The Libertarian Party of the United States has introduced several motions before the International Alliance of Libertarian Parties that are set to be voted on Thursday, including nominations for multiple officer seats and a proposed declaration of principles.
The proposals were presented by Libertarian National Committee Chair Steven Nekhaila to be addressed at the alliance’s February 26 meeting, which is being held as part of ongoing efforts to reorganize the international group. Nekhaila was authorized earlier this year by the LNC to serve as the Libertarian Party’s representative for the duration of the meeting, with members expected to elect a new representative following its conclusion.
In a thread on the LNC’s public Business List, Nekhaila informed members that he had notified the IALP secretary of several board nominations and a resolution calling for the adoption of a formal, non-binding statement of principles. Through Nekhaila, the Libertarian Party plans to nominate Jaroslav Romancuk of Ukraine to serve as the next IALP chair, as well as Joseph Patterson of Jamaica and Tinatin Bolokadze of Georgia as at-large members.
The party will also nominate Amanda Griffiths of the United States for the position of regional vice-chair for North America. Griffiths is affiliated with the North Carolina state affiliate and states online that she already handles policy and strategy work for the IALP.
Included in the thread, Nekhaila shared a letter he addressed to IALP leadership and member parties introducing the proposed declaration of principles. In the letter, he positions the alliance as a “vital forum” for cooperation among libertarian parties worldwide, arguing that as the organization continues to refocus its work, adopting such a declaration would help clarify the values uniting its global membership and serve as a public reference point for how the alliance defines itself.
“We wish to emphasize that this proposal is advanced in a spirit of respect for the Alliance’s constitutional framework and the sovereignty of its member parties,” the letter reads. “The proposed Declaration is not intended to impose binding policy positions, nor to constrain the lawful discretion of any member organization. Rather, it is conceived as a statement of shared values – affirming what unites us, while preserving the diversity of strategies, cultures, and political contexts represented within the IALP.”
The draft declaration itself presents a broad but pointed statement of libertarian principles, affirming commitments to individual liberty, property rights, freedom of expression and belief, decentralization, and voluntary cooperation through free markets and civil society. It explicitly rejects authoritarianism, militarism, state surveillance, and political systems that otherwise concentrate power in the hands of governments, corporate interests, or unelected technocratic elites, regardless of whether those forces stem from the political left or right.
Beyond a list of general principles, the document presents libertarian parties as participants in what it describes as an “ongoing global struggle” between liberty and authoritarianism. It calls out the role of “extremist groups and imperialist actors” in that struggle and endorses peaceful resistance, protest movements, and acts of civil disobedience as legitimate responses to what it deems a coercive reactionary front.
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