PARLIAMENT AND DEMOCRACY - Inter-Parliamentary Union

types of, 8, 15–17, 69
voter participation, 18, 64
voting records of parliamentarians, 96
electronic parliaments, 124–125
email, 69, 73–74
environment, the, 161, 165
equality of rights, 10. See also human rights
minority and marginal communities,
34–35
women, 19–23, 31–34, 88–89, 160–161
Estonia, 63, 110
ethnic communities. See minority and
marginal communities
European Parliament, 166, 171
European Union (EU), 52, 168–172, 174,
178, 195. See also specific countries
executive appointments, 135
Faroe Islands, 66–67
federal states, 7, 26, 78, 125, 146–147, 168.
See also specific countries
Fiji, 25–26, 190
financing, party, 104–109
Finland, 65, 75, 96, 110, 123–124, 170,
194–196
foreign affairs. See multilateral affairs
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
The 80, 91
forums, 58, 85, 90, 92, 195–196
France, 28, 33, 55, 96, 110, 174
international affairs, 161, 170, 171, 178
national effectiveness,
119, 142, 145, 147
Francophone Parliamentary Association,
175, 176, 177
freedoms, 10, 43. See also rights
of expression, speech, 40, 48–50, 56
of information, 46–48, 130
functions of parliament, 5
future planning, 193–196
Gabon, 186
gender budgeting, 88–89, 143
gender equality.
See also human rights; rights
affirmative action, 22–23
multilateral affairs, 160–161
procedures ensuring, 31–34
representation of women in parliament,
19–23, 184
women’s NGOs, 88–89
Georgia, 174, 178
Germany, 39, 82, 110, 137–138, 169, 179
Ghana, 110
globalisation, 156
Greece, 108, 110, 117, 124, 125–126
Greenland, 66–67
grievance procedures, 74–79
Guatemala, 110
Guinea, 174
Guinea-Bissau, 173
health, public, 76–77, 132, 156, 161, 165
HIV/AIDS, 161
Honduras, 110, 162
Hong Kong, 110
horizontal accountability, 95–98, 107
House of Commons. See Canada; chambers;
United Kingdom
House of Representatives. See chambers;
specific countries
human rights, 49, 173, 177, 183, 190.
See also gender equality; ombudsmen; rights
committees/commissions, 52–53, 74–75,
77–79, 131, 187
international affairs, 158–160
International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights, 14, 46
Hungary, 25, 54, 67, 80, 110, 125, 171
Iceland, 65, 81
immunities of parliamentarians, 37–41
India, 31, 57, 73, 178
parliamentary effectiveness, 118, 120,
130, 147
parliamentary reforms, 189, 193
representation within parliament, 16, 25,
27–28, 35, 40
individual parliament members, 30–31, 134
Indonesia, 57, 165, 176
integration, regional, 167–172
inter-parliamentary cooperation, 175–176
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), 17, 58–59,
111, 117
human rights of parliamentarians, 36, 37,
38, 40
international affairs, 148, 159, 166,
180–181
parliamentary cooperation, 172, 173,
175, 176, 177
parliamentary effectiveness, 119, 137,
148–149
parliamentary reforms, 185, 190
technical assistance, 177
women, 19, 22, 32
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