A meeting of Speakers and clerks of the Commonwealth has resolved that the role of speakers is not just to regulate debate in the House. The meeting of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in New Delhi, India, was unanimous that the speaker should also be a mediator between opposing sides in Parliament. They said the role [...]
This year’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) takes place in the 60th anniversary year of the Commonwealth. For the past six decades, notably since the 1970s, every CHOGM has seen the Commonwealth taking progressive stands on human rights. Eighteen years ago, at the 1991 CHOGM in Harare, the Commonwealth reiterated past promises and enshrined [...]
