[PDF] Top 20 Civil society, accountability and the UN system

... the UN in their spare ...the UN bodies in charge of human rights required more work than it could be handled by vol- unteer members or staff flying in from London for special occasions ...the UN and ... See full document

... significant element in civil society advocacy for greater G8 accountability. For example, in 2007, “Germanwatch” issued a policy paper and the DATA group (Debt AIDS Trade Africa) produced a critical ... See full document

... can civil society play in this? CSOs can help to amplify the voices of the poor, coordinate coalitions to overcome their collective action problems, mediate on their behalf through redress mechanisms, and ... See full document

... the system of exchange by the ...trade system’ in which only certain key functions such as production were certified as adhering to fair trade standards while using existing means of transport, storage and ... See full document

... for civil society impacts on IMF ...(including civil society actors) have some role in shaping ...between civil society initiatives and various Fund moves on ... See full document

... There was a public outcry against the widespread corruption and abuses of power by politicians under the popularly elected government of Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan during 1988-9[r] ... See full document

... of civil society are diverse, and debates around its fundamental role in enhancing the process of democratization in Eastern Europe, Africa and other parts of the developing world are the basis for its ... See full document

... T he conclusion th at the human rights obligations incum bent upon international organisations are limited to the ‘minimum com m on denom inator’ o f customary law remains, to say the least, disturbing. However, the ... See full document

... a system of Cross-Party Groups on specific topics of public interest (Scottsih Civic Forum, 2003) These are made up of MSPs from different parties along with interested groups and ... See full document

... WTO-civil society relations to date has been their overall ...of civil society in emergent global governance, the organization has for the most part lacked clearly formulated objectives and ... See full document

... Although Portugal generally failed to develop communications and transportation infrastructure, it did invest in various infrastructural schemes. This selective investment, coupled with the colony’s commoditization of ... See full document

... Civil Society have played a major role in the development and governance processes of ...of civil society organizations in the country is shifting gradually from defense against repression and ... See full document

... the accountability of civil society associations in their engagement of global governance ...formal civil society organisations are usually registered under relevant national statutes ... See full document

... a system to restructure society that would close the door to our democratic way of life and exert control over the individual and society as a ...other civil society actors who speak ... See full document

... evaluation system for ...being: System of Evaluation and Monitoring of Institutional Strengthening (SESFI), of the Center for the Strengthening of Civil Society; Strength of the Merced ... See full document

... seeing civil society divided into ‘good’ forms of GCS, and ‘bad’ forms of uncivil society (Kopecky and Mudde, ...conventional civil society organizations (Gramsci, 1971, ...of ... See full document

... formal civil society organisation with systemic links to capitalist enterprise more ...‘civil society’, while frequently manifesting as ‘uncivil’ violent acts by state authorities justified ... See full document

... understanding civil defence refers to structures, tasks, operational principles and forces which provide services to ...of civil defence, it should be emphasized emphasised that it is based on coordinated ... See full document

... “civil society” to refer to a domain outside pow- er, suggests that the autonomous individuals of civil society are not outside governance so much as constituted by and through it; that is ... See full document

... Roughly, and in suggestive manner, to further elaborate upon it, that public sphere can be classified as: 1 Local town-based and village associations 2 Virtual social media networks like[r] ... See full document