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Human Rights Decision
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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
English
Country:
Colombia
IPU structure:
Governing council
Hundred thirteen parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
RN/02, RN/03, RN/04, RN/05, RN/06, RN/07, RN/08, RN/09, RN/10, RN/11, RN/12, RN/13, RN/14, RN/15, RN/16, RN/17, RN/18, RN/19, RN/20, RN/21, RN/22, RN/23, RN/24, RN/25, RN/26, RN/27, RN/28, RN/29, RN/30, RN/31, RN/32, RN/33, RN/34, RN/35, RN/36, RN/37, RN/38, RN/39, RN/40, RN/41, RN/42, RN/43, RN/44, RN/45, RN/46, RN/47, RN/48, RN/49, RN/50, RN/51, RN/52, RN/53, RN/54, RN/55, RN/56, RN/57, RN/58, RN/59, RN/60, RN/61, RN/62, RN/63, RN/64, RN/65, RN/66, RN/67, RN/68, RN/69, RN/70, RN/71, RN/72, RN/73, RN/74, RN/75, RN/76, RN/77, RN/78, RN/79, RN/80, RN/81, RN/82, RN/83, RN/84, RN/85, RN/86, RN/87, RN/88, RN/89, RN/90, RN/91, RN/92, RN/93, RN/94, RN/95, RN/96, RN/97, RN/98, RN/99, RN/100, RN/101, RN/102, RN/103, RN/104, RN/105, RN/106, RN/107, RN/108, RN/109, RN/110, RN/111, RN/112, RN/113, RN/114
External link:
English
Country:
Niger
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Afghanistan
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
English
Country:
Bangladesh
IPU structure:
Governing council
Thirteen parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
DRC/30, DRC/31, DRC/32, DRC/33, DRC/34, DRC/38, DRC/39, DRC/40, DRC/41, DRC/42, DRC/43, DRC/44, DRC/45
External link:
English
Country:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Bangladesh
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Jaime Hurtado González,Mr. Pablo Vicente Tapia Farinango
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
EC/02, EC/03
External link:
English
Country:
Ecuador
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Belarus
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
External link:
English
Country:
Eritrea
IPU structure:
Governing council
Eight parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
BDI/26, BDI/36, BDI/37, BDI/40, BDI/42, BDI/43, BDI/45, BDI/46
External link:
English
Country:
Burundi
IPU structure:
Governing council
Ms. Galina Starovoitova
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
RUS/01
External link:
English
Country:
Russian Federation
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
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
English
Country:
Cambodia
IPU structure:
Governing council
Ten 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
External link:
English
Country:
Madagascar
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