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Organisations that monitor and advocate for good governance practices
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- Anti-Corruption
- Public Information Network (United States) - provides research services and training to citizens working for corporate and
governmental accountability, promotes an understanding among activists, the media, and the general public of the environmental
and socio-economic impacts of transnational corporations, financial institutions and governments, and supports the replacement
of the giant corporation by more sustainable and equitable institutions
- Transparency International (TI) (Berlin and London) - global anti-corruption movement that works to ensure the agendas of
international organisations give high priority to curbing corruption and promotes new inter-governmental agreements to fight
corruption in an internationally co-ordinated manner
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- Democracy
- Citizens' Network on Essential Services (CNES) (Takoma Park, MD, USA) - works to democratize national and global
governance by supporting citizens' groups that are engaged in influencing policy decisions about basic services: water, power,
education, and health care, contending that citizens and their elected representatives should explore substantive policy
alternatives to determine the kind of service provision that can best serve their social, environmental, and development goals
- International Institute for Democracy (IID) (Strasbourg, France) - aims to encourage co-operation on a world-wide scale between
governmental, non-governmental and inter-parliamentary organisations, as well as between national parliaments, with a view to
promoting and strengthening pluralistic democracy
- International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) (Stockholm, Sweden) - intergovernmental yet independent
organization that seeks to nurture and support sustainable democracy world-wide, working with both new and long- established
democracies, helping to develop the institutions and culture of democracy
- UNDP Oslo Governance Centre - global facility on democratic governance, established to enhance programme activities and the
advisory role of UNDP in the area of democratic governance and assisting UNDP country offices in their cooperation with
governments and their partners, civil society organizations and people in developing countries, with the objective of supporting
countries in the implementation of democratic reforms and a special focus and competency in the areas of access to justice,
human rights, civil society and conflict prevention
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- Dialogue
- International Center (Washington, DC) - non-profit organization dedicated to promoting good governance and development
through direct contacts with all levels of governments, institutions, and individuals, establishing major initiatives in settling
regional conflicts, fostering bilateral relations and supporting democratic movements, and promoting sustainable development
through environmental and natural resource management programs
- Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) (Geneva, Switzerland) - international organization of over 140 parliaments of sovereign states
that serves as the focal point for world-wide parliamentary dialogue and works for peace and co-operation among peoples and for
the firm establishment of representative democracy
- Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) (New York, NY) - network of over 1350 Members of Parliament from 105 elected
national legislatures, engaged in a range of action-oriented initiatives that promote democracy, peace, justice and development
throughout the world
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- Education & Civic Awareness
- Federal Trust for Education and Research (London) - independent think tank committed to enlightening the debate on good
governance on federal issues of national, continental and global relevance, which promotes studies in the principles of
international relations, international justice and supranational government
- International Youth Co-operation (IYOCO) (The Hague, Netherlands) - registered non-profit organization with a mission to
coordinate projects, to educate the youth, to promote international awareness, co-operation and responsible governance, and to
empower the youth
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- Law
- American Society for International Law (ASIL) (Washington, DC) - peak membership organization in the United States dedicated
to advancing the study and use of international law. It is organised through special interest group, amongst other one focussing
on International Criminal Law
- Center for American and International Law (Plano, TX, USA) - international nonprofit educational institution dedicated to
improving the quality of justice through continuing education to lawyers and law enforcement officials in the United States and
throughout the world
- Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) (Dallas, TX, USA) - international educational forum in the field of transnational
arbitration, created to promote global adherence to the world's principal arbitration treaties and to educate business executives,
government officials and lawyers about arbitration as a means of resolving transnational business disputes
- International Criminal Law Network (ICLN) (The Hague, Netherlands) - organises global interaction between academics,
policymakers and legal professionals in international criminal law
- International Law Association (ILA) (London) - organisation of about 50 branches worldwide with a membership comprising
academics and practising professionals with an interest in international law, the study, clarification and development of both
public and private international law
- International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law (Vancouver, Canada) - international non-governmental association of judges,
legislators, lawyers, academics, and governmental officials who have come together to work actively on the administration of
criminal justice both in their own jurisdiction and internationally
- Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (LCHR) (New York, NY) - works in the United States and abroad to create a secure and
humane world by advancing justice, human dignity and respect for the rule of law, by supporting human rights activists who fight
for basic freedoms and peaceful change at the local level, by protecting refugees in flight from persecution and repression, by
promoting fair economic practices and creating safeguards for workers' rights, and by helping to build a strong international
system of justice and accountability for the worst human rights crimes
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- Local Government
- International Union of Local Authorities (IULA) (The Hague, Netherlands) - international advocacy organisation that represents
local government and promotes its interests to the United Nations and other key international agencies, works closely with the
other international local government associations to ensure that local government has a voice on the international stage, and
develops policies and positions on issues of interest to local government, such as poverty alleviation, sustainable development
and women in local decision-making
- Research Centre For Global Governance (RCGG) (Porto Alegre, Brazil) - think tank that searches for lasting solutions to the
problems of humanity and collects contributions from all the peoples of the world without any restrictions
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Political groups organised on a global scale
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- Directories
- Leftist Parties of the World - directory covering the entire spectrum of political parties, organizations and groups which consider
themselves to be leftist or have origins in leftist movements
- Political Resources Index of International Parties - listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with links
to parties, organizations, governments, media and more from all around the world
- PoliticsOnline - provides fundraising and Internet tools for politics
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- Anarchist
- Alternative Libertaire (Paris, France) - "inspired by the positive experiences of libertarian communism, anarcho-syndicalism,
revolutionary unionism, and more widely of other critical movements ... to be part of the rebirth of the revolutionary and
anti-authoritarian mass struggle and to participate in the renewal of the project for social change"
- Anarcho-Syndicalism 101 - "entry point to the global anarcho-syndicalist and revolutionary union movement, ... devoted to aiding
and furthering an autonomous global movement of working class solidarity and direct action, based around the ideas and
principles of anarcho-syndicalism"
- International of Anarchist Federations (IAF-IFA) (Milan, Italy) - founded in 1968 "to counter the internationalisation of state and
capital powers that are developing their influences ever rapidly on a global scale"
- International Workers Association (IWA-AIT) - aims to "organize and press for revolutionary struggle in all countries with the aim
of destroying once and for all the present political and economic régimes and to establish Libertarian Communism"
- Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) (Philadelphia, PA, USA) - "The working class and the employing class have nothing in
common. There can be no peace so long as hunger and want are found among millions of the working people and the few, who
make up the employing class, have all the good things of life"
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- Anti-Communist
- Cardinal Mindszenty Foundation (St Louis, MO, USA) - worldwide, non-profit educational organization which offers "reliable
information on the nature, propaganda and goals of atheistic Communism"
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- Christian-Democratic
- Christian Democrat International (CDI) (Brussels) - stands for the goals of Christian Democrat and related People's Parties and
movements all over the world, including the worldwide establishment of a free but socially responsible market economy
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- Communist
- World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) (Budapest, Hungary) - initially aimed to promote cooperation amongst youth and
students for the cause of freedom, democracy and equality, it gradually developed into an exclusively communist organization,
stressing the need for anticolonialism and disarmament
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- Conservative
- IntellectualConservative.com - web site for intellectual conservatives and libertarians to find resources, articles and information
on conservative philosophers and philosophy, and intelligent political articles
- International Democrat Union (IDU) (London) - working association of over 80 Conservative, Christian Democrat and like minded
political parties of the centre and centre right
- Canadian Conservative Forum - aims to encourage the development and dissemination of ideas concerning the principles and
traditions of a free and ordered society
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- Democrat
- International Young Democrat Union (IYDU) - organisation for young conservatives worldwide, "fighting for true conservative
values like democracy, political freedom, freedom of speech, individual liberty, and the right to private property"
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- Fabian
- Fabian Global Forum (London) - launched by The Fabian Society (UK) to develop ideas and build consensus for a progressive
response to globalisation, based on the belief that much good can come from globalisation but only if it proceeds with due
respect for equality, justice and peace
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- Federalist
- World Federalist Movement (WFM) (New York, NY) - international citizen's movement inspired by the democratic principles of
federalism which calls for an end to the rule of force through a world governed by law, based on strengthened and democratized
world institutions
- Federal Union (London, UK) - argues that democracy and the rule of law should apply to states as well as within them
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- Green-Left
- European Federation of Green Parties (EFGP) - represents 32 Green parties in 29 European countries, and coordinates Green
European policy and supports small Green parties in order to strengthen the Green political movement in Europe as a whole
- Global Greens - international network of Green parties and political movements committed to nonviolence and which "strive for a
culture of peace and cooperation between states, inside societies and between individuals, as the basis of global security"
- Red Pepper (UK) - magazine providing a platform and discussion point for the green-left in the UK and internationally
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- Liberal
- International Federation of Liberal Youth (IFLRY) (Brussels) - umbrella organisation of liberal and radical youth organisations
which provides the platform for co-operation among liberal and radical youth and student organisations in the world, in favour of a
market economy operating within the limits of a fair distribution of wealth and ecological sustainability
- International Network of Liberal Women (INLW) (London) - aims to raise Liberal women's awareness of their political rights and
responsibilities, to expand the participation of Liberal women in politics at local, national and international level and within Liberal
parties world-wide, and to strengthen relationships and exchange information between Liberal women world-wide
- Liberal International (London) - worldwide federation of 84 liberal parties from 67 countries, devoted to human rights, democracy,
social justice, tolerance, equality, market economy, and free trade
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- Libertarian
- International Society for Individual Liberty (ISIL) (Benicia, CA, USA) - network of individuals and associations in over 80 countries
dedicated to building a free and peaceful world through the ideals of free markets, social tolerance and individual responsibility
- Libertarian International (Essen, Belgium) - non-profit foundation which aims to coordinate various initiatives in the defense of
individual liberty throughout the world, based on the principle "that everyone should be free to do as they choose, so long as
they don't infringe upon the equal freedom of others"
- Sovereign Society (Waterford, Ireland) - aims to provide proven legal strategies for individuals to protect their wealth and privacy,
lower their taxes, and to help improve their personal freedom and liberty
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- Marxist-Troskyist
- Centro Internacional del Trotskismo Ortodoxo (CITO) (International Center of Orthodox Trotskyism) - in Spanish
- Committee for a Marxist International - aims to defend Marxist ideas and their validity for today's labour movement
- Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) (London) - international socialist organisation, based in over 35 countries, which is
part of the struggle to overthrow the rule of big business and global capitalism
- Communist International Marxists-Leninists (COMINTERN-ML) - "Long live Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin and Enver Hoxha!"
- Communist and Workers Parties and Resources (ecadre.net) - portal to communist organisations and information
- levels of governments, institutions, and individuals
- International Bolshevik Tendency (IBT) (Oakland, CA, USA) - revolutionary socialist organization founded by former cadres of the
international Spartacist tendency (today the International Communist League)
- International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) - organisation founded by Leon Trotsky in 1938
- International Communist Current (ICC) - publications of the International Communist Movement
- International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist) (ICL-FI) - "proletarian, revolutionary and internationalist tendency
committed to the task of building Leninist parties as national sections of a democratic-centralist international"
- Internationalist Communist Union (ICU) - international current which claims allegiance to the tradition of ideas which was
represented successively by Marx and Engels, Rosa Luxemburg, Lenin and Trotsky
- Internationalist Group - "fights for international socialist revolution, the conquest of power by the working class, led by its
Leninist party, championing the cause of all the oppressed"
- International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (ICMLPO) (Stuttgart, Germany)
- International Struggle Marxist-Leninist (ISML) - started following the International Seminar on Frederick Engels - on the
centenary of the death of this great leader - in Ischia, Italy, in December 1995
- International Socialist Forum (ISF) (London) - socialist news and discussion site which aims to encourage the exchange of
views and information between socialists internationally
- International Trotskyist Opposition (ITO) (Detroit, MI, USA) - established in 1992 to reconstruct the Fourth International as an
authoritative World Party struggling to overthrow capitalism
- League for a Revolutionary Communist International (LRCI) (New York, NY) - revolutionary communist organisation based on the
works of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Trotsky, and the revolutionary documents of the first four congresses of the Third International
and the Transitional Programme of the Fourth International
- League for the Revolutionary Party (LRP) (New York, NY) - affiliate of the global Communist Organization for the Fourth
International (COFI) and "dedicated to the restoration of authentic Marxism and the political independence of the working class
everywhere"
- Marxists Internet Archive (MIA) - aims to educate people around the world about Marxism
- Open World Conference of Workers (OCW) (San Francisco, USA) - aims to "improve living and working conditions, and to
defend the rights and guarantees written into collective-bargaining agreements, legal job status and Conventions of the
International Labor Organization (ILO) ... these are the conditions for real democracy in all countries"
- Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (RIM) (London) - a regrouping of many Marxist-Leninist-Maoist parties and organisations
from around the world
- Trotsky.net - presents the ideas and struggles of Leon Trotsky
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- Monarchist
- International Monarchist League (Hertfordshire, UK) - organisation for people interested in monarchies around the world, both
reigning and in exile, and in the theory of monarchism
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- Progressive
- Tides (San Francisco, USA) - family of organizations linked by a commitment to social change, innovation, and responsible
stewardship of resources
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- Radical (Anarchist)
- World Revolution - global grassroots social movement for progressive social change which aims to resolve in a definitive and
comprehensive manner the major social problems of our world and our era
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- Radical (Non-Violent)
- Transnational Radical Party - association of citizens, parliamentarians and members of government of various national and
political backgrounds who intend to achieve, through nonviolent Gandhian methods, a number of concrete objectives aimed at
creating an effective body of international law with respect for individuals and the affirmation of democracy and freedom
throughout the world
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- Socialist
- International League of Religious Socialists - believes that, aside from dealing with the issues of globalisation, marginalisation,
and human rights, we have a responsibility to fight against religious fundamentalism as well as the use of religion as a tool of
political conservatism
- International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) - organisation of 135 socialist, social democratic and labour youth organisations
from 100 countries around the world, which puts into practice and defends the ideals of democratic socialism
- Socialist International (London) - worldwide organisation of social democratic, socialist and labour parties
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- Other
- Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation - grants to nonprofit organisations concerned with energy, human rights, Israel & Palestine,
and New York city
- Natural Law Party (NLP) - active in over 80 countries, bringing life into harmony with Natural Law
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