Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: The article summarizes a proposal for a world democracy that responds to theinternational calling for reforming the UN. The proposal was formulated by agroup of young Catalan intellectuals, who organized a think tank of the Groupof Rome, under the name tt30. The proposal is a draft of an institutional modelthat, without neglecting efficiency, will ensure, at the same time, as muchdemocracy as possible. The model draws on the European Union experience.The proposal is organized around the following core ideas: 1) a worldstructured into nine regions, that will operate in a way similar to the actualEuropean Union; 2) a legislative power, constituted by a Global Parliamentwith two Chambers; 3) an executive power (with a General Coordinator),made up by two councils, the Peace and Security Council and the Economic,Social, Cultural and Development Council; 4) and, a judicial power, composedby six courts, the International Penal Court, the International Economic Court,the International Environmental Court, the International Justice Court, theInternational Social and Cultural Court and the Litigious-AdministrativeCourt.
Authors: José Sols, S J Pablo Mella
Language: Spanish
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3194948678