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Human Rights Decision
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Mr. Ngarleji Yorongar
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
CHD/01
External link:
English
Country:
Chad
IPU structure:
Governing council
Nineteen parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
MLD/16, MLD/28, MLD/29, MLD/30, MLD/31, MLD/32, MLD/33, MLD/34, MLD/35, MLD/36, MLD/37, MLD/38, MLD/39, MLD/40, MLD/41, MLD/42, MLD/43, MLD/44, MLD/45
External link:
English
Country:
Maldives
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Gali Ngothé Gatta
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
CHD/05
External link:
English
Country:
Chad
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Syed Hamid Saeed Kazmi
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
PAK/22
External link:
English
Country:
Pakistan
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Pierre Jacques Chalupa
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
DRC/32
External link:
English
Country:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Pakistan
IPU structure:
Governing council
Twenty-nine parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
DRC/49, DRC/50, DRC/51, DRC/52, DRC/53, DRC/54, DRC/55, DRC/56, DRC/57, DRC/58, DRC/59, DRC/60, DRC/61, DRC/62, DRC/63, DRC/64, DRC/65, DRC/66, DRC/67, DRC/68, DRC/69, DRC/70, DRC/73, DRC/74, DRC/75, DRC/76, DRC/77, DRC/78, DRC/79
External link:
English
Country:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Marwan Barghouti
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
PAL/02
External link:
English
Country:
Israel
Palestine
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Malaysia
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Thiyagarajah Maheswaran
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
SRI/61
External link:
English
Country:
Sri Lanka
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Zorig Sanjasuuren
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
MON/01
External link:
English
Country:
Mongolia
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. D.M. Dassanayake
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
SRI/63
External link:
English
Country:
Sri Lanka
IPU structure:
Governing council
Fourteen parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
MYN/236, MYN/238, MNY/242, MYN/261, MYN/262,MYN/53, MYN/55, MYN/72, MYN/83, MYN/131, MYN/132, MYN/245,MYN/66, MYN/67
External link:
English
Country:
Myanmar
IPU structure:
Governing council
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. Job Sikhala,Mr. Paul Madzore,Mr. Nelson Chamisa
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
ZBW/20, ZBW/27, ZBW/44
External link:
English
Country:
Zimbabwe
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Israel
Palestine
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Colombia
IPU structure:
Governing council
Twentyfour parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
PAL/16, PAL/17, PAL/22, PAL/24, PAL/25, PAL/27, PAL/28, PAL/29, PAL/30, PAL/34, PAL/35, PAL/36, PAL/38, PAL/40, PAL/43, PAL/47, PAL/48, PAL/49, PAL/52, PAL/53, PAL/54, PAL/55, PAL/56, PAL/57, PAL/58
External link:
English
Country:
Israel
Palestine
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Alvaro Araújo Castro
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
CO/142
External link:
English
Country:
Colombia
IPU structure:
Governing council