Treaty of Kibuye
The Treaty of Kibuye is a proposed multilateral agreement for economic and movement integration among sovereign African nations. It establishes the right of citizens of member states to reside and work freely across the member area, eliminates tariffs between members, and creates a minimal shared governance structure — the Council of Representatives — in which each member nation holds one vote regardless of size or economic power.
The treaty is deliberately narrow in scope. It integrates movement and trade. It does not integrate law, culture, defence, education, religion, or social policy. Member states retain full sovereignty over all matters not expressly enumerated in the treaty text. The word "harmonisation" does not appear in the treaty; it appears in the list of things the treaty explicitly does not require.
TreatyPol, the treaty's anti-corruption and criminal coordination body, supports national courts rather than displacing them. There is no supranational court and no mechanism by which the treaty organisation can legislate over member states. Treaty modification requires a two-thirds Council majority; withdrawal requires ninety days' written notice and carries no penalty.
The treaty is currently in founding stage. Signature blocks remain open. Eleven candidate nations are documented in the member briefings. The headquarters site under consideration is Kibuye, Rwanda — from which the treaty takes its name.
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