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THE UN’s democracy expert urged Pacific states not to sign the “fundamentally flawed” Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement (TPP) in Auckland today.
UN Special Rapporteur Alfred de Zayas said TPP “should not be signed or ratified unless provision is made to guarantee the regulatory space of states.
“Twelve countries are about to sign an agreement, which is the product of secret negotiations without multi-stakeholder democratic consultation,” he said.
The government’s case for abolishing most jury trials doesn’t stand up to scrutiny, argues KIM JOHNSON MP – and it must be stopped before it does lasting damage to democracy
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury