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A start.. ====Existing Institutions==== =====Scotland & The UK==== * Making Britain more democratic =====The EU===== * European Convention on Human Rights What's wrong with the EU? * Democratic deficit in the European Union * European Court of Auditors - Criticism =====The UN===== * International human rights instruments * Negative and positive rights ** Negative liberty / Positive liberty / Two Concepts of Liberty As the UDHR is a non-binding declaration, the UN created the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which is binding. * International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ** Full text of the ICCPR ** A country-by-country list of declarations and reservations made upon ratification, accession or succession * Human Rights Committee, the UN body that monitors ICCPR violations ** Rules of procedure of the Human Rights Committee * Reports on UN conventions in relation to the UK ** 2007 ICCPR / UK doc (CCPR/C/GBR/6) ** 2007 ICCPR / UK doc (CCPR/C/GBR/Q/6) From Wikipedia; "the Human Rights Committee is a treaty-based mechanism where a group of experts examines reports and rules on individual communications pertaining only to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. It remains disputed whether the Human Rights Committee's in principle non-binding final views qualify as decisions of a quasi-judicial body or simply constitute authoritative interpretations on the merits of the cases brought before them for the members of the Optional Protocol of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights." Their final views are non-binding? ==== History ===== * USA, "the great experiment" ** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Federalist_Papers - essays on the us constitution arguing for ratification *** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_No._10 - on combating insurrection and factionalism *** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_No._51 - on democratic checks and balances ** http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3237.htm ==== Other ==== * http://www.metagovernment.org/ - an interesting project. seems like it needs to/will be looking at varieties of participatory democracy focused around the idea of e-government/etc. * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructionism

Existing Institutions

Scotland & The UK

• Making Britain more democratic

The EU

• European Convention on Human Rights

• Democratic deficit in the European Union
• European Court of Auditors - Criticism

The UN

• International human rights instruments
• Negative and positive rights
• Negative liberty / Positive liberty / Two Concepts of Liberty

• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
• Full text of the ICCPR
• A country-by-country list of declarations and reservations made upon ratification, accession or succession
• Human Rights Committee, the UN body that monitors ICCPR violations
• Rules of procedure of the Human Rights Committee

• Reports on UN conventions in relation to the UK
• 2007 ICCPR / UK doc (CCPR/C/GBR/6)
• 2007 ICCPR / UK doc (CCPR/C/GBR/Q/6)

Their final views are non-binding?

History

• USA, "the great experiment"
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Federalist_Papers - essays on the us constitution arguing for ratification
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_No._10 - on combating insurrection and factionalism
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_No._51 - on democratic checks and balances
• http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3237.htm

Other

• http://www.metagovernment.org/ - an interesting project. seems like it needs to/will be looking at varieties of participatory democracy focused around the idea of e-government/etc.
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructionism