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Human Rights Decision
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English
Country:
Malaysia
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Sylvestre Mfayokurera,Norbert Ndihokubwayo, Innocent Ndikumana, Gérard Gahungu, Liliane Ntamutumba, Paul Sirahenda, Gabriel Gisabwamana, Jean Bosco Rutagengwa
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
BDI01,BDI02, BDI05, BDI06, BDI07, BDI29, BDI35, BDI60
English
Country:
Burundi
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Joseph Pararajasingham, Nadarajah Raviraj, Thiyagarajah Maheswaran, D.M. Dassanayake
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
SRI49, SRI53, SRI61, SRI63
English
Country:
Sri Lanka
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Nephtali Ndikumana, Mathias Basabose, Léonard Nyangoma, Frédérique Gahigi, Pasteur Mpawenayo, Jean Marie Nduwabike, Alice Nzomukunda, Zaituni Radjabu
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
BDI/26, BDI/36 ,BDI/37, BDI/40, BDI/42, BDI/43, BDI/45, BDI/46
English
Country:
Burundi
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
English
Country:
Sri Lanka
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Pasteur Mpawenayo, Hussein Radjabu, Gérard Nkurunziza, Deo Nshimirimana
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
BDI42,BDI44, BDI57, BDI59
English
Country:
Burundi
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
English
Country:
Chad
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
English
Country:
Israel
Palestine
IPU structure:
Governing council
Thirty-three parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
PAL18, PAL21, PAL28, PAL29, PAL30, PAL32, PAL35, PAL47, PAL48, PAL57, PAL60, PAL61, PAL62, PAL63, PAL64, PAL65, PAL66, PAL67, PAL68, PAL69, PAL70, PAL71, PAL72, PAL73, PAL74, PAL75, PAL76, PAL77, PAL78, PAL79, PAL80, PAL81, PAL82
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English
Country:
Israel
Palestine
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Israel
Palestine
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Hatip Dicle Mr. Mustafa Balbay Mr. Mehmet Haberal Ms. Gülser Yildirim Ms. Selma Irmak Mr. Faysal Sariyildiz Mr. Ibrahim Ayhan Mr. Kemal Aktas Mr. Engin Alan Mr. Mehmet Sinçar
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
TK/41
TK/67
TK/68
TK/69
TK/70
TK/71
TK/72
TK/73
TK/74
TK/55
English
Country:
Türkiye
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Marwan Barghouti
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
PAL/02
External link:
English
Country:
Israel
Palestine
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Dieudonné Ambassa Zang
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
CM/01
External link:
English
Country:
Cameroon
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Eugène Diomi Ndongala
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
DRC/71
External link:
English
Country:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Jean Bertran Ewanga
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
DRC/83
External link:
English
Country:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
IPU structure:
Governing council
Twenty parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
ZM/01, ZM/02, ZM/03, ZM/04, ZM/05, ZM/06, ZM/07, ZM/08, ZM/09, ZM/10, ZM/11, ZM/12, ZM/13, ZM/14, ZM/15, ZM/16, ZM/17, ZM/18, ZM/19, ZM/20
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English
Country:
Zambia
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Iván Cepeda Castro Mr. Alexander López Mr. Jorge Enrique Robledo Mr. Guillermo Alfonso Jaramillo Mr. Wilson Árias Castillo
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
CO/146
CO/147
CO/148
CO/149
CO/150
English
Country:
Colombia
IPU structure:
Governing council
Ms. Piedad del Socorro Zuccardi de García Mr. Oscar Arboleda Palacio
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
CO/155
CO/157
English
Country:
Colombia
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Israel
Palestine
IPU structure:
Governing council