Transnational Radical Party
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The Transnational Radical Party (former Radical Party, not to be confused with the Italian Radicals liberal party founded in 2001) is a political association of citizens, parliamentarians and members of government of various national and political backgrounds who intend to use nonviolent means to create an effective body of international law with respect for individuals and the affirmation of democracy and freedom throughout the world.
The Transnational Radical Party (TRP) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) in a General category consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations since 1995.[1] The TRP does not participate in national, regional, or local elections.
The Transnational Radical Party is a Gandhian non-violent organization. Its symbol is a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi constructed from the words "Radical Party" written in over 50 languages. In its activities and campaigns, the TRP tries to reach out to different democratic constituencies through non-violent means involving its members in transnational actions that call on national and international institutions to uphold their principles and laws.
The background of the party is in 1955 as a progressive liberal faction of the Italian Liberal Party which formed the Radical Party (Partito Radicale). In 1988, the party was transformed into the Transnational Radical Party. In 1992, the party was re-organized at the Italian-level as Pannella List (Lista Pannella), as its most senior figure was Marco Pannella. In 1999, it used the electoral label Bonino List (Lista Bonino), after Emma Bonino. In 2001, the party in Italy named itself Italian Radicals (Radicali Italiani), using the name Transnational Radical Party for its international arm. In 2005, the Italian Radicals joined Italian Democratic Socialists and founded the Rose in the Fist electoral coalition.
Since its affiliation with the United Nations in 1995, the TRP has participated in the works of a variety of UN bodies on issues pertaining to the promotion of civil and political rights; support for all bilateral and multilateral actions to promote democracy worldwide; support of the activities of the UN ad hoc Tribunals and for the establishment of an International Criminal Court; the support of the adoption of a universal moratorium of capital executions by the UNGA; support for an anti-prohibitionist reform of the UN Conventions on Drugs; support for use of Internet Technologies the world over to foster civil liberties and democracy; as well as support for freedom of scientific research and for a civilian conversion of military expenses.
Throughout the 1990s, the TRP has strengthened its relationship with a variety of other NGOs such as Freedom House, Human Rights Watch, the World Federalist Movement, Amnesty International, the Democratic Coalition Project as well as Parliamentarians for Global Action but also with unrepresented peoples and individuals in order to help them in the internationalization of their issues and in trying to sensitize, as well as activate, decision-makers the world over in that regard. These groups comprises Tibetans, Uyghurs, the Degar (Montagnard}, Kosovo Albanians, Chechens, religious groups in China and Vietnam as well as political dissidents throughout South East Asia, the Balkans and Cuba.
The TRP is currently engaged in a series of activities linked to the Community of Democracies initiative launched in 2000 to promote a coordinate work of democratic countries to promote the ascertainment of civil and political rights the world over.
Among TRP prominent members are Emma Bonino, Italian Member of the European Parliament and former European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, Marco Pannella, Italian Member of the European Parliament, Wei Jingsheng, President of the Chinese Overseas Coalition for Democracy, Enver Can, President of the Eastern Turkistan National Congress, Oumar Khambiev, Chechen Health Minister-elect (1997), Vo Van Ai, President of the Vietnam Committee for Human Rights, Quan Nguyen, President of the International Committee for the Nonviolent in Vietnam, Kok Ksor, President of the Montagnard Foundation, Vanida Tephsouvan, Executive Director of the Lao Movement of Human Rights, Arben Xaferi, Chairman of the Albanian Democratic Party of Macedonia, Pandeli Majko, Minister of Defense of Albania, Prof. Arnold S. Trebach, President International Antiprohibitionist League, and David Borden, Executive Director of DRCNet.
In May 2003 Olivier Dupuis resigned from his office as Secretary of the party, because of serious political differences with TRP charismatic leader Marco Pannella. The party is presently run by a provisional committee, known as "the Senate" (Senato), led by Marco Pannella himself along with other members of the party.
