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More than 200 civil society groups from over fifty countries, among them sixty that operate internationally, call on the United Nations and its member governments to establish the instrument of a World Citizens‘ Initiative that would allow citizens to put items on the UN’s agenda. Support of this proposal has thus doubled since an international campaign was launched seven …

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Over 100 civil society groups united under the umbrella of ‘We the Peoples’ are calling on the United Nations (UN) to establish a World Citizens’ Initiative. The instrument would enable citizens to put proposals on the agenda of the UN General Assembly for further action. The Campaign for the World Citizens’ Initiative was formally launched at a meeting opposite …

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This year, Democracy International, together with Democracy Without Borders and CIVICUS, started a campaign for a World Citizens’ Initiative at the United Nations level under the name “We the Peoples“. To examine its feasability, we asked two experts to find out exactly how such an instrument could work under international law. Ben Murphy, Lecturer in …

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