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Human Rights Decision
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Mr. Gibran TueniMr. Walid EidoMr. Antoine GhanemMr. Pierre Gemayel
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
LEB/01, LEB/02, LEB/03, LEB/04
English
Country:
Lebanon
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Joseph Pararajasingham
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
SRI/49
External link:
English
Country:
Sri Lanka
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Pedro Nel Jimenéz Obando,Mr. Leonardo Posada Pedraza,Mr. Octavio Vargas Cuéllar,Mr. Pedro Luis Valencia Giraldo,Mr. Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa,Mr. Manuel Cepeda Vargas,Mr. Hernán Motta Motta
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
CO/01,CO/02,CO/03,CO/04,CO/06,CO/08,CO/09
English
Country:
Colombia
IPU structure:
Governing council
Twelve parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
MAG/05, MAG/06, MAG/07, MAG/08, MAG/09, MAG/10, MAG/11, MAG/12, MAG/13, MAG/14, MAG/15, MAG/16
External link:
English
Country:
Madagascar
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Nadarajah Raviraj,
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
SRI/53
External link:
English
Country:
Sri Lanka
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
CO/07
External link:
English
Country:
Colombia
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Malaysia
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Colombia
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Zorig Sanjasuuren
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
MON/01
External link:
English
Country:
Mongolia
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Colombia
IPU structure:
Governing council
Twenty-one parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
MYN/35, MYN/104, MYN/236, MYN/237, MYN/238, MYN/241, MNY/242, MYN/261, MYN/262, MYN/263, MYN/264, MYN/265,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
Mr. Alvaro Araújo Castro
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
CO/142
External link:
English
Country:
Colombia
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. Thiyagarajah Maheswaran
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
SRI/61
External link:
English
Country:
Sri Lanka
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Jorge Tadeo Lozano Osorio
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
CO/130
External link:
English
Country:
Colombia
IPU structure:
Governing council
Twenty-one parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
MYN/35, MYN/104, MYN/236, MYN/237, MYN/238, MYN/241, MNY/242, MYN/261, MYN/262, MYN/263, MYN/264, MYN/265,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
Mr. D.M. Dassanayake
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
SRI/63
External link:
English
Country:
Sri Lanka
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Colombia
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:
Bangladesh
IPU structure:
Governing council