This case study features the first online consultation of any parliamentary committee in Canada and among the few carried out by any legislature in the world. Launched on December 3, 2002, this 13 week consultation revolving the Canada Pension Plan Disability program (CPP(D)) was designed to foster public awareness and...
The Citizens Manifesto is the result of three years of citizens' deliberations gathering a shared set of demands for change in EU decision-making formulated by citizens, civil society organisations and local authorities from all over Europe, on topics ranging from employment and welfare, to civil rights and economic and political...
Held in Bahia, Brazil, the 13th AWID International Forum brought together 1700 activists from over 140 countries from around the world. The forum focused on funding of women's rights groups in developing countries, ending violence against women, and women fighting for climate and environmental justice.
The referred case study analyzes the National Conference of Public Security – CONSEG, a wide and participatory forum that innovated in the debate on public policies for public security, breaking paradigms discussing new solutions along with an organized civil society and a set of professional working with public security. Among...
The project involves independent civil monitoring of police detention facilities and conditions and aims at establishing the extent to which legal provisions are being implemented and human rights are being protected. In the long run the project should contribute to promoting the principles of transparency and accountability in police work,...