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Human Rights Decision
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Mr. Thiyagarajah Maheswaran
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
SRI/61
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English
Country:
Sri Lanka
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Jorge Tadeo Lozano Osorio
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
CO/130
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English
Country:
Colombia
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Marwan Barghouti
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
PAL/02
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English
Country:
Israel
Palestine
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. D.M. Dassanayake
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
SRI/63
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English
Country:
Sri Lanka
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Colombia
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Israel
Palestine
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Kiddinan Sivanesan
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
SRI/64
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English
Country:
Sri Lanka
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Alvaro Araújo Castro
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
CO/142
External link:
English
Country:
Colombia
IPU structure:
Governing council
Twelve parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
PAL/17, PAL/22, PAL/24, PAL/28, PAL/29, PAL/30, PAL/32, PAL/37, PAL/43 PAL/51, PAL/52, PAL/53
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English
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Israel
Palestine
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Türkiye
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Jaime Hurtado González, Mr. Pablo Vicente Tapia Farinango
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
EC/02EC/03
English
Country:
Ecuador
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Saturniño OcampoMr. Teodoro CasiñoMs. Liza MazaMr. Rafael Mariano
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
PHI/02, PHI/04, PHI/05, PHI/06
English
Country:
Philippines
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Roy Bennett,Mr. Job Sikhala,Mr. Paul Madzore,Mr. Nelson Chamisa
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
ZBW/19, ZBW/20, ZBW/27, ZBW/44
English
Country:
Zimbabwe
IPU structure:
Governing council
Eleven parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
ERI/01, ERI/02, ERI/03, ERI/04, ERI/05, ERI/06ERI/07, ERI/08, ERI/09, ERI/10, ERI/11
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English
Country:
Eritrea
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Antonio F. Trillanes
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
PHI/07
External link:
English
Country:
Philippines
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Mohammed Al Dainy
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
IQ/59
External link:
English
Country:
Iraq
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Pasteur Mpawenayo,Mr. Hussein Radjabu,Mr. Théophile Minyurano,Mr. Gérard Nkurunziza
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
BDI/42, BDI/44, BDI/53, BDI/57
English
Country:
Burundi
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Cambodia
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Cambodia
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