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Theparliamentarian 100 years of publishing 1920-2020 TheParliamentarian Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth 2020 | Volume 101 | Issue Three | Price £14 SPECIAL REPORT: UNITED NATIONS AT 75: The relationship between the Commonwealth and the UN PAGES 218-247 PLUS The new CPA Insights into being Decriminalising the Parliamentary Secretary-General’s the Minister of Electoral System in expressions & first View article Education in Canada India: Reforms by the practices in the Judiciary Commonwealth PAGE 204 PAGE 248 PAGE 252 PAGE 255 IN TIMES LIKE STATEMENT OF PURPOSE THESE The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) exists to connect, develop, promote and support Parliamentarians and their staff to identify benchmarks of good governance, and PARLIAMENTS implement the enduring values of the Commonwealth. Calendar of Forthcoming Events NEED Updated as at 24 August 2020 Please note that due to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) global pandemic, many ALL THE IN TIMES LIKE events, conferences and activities have been postponed or cancelled. Please check online or email [email protected] for the latest information. THESE 2020 RESOURCES PARLIAMENTS NEED August th ALL THE Published 2020 17-18 August 2020 13 Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament, Vienna, Austria (IPU Conference online) THEY CAN GET! 19-21 August 2020 Fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament, Vienna, Austria (IPU Conference online) RESOURCES 18-22 August 2020 Mid-Year meeting of the CPA Executive Committee, London/online THEY CAN GET! MODEL LAW FOR September INDEPENDENT PARLIAMENTS 15 September 2020 International Day of Democracy DOWNLOAD ESTABLISHING PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE COMMISSIONS FOR CPA’S NEW COMMONWEALTH LEGISLATURES 23-25 September 2020 CPA British Islands and Mediterranean Regional Conference – online meeting DOWNLOAD PUBLICATION NOW 2021 CPA’S NEW www.cpahq.org th PUBLICATION www.cpahq.org August 2021 65 Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada NOW THE CPA MODEL LAW FOR The following events have been postponed to next year (2021) with final dates to be confirmed: INDEPENDENT PARLIAMENTS • 51st CPA Africa Regional Conference, Abuja, Nigeria www.cpahq.org/cpahq/modellaw • 49th CPA British Islands and Mediterranean Regional Conference, Valletta, Malta Based on the important values laid down in the Latimer House Principles and the • 58th CPA Canada Regional Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Doctrine of the Separation of Powers, the CPA has created a th MODEL LAW FOR INDEPENDENT PARLIAMENTS. • 45 CPA Caribbean, Americas & Atlantic Regional Conference, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos th This draft legislation is aimed at Parliaments to use as a template to create financially • 39 CPA Pacific and Australia Regional Conference, Kiribati and administratively independent institutions. Specifically, the Model Law enables Parliaments to create Parliamentary Service Commissions and to ensure Parliaments • CPA Pacific and Australia Region Presiding Officers and Clerks Conference (POCC), Fiji across the Commonwealth have the resources they need to function effectively without • Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), Kigali, Rwanda including: Commonwealth Youth Forum; the risk of executive interference. www.cpahq.org Commonwealth Women’s Forum; Commonwealth People’s Forum; and Commonwealth Business Forum The CPA calendar fosters the exchange of events and activities between CPA Regions and Branches. For further information on THE CPA MODEL LAW FOR any events, please contact the CPA Branch concerned or the CPA Headquarters Secretariat. CPA Branch Secretaries are asked to send notices of CPA events to [email protected] in advance of the publication deadline to ensure the calendar is accurate. INDEPENDENT PARLIAMENTS Based on the important values laid down in the Commonwealth Latimer House Principles and the Doctrine of the Separation of Powers, the Commonwealth Parliamentary CPA Small Branches Climate Change Toolkit for Association (CPA) has created a MODEL LAW FOR INDEPENDENT PARLIAMENTS. Parliamentarians • Strengthening Parliamentarians as effective actors in the This draft legislation is aimed at Commonwealth Parliaments to use as a template to climate change agenda. create financially and administratively independent institutions. Specifically, the Model Law enables Parliaments to create Parliamentary Service Commissions and to ensure • Accessible introduction to the key issues facing Parliaments across the Commonwealth have the resources they need to function Legislatures at the frontline of climate change. effectively without the risk of Executive interference. • Practical guide for Parliamentarians to further progress at www.cpahq.org the domestic and international level. Visit www.cpahq.org/cpahq/SBclimatechange to download a copy or email [email protected] Updated February 2020 CONTENTS: THE PARLIAMENTARIAN 100 years of publishing CONTENTS 2020: ISSUE THREE The Parliamentarian 1920-2020 PAGE 208 PAGES 218-247 PAGE 261 PAGE 208 The Parliamentarian: VIEWS & COMMENT NEWS & PHOTOS SPECIAL REPORT: SPECIAL REPORT: FEATURE ARTICLES PARLIAMENTARY Annual subscription: Four Journal of the Parliaments of UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS REPORTS issues including supplements: the Commonwealth AT 75: THE AT 75: THE UK: £44 inc. postage. 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Financial Inclusivity for Women countries: A View from Executive Director of UN Mr Stephen Twigg for Independent Parliaments Page 255 Regional Secretaries in the Commonwealth the Speaker of India Women CPA Secretary-General • Promoting biodiversity in Pages 280 Printed in: United Kingdom Page 200 Page 226 Page 243 Small Island Developing States by Warners Midlands, PLC. Mr Jeffrey Hyland View from the CPA Small at CPA and UNESCO webinars Making the UN UN Women’s 10th Editor, The Parliamentarian Branches Chairperson • Importance of the SDGs more effective: anniversary, the future Limited print run - contact [email protected] th highlighted to Commonwealth A parliamentary of gender equality and [email protected] for Celebrating the 75 anniversary perspective Scholars the empowerment details of print copies for of the United Nations IPU Secretary General Main images: CPA Pages 206-216 of women in the CPA Branches. Page 202 Page 230 Headquarters Secretariat Commonwealth Page 246 and Shutterstock. Additional View from the CPA Commonwealth Women 'The Future We Want, images: CPA Branches and Secretary-General Parliamentarians News the UN We Need: Members. Front cover image: The UN’s SDGs are at the and Events Reaffirming our Shutterstock/1091235845/ Collective Commitment heart of the Commonwealth Reports from CWP activities to Multilateralism' Alexandros Michailidis. Parliamentary Association's around the Commonwealth A view from UNDP mission Pages 260-261 Page 234 Page 204 194 | The Parliamentarian | 2020: Issue Three | 100 years of publishing 1920-2020 The Parliamentarian | 2020: Issue Three | 100 years
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