Add to ORKGThe Commonwealth is in danger of letting its commitments to both the agenda of democracy and rights, and the agenda of development, become sterile and vacuous. The argument that has been raging over creating a Commissioner for Democracy, the Rule of Law and Human Rights reflects a dysfunctional organisation, stuck in an outdated North-South stand-off, crying out for creative leadership. Here, Richard Bourne argues that the Commonwealth Secretariat must build consensus, and galvanise governments to take practical ownership of the values that, in the new Commonwealth Charter, they will be claiming to promote. When few leaders spend time thinking how to use their Commonwealth networks, it is the job of the Secretary General to show them
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This is the final version. Available from de Gruyter via the DOI in this recordBritish and Commonwea...
Governmental Accountability, National Development and the Ombudsman: A Commonwealth Perspectiv
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After the single-issue Abuja Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, a deep, intellectual examinat...
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The absence of the official Commonwealth from the public debates on issues around media freedom—not...
Some Commonwealth governments, indigenous and non-indigenous NGOs, academic and research institution...
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The idea of a Commonwealth Free Trade Area (FTA) which resurfaces from time to time is, argues Sir R...
Colin Robinson argues that it is ill-judged to place too much emphasis on law and litigation as a me...
This is the final version. Available from de Gruyter via the DOI in this recordBritish and Commonwea...
Governmental Accountability, National Development and the Ombudsman: A Commonwealth Perspectiv
Britain's coalition government has made clear its support for the Commonwealth, putting the associat...
A new round of Commonwealth reform proposals commenced at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeti...
This article investigates the evolution, problems and prospects of the modern Commonwealth and the s...
Next month, a little-known London-based intergovernmental organisation with a core budget of £3m, wi...
After the single-issue Abuja Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, a deep, intellectual examinat...
The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 54 independent states (at the beginning of 1998). It ...
The absence of the official Commonwealth from the public debates on issues around media freedom—not...
Some Commonwealth governments, indigenous and non-indigenous NGOs, academic and research institution...
This paper makes case for the interrogation of the Commonwealth of Nations in its present form as i...
Democracy is important in the rhetoric of the Commonwealth itself ; it is also crucial to the practi...
In June 2016, the people of Great Britain shocked the world and permanently altered the internationa...
The idea of a Commonwealth Free Trade Area (FTA) which resurfaces from time to time is, argues Sir R...
Colin Robinson argues that it is ill-judged to place too much emphasis on law and litigation as a me...
This is the final version. Available from de Gruyter via the DOI in this recordBritish and Commonwea...
Governmental Accountability, National Development and the Ombudsman: A Commonwealth Perspectiv