EDITOR’S NOTE
Her Majesty The Queen, Head of the Commonwealth and Patron of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) arrives for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Malta accompanied by the Prime Minister of Malta, Dr. Joseph Muscat, November 2015.
Parliament is one of our most successful programmes. Hon. Kezia Purick MLA (Northern Territory, Australia) shares the experience of hosting the 7th
Commonwealth Youth Parliament: Northern Territory Style at the Legislative Assembly in Darwin.
Following the successful CPA Small Branches Committee Workshop held in Douglas, Isle of Man last year, Hon. Clare Christian MLC (Isle of Man) looks at the co-operation between small jurisdictions and the experience of the Isle of Man, as one of the smaller members of the CPA.
The fight against corruption and the role for Parliament is of paramount importance and occupies the attention of Commonwealth Parliamentarians across our membership. Paul Foster-Bell MP (New Zealand) looks at the New Zealand experience and the challenges that the New Zealand Parliament has faced. The maintaining of ‘free and fair elections’ is linked to keeping
politics ‘corruption-free’ and former Parliamentarian, Hon. Alexander Downer, AC (Australia) writes about Australia’s leading role in the training of election officials through the Commonwealth Electoral Network (CEN).
Baroness Elizabeth Berridge (UK) writes about the new Commonwealth Initiative for Freedom of Religion or Belief and its work in promoting a dialogue across the Commonwealth. In a new feature for this issue of The Parliamentarian, we publish
an interview with Mr. Sidiki Kaba, President of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court and the Minister of Justice from Senegal who kindly gave us an interview during his visit to the CPA Secretariat in London. The Chairperson of the CPA Executive Committee, Hon. Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury MP (Bangladesh) shares her speech at the South Asian Speakers’ Summit on ‘Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)’ which demonstrates the co-operation taking place between Commonwealth and non-Commonwealth countries in addressing global issues. The Parliamentarian welcomes the new Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), Mr Akbar Khan, who shares his first article for this publication. The Parliamentary Report in this issue includes parliamentary and legislative news from Canada (Federal, British Columbia and Québec), India, New Zealand and Australia.
Please do let us know how you are marking Commonwealth Day 2016 on 14 March and we look forward to hearing your feedback and comments on this issue of The Parliamentarian.
Jeffrey Hyland
Editor, The Parliamentarian
editor@cpahq.org
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