The Open Constitution Initiative (OCI) (Chinese: 公盟; pinyin: gōngméng), sometimes referred to in English as Gongmeng, was an organization consisting of...

and Telecommunications. He was one of the founders of the NGO Open Constitution Initiative and an active rights lawyer in China who campaigned against corruption...

United States Constitution vests "all legislative powers herein granted" to the Congress of the United States. Establishing a national initiative procedure...

clear that it would rule such regulations unconstitutional. The Open Constitution Initiative was an organization consisting of lawyers and academics in the...

Institute, Canada Order of the Crown of Italy, Italian order Open Constitution Initiative, advocacy group in China OCI NV, parent company of Orascom Construction...

unrest and disrupting the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The Open Constitution Initiative (OCI), operated by several Weiquan lawyers and intellectuals...

University of Hong Kong. Teng is one of the founders of the Open Constitution Initiative in 2003. He is also one of the 25 leading figures on the Information...

A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other...

loosely organized civil rights group "Citizens" (successor to the Open Constitution Initiative (Chinese: 公盟; pinyin: gōngméng)) with the New Citizens' Spirit:...

On any political level citizens can propose changes to the constitution (popular initiative) or ask for an optional referendum to be held on any law voted...

speech at the Palace of Westminster, President Ronald Reagan proposed an initiative, before the British Parliament, "to foster the infrastructure of democracy...

as schools, shops and restaurants reopened to the public. The Open Constitution Initiative (OCI), operated by several Weiquan lawyers and intellectuals...

lawyers typically frame their arguments by making appeals to China's constitution, arguing that abuses of human rights—sanctioned as they may be by the...

The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (TCE; commonly referred to as the European Constitution or as the Constitutional Treaty) was an unratified...

amendment to the Federal Constitution and submit it to a popular vote. The citizens behind the initiative, grouped together in an initiative committee, have 18...

not exist in 18th century America, when the Constitution was written.[citation needed] The National Initiative for Democracy believes direct citizen participation...

The Preamble to the Constitution of India is based on the Objectives Resolution, which was moved in the Constituent Assembly by Jawaharlal Nehru on 13...

by which the Constitution can be amended: a Constituent assembly (Con-Ass), Constitutional Convention (Con-Con), or People's Initiative. All three methods...

referendum and initiative would operate on the same franchise as the Dáil; this was universal suffrage beginning at the age of 21. The constitution provided...

new article into the constitution. This mechanism is called federal popular initiative. Thus, partial revisions of the constitution could – from this time...

Civil Rights Initiative or CCRI) is a California ballot proposition which, upon approval in November 1996, amended the state constitution to prohibit state...

(Voice_of_America) "Press Statement by Wife of Gao Zhisheng". Citizen Power Initiatives for China. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2020. Geng He (耿和)...

first successful initiative constitutional amendment in California history to add more than one article to the California Constitution as well as to alter...

lifestyle. In 2005, Wang Gongquan became a research in Gongmeng (Open Constitution Initiative).[citation needed] In 2008, Wang initiated the "Equal Rights...

the Tibet Autonomous Region Lop Nur Nuclear Weapons Test Base Open Constitution Initiative Penal system in China Protest and dissent in China Protests and...

Question 3, Top-Five Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative, a ballot initiative to amend the state constitution to change state and federal elections to use...

approaches: a People's Initiative, a Constituent Assembly, or a Constitutional Convention. The first attempt to amend the 1987 Constitution was under President...

United States Constitution describes the procedure for altering the Constitution. Under Article Five, the process to alter the Constitution consists of...

Fundamental Rights in India enshrined in part III (Article 12–35) of the Constitution of India guarantee civil liberties such that all Indians can lead their...

terms in open elections (Article 28). Under Article 27, the National Assembly had the right to amend the Constitution, exercise initiatives and referendums...