The TRP does not participate in elections and, despite being named "party", is a non-governmental organization (NGO), with consultative status at the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations (UN) since 1995,[2] adept in building synergies among political forces aimed at achieving the goals of its congressional motions.

[5] The new symbol featuring the stylised face of Mahatma Gandhi[6] was the point of no return in the transformation of the PR into an instrument of political fight completely at disposal of issue-oriented campaigns.

[11] 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.

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.

Within the UN, the party has been involved in a variety of issues: the moratorium on the death penalty and the proposal of a complete abolition,[17] anti-prohibition against global mafias,[18] fair justice,[19] freedom of scientific research and the ban on female genital mutilation.

[20] Additionally, the TRP has allowed access to UN meetings to some stateless people, including Tibetans,[21] Uyghurs[22] and Montagnards,[23] and led active monitoring of conflicts, such as the case of Ukraine versus Russia,[24] or gave voice to dissidents opposed to authoritarian regimes like Cuba[25] and Turkey.

[22] For its proposal of a peace plan in the Chechen–Russian conflict,[26] the party has collided with Russia and its members risked expulsion from the country.

In 2011–14 Demba Traoré, a politician from Mali, served briefly as secretary: he left the party without officially resigning, after being returned to the government of his own country.

After the death of Pannella in May 2016, an extraordinary congress was convened in September to overcome the long inactivity due to the absence of the secretary, as well as the economic problems undermining the party's viability.

[46] The 3,000-member target for 2017 was achieved by the TRP in December,[47] while the RI had launched a pro-Europeanist electoral list named More Europe for the 2018 Italian general election.