Before I just go head first into this project I want to make it clear what it is exactly I am attempting to do here, why I am approaching it in the method I am and how everyone reading this should understand the what some may consider utterly useless information.
Please bear in mind that the information I am presenting to you my readers is not complete even though I have spent hours over the course of many months and have for the most part except for the latest part that I just concluded on a few days ago after I realized I had erred in not including the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic and related treaties. It was then I also realized that I had completely neglected to include any seafaring treaties including those that Liberland would need to have if it any businesses registered in Liberland were to engage in any sort of maritime shipping such as the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) for instance. What I am trying to do on my part is to create a sort of foreign policy roadmap for Liberland to follow. This plan has already been reviewed and received by, for the bulk majority of it by the Minister of Foreign Affairs who does has endorsed it and advocates for the passage of those that are extremely high on the list and while the order in which these treaties may be interpreted differently it nevertheless stands prudent though that passage of these international treaties is of an extremely high priority not only in terms of them being symbolically being passed for the sake of it but also to bolster claims of sovereignty in the course of conducting international diplomacy. After passage of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations we could then legally start appointing ambassadors even if they are not attached to a specific country and are only at large or cover a specific region of the world. I would appoint Samuela Davidova and Thomas G Poelhmann immediately to at large and the Middle East specifically if I were in Congress after passage of such a measure and go further and declare open elections for all countries as the President has said ambassadors will be elected annually to their posts. Also for businesses certain treaties would be of high importance especially when coupled with the blockchain smart contracts such as the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, the New York Convention (1958) which recognizes private arbitration between private parties among other related arbitration issues. It is because of the formal legal validation of private arbitration which is supposed to be the bedrock upon which the Liberland judiciary sits is why this treaty is ranked number one on the growing list of 100+ treaties that I will be analyzing. Note that not all of these 100+ are to be passed by the Congress nor the people. This list merely references to all of the treaties to which Liberland would be eligible to ratify based on geographic location. I will also be reviewing the accompanying international organizations that certain treaties have as a membership component and will be thus also reviewing all of these treaties individually and will present them on a grading scale from 0 to 70 based on 7 different categories from a scale of 0 to 10 they are:
1. Individual Liberty – How strongly the treaty/organization protects personal freedom, bodily autonomy, free speech, privacy, movement, and self-ownership.
2. Minimal Government – How little new bureaucracy, regulation, taxation, or coercive power it creates or empowers.
3. Free Markets – How much it promotes voluntary exchange, open trade, private property, competition, and reduces barriers to entrepreneurship.
4. Non-Aggression – Degree to which it respects the non-aggression principle (no initiation of force, no mandatory enforcement against peaceful people).
5. Decentralization – How much power stays local, voluntary, or polycentric instead of being concentrated in a single global authority.
6. Feasibility – How realistic and proven the treaty/organization is in actual practice (higher = widely adopted, functional, low corruption).
7. Citizen Consent – How voluntary participation is (opt-in nations, easy exit, no forced membership, respects secession/sovereignty).
These are the benchmarks which the treaties are measured against some are excellent like the New York Convention (1958), other extremely low like the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency which scores 14/70. I present my findings to everyone to criticize, analyze, or just plain ole bash me over it I will accept the criticism. Without further ado here is the list of treaties and internain order of scoring:
1. Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York Convention) – 1958
2. United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) – 1980
3. Vienna Convention on Road Traffic – 1968
4. Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements – 2005
5. Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals – 1968
6. Hague Apostille Convention (Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation) – 1961
7. Convention on the Issue of Multilingual Extracts of Civil-Status Records (Vienna/ICSPR) – 1976
8. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties – 1969
9. Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment + Aircraft Protocol – 2001
10. Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations – 1961
11. International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) – 1974+
12. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – 1966
13. Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction – 1980
14. International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) – 1978+
15. Geneva Conventions I–IV – 1949
16. Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons (1954) + Reduction of Statelessness (1961)
17. UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) – 1982
18. Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGs) – 1972
19. Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907
20. Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons – 1968
21. Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents – 1965
22. Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad – 1970
23. International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage (CLC/Fund) – 1969/92
24. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – 1976
25. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women – 1979
26. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination – 1969
27. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – 2006
28. Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (FAL) – 1965
29. International Convention on Load Lines – 1966
30. Biological Weapons Convention – 1972
31. Chemical Weapons Convention – 1992
32. Convention against Torture – 1984
33. International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) – 1973/78
34. Convention on the Rights of the Child – 1989
35. Optional Protocol to the CRC (Sale of Children) – 2000
36. Optional Protocol to the CRC (Children in Armed Conflict) – 2000
37. Ottawa Treaty (Mine Ban Treaty) – 1997
38. Convention on Cluster Munitions – 2008
39. Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions – 1977
40. ILO Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention – 1958
41. ILO Equal Remuneration Convention – 1951
42. ILO Forced Labour Convention – 1930
43. ILO Abolition of Forced Labour Convention – 1957
44. ILO Minimum Age Convention – 1973
45. ILO Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention – 1999
46. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons – 2017
47. Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty – 1996
48. United Nations Convention against Corruption – 2003
49. UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Palermo) – 2000
50. Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons – 2000
51. International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism – 1999
52. International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings – 1997
53. International Convention against the Taking of Hostages – 1979
54. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons – 1973
55. Hague Hijacking Convention – 1970
56. Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts at Airports – 1988
57. Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation – 1971
58. Tokyo Convention on Offences aboard Aircraft – 1963
59. Vienna Convention on Consular Relations – 1963
60. Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property – 1883
61. Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works – 1886
62. WIPO Convention – 1967
63. Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar) – 1971
64. World Heritage Convention – 1972
65. Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage – 2003
66. CITES – 1973
67. International Plant Protection Convention – 1951
68. Convention on Biological Diversity – 1992
69. Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety – 2000
70. UN Convention to Combat Desertification – 1994
71. Basel Convention – 1989
72. Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants – 2001
73. Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer – 1985
74. Montreal Protocol – 1987
75. UNFCCC – 1992
76. Paris Agreement – 2015
77. Kyoto Protocol – 1997
78. UN Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs – 1988
79. Convention on Psychotropic Substances – 1971
80. Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs – 1961
81. WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control – 2003
82. International Convention Against Doping in Sport – 2005
83. Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation – 1944
84. Convention on the International Maritime Organization – 1948
85. Constitution of the World Meteorological Organization – 1950
86. FAO Constitution – 1945
87. UNESCO Constitution – 1945
88. World Health Organization Constitution – 1946
89. International Telecommunication Union Constitution and Convention – 1865/1992
90. International Labour Organization Constitution – 1919/1945
91. Universal Postal Union Constitution – 1964
92. Interpol Constitution – 1923/1956
93. United Nations Charter – 1945
94. IMF Articles of Agreement – 1944
95. World Bank (IBRD) Articles of Agreement – 1944
96. International Finance Corporation Articles – 1955
97. International Development Association Articles – 1960
98. International Fund for Agricultural Development Agreement – 1976
99. Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency Convention – 1985
100. Customs Co-operation Council (WCO) Convention – 1950
101. UNIDO Constitution – 1979
102. Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency – 1956
103–106. Remaining low-scoring terrorism conventions and UN-agency duplicates (avg. 14–35/70)
Next up is the international organizations list:
1. Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)
2. International Alliance of Libertarian Parties (IALP)
3. International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
4. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
5. Liberty International (formerly ISIL)
6. Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
7. MicroCon Organizing Committee
8. World Trade Organization (WTO)
9. Mises Institute Global Outreach
10. European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
11. International Olympic Committee (IOC)
12. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
13. Atlas Network
14. World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO)
15. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
16. Cato Institute International Programs
17. Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
18. Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)
19. Council of Europe (CoE)
20. Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
21. Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) – WIPO
22. International Trade Centre (ITC)
23. International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
24. Universal Postal Union (UPU)
25. International Labour Organization (ILO)
26. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
27. International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
28. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
29. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
30. International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
31. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
32. International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS)
33. N.F.-Board (Non-FIFA Board)
34. Organisation de la Microfrancophonie
35. World Micro Alliance
36. Libertarian International Organization (LIO)
37. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
38. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
39. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
40. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
41. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
42. World Health Organization (WHO)
43. International Court of Justice (ICJ)
44. International Criminal Court (ICC)
45. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
46. International Monetary Fund (IMF)
47. World Bank (WB)
48. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
49. International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
50. European Union (EU)
51. United Nations (UN)
52. Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR) – kept for completeness but now bottom due to heavy regulation
I will note that the way I will be writing this series will be done in alternating batches starting with the treaties and then alternating between the organizations and treaties and as new treaties and organizations are either discovered by me or sent to me by someone I will update this list accordingly. You can send me suggestions to info@liberland.org
I want the Liberland Congress to review this list critically and ratify the treaties that are ranked in the top 20 ASAP as these include mostly those treaties that are already considered by default what legal circles call “customary international law” as the Liberland Minister of Justice has called certain treaties like the Hague Convention 1899 and the Geneva Conventions for example to already be legally binding upon all nations whether or not that country has ratified them because virtually 90-99% of the world’s nations has already ratified them.
Next I will present the international organizations, please note again that this list is not complete and may include organizations that Liberland already holds memberships with possibly as I do not know what if any organizations that Liberland is part of so here it is:
1. Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)
2. International Alliance of Libertarian Parties (IALP)
3. International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
4. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
5. Liberty International (formerly ISIL)
6. Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
7. MicroCon Organizing Committee
8. World Trade Organization (WTO)
9. Mises Institute Global Outreach
10. European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
11. International Olympic Committee (IOC)
12. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)
13. Atlas Network
14. World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO)
15. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
16. Cato Institute International Programs
17. Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
18. Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)
19. Council of Europe (CoE)
20. Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
21. Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) – WIPO
22. International Trade Centre (ITC)
23. International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
24. Universal Postal Union (UPU)
25. International Labour Organization (ILO)
26. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
27. International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
28. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
29. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
30. International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
31. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
32. International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS)
33. N.F.-Board (Non-FIFA Board)
34. Organisation de la Microfrancophonie
35. World Micro Alliance
36. Libertarian International Organization (LIO)
37. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
38. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
39. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
40. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
41. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
42. World Health Organization (WHO)
43. International Court of Justice (ICJ)
44. International Criminal Court (ICC)
45. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
46. International Monetary Fund (IMF)
47. World Bank (WB)
48. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
49. International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
50. European Union (EU)
51. United Nations (UN)
52. Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR) – kept for completeness but at the bottom due to heavy regulation
You can see that the UN and the EU are at the bottom EU due to overreach and burdensome regulations. I also included NATO, IMF, World Bank, etc even though Liberland will never join these sleazy groups I still include these organizations though because we need to have discussion on why Liberland should not join them and because Liberland is eligible now or can be in the future once international recognition is achieved.
We must now start the debate on this list and I will be writing about each item on each list accordingly let’s get a fire going under the Congress.