[governance] Call and Charter for a Free Parliament

[Norbert Bollow]

I've thought a bit more about the idea of a parliament that could
take over, among other topics, the current role of the US government
in oversight over some key aspects of the Internet, as well as part
of the role of ICANN for "bottom-up" policy decisions.

Greetings,
Norbert


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                     Call and Charter

                          for a

                      Free Parliament

      on Human Rights and Other World-Wide Concerns



           Version 0.1, 2011-11-03, nb at bollow.ch



The free societies of the world shall each democratically elect
representatives who will be members of a Free Parliament that
debates and decides resolutions on matters of human rights and
other world-wide concerns.

A free society is what emerges and self-organizes in every
country that has a democratic government which respects freedom
of opinion and freedom of communication, and which protects the
human rights of minorities.

The residents of each country whose government fulfils these
conditions shall elect a number of representatives as members of
the Free Parliament, where the number of these representatives
shall be equal to the square root of the one millionth part of the
number of residents of the country, rounded up to the smallest
integer not exceeding this square root value. So for example
when a country with a population in the range from 4000001 to
9000000 people has a government that protects the fundamental
values of a free society, the residents of that country shall
elect three members of the Free Parliament.

The members of the Free Parliament shall each take an oath of
office in which they solemnly swear to be and remain in this
work free from any commitment to political or economic particular
interests, to seek what is good for humanity as a whole, and to
participate in the debates and votes of the Free Parliamanet
according to the perspective of their own understanding and
conscience. The term of office of members of the Free Parliament
shall be four years, with the possibility of re-election.

On each issue that the Free Parliament chooses (by means of a
majority vote in response to a motion from any member) to consider
for the purpose of passing a resolution, a public call for draft
resolutions shall be published between fourteen and fifteen
months before the scheduled start of the debate, and draft
resolutions for consideration shall be received from any source
until one month before the scheduled start of the debate. No
debate shall start before it is scheduled to start.

On each such issue where more than two proposed draft resolutions
have been submitted, the decision-making process of the Free
Parliament shall proceed in these three steps: First there shall
be a debate. Then there shall be a first vote during which each
member of the Free Parliament votes "yes" or "no" to each of the
proposals. Seven days after the results of this vote have been
announced, there shall be a second vote in which the members of
the Free Parliament choose between the following three options:
The two proposals that had received the greatest number of "yes"
votes in the first vote, and "disagree with both of these proposals"
as the third option. If one of the proposals achieves an absolute
majority of votes in this second vote, it shall be deemed to have
been passed as a resolution of the Free Parliament. On issues where
less than three proposed draft resolutions have been submitted, the
first of these two votes is skipped.

If this process has ended without resulting in the passing of a
resolution, members of the Free Parliament are of course free to
move again for adding the issue to the agenda of the Free Parliamant.
If that motion passes, it shall result in another public call for
draft resolutions.

The debates and votes of the Free Parliament shall be openly
published on the Internet, with each statement and vote attributed
by name to the corresponding member of the Free Parliament.

The Free Parliament may decide changes to this Charter by means of
the process for adopting resolutions. All other procedural matters
shall be decided by the Free Parliament by means of a majority vote
in response to a motion from any member.

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