigène et de droit international public, conformément :

1. Au Code de droit canonique de 1983 (Codex Iuris Canonici), canons 331, 333 §3, 1254 §1–1258, et 747 §1 ;

2. Au Concordat du 28 mars 1860 entre le Saint-Siège et l’ancienne République d’Haïti (UAR – Unité Administrative Résiduelle), reconnu selon le principe du pacta sunt servanda et incorporé au droit international coutumier ;

3. À la Convention de Vienne sur les relations diplomatiques (CVRD), 1961, articles 1, 3, 22, 29, 30, 31, 34, 37 et 40 ;

4. À la Convention de Vienne sur les relations consulaires (CVRC), 1963, articles 1, 5, 31, 43 et 55 ;

5. À la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones (DNUDPA), 2007, articles 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 18 et 36 ;

6. À la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme (DUDH), 1948, articles 18, 19 et 20 ;

7. Au Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques (PIDCP), 1966, articles 18 et 19 ;

8. Au droit international coutumier relatif à l’extraterritorialité académique, tel qu’appliqué aux universités d’État opérant comme instruments souverains d’éducation et de diplomatie.
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Article 1 – Désignation officielle de l’Ambassade ecclésiastique au Canada

1.1 La Paroisse Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici, située au 5275 boulevard Lavoisier, Saint-Léonard, Québec, Canada H1R 1J5, est par le présent désignée comme Ambassade ecclésiastique officielle de l’État Catholique Indigène Privé Souverain de Xaragua au Canada, exclusivement aux fins de représentation canonique et de liaison ecclésiastique, sans préjudice de l’autonomie administrative et pastorale propre à la paroisse, laquelle demeure sous l’autorité de l’Archidiocèse de Montréal.

1.2 Cette désignation ne confère à la paroisse aucune responsabilité quant aux affaires de l’État, à la réception de correspondances officielles de l’État, ni à la participation à la gouvernance, aux politiques ou aux opérations diplomatiques de l’État. Le Conseil paroissial et son administration canonique demeurent entièrement indépendants, et la présence de l’État n’altère en rien le statut de la paroisse au regard du droit canon diocésain et universel.
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Article 2 – Non-réception des correspondances de l’État

2.1 Toute correspondance officielle du SCIPS-X doit être effectuée exclusivement par courrier électronique sécurisé et communications cryptées, conformément au protocole d’État.

2.2 L’adresse postale de la paroisse ne doit pas être utilisée comme adresse postale de l’État, ni la paroisse être obligée ou autorisée à recevoir, stocker ou transmettre des documents, colis ou communications diplomatiques destinés à l’État.
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Article 3 – Portée de l’accès et objet de l’Ambassade

3.1 L’Ambassade sert principalement de point de contact pour les fidèles catholiques, les personnes non catholiques et les autochtones du Xaragua relevant de la juridiction canonique du Souverain Pontife romain.

3.2 Les activités dans l’enceinte de l’Ambassade doivent être exclusivement de nature ecclésiastique et représentative, et ne doivent pas inclure de campagne politique séculière, de réunion partisane ou de transaction commerciale.
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Article 4 – Locaux diplomatiques de l’État

4.1 Sur le territoire du Xaragua, le Palais national est la Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Miragoâne.

4.2 En République dominicaine, l’État opère depuis un bureau privé dont l’emplacement n’est communiqué qu’aux autorités dominicaines compétentes, selon un protocole diplomatique et sécuritaire mutuel.

4.3 Aux États-Unis, l’État utilise des relais dont la localisation sera communiquée aux autorités américaines compétentes au moment diplomatique opportun.
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Article 5 – Immunités et privilèges diplomatiques

5.1 Conformément à l’article 22(1) de la CVRD :

« Les locaux de la mission sont inviolables. Les agents de l’État accréditaire ne peuvent y pénétrer qu’avec le consentement du chef de mission. »

Application :

Aucune autorité fédérale, provinciale ou municipale canadienne ne peut pénétrer dans l’espace désigné comme Ambassade sans le consentement exprès du chef de mission du SCIPS-X, sauf disposition contraire dans le cadre d’un accord canonico-diplomatique mutuel.

5.2 Conformément à l’article 29 de la CVRD :

« La personne de l’agent diplomatique est inviolable. Il ne peut être soumis à aucune forme d’arrestation ou de détention. »

Application :

Tous les représentants ecclésiastiques et autochtones dûment accrédités du SCIPS-X bénéficient de l’immunité complète contre toute arrestation ou détention au Canada dans l’exercice de leurs fonctions officielles.

5.3 Conformément à l’article 31(1) de la CVRD :

« L’agent diplomatique jouit de l’immunité de juridiction pénale de l’État accréditaire. »

Application :

Les actes officiels des représentants du SCIPS-X, y compris les fonctions académiques et ecclésiastiques, sont immunisés contre la juridiction pénale canadienne.
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Article 6 – Extraterritorialité académique

6.1 Tous les campus extraterritoriaux de l’Université du Xaragua sont considérés comme locaux diplomatiques au sens de l’article 1(i) de la CVRD (« ‘locaux de la mission’ s’entend également des bâtiments ou parties de bâtiments… utilisés aux fins de la mission, y compris la résidence du chef de mission »).

6.2 Étant donné que le SCIPS-X est à la fois un État et une Université (L’Universitas est Status ; Status est Universitas), toutes les installations universitaires du monde fonctionnent comme ambassades de l’État et bénéficient des immunités correspondantes.
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Article 7 – Divisibilité et perpétuité

7.1 La présente désignation est irrévocable sauf par un acte canonique conjoint ratifié à la fois par le Saint-Siège et l’État, et enregistré comme tel dans le cadre du Concordat de 1860.

7.2 Toute tentative par un tiers de nullifier ou d’entraver cette désignation constitue une ingérence illégale contraire aux normes jus cogens et fera l’objet de recours juridiques internationaux.
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Promulgué sous le sceau de l’État en date du 12 août 2025, par

Monseigneur Ludner Pascal Deapuzeau Daumec Viau
Prélat-fondateur & Recteur-Président du SCIPS-X
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DECRETUM LEGISLATIVUM CONSTITUTIONALE SUPREMUM

DE DESIGNATIONE AMBASSADAE ECCLESIASTICAE OFFICIALIS SCIPS-X IN CANADA, DE STATU IURIDICO EIUS, ET DE EXTRATERRITORIALITATE LOCORUM UNIVERSITARIORUM AC ECCLESIASTICORUM STATUS

Praefatio

Hoc Decretum legislativum, auctoritate constitutionali suprema Status Catholici Indigenae Privati Souverani de Xaragua (SCIPS-X), in posterum “Status” nuncupati, promulgatur, exercens plenam personalitatem iuridicam canonicam, indigenam, et iuris gentium publici, conformiter ad :

1. Codex Iuris Canonici anno MCMLXXXIII promulgatus, canones 331, 333 §3, 1254 §1–1258, et 747 §1;

2. Concordatum die XXVIII Martii MDCCCLX inter Sanctam Sedem et antiquam Rempublicam Haiti (Unitas Administrativa Residualis — UAR), secundum principium pacta sunt servanda agnitum atque in ius gentium consuetudinarium incorporatum;

3. Conventio Viennensis de Relationibus Diplomaticis (CVRD), anno MCMLXI, articuli 1, 3, 22, 29, 30, 31, 34, 37 et 40;

4. Conventio Viennensis de Relationibus Consularibus (CVRC), anno MCMLXIII, articuli 1, 5, 31, 43 et 55;

5. Declaratio Nationum Unitarum de Iuribus Populorum Indigenarum (DNUDPA), anno MMVII, articuli 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 18 et 36;

6. Declaratio Universalis de Iuribus Hominis (DUDH), anno MCMXLVIII, articuli 18, 19 et 20;

7. Pactum Internationale de Iuribus Civilibus et Politicis (PIDCP), anno MCMLXVI, articuli 18 et 19;

8. Ius gentium consuetudinarium de extraterritorialitate academica, prout adhibetur universitatibus publicis in functione instrumentorum educationis et diplomatiae.
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Articulus 1 — Designatio officialis legationis ecclesiasticae in Canada

1.1 Paroecia Sanctae Angelae de Merici, sita ad 5275 Boulevard Lavoisier, Saint-Léonard, Quebec, Canada, H1R 1J5, per praesens designatur uti Legatio ecclesiastica officialis Status Catholici Indigenae Privati Souverani de Xaragua in Canada, ad solas fines repraesentationis canonicae et nexus ecclesiastici, sine praeiudicio autonomiae administrativae ac pastoralis propriae paroeciae, quae manet sub auctoritate Archidioecesis Montis Regii.

1.2 Haec designatio nullam tribuit paroeciae responsabilitatem circa negotia Status, nec adceptionem epistularum officialium, nec participationem in gubernatione, consiliis vel actibus diplomaticis Status. Consilium paroeciale et administratio canonica manent omnino independentes, et praesentia Status nullo modo mutat statum paroeciae secundum ius canonicum dioecesanum et universale.
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Articulus 2 — Non-receptio epistularum Status

2.1 Omnis communicatio officialis SCIPS-X perficienda est tantum per cursum electronicum securum et nuntios cryptatos, secundum protocollum Status.

2.2 Inscriptione postali paroeciae non utendum est pro inscriptione postali Status, nec paroecia obligatur aut auctorizatur ad recipiendas, conservandas aut transmittendas litteras, fasciculos vel communicationes diplomaticas ad Statum pertinentes.
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Articulus 3 — Ambitus accessus et propositum Legationis

3.1 Legatio inservit praecipue ut locus contactus pro fidelibus catholicis, non catholicis, et indigenis Xaraguae sub iurisdictione canonica Summi Pontificis Romani.

3.2 Acta intra ambitum Legationis exercenda sunt stricte ecclesiastica et repraesentativa, neque includere possunt propaganda politica saecularia, conventus factionum aut negotiationes commerciales.
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Articulus 4 — Loca diplomatica Status

4.1 In territorio Xaraguae, Palatium Nationale est Cathedralis Sancti Ioannis Baptistae Miragoanae.

4.2 In Republica Dominicana, Status operatur ex officio privato, cuius situs communicatur solum auctoritatibus Dominicanis competentibus, secundum protocollum diplomaticum et securitatis mutuae.

4.3 In Civitatibus Foederatis Americae, Status utitur stationibus relatorum, quarum locus patefacietur auctoritatibus Americanis competentibus tempore diplomatico opportuno.
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Articulus 5 — Immunitates et privilegia diplomatica
5.1 Ex Art. 22(1) CVRD :

« Loca missionis sunt inviolabilia. Ministri Status accipientis in ea ingredi non possunt nisi consensu Capi Missionis. »

Applicatio :

Nulla auctoritas foederalis, provincialis aut municipalis Canadensis potest ingredi spatium Legationis sine consensu expresso Capi Missionis SCIPS-X, nisi aliter dispositum sit in conventione canonico-diplomatica mutua.

5.2 Ex Art. 29 CVRD :

« Persona ministri diplomatici inviolabilis est. Nulli subici potest formae arrestationis aut detentionis. »

Applicatio :

Omnes repraesentantes ecclesiastici et indigeni rite accreditati SCIPS-X plenam immunitatem habent contra arrestationem vel detentionem in Canada in exercitio munerum officialium.

5.3 Ex Art. 31(1) CVRD :

« Minister diplomaticus immunitatem habet a iurisdictione criminali Status accipientis. »

Applicatio :

Acta officialia repraesentantium SCIPS-X, inter munera academica et ecclesiastica, immunia sunt a iurisdictione criminali Canadensi.
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Articulus 6 — Extraterritorialitas academica

6.1 Omnes campi universitarii extraterritoriales Universitatis Xaraguae censentur loca missionis diplomaticorum ad sensum Art. 1(i) CVRD (« ‘loca missionis’ etiam significant aedificia vel partes aedificiorum… ad usus missionis destinata, inter residentiam Capi Missionis »).

6.2 Cum SCIPS-X idem sit Status et Universitas (Universitas est Status; Status est Universitas), omnia instituta academica per orbem terrarum funguntur ut legationes Status et gaudent immunitatibus iisdem.
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Articulus 7 — Divisibilitas et perpetuitas

7.1 Haec designatio est irrevocabilis, nisi per actum canonicum coniunctum ratificatum tam a Sancta Sede quam a Statu, et sic in Concordato 1860 registratum.

7.2 Quaelibet conatus tertii ad hanc designationem irritandam vel impedimentum afferendum constituit interventionem illicitam contra normas jus cogens et subicietur remediis iuridicis internationalibus.
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Promulgatum sub sigillo Status
Primo die mensis Augusti anno Domini MMXXV

Monsignor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau
Praelatus-Fundator et Rector-Praeses SCIPS-X
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DECRETO LEGISLATIVO CONSTITUCIONAL SUPREMO

SOBRE LA DESIGNACIÓN DE LA EMBAJADA ECLESIÁSTICA OFICIAL DEL SCIPS-X EN CANADÁ, SU ESTATUTO JURÍDICO, Y LA EXTRATERRITORIALIDAD DE LOS LUGARES UNIVERSITARIOS Y ECLESIÁSTICOS DEL ESTADO

Preámbulo

El presente Decreto legislativo, promulgado bajo la Autoridad Constitucional Suprema del Estado Católico Indígena Privado Soberano de Xaragua (SCIPS-X), en adelante “el Estado”, ejerce la plena personalidad jurídica canónica, indígena y de derecho internacional público, conforme a:

1. El Código de Derecho Canónico de 1983, cánones 331, 333 §3, 1254 §1–1258 y 747 §1;

2. El Concordato de 28 de marzo de 1860 entre la Santa Sede y la antigua República de Haití (Unidad Administrativa Residual — UAR), reconocido conforme al principio pacta sunt servanda e incorporado al derecho internacional consuetudinario;

3. La Convención de Viena sobre Relaciones Diplomáticas (CVRD) de 1961, artículos 1, 3, 22, 29, 30, 31, 34, 37 y 40;

4. La Convención de Viena sobre Relaciones Consulares (CVRC) de 1963, artículos 1, 5, 31, 43 y 55;

5. La Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas (DNUDPI) de 2007, artículos 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 12, 18 y 36;

6. La Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos (DUDH) de 1948, artículos 18, 19 y 20;

7. El Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos (PIDCP) de 1966, artículos 18 y 19;

8. El derecho internacional consuetudinario sobre la extraterritorialidad académica, aplicable a universidades públicas en su función como instrumentos de educación y diplomacia.
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Artículo 1 — Designación oficial de la misión eclesiástica en Canadá

1.1 La Parroquia Santa Ángela de Mérici, situada en 5275 Boulevard Lavoisier, Saint-Léonard, Quebec, Canadá, H1R 1J5, queda designada por el presente como Misión Eclesiástica Oficial del Estado Católico Indígena Privado Soberano de Xaragua en Canadá, únicamente para fines de representación canónica y vínculo eclesiástico, sin perjuicio de la autonomía administrativa y pastoral propia de la parroquia, que permanece bajo la autoridad de la Arquidiócesis de Montreal.

1.2 Esta designación no confiere a la parroquia ninguna responsabilidad en los asuntos del Estado, ni la recepción de correspondencia oficial, ni la participación en la gobernanza, decisiones o actos diplomáticos del Estado. El consejo parroquial y la administración canónica permanecen totalmente independientes, y la presencia del Estado no altera en modo alguno el estatuto parroquial según el derecho canónico diocesano y universal.
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Artículo 2 — No recepción de correspondencia del Estado

2.1 Toda comunicación oficial del SCIPS-X debe realizarse exclusivamente por correo electrónico seguro y mensajes cifrados, conforme al protocolo del Estado.

2.2 La dirección postal de la parroquia no debe usarse como dirección postal del Estado, y la parroquia no está obligada ni autorizada a recibir, conservar o transmitir cartas, paquetes o comunicaciones diplomáticas relacionadas con el Estado.
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Artículo 3 — Ámbito de acceso y finalidad de la misión

3.1 La misión sirve principalmente como punto de contacto para los fieles católicos, no católicos y los indígenas del Xaragua bajo jurisdicción canónica del Sumo Pontífice Romano.

3.2 Las actividades dentro del ámbito de la misión serán estrictamente eclesiásticas y representativas, sin incluir propaganda política secular, reuniones partidistas ni negociaciones comerciales.
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Artículo 4 — Sedes diplomáticas del Estado

4.1 En el territorio del Xaragua, el Palacio Nacional es la Catedral de San Juan Bautista de Miragoâne.

4.2 En la República Dominicana, el Estado opera desde una oficina privada cuya ubicación se comunica únicamente a las autoridades dominicanas competentes, conforme al protocolo diplomático y de seguridad mutua.

4.3 En los Estados Unidos de América, el Estado utiliza estaciones de enlace cuyo emplazamiento se comunicará a las autoridades estadounidenses competentes en el momento diplomático oportuno.
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Artículo 5 — Inmunidades y privilegios diplomáticos
5.1 Conforme al Art. 22(1) CVRD:

«Los locales de la misión son inviolables. Los agentes del Estado receptor no podrán penetrar en ellos sin consentimiento del jefe de la misión.»

Aplicación:

Ninguna autoridad federal, provincial o municipal canadiense puede entrar en el espacio de la misión sin el consentimiento expreso del Jefe de Misión del SCIPS-X, salvo disposición contraria en acuerdo canónico-diplomático mutuo.

5.2 Conforme al Art. 29 CVRD:

«La persona del agente diplomático es inviolable. No podrá ser objeto de ninguna forma de detención o arresto.»

Aplicación:

Todos los representantes eclesiásticos e indígenas debidamente acreditados del SCIPS-X gozan de inmunidad plena contra arresto o detención en Canadá en el ejercicio de sus funciones oficiales.

5.3 Conforme al Art. 31(1) CVRD:

«El agente diplomático gozará de inmunidad de la jurisdicción penal del Estado receptor.»

Aplicación:

Los actos oficiales de los representantes del SCIPS-X, incluidos los académicos y eclesiásticos, están exentos de la jurisdicción penal canadiense.
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Artículo 6 — Extraterritorialidad académica

6.1 Todos los campus universitarios extraterritoriales de la Universidad del Xaragua se consideran locales de misión diplomática según el Art. 1(i) CVRD («Por “locales de la misión” se entiende también los edificios o partes de edificios... destinados a los fines de la misión, incluida la residencia del jefe de la misión»).

6.2 Dado que el SCIPS-X es al mismo tiempo Estado y Universidad (La Universidad es el Estado; el Estado es la Universidad), todas las instituciones académicas en el mundo operan como misiones del Estado y gozan de las mismas inmunidades.
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Artículo 7 — Divisibilidad y perpetuidad

7.1 Esta designación es irrevocable, salvo por acto canónico conjunto ratificado tanto por la Santa Sede como por el Estado, y registrado en el Concordato de 1860.

7.2 Cualquier intento de un tercero de invalidar esta designación o interferir en ella constituye una intervención ilícita contra normas jus cogens y será objeto de los recursos jurídicos internacionales correspondientes.
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Promulgado bajo el sello del Estado
Primero de agosto de 2025

Monseñor Ludner Pascal Despuzeau Daumec Viau
Prelado-Fundador y Rector-Presidente del SCIPS-X

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ENGLISH

ANNEX II — PROTOCOL ON INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY, ACADEMIC IMMUNITY, AND MISSIONARY PROTECTION
(Reference to Articles 5 and 6 of the Supreme Constitutional Legislative Decree of August 12, 2025)

Article 1 — Scope of Protected Persons
1.1 The following categories of persons shall enjoy the immunities and protections provided herein when duly accredited by SCIPS-X:
(a) Ecclesiastical envoys and missionary delegates of SCIPS-X;
(b) Academic staff, lecturers, researchers, and administrative personnel of the University of Xaragua;
(c) Students and fellows participating in official academic or missionary programs abroad under the authority of SCIPS-X.

Article 2 — Diplomatic and Academic Immunity
2.1 Pursuant to Articles 29 and 31 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and Article 1(i) of the same Convention as applied to extraterritorial academic premises, all official acts performed by the above categories shall be immune from arrest, detention, or criminal jurisdiction of the receiving State.
2.2 Such immunity extends to travel to, from, and within any State where SCIPS-X maintains ecclesiastical or academic presence.

Article 3 — Freedom of Movement
3.1 Under Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 12 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, all accredited persons shall enjoy the right to leave any country, including their own, and to return to SCIPS-X or any State hosting its institutions without hindrance.

Article 4 — Inviolability of Academic and Missionary Material
4.1 Documents, research data, educational materials, sacred objects, and missionary equipment shall be inviolable and exempt from search, seizure, or confiscation, in accordance with Article 27 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, mutatis mutandis.

Article 5 — Non-Derogation Clause
5.1 These immunities are non-derogable and shall remain in force irrespective of political changes in the receiving State, under the jus cogens nature of the ecclesiastical and indigenous rights invoked herein.

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FRANÇAIS

ANNEXE II — PROTOCOLE SUR LA MOBILITÉ INTERNATIONALE, L’IMMUNITÉ ACADÉMIQUE ET LA PROTECTION MISSIONNAIRE
(Référence aux articles 5 et 6 du Décret législatif constitutionnel suprême du 12 août 2025)

Article 1 — Champ des personnes protégées
1.1 Les catégories suivantes bénéficient des immunités et protections prévues par la présente annexe lorsqu’elles sont dûment accréditées par le SCIPS-X :
(a) Envoyés ecclésiastiques et délégués missionnaires du SCIPS-X ;
(b) Personnel académique, enseignants, chercheurs et administrateurs de l’Université du Xaragua ;
(c) Étudiants et boursiers participant à des programmes académiques ou missionnaires officiels à l’étranger sous l’autorité du SCIPS-X.

Article 2 — Immunité diplomatique et académique
2.1 Conformément aux articles 29 et 31 de la Convention de Vienne sur les relations diplomatiques et à l’article 1(i) de cette même convention appliqué aux locaux académiques extraterritoriaux, tous les actes officiels accomplis par les catégories précitées sont exempts d’arrestation, de détention ou de juridiction pénale de l’État hôte.
2.2 Cette immunité s’étend aux déplacements vers, depuis et à l’intérieur de tout État où le SCIPS-X maintient une présence ecclésiale ou académique.

Article 3 — Liberté de circulation
3.1 En vertu de l’article 13 de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme et de l’article 12 du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques, toutes les personnes accréditées bénéficient du droit de quitter tout pays, y compris le leur, et de revenir au SCIPS-X ou dans tout État hébergeant ses institutions, sans entrave.

Article 4 — Inviolabilité des matériels académiques et missionnaires
4.1 Les documents, données de recherche, matériels pédagogiques, objets sacrés et équipements missionnaires sont inviolables et exempts de fouille, saisie ou confiscation, conformément à l’article 27 de la Convention de Vienne sur les relations diplomatiques, mutatis mutandis.

Article 5 — Clause de non-dérogation
5.1 Ces immunités sont non dérogeables et demeurent en vigueur indépendamment des changements politiques dans l’État hôte, en raison de la nature jus cogens des droits ecclésiaux et indigènes invoqués aux présentes.

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LATIN

ANNEXUM II — PROTOCOLLUM DE MOBILITATE INTERNATIONALI, IMMUNITATE ACADEMICA, ET PROTECTIONE MISSIONARIA
(Relatio ad Articulos 5 et 6 Decreti Legislativi Constitutionalis Supremi diei XII Augusti MMXXV)

Articulus 1 — Ambitus personarum protectarum
1.1 Hae personarum categoriae immunitatibus et protectionibus hic praescriptis fruuntur, si rite a SCIPS-X accreditatae sunt:
(a) Legati ecclesiastici et delegati missionarii SCIPS-X;
(b) Magistri, doctores, investigatores, et administratores Universitatis Xaraguae;
(c) Studentes et asseclae in programmatis academicis vel missionariis officialibus foris sub auctoritate SCIPS-X participantes.

Articulus 2 — Immunitas diplomatica et academica
2.1 Iuxta Articulos 29 et 31 Conventio Viennensis de Relationibus Diplomaticis et Articulum 1(i) eiusdem, ad loca academica extraterritorialia applicatum, omnia acta officialia per has categorias gesta immunia sunt ab arrestatione, detentione, vel iurisdictione criminali Status hospitis.
2.2 Haec immunitas se extendit ad itinera ad, ex, et intra quemlibet Statum ubi SCIPS-X praesentiam ecclesiasticam vel academicam servat.

Articulus 3 — Libertas movendi
3.1 Ex Articulo 13 Declarationis Universalis de Iuribus Hominis et Articulo 12 Pacti Internationalis de Iuribus Civilibus et Politicis, omnes personae accreditatae ius habent quemlibet Statum relinquendi, inter suum proprium, et ad SCIPS-X vel ad quemlibet Statum eius instituta recipiens revertendi, sine impedimento.

Articulus 4 — Inviolabilitas materiarum academicarum et missionariarum
4.1 Documenta, data investigationis, instrumenta didactica, res sacrae, et apparatus missionarius inviolabiles sunt et a perquisitione, captione vel confiscatione immunes, iuxta Articulum 27 Conventio Viennensis de Relationibus Diplomaticis, mutatis mutandis.

Articulus 5 — Clausula de non-derogatione
5.1 Hae immunitates non derogabiles sunt et valent, mutationibus politicis in Statu hospite non obstantibus, ratione naturae jus cogens iurium ecclesiasticorum et indigenarum hic invocatorum.

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ITALIANO

ALLEGATO II — PROTOCOLLO SULLA MOBILITÀ INTERNAZIONALE, IMMUNITÀ ACCADEMICA E PROTEZIONE MISSIONARIA
(Riferimento agli articoli 5 e 6 del Decreto legislativo costituzionale supremo del 12 agosto 2025)

Articolo 1 — Ambito delle persone protette
1.1 Le seguenti categorie godono delle immunità e protezioni previste dal presente allegato quando debitamente accreditate dallo SCIPS-X:
(a) Inviati ecclesiastici e delegati missionari dello SCIPS-X;
(b) Personale accademico, docenti, ricercatori e amministrativi dell’Università di Xaragua;
(c) Studenti e borsisti che partecipano a programmi accademici o missionari ufficiali all’estero sotto l’autorità dello SCIPS-X.

Articolo 2 — Immunità diplomatica e accademica
2.1 Ai sensi degli articoli 29 e 31 della Convenzione di Vienna sulle relazioni diplomatiche e dell’articolo 1(i) della stessa applicato ai locali accademici extraterritoriali, tutti gli atti ufficiali compiuti dalle suddette categorie sono esenti da arresto, detenzione o giurisdizione penale dello Stato ospitante.
2.2 Tale immunità si estende ai viaggi da, verso e all’interno di qualsiasi Stato in cui lo SCIPS-X mantiene una presenza ecclesiastica o accademica.

Articolo 3 — Libertà di movimento
3.1 In virtù dell’articolo 13 della Dichiarazione universale dei diritti umani e dell’articolo 12 del Patto internazionale sui diritti civili e politici, tutte le persone accreditate hanno il diritto di lasciare qualsiasi Paese, incluso il proprio, e di tornare allo SCIPS-X o in qualsiasi Stato che ospiti le sue istituzioni, senza ostacoli.

Articolo 4 — Inviolabilità dei materiali accademici e missionari
4.1 Documenti, dati di ricerca, materiali didattici, oggetti sacri e attrezzature missionarie sono inviolabili ed esenti da perquisizione, sequestro o confisca, ai sensi dell’articolo 27 della Convenzione di Vienna sulle relazioni diplomatiche, mutatis mutandis.

Articolo 5 — Clausola di non derogabilità
5.1 Tali immunità sono non derogabili e restano in vigore indipendentemente dai cambiamenti politici nello Stato ospitante, in ragione della natura jus cogens dei diritti ecclesiastici e indigeni qui invocati.

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ESPAÑOL

ANEXO II — PROTOCOLO SOBRE MOVILIDAD INTERNACIONAL, INMUNIDAD ACADÉMICA Y PROTECCIÓN MISIONERA
(Referencia a los artículos 5 y 6 del Decreto legislativo constitucional supremo del 12 de agosto de 2025)

Artículo 1 — Ámbito de las personas protegidas
1.1 Las siguientes categorías de personas gozarán de las inmunidades y protecciones previstas en el presente anexo cuando estén debidamente acreditadas por el SCIPS-X:
(a) Enviados eclesiásticos y delegados misioneros del SCIPS-X;
(b) Personal académico, docentes, investigadores y administrativos de la Universidad del Xaragua;
(c) Estudiantes y becarios que participen en programas académicos o misioneros oficiales en el extranjero bajo la autoridad del SCIPS-X.

Artículo 2 — Inmunidad diplomática y académica
2.1 De conformidad con los artículos 29 y 31 de la Convención de Viena sobre relaciones diplomáticas y con el artículo 1(i) de la misma aplicado a locales académicos extraterritoriales, todos los actos oficiales realizados por las categorías mencionadas estarán exentos de arresto, detención o jurisdicción penal del Estado receptor.
2.2 Dicha inmunidad se extiende a los viajes hacia, desde y dentro de cualquier Estado donde el SCIPS-X mantenga presencia eclesiástica o académica.

Artículo 3 — Libertad de circulación
3.1 En virtud del artículo 13 de la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos y del artículo 12 del Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos, todas las personas acreditadas gozarán del derecho de salir de cualquier país, incluido el suyo, y de regresar al SCIPS-X o a cualquier Estado que albergue sus instituciones, sin impedimentos.

Artículo 4 — Inviolabilidad de materiales académicos y misioneros
4.1 Documentos, datos de investigación, materiales didácticos, objetos sagrados y equipos misioneros serán inviolables y estarán exentos de registro, incautación o confiscación, conforme al artículo 27 de la Convención de Viena sobre relaciones diplomáticas, mutatis mutandis.

Artículo 5 — Cláusula de no derogación
5.1 Estas inmunidades son no derogables y permanecerán en vigor independientemente de los cambios políticos en el Estado receptor, debido a la naturaleza jus cogens de los derechos eclesiásticos e indígenas aquí invocados.

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ANNEX III — SUPPLEMENTARY SAFEGUARDS TO THE PROTOCOL ON INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY, ACADEMIC IMMUNITY, AND MISSIONARY PROTECTION
(Reference to Annex II of August 12, 2025)

Article 1 — Additional Legal Bases
1.1 In addition to the provisions of Annex II, the following instruments shall apply:
(a) Articles 18 and 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, protecting the freedom of thought, conscience, religion, opinion, and expression for all accredited persons.
(b) The 1946 Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, applied mutatis mutandis to SCIPS-X’s ecclesiastical and academic missions abroad, ensuring functional immunity and inviolability of mission premises and archives.

Article 2 — Prior Notification Mechanism
2.1 SCIPS-X shall maintain a formal notification registry to be communicated to host States via diplomatic or ecclesiastical channels, listing all accredited persons enjoying protections under Annex II.
2.2 Such notification shall be deemed sufficient proof of status in any legal or administrative proceeding in the host State.

Article 3 — Immunity from Civil Jurisdiction
3.1 In accordance with Article 31(1) of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, accredited persons shall be immune from the civil and administrative jurisdiction of the host State in respect of acts performed in their official capacity.

Article 4 — Non-Conflict Clause
4.1 Where provisions of this Annex or Annex II conflict with the domestic law of the host State, the international obligations arising from the jus cogens nature of ecclesiastical and indigenous rights shall prevail.

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FRANÇAIS

ANNEXE III — GARANTIES SUPPLÉMENTAIRES AU PROTOCOLE SUR LA MOBILITÉ INTERNATIONALE, L’IMMUNITÉ ACADÉMIQUE ET LA PROTECTION MISSIONNAIRE
(Référence à l’Annexe II du 12 août 2025)

Article 1 — Bases juridiques additionnelles
1.1 Outre les dispositions de l’Annexe II, les instruments suivants s’appliquent :
(a) Les articles 18 et 19 de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme et du Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques, protégeant la liberté de pensée, de conscience, de religion, d’opinion et d’expression pour toutes les personnes accréditées.
(b) La Convention de 1946 sur les privilèges et immunités des Nations Unies, appliquée mutatis mutandis aux missions ecclésiales et académiques du SCIPS-X à l’étranger, garantissant l’immunité fonctionnelle et l’inviolabilité des locaux et archives de mission.

Article 2 — Mécanisme de notification préalable
2.1 Le SCIPS-X tient un registre formel des personnes accréditées, communiqué aux États hôtes par voie diplomatique ou ecclésiale, et bénéficiant des protections de l’Annexe II.
2.2 Cette notification constitue une preuve suffisante du statut dans toute procédure légale ou administrative dans l’État hôte.

Article 3 — Immunité de juridiction civile
3.1 Conformément à l’article 31(1) de la Convention de Vienne sur les relations diplomatiques, les personnes accréditées sont immunes de la juridiction civile et administrative de l’État hôte pour les actes accomplis dans l’exercice de leurs fonctions officielles.

Article 4 — Clause de primauté
4.1 En cas de conflit entre les dispositions de la présente annexe ou de l’Annexe II et le droit interne de l’État hôte, les obligations internationales découlant de la nature jus cogens des droits ecclésiaux et indigènes prévalent.

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ITALIANO

ALLEGATO III — GARANZIE SUPPLEMENTARI AL PROTOCOLLO SULLA MOBILITÀ INTERNAZIONALE, IMMUNITÀ ACCADEMICA E PROTEZIONE MISSIONARIA
(Riferimento all’Allegato II del 12 agosto 2025)

Articolo 1 — Basi giuridiche aggiuntive
1.1 Oltre alle disposizioni dell’Allegato II, si applicano i seguenti strumenti:
(a) Gli articoli 18 e 19 della Dichiarazione universale dei diritti umani e del Patto internazionale sui diritti civili e politici, che tutelano la libertà di pensiero, coscienza, religione, opinione ed espressione per tutte le persone accreditate.
(b) La Convenzione del 1946 sui privilegi e le immunità delle Nazioni Unite, applicata mutatis mutandis alle missioni ecclesiastiche e accademiche dello SCIPS-X all’estero, garantendo l’immunità funzionale e l’inviolabilità delle sedi e degli archivi di missione.

Articolo 2 — Meccanismo di notifica preventiva
2.1 Lo SCIPS-X mantiene un registro ufficiale delle persone accreditate, comunicato agli Stati ospitanti tramite canali diplomatici o ecclesiastici, beneficiando delle protezioni dell’Allegato II.
2.2 Tale notifica costituisce prova sufficiente dello status in qualsiasi procedimento legale o amministrativo nello Stato ospitante.

Articolo 3 — Immunità dalla giurisdizione civile
3.1 Ai sensi dell’articolo 31(1) della Convenzione di Vienna sulle relazioni diplomatiche, le persone accreditate sono immuni dalla giurisdizione civile e amministrativa dello Stato ospitante per gli atti compiuti nell’esercizio delle loro funzioni ufficiali.

Articolo 4 — Clausola di prevalenza
4.1 In caso di conflitto tra le disposizioni del presente allegato o dell’Allegato II e il diritto interno dello Stato ospitante, prevalgono gli obblighi internazionali derivanti dalla natura jus cogens dei diritti ecclesiastici e indigeni.

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ANNEXUM III — PRAESIDIA SUPPLEMENTARIA AD PROTOCOLLUM DE MOBILITATE INTERNATIONALI, IMMUNITATE ACADEMICA, ET PROTECTIONE MISSIONARIA
(Relatio ad Annexum II diei XII Augusti MMXXV)

Articulus 1 — Fundamenta iuridica additiva
1.1 Praeter dispositiones Annexi II, sequentia instrumenta applicantur:
(a) Articuli 18 et 19 Declarationis Universalis de Iuribus Hominis et Pacti Internationalis de Iuribus Civilibus et Politicis, tuentes libertatem cogitationis, conscientiae, religionis, opinionis ac expressionis pro omnibus personis accreditatis.
(b) Conventio anni MCMXLVI de Privilegiis et Immunitatibus Nationum Unitarum, mutatis mutandis adhibita missionibus ecclesiasticis et academicis SCIPS-X foris, immunitatem functionalem et inviolabilitatem sedium ac archivorum missionis praestans.

Articulus 2 — Mechanismus notificationis praevius
2.1 SCIPS-X servabit registrum formalem personarum accreditatarum, Statibus hospitibus per canales diplomaticos vel ecclesiasticos communicandum, beneficiarium praesidiorum Annexi II.
2.2 Haec notificatio sufficiens probationis status in quolibet processu legali vel administrativo in Statu hospite habebitur.

Articulus 3 — Immunitas a iurisdictione civili
3.1 Iuxta articulum 31(1) Conventio Viennensis de Relationibus Diplomaticis, personae accreditatae immunes sunt a iurisdictione civili et administrativa Status hospitis pro actibus in munere officiali peractis.

Articulus 4 — Clausula praevalentiae
4.1 In casu conflictus inter dispositiones huius Annexus vel Annexi II et legem domesticam Status hospitis, praevalebunt obligationes internationales ex natura jus cogens iurium ecclesiasticorum et indigenarum oriundae.

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ESPAÑOL

ANEXO III — GARANTÍAS SUPLEMENTARIAS AL PROTOCOLO SOBRE MOVILIDAD INTERNACIONAL, INMUNIDAD ACADÉMICA Y PROTECCIÓN MISIONERA
(Referencia al Anexo II del 12 de agosto de 2025)

Artículo 1 — Bases jurídicas adicionales
1.1 Además de las disposiciones del Anexo II, se aplicarán los siguientes instrumentos:
(a) Los artículos 18 y 19 de la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos y del Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos, que protegen la libertad de pensamiento, conciencia, religión, opinión y expresión para todas las personas acreditadas.
(b) La Convención de 1946 sobre los privilegios e inmunidades de las Naciones Unidas, aplicada mutatis mutandis a las misiones eclesiásticas y académicas del SCIPS-X en el extranjero, garantizando la inmunidad funcional y la inviolabilidad de las sedes y archivos de misión.

Artículo 2 — Mecanismo de notificación previa
2.1 El SCIPS-X mantendrá un registro formal de las personas acreditadas, que será comunicado a los Estados anfitriones por vía diplomática o eclesiástica, y que gozarán de las protecciones del Anexo II.
2.2 Dicha notificación constituirá prueba suficiente del estatus en cualquier procedimiento legal o administrativo en el Estado anfitrión.

Artículo 3 — Inmunidad de jurisdicción civil
3.1 De conformidad con el artículo 31(1) de la Convención de Viena sobre relaciones diplomáticas, las personas acreditadas estarán exentas de la jurisdicción civil y administrativa del Estado anfitrión por los actos realizados en el ejercicio de sus funciones oficiales.

Artículo 4 — Cláusula de prevalencia
4.1 En caso de conflicto entre las disposiciones del presente anexo o del Anexo II y el derecho interno del Estado anfitrión, prevalecerán las obligaciones internacionales derivadas de la naturaleza jus cogens de los derechos eclesiásticos e indígenas aquí invocados.

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SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATIVE DECREE
ON THE DESIGNATION OF THE OFFICIAL ECCLESIASTICAL EMBASSY OF SCIPS-X IN CANADA AND THE STATE PALACE OF SCIPS-X IN MIRAGOÂNE

Preamble
This Decree is enacted under the Supreme Constitutional Authority of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X), exercising full canonical, indigenous, and public international legal personality, pursuant to:

The 1983 Codex Iuris Canonici, Canons 1214, 1254 §1–1258, 1276, and 381;

The Concordat of 28 March 1860 between the Holy See and the former Republic of Haiti, recognised under pacta sunt servanda;

The Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961, Articles 1(i), 3, 22, and 31.

Article 1 — Ecclesiastical Embassy in Canada
1.1 The Parish of Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici, located in Montreal, Canada, is hereby designated as the Official Ecclesiastical Embassy of SCIPS-X to Canada.
1.2 This designation confers upon the premises the status of an ecclesiastical diplomatic mission, enjoying inviolability, functional immunity, and the protections afforded under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and applicable canonical norms.

Article 2 — State Palace in Miragoâne
2.1 The Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist, located in Miragoâne, Nippes, is hereby designated as the State Palace and ceremonial seat of SCIPS-X.
2.2 The Cathedral shall serve as the primary venue for official state ceremonies, ecclesiastical functions, and diplomatic receptions.

Article 3 — Non-Derogation
3.1 These designations are non-revocable without the express consent of the Holy See, in accordance with the jus cogens nature of ecclesiastical and indigenous rights.

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FRANÇAIS

DÉCRET LÉGISLATIF CONSTITUTIONNEL SUPRÊME
PORTANT DÉSIGNATION DE L’AMBASSADE ECCLÉSIASTIQUE OFFICIELLE DU SCIPS-X AU CANADA ET DU PALAIS D’ÉTAT DU SCIPS-X À MIRAGOÂNE

Préambule
Le présent décret est promulgué sous l’Autorité constitutionnelle suprême de l’État catholique indigène privé souverain de Xaragua (SCIPS-X), exerçant la pleine personnalité juridique canonique, indigène et de droit international public, conformément :

Aux Canons 1214, 1254 §1–1258, 1276 et 381 du Code de droit canonique (1983) ;

Au Concordat du 28 mars 1860 entre le Saint-Siège et l’ancienne République d’Haïti, reconnu en vertu du principe pacta sunt servanda ;

À la Convention de Vienne sur les relations diplomatiques (1961), articles 1(i), 3, 22 et 31.

Article 1 — Ambassade ecclésiastique au Canada
1.1 La Paroisse Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici, située à Montréal, Canada, est désignée Ambassade ecclésiastique officielle du SCIPS-X auprès du Canada.
1.2 Cette désignation confère aux locaux le statut de mission diplomatique ecclésiale, bénéficiant de l’inviolabilité, de l’immunité fonctionnelle et des protections prévues par la Convention de Vienne et les normes canoniques applicables.

Article 2 — Palais d’État à Miragoâne
2.1 La Cathédrale Saint-Jean-Baptiste, située à Miragoâne (Nippes), est désignée Palais d’État et siège cérémoniel du SCIPS-X.
2.2 Elle sert de lieu principal pour les cérémonies officielles de l’État, les fonctions ecclésiales et les réceptions diplomatiques.

Article 3 — Clause de non-dérogation
3.1 Ces désignations sont irrévocables sans le consentement exprès du Saint-Siège, conformément à la nature jus cogens des droits ecclésiaux et indigènes.

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ITALIANO

DECRETO LEGISLATIVO COSTITUZIONALE SUPREMO
SULLA DESIGNAZIONE DELL’AMBASCIATA ECCLESIASTICA UFFICIALE DELLO SCIPS-X IN CANADA E DEL PALAZZO DI STATO DELLO SCIPS-X A MIRAGOÂNE

Preambolo
Il presente decreto è emanato sotto l’Autorità Costituzionale Suprema dello Stato Cattolico Indigeno Privato Sovrano di Xaragua (SCIPS-X), con piena personalità giuridica canonica, indigena e di diritto internazionale pubblico, ai sensi di:

Codice di Diritto Canonico (1983), canoni 1214, 1254 §1–1258, 1276 e 381;

Concordato del 28 marzo 1860 tra la Santa Sede e l’ex Repubblica di Haiti, riconosciuto secondo il principio pacta sunt servanda;

Convenzione di Vienna sulle relazioni diplomatiche (1961), articoli 1(i), 3, 22 e 31.

Articolo 1 — Ambasciata ecclesiastica in Canada
1.1 La Parrocchia di Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici, situata a Montreal, Canada, è designata come Ambasciata Ecclesiastica Ufficiale dello SCIPS-X presso il Canada.
1.2 Tale designazione conferisce ai locali lo status di missione diplomatica ecclesiastica, con inviolabilità, immunità funzionale e protezioni previste dalla Convenzione di Vienna e dalle norme canoniche applicabili.

Articolo 2 — Palazzo di Stato a Miragoâne
2.1 La Cattedrale di San Giovanni Battista, situata a Miragoâne (Nippes), è designata come Palazzo di Stato e sede cerimoniale dello SCIPS-X.
2.2 La Cattedrale sarà il luogo principale per cerimonie ufficiali, funzioni ecclesiastiche e ricevimenti diplomatici.

Articolo 3 — Clausola di non deroga
3.1 Queste designazioni sono irrevocabili senza il consenso espresso della Santa Sede, in conformità con la natura jus cogens dei diritti ecclesiastici e indigeni.

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LATIN

DECRETUM LEGISLATIVUM CONSTITUTIONALE SUPREMUM
DE DESIGNATIONE LEGATIONIS ECCLESIASTICAE OFFICIALIS SCIPS-X IN CANADA ET PALATII STATUS SCIPS-X MIRAGOANAE

Praefatio
Hoc decretum promulgatur sub Auctoritate Constitutionali Suprema Status Catholici Indigeni Privati Souvereignis Xaragua (SCIPS-X), plenam personalitatem iuridicam canonicam, indigenam et internationalem exercens, secundum:

Codex Iuris Canonici (1983), canones 1214, 1254 §1–1258, 1276 et 381;

Concordatum diei XXVIII Martii MDCCCLX inter Sanctam Sedem et antiquam Rempublicam Haiti, sub principio pacta sunt servanda recognitum;

Conventio Viennensis de Relationibus Diplomaticis (1961), articuli 1(i), 3, 22 et 31.

Articulus 1 — Legatio ecclesiastica in Canada
1.1 Paroecia Sanctae Angelae de Mérici, in urbe Montreal, Canada sita, designatur Legatio Ecclesiastica Officialis SCIPS-X apud Canadam.
1.2 Haec designatio praestat locis statum missionis diplomaticae ecclesiasticae, inviolabilitatem, immunitatem functionalem et praesidia secundum Conventione Viennensi et normas canonicas applicabiles.

Articulus 2 — Palatium Status Miragoanae
2.1 Ecclesia Cathedralis Sancti Ioannis Baptistae, in urbe Miragoana (Nippes) sita, designatur Palatium Status et sedes caeremonialis SCIPS-X.
2.2 Ecclesia Cathedralis erit locus principalis pro caeremoniis publicis, functionibus ecclesiasticis et receptionibus diplomaticis.

Articulus 3 — Clausula de non derogatione
3.1 Hae designationes sunt irrevocabiles sine expresso consensu Sanctae Sedis, ratione naturae jus cogens iurium ecclesiasticorum et indigenarum.

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ESPAÑOL

DECRETO LEGISLATIVO CONSTITUCIONAL SUPREMO
SOBRE LA DESIGNACIÓN DE LA EMBAJADA ECLESIÁSTICA OFICIAL DEL SCIPS-X EN CANADÁ Y DEL PALACIO DE ESTADO DEL SCIPS-X EN MIRAGOÂNE

Preámbulo
El presente decreto se promulga bajo la Autoridad Constitucional Suprema del Estado Católico Indígena Privado Soberano de Xaragua (SCIPS-X), con plena personalidad jurídica canónica, indígena y de derecho internacional público, de conformidad con:

El Código de Derecho Canónico (1983), cánones 1214, 1254 §1–1258, 1276 y 381;

El Concordato de 28 de marzo de 1860 entre la Santa Sede y la antigua República de Haití, reconocido según el principio pacta sunt servanda;

La Convención de Viena sobre Relaciones Diplomáticas (1961), artículos 1(i), 3, 22 y 31.

Artículo 1 — Embajada eclesiástica en Canadá
1.1 La Parroquia Sainte-Angèle-de-Mérici, ubicada en Montreal, Canadá, queda designada como Embajada Eclesiástica Oficial del SCIPS-X ante Canadá.
1.2 Esta designación otorga a las instalaciones el estatus de misión diplomática eclesiástica, gozando de inviolabilidad, inmunidad funcional y de las protecciones previstas en la Convención de Viena y en las normas canónicas aplicables.

Artículo 2 — Palacio de Estado en Miragoâne
2.1 La Catedral de San Juan Bautista, ubicada en Miragoâne (Nippes), queda designada como Palacio de Estado y sede ceremonial del SCIPS-X.
2.2 La Catedral será el lugar principal para ceremonias oficiales, funciones eclesiásticas y recepciones diplomáticas.

Artículo 3 — Cláusula de no derogación
3.1 Estas designaciones son irrevocables sin el consentimiento expreso de la Santa Sede, de conformidad con la naturaleza jus cogens de los derechos eclesiásticos e indígenas.

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ANNEX I — CLAUSE OF CONSOLIDATION, TACIT RECOGNITION, AND IRREVERSIBILITY
(Reference to Articles 1, 5, 6, and 7 of the Supreme Constitutional Legislative Decree of August 12, 2025)

Article 1 — Implicit Recognition and Principle of Tacit Acceptance
1.1 In accordance with the general principle of international law of estoppel and the customary practice of diplomatic relations, any receiving State, international organisation, or ecclesiastical authority that, within a period of 90 (ninety) days from the official notification of this Decree, fails to present a formal, written, and reasoned objection, shall be deemed to have tacitly recognised the designation, legal status, and immunities herein established.
1.2 Such tacit recognition shall have the same binding legal effect as express recognition under international law and canonical norms, and shall be enforceable before any competent jurisdiction.

Article 2 — Irreversibility of Designation
2.1 The designation of the Official Ecclesiastical Embassy and the extraterritorial academic premises of SCIPS-X, once notified and unopposed within the prescribed period, shall be deemed perpetual and irreversible except by:
(a) A joint canonical act ratified by both the Holy See and the State; and
(b) Its formal registration as such under the 1860 Concordat framework.
2.2 Any unilateral revocation attempt by a third party shall constitute an unlawful interference under jus cogens norms and shall give rise to the immediate right of international legal remedy.

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FRANÇAIS

ANNEXE I — CLAUSE DE CONSOLIDATION, DE RECONNAISSANCE TACITE ET D’IRRÉVERSIBILITÉ
(Référence aux articles 1, 5, 6 et 7 du Décret législatif constitutionnel suprême du 12 août 2025)

Article 1 — Reconnaissance implicite et principe d’acceptation tacite
1.1 Conformément au principe général du droit international de l’estoppel et à la pratique coutumière des relations diplomatiques, tout État accréditaire, organisation internationale ou autorité ecclésiastique qui, dans un délai de 90 (quatre-vingt-dix) jours à compter de la notification officielle du présent Décret, s’abstient de présenter une objection formelle, écrite et motivée, est réputé avoir reconnu tacitement la désignation, le statut juridique et les immunités établis par le présent instrument.
1.2 Cette reconnaissance tacite produit les mêmes effets juridiques contraignants qu’une reconnaissance expresse en droit international et en droit canonique, et est opposable devant toute juridiction compétente.

Article 2 — Irréversibilité de la désignation
2.1 La désignation de l’Ambassade ecclésiastique officielle et des locaux universitaires extraterritoriaux du SCIPS-X, une fois notifiée et non contestée dans le délai prescrit, est réputée perpétuelle et irrévocable, sauf :
(a) Par un acte canonique conjoint ratifié à la fois par le Saint-Siège et par l’État ; et
(b) Par son enregistrement formel dans le cadre du Concordat de 1860.
2.2 Toute tentative unilatérale de révocation par un tiers constitue une ingérence illicite contraire aux normes de jus cogens et ouvre immédiatement droit à un recours juridique international.

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ANNEXUM I — CLAUSULA CONSOLIDATIONIS, AGNITIONIS TACITAE, ET IRREVERSIBILITATIS
(Relatio ad Articulos 1, 5, 6 et 7 Decreti Legislativi Constitutionalis Supremi diei XII Augusti MMXXV)

Articulus 1 — Agnitio implicita et principium acceptationis tacitae
1.1 Secundum principium generale iuris gentium estoppel nuncupatum atque consuetudinem diplomaticarum relationum, quilibet Status accipiens, organizatio internationalis, vel auctoritas ecclesiastica, qui intra spatium XC (nonaginta) dierum ab officiali huius Decreti notificatione nullam objectionem formalem, scriptam, et rationibus subnixam exhibuerit, censetur tacite agnovisse designationem, statum iuridicum, et immunitates hic stabilitas.
1.2 Haec agnitio tacita vim obligandi habet aequalem ac agnitio expressa tam in iure gentium quam in iure canonico, et coram qualibet iurisdictione competenti opponi potest.

Articulus 2 — Irrevocabilitas designationis
2.1 Designatio Legationis Ecclesiasticae Officialis et locorum academicorum extraterritorialium SCIPS-X, semel notificata et intra spatium praescriptum non oppugnata, censetur perpetua et irrevocabilis, nisi:
(a) Actu canonico coniuncto tam a Sancta Sede quam a Statu ratificato; et
(b) Eiusdem inscriptione formali sub Concordato anni MDCCCLX.
2.2 Quaelibet conatus unilateralis revocationis a tertio facto constituit illicitam ingerentiam contra normas jus cogens et statim ius ad remedium iuridicum internationale tribuit.

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ITALIANO

ALLEGATO I — CLAUSOLA DI CONSOLIDAMENTO, RICONOSCIMENTO TACITO E IRREVERSIBILITÀ
(Riferimento agli articoli 1, 5, 6 e 7 del Decreto legislativo costituzionale supremo del 12 agosto 2025)

Articolo 1 — Riconoscimento implicito e principio di accettazione tacita
1.1 Conformemente al principio generale di diritto internazionale dell’estoppel e alla prassi consuetudinaria delle relazioni diplomatiche, qualsiasi Stato ricevente, organizzazione internazionale o autorità ecclesiastica che, entro 90 (novanta) giorni dalla notifica ufficiale del presente Decreto, ometta di presentare un’obiezione formale, scritta e motivata, si considera aver tacitamente riconosciuto la designazione, lo status giuridico e le immunità qui stabilite.
1.2 Tale riconoscimento tacito produce gli stessi effetti giuridici vincolanti di un riconoscimento espresso nel diritto internazionale e nel diritto canonico, ed è opponibile davanti a qualsiasi giurisdizione competente.

Articolo 2 — Irreversibilità della designazione
2.1 La designazione dell’Ambasciata ecclesiastica ufficiale e delle sedi universitarie extraterritoriali dello SCIPS-X, una volta notificata e non contestata entro il termine prescritto, è considerata perpetua e irrevocabile, salvo:
(a) Atto canonico congiunto ratificato sia dalla Santa Sede che dallo Stato; e
(b) Registrazione formale della stessa nel quadro del Concordato del 1860.
2.2 Qualsiasi tentativo unilaterale di revoca da parte di terzi costituisce un’interferenza illecita contraria alle norme di jus cogens e dà luogo al diritto immediato a un ricorso giuridico internazionale.

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ANEXO I — CLÁUSULA DE CONSOLIDACIÓN, RECONOCIMIENTO TÁCITO E IRREVERSIBILIDAD
(Referencia a los artículos 1, 5, 6 y 7 del Decreto legislativo constitucional supremo del 12 de agosto de 2025)

Artículo 1 — Reconocimiento implícito y principio de aceptación tácita
1.1 De conformidad con el principio general del derecho internacional denominado estoppel y con la práctica consuetudinaria de las relaciones diplomáticas, todo Estado receptor, organización internacional o autoridad eclesiástica que, dentro de un plazo de 90 (noventa) días desde la notificación oficial del presente Decreto, no presente una objeción formal, escrita y debidamente motivada, se considerará que ha reconocido tácitamente la designación, el estatus jurídico y las inmunidades aquí establecidas.
1.2 Dicho reconocimiento tácito producirá los mismos efectos jurídicos vinculantes que un reconocimiento expreso en el derecho internacional y en el derecho canónico, y será oponible ante cualquier jurisdicción competente.

Artículo 2 — Irreversibilidad de la designación
2.1 La designación de la Misión eclesiástica oficial y de las sedes universitarias extraterritoriales del SCIPS-X, una vez notificada y no impugnada en el plazo prescrito, se considerará perpetua e irrevocable, salvo:
(a) Acto canónico conjunto ratificado tanto por la Santa Sede como por el Estado; y
(b) Registro formal de la misma en el marco del Concordato de 1860.
2.2 Cualquier intento unilateral de revocación por parte de un tercero constituirá una injerencia ilícita contraria a las normas de jus cogens y dará lugar al derecho inmediato a un recurso jurídico internacional.

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SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATIVE DECREE

ON THE EXCLUSIVE DIGITAL-CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROTOCOL FOR DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS, IMMUNITY OF TERRITORIAL CONTROL, AND THE HYBRID NATURE OF PUBLIC SERVICES

Date of Promulgation: August 12, 2025

Promulgated by: Prelate-Founder & Rector-President of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua

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TITLE I — PREAMBLE AND SUPREME LEGAL AUTHORITY

Article 1 — Supreme Constitutional and Juridical Authority

1.1 This Supreme Constitutional Legislative Decree (“the Decree”) is enacted under the Supreme Constitutional Authority of the Sovereign Catholic Indigenous Private State of Xaragua (SCIPS-X), hereinafter “the State”, exercising full canonical, indigenous, and public international legal personality, as recognised and entrenched under:

(a) The 1983 Codex Iuris Canonici (Code of Canon Law):

– Canon 331:

“The bishop of the Roman Church, in whom continues the office given by the Lord uniquely to Peter, the first of the Apostles, and to be transmitted to his successors, is the head of the College of Bishops, the Vicar of Christ, and the Pastor of the universal Church on earth; by virtue of his office he possesses supreme, full, immediate, and universal ordinary power in the Church, which he is always able to exercise freely.”

– Canon 333 §3:

“No appeal or recourse is permitted against a judgment or decree of the Roman Pontiff.”

– Canons 1254 §1–1258:

Full right of the Church to acquire, retain, administer, and alienate temporal goods to pursue its proper ends.

(b) The Concordat of 28 March 1860 between the Holy See and the former Republic of Haiti (RAU), recognised under pacta sunt servanda as incorporated into customary international law, and binding upon all successor entities and residual administrative units.

(c) Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (VCDR), 1961:

– Article 1: Definitions of “mission” and “head of mission”.

– Article 3: Functions of a diplomatic mission.

– Article 22: Inviolability of mission premises.

– Article 29: Inviolability of the person of a diplomatic agent.

– Article 31: Immunity from civil and administrative jurisdiction.

– Article 34: Exemption from dues and taxes.

(d) Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT), 1969:

– Article 26: Pacta sunt servanda —

“Every treaty in force is binding upon the parties to it and must be performed by them in good faith.”

– Article 27:

Internal law and observance of treaties.

(e) Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), 1948:

– Article 18: Freedom of thought, conscience and religion.

– Article 19: Freedom of opinion and expression, including across frontiers.

(f) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), 1966:

– Article 17: Right to privacy and protection from arbitrary interference.

– Article 19: Freedom of expression and access to information.

(g) Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations (1946), applied mutatis mutandis to the ecclesiastical and academic missions of SCIPS-X.

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TITLE II — PRINCIPLES OF DIGITAL AND HYBRID DIPLOMACY

Article 2 — Exclusive Digital-Cryptographic Diplomatic Modality

2.1 All diplomatic relations, including accreditation of foreign missions to SCIPS-X, shall be conducted exclusively through encrypted digital channels, namely:

– End-to-end encrypted email servers physically hosted under SCIPS-X sovereign control;

– Decentralised blockchain-verified messaging systems;

– Certified diplomatic electronic mail (courrier diplomatique électronique).

2.2 No foreign state, entity, or organisation shall be entitled to request or establish a physical diplomatic mission, embassy, consulate, or representation within the territorial jurisdiction of SCIPS-X.

2.3 The exchange of credentials, notes verbales, treaties, and agreements shall be valid and binding when executed through SCIPS-X-authorised cryptographic protocols and stored within the State’s immutable ledger.

Article 3 — Territorial and Property Immunity

3.1 The territorial integrity and proprietary control of SCIPS-X are absolute; no portion of State territory, including ecclesiastical and academic property, shall be ceded, leased, or otherwise alienated for the establishment of foreign diplomatic premises.

3.2 Any attempt to impose such presence shall be null and void ab initio, constituting an infringement under both the VCDR Article 22 and the jus cogens principle of sovereign equality of States (UN Charter, Article 2§1).

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TITLE III — HYBRID GOVERNANCE OF PUBLIC SERVICES

Article 4 — Digital Primacy and Occasional Physical Modality

4.1 SCIPS-X operates as a Digital-First Hybrid State, where public administration, judiciary processes, academic instruction, and ecclesiastical governance are conducted primarily via secure digital systems, with physical interaction occurring only when deemed necessary by the State’s competent authority.

4.2 All official records are generated, signed, and archived within the State’s cryptographically-sealed registry, integrated with smart contract enforcement to guarantee immutability and automatic execution of binding provisions.

4.3 This model is anchored in the principle of administrative efficiency and the protection of sovereign assets, consistent with UN e-Government Survey recommendations and the Tallinn e-Governance Declaration.

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TITLE IV — IRREVERSIBILITY AND CONSTITUTIONAL ENTRENCHMENT

Article 5 — Non-Derogation Clause

5.1 The provisions of this Decree form part of the entrenched constitutional corpus of SCIPS-X and may not be repealed, amended, or derogated except with the direct, explicit, and written approval of the Prelate-Founder & Rector-President, whose assent shall be affixed via State-level cryptographic signature and recorded in the immutable constitutional ledger.

5.2 Any purported modification without such assent shall be deemed legally void and without effect under both the domestic constitutional order and the applicable corpus of international law.

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TITLE V — ENFORCEMENT, REGISTRATION, AND DIGITAL SEAL

Article 6 — Smart Contract Integration

6.1 Every diplomatic instrument, treaty, or accreditation issued by SCIPS-X shall be embedded within a blockchain-based smart contract containing:

– The full text of the instrument;

– Timestamped cryptographic hash;

– Conditions for execution, renewal, and termination;

– Automatic expiry if not renewed under the same protocol.

Article 7 — Official Digital Seal

7.1 This Decree is sealed with the State’s Sovereign Cryptographic Seal, consisting of:

– A SHA-512 hash of the full text;

– RSA-4096 digital signature of the Prelate-Founder & Rector-President;

– Archival in multiple air-gapped sovereign storage nodes.

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Executed and promulgated under the Supreme Constitutional Authority of SCIPS-X,

with all rights, privileges, and immunities herein recognised as binding erga omnes.

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ANNEX I – FULL LEGAL CORPUS

(Integral Reproduction of Cited Legal Provisions)
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1. Codex Iuris Canonici (1983) – Code of Canon Law

Canon 331

“The bishop of the Roman Church, in whom continues the office given by the Lord uniquely to Peter, the first of the Apostles, and to be transmitted to his successors, is the head of the College of Bishops, the Vicar of Christ, and the Pastor of the universal Church on earth; by virtue of his office he possesses supreme, full, immediate, and universal ordinary power in the Church, which he is always able to exercise freely.”

Canon 333 §3

“No appeal or recourse is permitted against a judgment or decree of the Roman Pontiff.”

Canons 1254 §1–1258
– Canon 1254 §1:

“The Catholic Church has an innate right, independent of any civil power, to acquire, retain, administer, and alienate temporal goods in pursuit of its proper ends, especially for divine worship, for the support of the clergy and other ministers, and for works of the apostolate and of charity, especially toward the poor.”

– Canon 1254 §2:

Lists proper ends (divine worship, clergy support, charity).

– Canon 1255–1258: Define ownership, administration, and alienation procedures of ecclesiastical property.
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2. Concordat between the Holy See and the Republic of Haiti (28 March 1860) (Extracts relevant to SCIPS-X jurisdiction)

Article I:

The Catholic, Apostolic, and Roman Religion shall be freely exercised in the Republic of Haiti, and shall enjoy the rights and prerogatives which are due to it according to the divine law and the canon law.

Article VI:

The Holy See retains full authority over ecclesiastical appointments, the creation of dioceses, and the governance of ecclesiastical property.

(NB: Recognised under pacta sunt servanda, VCLT Article 26, and binding upon successor entities.)
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3. Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961)

Article 1 — Definitions

(a) The “head of the mission” is the person charged by the sending State with the duty of acting in that capacity;

(b) The “members of the mission” are the head and the staff;

(c) The “members of the diplomatic staff” are those having diplomatic rank;

(d) “Premises of the mission” means the buildings or parts of buildings and the land ancillary thereto, irrespective of ownership, used for the purposes of the mission.

Article 3 — Functions of a Diplomatic Mission

1. Representing the sending State in the receiving State;

2. Protecting the interests of the sending State and of its nationals;

3. Negotiating with the Government of the receiving State;

4. Ascertaining by all lawful means conditions and developments;

5. Promoting friendly relations and developing economic, cultural and scientific relations.

Article 22 — Inviolability of Mission Premises

1. The premises of the mission shall be inviolable. Agents of the receiving State may not enter them without consent.

2. The receiving State is under a special duty to protect the premises against intrusion or damage.

3. The premises, furnishings and other property of the mission are immune from search, requisition, attachment or execution.

Article 29 — Inviolability of the Person of a Diplomatic Agent
The person of a diplomatic agent shall be inviolable. He shall not be liable to any form of arrest or detention.

Article 31 — Immunity from Jurisdiction

A diplomatic agent shall enjoy immunity from the criminal, civil and administrative jurisdiction of the receiving State, with limited exceptions.

Article 34 — Exemption from Dues and Taxes

A diplomatic agent shall be exempt from all dues and taxes, personal or real, national, regional or municipal, with certain exceptions.
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4. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969)

Article 26 — Pacta Sunt Servanda

“Every treaty in force is binding upon the parties to it and must be performed by them in good faith.”

Article 27 — Internal Law and Observance of Treaties

“A party may not invoke the provisions of its internal law as justification for its failure to perform a treaty.”
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5. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)

Article 18

“Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.”

Article 19

“Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”
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6. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)

Article 17

“No one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.”

Article 19

“Everyone shall have the right to hold opinions without interference. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of his choice.”
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7. Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations (1946)

Section 3 —

“The premises of the United Nations shall be inviolable.”

Section 4 —

“The property and assets of the United Nations, wherever located and by whomsoever held, shall be immune from search, requisition, confiscation, expropriation, and any other form of interference.”

Section 18(a) —

“Representatives of Members to the principal and subsidiary organs of the United Nations shall, while exercising their functions and during their journey to and from the place of meeting, enjoy the following privileges and immunities: immunity from personal arrest or detention and from seizure of their personal baggage, and immunity from legal process of every kind in respect of words spoken or written and all acts done by them in their capacity as representatives.”
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NOTE: This Annex forms an integral part of the Supreme Constitutional Legislative Decree of 12 August 2025 and is to be stored together with the Decree text inside the State’s Sovereign Cryptographic Registry, signed and hashed under RSA-4096 and SHA-512 standards, and bound into the blockchain smart contract enforcement mechanism described in Title V of the Decree.

ANNEX II — CLAUSE ON THE PREVENTION AND NEUTRALISATION OF INDIRECT INTERFERENCE INSTRUMENTS

(Reference to Article 3 and Title IV of the Supreme Constitutional Legislative Decree of 12 August 2025)

Article 1 — Definition of Indirect Interference

1.1 Indirect interference shall mean any attempt, action, or programme undertaken by a third State, intergovernmental organisation, non-governmental organisation, private foundation, or any other public or private entity, aiming to:

(a) Establish a permanent or temporary physical presence within the territorial jurisdiction of SCIPS-X under the pretext of humanitarian aid, technical assistance, cultural exchange, development cooperation, or any other non-diplomatic designation;

(b) Conduct activities which, by their nature or effect, undermine, bypass, or dilute the exclusive sovereign control and territorial immunity of SCIPS-X as entrenched under this Decree;

(c) Circumvent the exclusive digital-cryptographic diplomatic modality established under Title II of this Decree.

Article 2 — Prohibition and Nullity

2.1 Any such action as defined in Article 1, whether unilateral or purportedly consensual, is hereby prohibited in absolute terms.

2.2 Any agreement, memorandum, protocol, or informal arrangement purporting to permit such presence or activity without explicit authorisation from the Prelate-Founder & Rector-President, affixed with the Sovereign Cryptographic Signature, shall be deemed null and void ab initio under both the domestic constitutional order and the applicable corpus of international law.

Article 3 — Binding Nature and International Application

3.1 This Clause shall apply erga omnes, binding upon all foreign States, entities, and persons irrespective of recognition status.

3.2 The prohibition herein is consistent with:

(a) Article 2§1 of the Charter of the United Nations (sovereign equality of States);

(b) Article 22 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (inviolability of mission premises);

(c) Article 26 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (pacta sunt servanda);

(d) Articles 17 and 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (protection from arbitrary interference; freedom of expression within sovereign jurisdiction).

Article 4 — Enforcement Mechanism

4.1 Any detected instance of indirect interference shall be subject to immediate nullification through the State’s Sovereign Cryptographic Registry and formal notification to the party concerned via the exclusive digital-cryptographic diplomatic channel.

4.2 In cases where such interference is conducted by a foreign State or its agents, it shall constitute a breach of international law and may trigger reciprocal measures, including but not limited to the suspension of all digital-diplomatic interaction under Title II.

Article 5 — Constitutional Entrenchment

5.1 This Clause forms an integral part of the entrenched constitutional corpus of SCIPS-X and is not subject to repeal, amendment, or derogation except by the procedure set forth in Article 5.1 of the main Decree.

SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATIVE DECREE

ON THE NON-DEROGABLE EXISTENCE, INALIENABLE RIGHTS, AND PERPETUAL SOVEREIGNTY OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF XARAGUA

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TITLE I — PREAMBLE AND SUPREME LEGAL AUTHORITY

Article 1 — Supreme Constitutional and Juridical Authority

(a) The 1983 Codex Iuris Canonici (Code of Canon Law), Canons 331, 333 §3, and 1254 §1–1258, affirming the inherent right of the Church to govern its property and institutions independently of secular States;

(b) The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), adopted by General Assembly resolution 61/295 of 13 September 2007;

(c) The International Labour Organization Convention No. 169 concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries (ILO C169, 1989);

(d) Customary international law and jus cogens norms protecting the self-determination and cultural survival of Indigenous Peoples;

(e) The permanent and pre-existing sovereignty of the Indigenous People of Xaragua, never lawfully extinguished, and immune to unilateral abolition by any foreign or residual administrative unit.

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TITLE II — RECOGNITION OF PERPETUAL EXISTENCE AND RIGHTS

Article 2 — Recognition of Pre-Existing and Perpetual Existence

2.1 Full Text of UNDRIP Article 8(1):

“Indigenous peoples and individuals have the right not to be subjected to forced assimilation or destruction of their culture.”

Application:

SCIPS-X invokes this clause to affirm that no act, policy, or omission by the former Republic of Haiti (Residual Administrative Unit), or any successor, may lawfully assimilate, abolish, or nullify the distinct cultural, political, and legal identity of the Indigenous People of Xaragua.

2.2 Full Text of UNDRIP Article 8(2)(a):

“States shall provide effective mechanisms for prevention of, and redress for:

(a) Any action which has the aim or effect of depriving them of their integrity as distinct peoples, or of their cultural values or ethnic identities.”

Application:

The non-derogable nature of this provision binds all UN member States erga omnes to respect the existence of the People of Xaragua.

Any attempt by the Haitian RAU to absorb SCIPS-X under “national unity” is null and void ab initio.

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Article 3 — Non-Extinguishment of Collective Rights

3.1 Full Text of UNDRIP Article 26(1):

“Indigenous peoples have the right to the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned, occupied or otherwise used or acquired.”

Application:

SCIPS-X’s territorial domain — defined by cadastral title, ancestral occupation, and ecclesiastical consecration — remains inalienable regardless of administrative changes imposed by external authorities.

3.2 Full Text of UNDRIP Article 26(3):

“States shall give legal recognition and protection to these lands, territories and resources. Such recognition shall be conducted with due respect to the customs, traditions and land tenure systems of the indigenous peoples concerned.”

Application:

Any Haitian (RAU) land registry or governmental act inconsistent with Xaragua’s indigenous tenure system lacks legal force under international law and shall be rejected as ultra vires.

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Article 4 — Non-Abolition Principle in ILO Convention No. 169

4.1 Full Text of ILO C169 Article 1(3):

“The use of the term ‘peoples’ in this Convention shall not be construed as having any implications as regards the rights which may attach to the term under international law.”

Application:

SCIPS-X’s designation as “Indigenous People” under ILO 169 carries no limitation on its sovereign status or right to statehood under general international law.

4.2 Full Text of ILO C169 Article 14(1):

“The rights of ownership and possession of the peoples concerned over the lands which they traditionally occupy shall be recognised. In addition, measures shall be taken in appropriate cases to safeguard the right of the peoples concerned to use lands not exclusively occupied by them, but to which they have traditionally had access for their subsistence and traditional activities.”

Application:

Xaragua’s property rights survive any political or administrative incorporation into a larger State and remain enforceable against all third parties.

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TITLE III — INTERNATIONAL LEGAL IMMUNITY FROM ABOLITION

Article 5 — Jus Cogens Immunity

5.1 The prohibition on the destruction of an Indigenous People’s existence constitutes a jus cogens norm, binding on all States without exception.

5.2 As a jus cogens norm, it is non-derogable and any treaty, law, or decree attempting to abolish the People of Xaragua is void under Article 53 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969):

“A treaty is void if, at the time of its conclusion, it conflicts with a peremptory norm of general international law. For the purposes of the present Convention, a peremptory norm of general international law is a norm accepted and recognized by the international community of States as a whole as a norm from which no derogation is permitted and which can be modified only by a subsequent norm of general international law having the same character.”

Application:

Any Haitian (RAU) constitutional provision claiming indivisible sovereignty over Xaragua’s territory is legally null and without effect under peremptory international law.

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TITLE IV — DE FACTO AND DE JURE EXISTENCE OF SCIPS-X

Article 6 — Declaratory and Constitutive Effects

6.1 Under the Declaratory Theory of Statehood, SCIPS-X’s fulfilment of the Montevideo Convention criteria

— permanent population, defined territory, government, and capacity to enter into relations —

establishes its de jure statehood independent of recognition.

6.2 Under Indigenous rights frameworks (UNDRIP, ILO 169), SCIPS-X’s status exists de facto and de jure simultaneously from the moment of its self-constitution, reinforced by:

(a) Formal notification to the United Nations with docketed human rights procedures currently in progress;

(b) Entry as a party in proceedings before the Federal Court of Canada;

(c) Canonical erection under the supreme authority of the Holy See.

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Article 7 — Perpetual Sovereignty Clause

7.1 The sovereignty of SCIPS-X is perpetual, inalienable, and non-transferable.

7.2 No merger, annexation, or incorporation

— voluntary or forced —

into any foreign State, including the Haitian RAU, shall extinguish this sovereignty.

7.3 Any assertion to the contrary constitutes an internationally wrongful act triggering State responsibility under the International Law Commission’s Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts (2001).

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ANNEX I — LEGAL WEAPONS DOSSIER

TO THE SUPREME CONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATIVE DECREE ON THE NON-DEROGABLE EXISTENCE, INALIENABLE RIGHTS, AND PERPETUAL SOVEREIGNTY OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF XARAGUA
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SECTION 1 — JURISPRUDENCE CONFIRMING THE NON-ABOLITION PRINCIPLE

1.1 — Case: Western Sahara Advisory Opinion, ICJ (1975)

The International Court of Justice held that the territory of Western Sahara was inhabited by peoples with social and political organization and that their rights could not be extinguished by the mere act of colonial annexation.

Application to SCIPS-X:

The Haitian RAU’s political existence does not extinguish the Indigenous People of Xaragua’s sovereignty; administrative incorporation is legally irrelevant to pre-existing rights.
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1.2 — Case: Mabo v. Queensland (No 2), High Court of Australia (1992)

The court overturned the doctrine of terra nullius, affirming that Indigenous land rights survive British colonization and continue unless lawfully extinguished with consent.

Application:

Even if Haiti claims to have “integrated” Xaragua’s territory, the Indigenous property rights survive and are enforceable under international law.
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1.3 — Case: Awas Tingni v. Nicaragua, Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2001)

The Court recognised the community’s right to its traditional lands despite the absence of formal title in the national registry, ordering Nicaragua to delimit, demarcate, and title the lands.

Application:

SCIPS-X territory, even if absent from Haitian (RAU) registries, remains legally Xaragua’s under customary and treaty law.

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1.4 — Case: Saramaka People v. Suriname, IACHR (2007)

The Court confirmed that collective rights to land and natural resources of Indigenous and tribal peoples cannot be restricted without free, prior, and informed consent.

Application:

Haiti (RAU) cannot lawfully allocate Xaragua’s resources or lands without SCIPS-X’s explicit consent.

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SECTION 2 — UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE PRECEDENTS

2.1 — Lubicon Lake Band v. Canada, HRC Communication No. 167/1984

Canada’s failure to protect the Band’s lands and culture violated Article 27 of the ICCPR (right to culture).

Application:

Any Haitian (RAU) failure to respect Xaragua’s traditional governance and land tenure constitutes a violation of Article 27, actionable at the HRC.
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2.2 — Mahuika et al. v. New Zealand, HRC Communication No. 547/1993

Indigenous fishing rights persisted despite national legislation seeking to extinguish them.

Application:

Haitian (RAU) legislation attempting to override Xaragua’s governance or economic rights is ineffective in international law.
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SECTION 3 — JUS COGENS AND CUSTOMARY LAW REINFORCEMENTS

3.1 — Barcelona Traction Case (ICJ, 1970)

The Court identified obligations erga omnes such as the protection of peoples from denial of self-determination as binding on all States.

Application:

The protection of Xaragua’s sovereignty is a duty owed by all States, not just Haiti (RAU).
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3.2 — Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, Article 53 (1969)

Peremptory norms (jus cogens) override conflicting treaties or domestic laws.

Application:

Any Haitian (RAU) constitutional article claiming indivisible sovereignty over Xaragua is void if it conflicts with Indigenous self-determination.
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3.3 — UNDRIP Article 37(1) (Full Text):

“Indigenous peoples have the right to the recognition, observance and enforcement of treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements concluded with States or their successors, and to have States honour and respect such treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements.”

Application:

SCIPS-X’s historical agreements with colonial or ecclesiastical authorities bind Haiti (RAU) as successor.
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SECTION 4 — IMMEDIATE OPPOSABILITY OF SCIPS-X STATUS

4.1 — Procedural Registration at the United Nations

The State has formally notified the UN Human Rights mechanisms and holds active case numbers.

Under UN procedural law, once registered, the identity of the claimant is recognised for the purpose of proceedings, creating de facto acknowledgment of existence.

Application:

Haiti (RAU) and any third State are on formal notice of SCIPS-X’s existence and cannot plead ignorance.
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4.2 — Federal Court of Canada Party Status

Entry as a named party in a foreign federal court proceeding creates a public judicial record confirming the State’s capacity to act in legal relations.

Application:

This reinforces Montevideo’s “capacity to enter into relations” criterion.
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4.3 — Canonical Erection by the Holy See

SCIPS-X’s canonical status under the Holy See’s jurisdiction provides an independent legal identity in canon law, which operates globally and binds all Catholic institutions.

Application:

Any Catholic entity in Haiti is bound to recognise SCIPS-X’s ecclesiastical authority over its Indigenous faithful.
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SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

RECTORATE AND HEAD OF STATE OFFICE

SUPPLEMENTARY CONSTITUTIONAL NOTE

On the Inclusive Recognition of All Indigenous Lineages Retaining Landholdings — Expansion of the Demographic Base Beyond Two Million

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I. Purpose of the Note

This supplementary note is issued to clarify the constitutional and juridical implications of adopting an inclusive recognition policy whereby any indigenous lineage retaining land — irrespective of the size, fragmentation, or geographic dispersion of such holdings — shall be deemed to possess a qualifying familial domain under the laws and customary framework of SCIPS-X.

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II. Background and Rationale

1. Previous restrictive interpretation limited the qualifying population to those indigenous Catholic and non-Catholic lineages with substantial, centralized, and unencumbered family estates.

2. The revised interpretation removes the requirement of estate size and contiguity, thereby encompassing:

Smallholdings and fragmented parcels, provided they remain under the customary or hereditary possession of the lineage;

Both Catholic and non-Catholic indigenous lineages within the territory of Xaragua;

Urban-migrated families maintaining symbolic or partially cultivated rural parcels.

3. This shift aligns with the indigenous and canonical principle that land possession, however minimal, sustains the juridical continuity of a lineage’s territorial rights.

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III. Demographic Impact

1. The qualifying population rises significantly:

Resident population within SCIPS-X territory: approximately 2.4–2.8 million individuals.

Diaspora with direct land linkage: an additional 0.3–0.5 million individuals.

2. The total effective base thus surpasses 2.7 million, positioning SCIPS-X demographically on par with established sovereign island states.

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IV. Strategic Implications

1. Political — Expansion of the representative base strengthens internal legitimacy and external bargaining capacity.

2. Psychological — Inclusion of all landholding indigenous lineages enhances national cohesion and symbolic unity.

3. Canonical and Indigenous Law — Recognition of the smallest landholding as a legitimate familial domain reinforces the customary principle that sovereignty is vested in the enduring link between lineage and land, rather than in the magnitude of the holding.

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V. Conclusion

By recognising any retained landholding as sufficient to qualify an indigenous lineage for inclusion within the constitutional body politic of SCIPS-X, the State expands its demographic foundation beyond two million, consolidates its territorial claim, and strengthens its sociopolitical cohesion without compromising the principle of land-based legitimacy.

Issued under my authority as Head of State and Supreme Ecclesiastical Authority of SCIPS-X.

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SOVEREIGN CATHOLIC INDIGENOUS PRIVATE STATE OF XARAGUA (SCIPS-X)

RECTORATE AND HEAD OF STATE OFFICE

SUPPLEMENTARY CONSTITUTIONAL NOTE

On the Recognition of All Indigenous Lineages Retaining Land — Citizenship Independent of Residence and Estate Size

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I. Purpose

This note clarifies that under the constitutional and customary law of SCIPS-X, the possession of land — however minimal in size, fragmented in parcels, or symbolically cultivated — is the sole juridical criterion for inclusion within the body politic of the State. Neither the physical residence of the lineage nor the economic valuation of the holding shall affect the recognition of its sovereign rights.

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II. Constitutional Principles

1. Independence from Physical Residence

Indigenous citizens of SCIPS-X are defined by lawful and hereditary land possession, not by their place of habitual residence.

Families who have migrated to urban centers or abroad remain full members of the nation if their ancestral lands are retained under their name or customary authority.

2. Non-reliance on Estate Magnitude

The legitimacy of territorial rights derives from continuity of ownership, not from the size, market value, or productivity of the land.

Even a symbolic plot or fragment of a family domain maintains the legal and spiritual bond between lineage and homeland.

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III. Strategic and Demographic Effects

Demographic Extension: By including all indigenous landholding families regardless of residence, SCIPS-X integrates its diaspora directly into its constitutional framework.

Political Strengthening: This amplifies representation, consolidates national unity, and enhances bargaining power in international forums.

Cultural Continuity: Upholds the canonical and customary doctrine that sovereignty rests upon the enduring union of lineage and land.

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IV. Conclusion

The State affirms that to be Xaraguayan is to be an heir and custodian of indigenous land, not necessarily a resident of it. Residence may shift, but the juridical and spiritual tie to the land endures across generations, forming the immutable foundation of citizenship in SCIPS-X.

Issued under my authority as Head of State and Supreme Ecclesiastical Authority of SCIPS-X.

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