World Constitution and World Law
All articles in World Constitution and World Law
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A Government Whose Time Has Come
Citizens for Global Solutions · December 2022
Because nations still answer only to the law of force, the Security Council veto and unenforced treaties leave aggression and abuse unpunished. A democratic world government, with national armies cut to policing needs and a global peacekeeping force, is the next step in widening sovereignty.
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Grandparents And Grandchildren Unite The World
Citizens for Global Solutions · October 2022
War sacrifices people to protect nations, when nations should protect people. Just as the 13 American states agreed to settle disputes in court rather than on the battlefield, the UN could become a federation with a world parliament, a constitution and courts that outlaw war.
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It’s Time to End the Suffering
June 2022
Ukraine’s war has spread hunger, inflation and nuclear danger across the globe, proof that nations share one fate. The answer is a collective security pact capping national arms, enforced by a standing international force under an elected world legislature.
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The proposal – COPLA: Latin America and Caribbean Criminal Court against Transnational Organized Crime
World Federalist Movement · February 2022
COPLA proposes a regional court to combat transnational organized crime. The initiative seeks to address impunity and strengthen judicial cooperation across Latin America.
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Garry Davis: The Indomitable Satyagrahi
Young World Federalists · January 2022
Garry Davis waged a lifelong nonviolent campaign against the nation-state: he interrupted the UN General Assembly, registered hundreds of thousands of world citizens, issued his own passports and saw 34 prisons for travelling without recognised papers.
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Mondial Fall 2021: Obituary of Ian Waddell
World Federalist Movement – Canada · December 2021
A lawyer, filmmaker and veteran MP who helped draft Section 35 of the 1982 Constitution has died in Vancouver. A backer of a UN Parliamentary Assembly, he was proud of Canadian world federalists’ part in creating the International Criminal Court.
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What is a “United Federation of Nations”?
September 2021
A confederation any member can block or leave, as the League of Nations and today’s UN are, cannot keep the peace. Just as the 13 American states became a federal union in 1787, the world needs a government whose laws reach individuals.
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National Sovereignty under a United Federation of Nations
September 2021
A world federation need not mean world tyranny. On the American model, nations would keep their internal affairs, give up their armies to a shared democratic government, and guard against abuse with elections, divided powers and term limits.
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Religion and Democratic World Federation
September 2021
This article examines how various religious groups and leaders advocate for a democratic world federation to solve global crises like genocide and climate change. These groups propose a world constitution and global laws to replace the current system of warfare and unenforceable treaties.
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Should we heed the New Atlantic Charter? Whose Rule of Law? II
World Federalist Movement · July 2021
Law matters because power must be restrained, and treaties, custom, the Geneva Conventions and the ICC already bind states to a degree. A lawmaking General Assembly answerable to an elected parliamentary assembly, and a world court with compulsory jurisdiction, would bind them fully.
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Should we heed the New Atlantic Charter? Whose Rule of Law? I
World Federalist Movement · July 2021
The New Atlantic Charter emphasizes internationalism over multilateralism. The article explores its implications for world federalism and global governance frameworks.
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Mondial Spring 2021: WFMC President Walter Dorn appears before Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs
World Federalist Movement – Canada · March 2021
Walter Dorn urges Canada to sign the treaty banning nuclear weapons, having joined the chemical and biological bans, and suggests the World Health Organization be given the OPCW’s any-time inspection powers.
