An inter-parliamentary institution (also known as Inter-parliamentary assembly) is an organization of more than one national legislatures (parliament, assembly, council and other types).
Most of the inter-parliamentary institutions are part of an intergovernmental organization. Such branches of intergovernmental organizations are typically established in order to provide for representation of citizens, rather than governments who are represented in other bodies within the organization. Most of the inter-parliamentary institutions have an assembly comprising members of the national legislatures (whose members are directly elected in most cases). Most of the inter-parliamentary institutions do not hold legislative power and have a consulting or informal cooperation-stimulating role.There are cases of national assemblies also lacking legislative power such as the Consultative Assemblies of Oman and Qatar.
When the intergovernmental organization chooses to operate through a hybrid system of not only intergovernmentalism, but also supranationalism an organization-level legislature is established (or a predecessor inter-parliamentary institution is granted legislative power) in the form of international parliament. Members of international parliaments could be assigned in the same way as members of inter-parliamentary institutions or in cases of more advanced supranationalism they could be directly elected.
List of inter-parliamentary institutions Since 1949, more than 40 parliamentary assemblies have been brought into being.
+Inter-parliamentary institutionsNameSessionsDirect electionLegislative powerRelated organization and notesInter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)1889 –nononone ASEAN Inter Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) 1977 – nonoAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)1949 –nonoCoE European ParliamentThe initially consultative European Parliamentary Assembly of ECSC, EEC and Euratom subsequently was renamed, gained legislative powers and became directly elected.1952 –19791970EU Nordic Council1953 –nononone Benelux Parliament1955 –nonoBenelux Economic Union Assembly of the Western European Union1955–2011nonoWEU that dissolved and was effectively succeeded by the EU. NATO Parliamentary Assembly1955 –nonoNATO Latin American Parliament1964 –nononone Multiple regional organizations in Latin America such as the Rio Group, Latin American Economic System and Latin American Integration Association have similar membership.African Parliamentary Union1976 –nononone Andean Parliament1979 –nonoCAN British Irish Parliamentary Assembly1990 –nononone Multiple regional organizations in the British Isles have similar membership.Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy1994 –nono Central American Parliament1991 –nonoSICA Baltic Assembly1991 –nononone Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe1992 –nonoOSCE CIS Interparliamentary Assembly1992 –nonoCIS Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States1999 –nonoOICAsian Parliamentary Assembly1999 –nononone The Asian Cooperation Dialogue continental organization has similar membership. ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly2000 –nononone Parliamentary Assembly established by the Cotonou Agreement between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States. East African Legislative Assembly2001 –nonoEACInter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Eurasian Economic Community2002 –nonoEurAsEC Arab Parliament2004 –nonoAL Pan African Parliament2004 –no no There are proposals to transform the Pan African Parliament into a directly elected international parliament with legislative powers.AUParliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM)2005 - nonononeEuro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly2006 –nononone Established by the parliaments of the European Union, Mercosur, Andean Community, Central American Integration System, Mexico, Chile and the Latin American Parliament. Mercosur Parliament2007 –2014 The Mercosur Parliament is expected to transform into a directly elected international parliament in 2014.noMercosur Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-speaking Countries2008 –nonoCooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (PA-UfM)Absorbing the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly2010 -nonoUnion of the MediterraneanFranco-German Parliamentary Assembly2019 –nonoFrance–Germany relations Assembly of Caribbean Community ParliamentariansnoCARICOMInter-Parliamentary Committee of the West African Economic and Monetary UnionnoUEMOAParliament of the Economic Community of West African StatesnoECOWAS Assemblée parlementaire de la FrancophonienonoOdLFEuronest Parliamentary Assembly2011-nononone Related to the Eastern Partnership initiative of the EU's European Neighborhood Policy. EU–UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly2020-nonoUnited Kingdom–European Union relations South American ParliamentproposedUNASUR United Nations Parliamentary Assembly proposedUNParliamentary assembly of the World Trade Organization proposedWTO
See also Parliamentary assembly List of national legislatures Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
References
External links Article by Steve Charnovitz on Transparliamentary Assemblies in Global Governance
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