Parliament
The body of (elected) people (in an institutional sense) who would meet to discuss matters of state.
Generally, a parliament has three functions: representation, legislation and parliamentary control (i.e., hearings, inquiries).
Parliament refers to a democratic government's legislature. The term is derived from the French parlement, the action of parler (to speak): a parlement is a discussion. The term came to mean a meeting at which such a discussion took place.
Further details: Parliament (Wikipedia).
See for example:
- Parliament's role (www.parliament.uk) and 7 essential functions of the Parliament of India (Rohini Dasgupta in Preserve Articles).
The Working of a Parliament
- Brief description: Standards for Democratic Parliaments.
- Extensive description: 111th House Rules as Amended by 112th Rules Changes (US)
Look here for the declaration and its translation in several languages.
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Here a Manual for Use in Parliaments (Millennium Campaign and UNDP, 2010) with these chapters:
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Busan Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation (2011) (Article 21) states that Parliaments and local governments play critical roles in linking citizens with government, and in ensuring broad-based and democratic ownership of countries' development agendas.
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A toolkit in the Parliaments and Poverty series: Legislative-Executive Communication on Poverty Reduction Strategies (by NDI and UNDP, 2004).
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Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) publishes the book Parliament and Democracy in the twenty-first Century: A Guide to Good Practice (2006, by David Beetham) (PDF versions in English (1'835 Kb), French (1'984 Kb), Spanish (1'504 Kb) and Arabic (2'500 Kb)).
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In many countries of the world there exist one or more Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations (PMOs). See in which countries at the PMO role page.
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