Editing Transnational Radical Party (section)

===International activities and ECOSOC recognition===
The TRP was soon involved in comparing the conditions of the [[rule of law]] among different democracies throughout the world.<ref>{{cite book|isbn= 9788840400587|first=Massimo|last= Lensi|title=Oltre Chiasso|publisher=Nardini Editore|location= Firenze|year=2016|url=http://www.nardinieditore.it/prodotto/oltre-chiasso-il-mio-viaggio-con-marco-pannella-e-il-partito-radicale-transnazionale/|quote=The Transnational Radical Party is one of Marco Pannella's most interesting insights. Born in 1989 in Budapest, after a few years of intense activity and unexpected successes, a long decline begins that will lead him to the suspension of congress activities, but not to cease producing ideas and initiatives. Massimo Lensi describes this parable through his personal experience|language=IT}}</ref> While its members and economic resources continued to come primarily from Italy, the party strengthened its activities worldwide, especially in the countries of post-communist [[Eastern Europe]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Appunti sulle prospettive del partito radicale nell'europa comunista|journal=Documento Preparatorio per Il Consiglio Federale di Roma|date=1–5 September 1989|author= Lorenzo Strik-Lievers|author2=Olivier Dupuis}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= IL PARTITO TRASNAZIONALE: DEMOCRAZIA E DIRITTO ALL'INFORMAZIONE - LE DIMISSIONI DA DEPUTATO DI MARCO PANNELLA - LE MANIFESTAZIONI DI MOSCA, VARSAVIA, PRAGA, BUDAPEST PER IL DIRITTO ALL'INFORMAZIONE NEI PAESI OCCIDENTALI - LO SCIOPERO DELLA FAME AD OLTRANZA DI MARCO PANNELLA, GIOVANNI NEGRI E LUIGI DEL GATTO - L'ACCETTAZIONE DELLE DIMISSIONI DI MARCO PANNELLA|date=31 October 1989 |url=http://www.radioradicale.it/il-partito-trasnazionale-democrazia-e-diritto-allinformazione-le-dimissioni-da-deputato-di-marco-pannella-le-manifestazioni-di-m|access-date=26 February 2016}}</ref> In this respect, the TRP launched the Multilingual Telematics System,<ref>{{cite journal|author=Cicciomessere Roberto|title=Descrizione del Sistema Telematico Multilingue - STM|journal=Seminario del Partito Radicale|location=Sabaudia|date=4 September 1992|url=http://www.radioradicale.it/exagora/descrizione-del-sistema-telematico-multilingue-stm|language=IT}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Agorà, rete non solo politica|author=Caravita Giuseppe|date=26 November 1993|journal=Il Sole 24 Ore|url=http://www.radioradicale.it/exagora/agora-rete-non-solo-politica|access-date=26 February 2017|language=IT}}</ref> one of the first [[bulletin board system]]s in Italy to allow multiple connections at the same time with the many countries where the party had influence and membership.

In 1995, after an intense institutional work, the TRP became a non-governmental organization for the promotion of human rights' legislation and the affirmation of democracy and freedom worldwide. As such, it was granted the general consultative status at the [[United Nations Economic and Social Council|Economic and Social Council]] (ECOSOC) of the [[United Nations]] (UN).<ref>{{cite journal|title=Onu/riconoscimento ngo del partito radicale|author=Marino Busdachin|date=21 June 1995|journal= Appunto di Marino Busdachin per la Conferenza Segreteria e per Marco Pannella|url=http://www.radioradicale.it/exagora/onu-riconoscimento-ngo-del-partito-radicale-0|access-date=26 February 2017|language=IT}}</ref>

Also in 1995, [[Olivier Dupuis]], a long-time Radical from [[Belgium]] and founding member of the TRP who had moved to [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]] in 1988 and from there had coordinated TRP's activities in Eastern Europe, was elected secretary of the party, while [[Jean-François Hory]], a [[France|French]] MEP of the [[Radical Party of the Left]] within the TRP-sponsored [[European Radical Alliance]] group, was president. In 1996, Dupuis took Pannella's seat in the European Parliament.

Within the UN, the party has been involved in a variety of issues: the [[United Nations moratorium on the death penalty|moratorium on the death penalty]] and the proposal of a complete abolition,<ref>{{cite web|title=La pena di morte a fronte del diritto internazionale vigente.|author=Caterina Caravaggi|url=http://www.radioradicale.it/exagora/la-pena-di-morte-a-fronte-del-diritto-internazionale-vigente|date= 25 October 1991 |access-date=26 February 2016|language=IT}}</ref> anti-prohibition against global mafias,<ref>{{cite journal|title=Droga: Il Partito radicale e l'iniziativa contro il traffico clandestino delle droghe|url=http://www.radioradicale.it/exagora/droga-il-partito-radicale-e-liniziativa-contro-il-traffico-clandestino-delle-droghe|author=Stanzani Sergio|date=1 February 1989|journal="I Costi del Proibizionismo Sulle Droghe" - Atti del Colloquio Internazionale Sull'antiproibizionismo, Bruxelles 28 September - 1 October 1988|publisher=Ed. Partito Radicale|access-date=26 February 2017|language=IT}}</ref> fair justice,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radioradicale.it/exagora/giustizia-lappello-del-comitato-per-una-giustizia-giusta|title=Giustizia: l'appello del "comitato per una giustizia giusta"|date= 25 February 1985|author=Leonardo Sciascia|author2=Alessandro Galante Garrone|access-date=26 February 2017}}</ref> freedom of scientific research and the ban on female genital mutilation.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Quando la religione diventa barbarie|url=http://www.radioradicale.it/exagora/quando-la-religione-diventa-barbarie|journal=Il Quotidiano Radicale|date=28 October 1993|access-date=26 February 2017|language=IT}}</ref> Additionally, the TRP has allowed access to UN meetings to some stateless people, including [[Tibetan people|Tibetans]],<ref>{{cite journal|author=Dalai Lama|date=25 March 1989|title=Tibet: E' il tempo dell'interdipendenza|journal=Notizie Radicali|issue=66|access-date=20 March 2017|url=http://www.radioradicale.it/exagora/tibet-e-il-tempo-dellinterdipendenza-0|language=IT}}</ref> [[Uyghurs]]<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.radioradicale.it/exagora/radio-radicale-turkestan-orientale|title= Colloquio con Erkin Alptekin, leader degli Ujguri del Turkestan orientale |author=Radio radicale turkestan orientale|date=24 July 1997|language=IT}}</ref> and [[Montagnard (Vietnam)|Montagnards]],<ref>{{cite journal|title= I montagnard: una persecuzione nell'indifferenza|url=http://www.radicalparty.org/it/content/i-montagnard-una-persecuzione-nellindifferenza|author=Gerolamo Fazzini|journal=Avvenire|date=13 April 2005|access-date=26 February 2017|language=IT}}</ref> and led active monitoring of conflicts, such as the case of [[Ukraine]] versus [[Russia]],<ref>{{cite journal|author=Eugenij Pashchenko|date=12–18 August 1993|title=Radical voices of rome tribune|journal=Visti Z Ukraini|volume=33|issue=1790|url=http://www.radioradicale.it/exagora/radical-voices-of-rome-tribune|language=EN}}</ref> or gave voice to dissidents opposed to authoritarian regimes like [[Cuba]]<ref>Luca Frassineti (20 August 1992). "DEMOCRATIE POUR CUBA" (in French). <q>D'importantes adhésions à l'appel, promu par le Parti radical à travers le septième numéro du "Parti Nouveau" et "Lettre Radicale 23" et adressé aux autorités cubaines, continuent à parvenir. Ci-après le texte de l'appel et les signatures des députés et des personnalités recueillies à ce jour. »Nous soussignés, membres des Gouvernements et des Parlements démocratiques, demandons aux autorités cubaines la libération des citoyens cubains Luis Alberto Pita Santos et Daniel Azpillaga, emprisonnés pour avoir organisé des manifestations populaires non violentes en faveur des réformes démocratiques à Cuba. Nous demandons aussi qu'il soit permis à Mario Chanes de Armas, prisonnier politique pendant trente ans et remis en liberté récemment, de quitter Cuba et de se réunir à sa famille en exil</q></ref> and [[Turkey]].<ref name=":1" /> For its proposal of a peace plan in the [[Chechen–Russian conflict]],<ref>{{cite web|date=4 May 1995|title=MOSCA: L'ADOZIONE DEL MEMORANDUM COLLETTIVO SULLA CECENIA; IL PARTITO RADICALE ADERISCE A QUESTO MEMORANDUM|access-date=20 March 2017|url=http://www.radioradicale.it/exagora/mosca-ladozione-del-memorandum-collettivo-sulla-0|language=IT}}</ref> the party has collided with Russia and its members risked expulsion from the country.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.radioradicale.it/exagora/espulsione-del-prt-dallonu-articolo-di-le-monde|title= LA RUSSIA VUOLE SOFFOCARE OGNI VOCE CECENA ALL'ONU|date=21 July 2000|journal=Le Monde|pages=4|access-date=26 February 2017|language=IT}}</ref>