This is awesome.

[electricland]

I love this story: Congo's Children's Parliament

With government institutions, including the courts, hobbled by decades of corruption and neglect, one of the few bodies still reliably administering justice is a parliament run by, and mostly for, children.

Launched in 2002, the UN initiative has since taken on a life of its own, with 150 members and little day-to-day adult supervision.

I imagine they give some very fair and very innovative judgements.

Comments

[fairoriana.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... talk about term limits.

I was born in Congo, and often mourn for it's current place in the world.

[simplystars.livejournal.com]

Wow. Here's hoping those kids can turn the government around. :)

And hey ELL, if you're done dealing with the Invasion of Raccoons o_O - I am working on a story and need a wee bit of specific help re Ontario/Toronto legislation; can I email you? I've knocked around the internets but it's not quite the same, you know?

[electricland.livejournal.com]

But of course, please email me! I don't know how much help I'll be but I'm always glad to give it a shot.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

oh -- electricland at livejournal dot com, to save you having to check out my profile page...

[bryghtboy.livejournal.com]

So did you hear from your relatives that we are in Toronto? Well, we are still in Toronto right now... but I did not bring your phone number and its too late to be bothering your Aunt and Uncle. So I thought I would leave a message here saying that I was hoping to see you tomorrow if at all possible?

Anyways, my email is briansbrain@hotmail.com if you want to get a hold of me or just reply here... so tired and kind of sunburnt so going to go float in a pool I think.

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Yay! Welcome! I emailed you. Hope we can get together!