International parliament

An international parliament is a branch of an intergovernmental organization tasked with legislative powers and thus establishing a hybrid system of not only intergovernmentalism, but also supranationalism. It could be based on a predecessor inter-parliamentary institution or a newly established organization-level legislature.

Such branches of intergovernmental organizations are typically established in order to provide for representation of citizens, rather than governments who are represented in other bodies within the organization. The assembly can be composed of members of the national legislatures (whose members are directly elected in most cases) or of its own directly elected members, further strengthening the supranationalism of the organization.

List of international parliaments

Inter-parliamentary institutions and international parliaments
Name	Sessions	Legislative power	Direct election	Related organization and notes
ASEAN Inter Parliamentary Assembly	1977 -	no	no
Inter-Parliamentary Union	1889 -	no	no	none
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)	1949 -	no	no	CoE
European Parliament^{[note 1]}	1952 -	1970	1979	EU
Nordic Council	1953 -	no	no	none
Benelux Parliament	1955 -	no	no	Benelux Economic Union
Assembly of the Western European Union	1955-2011	no	no	WEU that dissolved and was effectively succeeded by the EU.
NATO Parliamentary Assembly	1955 -	no	no	NATO
Latin American Parliament	1964 -	no	no	none ^{[note 2]}
African Parliamentary Union	1976 -	no	no	none
Andean Parliament	1979 -	no	no	CAN
British Irish Parliamentary Assembly	1990 -	no	no	none ^{[note 3]}
Central American Parliament	1991 -	no	no	SICA
Baltic Assembly	1991 -	no	no	none
Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe	1992 -	no	no	OSCE
Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States	1992 -	no	no	CIS
Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States	1999 -	no	no	OIC
Asian Parliamentary Assembly	1999 -	proposed	no	none ^{[note 4]}
ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly	2000 -	no	no	none ^{[note 5]}
East African Legislative Assembly	2001 -	no	no	EAC
Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Eurasian Economic Community	2002 -	no	no	EurAsEC
Arab Parliament	2004 -	no	no	AL
Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly	2004 -	no	no	none ^{[note 6]}
Pan African Parliament	2004 -	no ^{[note 7]}	no ^{[note 7]}	AU
Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly	2006 -	no	no	none ^{[note 8]}
Mercosur Parliament	2007 -		2014 ^{[note 9]}	Mercosur
Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-speaking Countries	2008 -	no	no	Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States
Assembly of Caribbean Community Parliamentarians			no	CARICOM
Inter-Parliamentary Committee of the West African Economic and Monetary Union			no	UEMOA
Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States			no	ECOWAS
Parliamentary Assembly of French-speaking countries		no	no	OdLF
Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean		no	no	none
Euronest Parliamentary Assembly	2011	no	no	none ^{[note 10]}
South American Parliament	proposed			UNASUR
United Nations Parliamentary Assembly	proposed			UN
Parliamentary assembly of the World Trade Organization	proposed			WTO

^ The initially consultative European Parliamentary Assembly of ECSC, EEC and Euratom subsequently was renamed, gained legislative powers and became directly elected.
^ Multiple regional organizations in Latin America such as the Rio Group, Latin American Economic System and Latin American Integration Association have similar membership.
^ Multiple regional organizations in the British Isles have similar membership.
^ The Asian Cooperation Dialogue continental organization has similar membership.
^ Parliamentary Assembly established by the Cotonou Agreement between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States.
^ Related to the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership initiative of the EU's European Neighborhood Policy.
^ ^a ^b There are proposals to transform the Pan African Parliament into a directly elected international parliament with legislative powers.
^ Established by the parliaments of the European Union, Mercosur, Andean Community, Central American Integration System, Mexico, Chile and the Latin American Parliament.
^ The Mercosur Parliament is expected to transform into a directly elected international parliament in 2014.
^ Related to the Eastern Partnership initiative of the EU's European Neighborhood Policy.

List of international parliaments

See also