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Public Participation Trial of Somalia Pirates

* What is Direct Democracy?

Direct Democracy: Direct democracy, which is also known as participatory democracy, refers to a political system where citizens decide policies by participating directly in politics, whereas in representative democracy, cit-izens vote representatives who then decides policies.

1. Jury System – International CaseIn the United State- Grand Jury System

Example case : O.J.Simpson (1994.06)

Personal opinion : Fairness from juries & Doubts about the impartiality of a jury

Public Participation Trial of Somalia Pirates

1. Jury System – Korea case

Date : May 23, 2011 Sentence – May 27, 2011

Personal opinion : The jury’s lack of understanding for the interpretation of the course of the Somali, English and Korean

San Francisco, California: self-organizing efforts of neighborhoods

2. Legislation – International Case

Date : 2011

Personal opinion : All neighbors are invited to participate Neighborhood Assemblies to self-organize.

Grant program for Neighborhood:

2. Legislation – International Case

- Invite all neighborhoods to incorporate a non-profit Neigh-borhood Assembly Planning Council

- Provides neighborhood delegates to citywide Congress

- The City, County or other sponsor provide the assemblies with department or center that supplies technical support to neighborhood assemblies

A law-making contest was held to make citizens participate in legislation improvement.

2. Legislation – Korea Case

Date : July 16, 2010

Personal opinion : The contest’s purpose was very meaningful. It made participants feel close to the legislation system. Furthermore, I hope these events will occur more to change citizens perception.

International Monetary Fund: Citizens Participation

3. International Organization – IMF

Establishment: 1945

Location: Washington, the U.S

Goal: Through a stable expansion of World Trade, the contribution at the increasing of employment and income, and production resources development for member countries

Major Activity: A stability of a foreign exchange rate, fund provision etc

Members: 188 Countries (as for 2011)

IMF: Development Committee

Participation in IMF programs has been an option that more and more developing countries have exercised in recent years.

AND…In the course of lending, the citizens in developing coun-tries started to, directly, partici-pate on the program.

A-WEB, As a Leader of worldwide democracy

3. International Organization – A-WEB

Date : March 29, 2012

Personal opinion : Korea incites the ‘Association of World Election Bodies’. It provide education about democratic system for students and citizens in the world.

Problems and Possible Solutions to Increase Citizen Participa-tion

* What we are expecting…

Personal opinion : To increase citizen participation in governing nations or organizations, they must provide an easier method for citizens to be able to express their opinions. Today, the most prominent solution would be activating more participating programs on the internet.

Reference

1. Legislation – International Case: http://iotc-hub.org/navlist/gen_page_main.php?id=152&navlist=nan2. Direct Democracy Image: http://greece.mrdonn.org/athens1.gif 3. Liquid Democray Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg0_Vhldz-8 4. A-WEBhttp://nec1963.tistory.com/1723

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