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  Decisions on human rights cases

At the Committee's two annual sessions held within the context of IPU Assemblies, its draft decisions are presented for public adoption to the IPU Governing Council. Following the approval of the Committee’s revised working methods in March 2014, the new decisions adopted henceforth by the Committee at its third annual session, normally held in January, shall in principle also be public.

To get acquainted with the texts of decisions on human rights cases adopted by the Council or the Committee since 1996, select a session from the list below.

Governing Council Committee on the Human Rights
of Parliamentarians
red cube 201th session (St Petersburg, 18 October 2017) red cube 152nd session (Geneva, 23 January - 3 February 2017)
red cube 200th session (Dhaka, 5 April 2017) red cube 149th session (Geneva, 15-25 January 2016)
red cube 199th session (Geneva, 27 October 2016) red cube Urgent out-of-session decision (Geneva, 30 November 2015)
red cube 198th session (Lusaka, 23 March 2016) red cube 146th session (Geneva, 24-27 January 2015)
red cube 197th session (Geneva, 21 October 2015)
red cube 196th session (Hanoi, 1st April 2015)
red cube 195th session (Geneva, 16 October 2014)
red cube 194th session (Geneva, 20 March 2014)
red cube 193rd session (Geneva, 9 October 2013)
red cube 192nd session (Quito, 27 Marc 2013)
red cube 191st session (Québec, 24 October 2012)
red cube 190th session (Kampala, 5 April 2012)
red cube 189th session (Bern, 19 October 2011)
red cube 188th session (Panama, 20 April 2011)
red cube 187th session (Geneva, 6 October 2010)
red cube 186th session (Bangkok, 1 April 2010)
red cube 185th session (Geneva, 21 October 2009)
red cube 184th session (Addis Ababa, 10 April 2009)
red cube 183rd session (Geneva, 15 October 2008)
red cube182nd session (Cape Town, 18 April 2008)
red cube181st session (Geneva, 10 October 2007)
red cube180th session (Nusa Dua, Bali, 4 May 2007)
red cube179th session (Geneva, 18 October 2006)
red cube178th session (Nairobi, 12 May 2006)
red cube177th session (Geneva, 19 October 2005)
red cube176th session (Manila, 8 April 2005)
red cube175th session (Geneva, 1 October 2004)
red cube174th session (Mexico, 23 April 2004)
red cube173rd session (Geneva, 3 October 2003)
red cube172nd session (Santiago de Chile, 12 April 2003)
red cube171st session (Geneva, 27 September 2002)
red cube170th session (Marrakech, 23 March 2002)
red cube169th session (Ouagadougou, 14 September 2001)
red cube168th session (Havana, 7 April 2001)
red cube167th session (Jakarta, 21 October 2000)
red cube166th session (Amman, 6 May 2000)
red cube165th session (Berlin, 16 October 1999)
red cube164th session (Brussels, 16 April 1999)
red cube163rd session (Moscow, 12 September 1998)
red cube162nd session (Windhoek, 11 April 1998)
red cube161st session (Cairo, 16 September 1997)
red cube160th session (Seoul, 15 April 1997)
red cube159th session (Beijing, 21 September 1996)
red cube158th session (Istanbul, 20 April 1996)

To obtain the texts of the corresponding reports prepared by the IPU Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians, please contact us via e-mail.

The Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians occasionally dispatches missions on field visits. Some of the recent mission reports are listed below.

red cube Report of the Committee's delegation on its mission to the Philippines (22-24 May 2017) PDF [English] [French]
red cube Trial observation report to Malaysia on the judicial review of the conviction and sentence after appeal of Mr. Anwar Ibrahim (18 December 2016) PDF [English] [French]
red cube Report of the Committee's delegation on its mission to the Maldives (10-12 October 2016) PDF [English] [French]
red cube Report of the Committee's delegation on its visit to Cambodia (15 - 17 February 2016) PDF [English] [French]
red cube Report of the Committee's delegation on its mission to Mongolia (16-19 September 2015) PDF [English] [French]
red cube Observation reports on Mr Anwar Ibrahim's Trial (19 October 2015) PDF [English] [French]
red cube Report of the Committee's delegation on its mission to Malaysia (29 June - 1 July 2015) PDF [English] [French]
red cube Report of the Committee's delegation on its mission to Zambia (22-25 September 2014) PDF [English] [French]
red cube Report of the Committee's delegation on its mission to Turkey (24-27 February 2014) PDF [English] [French]
red cube Report of the Committee's delegation on its mission to Sri Lanka (9-11 July 2013) PDF [English] [French]
red cube Report of the Committee's delegation on its follow-up visit to Burundi (17-20 June 2013) PDF [English] [French]
red cube Report of the Committee's delegation on its mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (10-14 June 2013) PDF [English] [French]
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Report of the Committee's delegation on its mission to the Maldives (19-22 November 2012)

PDF [English] [French]
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Report of the Committee's delegation on its mission to Burundi (25 - 28 September 2011)

PDF [English] [French]
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Report of the Committee's delegation on its mission to Rwanda (12-15 June 2011)

PDF [English] [French]
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Report of the Committee's delegation on its mission to Cameroon (24 - 27 may 2011)

PDF [English] [French]
red cube Report on the trial of Anwar Ibrahim in the High Court of Malaysia observed on behalf of the Inter-Parliamentary Union by Mark Trowell QC (March 2011) PDF [English] [French]
red cube Report of the delegation on the mission to Colombia (9-13 October 2010) PDF [English] [French]
red cube Report on the trial of Datuk Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim in the High Court of Malaysia observed on behalf of the Inter-Parliamentary Union by Mark Trowell QC (August 2010) PDF [English] [French]
red cube Report of the delegation on the mission to Colombia (22-24 August 2009) PDF [English] [French]
red cube Report on the mission to Sri Lanka (February 2008) PDF [English] [French]
red cube Report on the proceedings on Mr. Hussam Khader's petition for early release (November and December 2007, February 2008) PDF [English] [French]
red cube Report on the mission to Ecuador (June 2007) PDF [English] [French]
red cube Report on the mission to the Philippines (April 2007) PDF [English] [French]
red cube Report on the trial of Mr. Hussam Khader (June & September 2005) PDF [English] [French]
red cube Report on the trial of Mr. Marwan Barghouti (December 2003) PDF [English] [French]
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