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Human Rights Decision
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Mr. Thiyagarajah Maheswaran
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
SRI/61
External link:
English
Country:
Sri Lanka
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Colombia
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Israel
Palestine
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
Mr. Jaime Hurtado González,Mr. Pablo Vicente Tapia Farinango"
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
EC/02,EC/03
English
Country:
Ecuador
IPU structure:
Governing council
Thirty-seven parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
PAL/16, PAL/17, PAL/18, PAL/19, PAL/20, PAL/21, PAL/22, PAL/23, PAL/24, PAL/25, PAL/26, PAL/27, PAL/28, PAL/29, PAL/30, PAL/31, PAL/32, PAL/33, PAL/34, PAL/35, PAL/36, PAL/37, PAL/38, PAL/39, PAL/41, PAL/42, PAL/43, PAL/44, PAL/45, PAL/46, PAL/47, PAL/48, PAL/49, PAL/51, PAL/52, PAL/53, PAL/54
External link:
English
Country:
Israel
Palestine
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Kiddinan Sivanesan
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
SRI/64
External link:
English
Country:
Sri Lanka
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
Mr. Abdel Aziz Dweik
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
PAL/40
External link:
English
Country:
Israel
Palestine
IPU structure:
Governing council
Five parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
TK/39, TK/41, TK/51, TK/52, TK/55
External link:
English
Country:
Türkiye
IPU structure:
Governing council
Fifty-six parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
EC/11, EC/12, EC/13, EC/14, EC/15, EC/16, EC/17, EC/18, EC/19, EC/20, EC/21, EC/22, EC/23, EC/24, EC/25, EC/26, EC/27, EC/28, EC/29, EC/30, EC/31, EC/32, EC/33, EC/34, EC/35, EC/36, EC/37, EC/38, EC/39, EC/40, EC/42, EC/43, EC/44, EC/45, EC/46, EC/47, EC/48, EC/49, EC/50, EC/51, EC/52, EC/53, EC/54, EC/55, EC/56, EC/57, EC/58, EC/59, EC/60, EC/61, EC/62, EC/63, EC/64, EC/65, EC/66, EC/67
External link:
English
Country:
Ecuador
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Saturniño Ocampo,Mr. Teodoro Casiño,Ms. Liza Maza,Mr. Rafael Mariano,Mr. Antonio F. Trillanes,Mr. Léonard Hitimana
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
PHI/02,PHI/04,PHI/05,PHI/06
English
Country:
Philippines
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Burundi
IPU structure:
Governing council
Eight parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
ZBW/19, ZBW/20, ZBW/21, ZBW/25, ZBW/27, ZBW/37, ZBW/38, ZBW/44
External link:
English
Country:
Zimbabwe
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Egypt
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Antonio F. Trillanes
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
PHI/07
External link:
English
Country:
Philippines
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
Eleven parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
ERI/01, ERI/02, ERI/03, ERI/04, ERI/05, ERI/06
External link:
English
Country:
Eritrea
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Rwanda
IPU structure:
Governing council
Twenty-two parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
BDI/36, BDI/36, BDI/42, BDI/44, BDI/45, BDI/46, BDI/47, BDI/48, BDI/49, BDI/50, BDI/51, BDI/52, BDI/53, BDI/54, BDI/55, BDI/56, BDI/57, BDI/58, BDI/59, BDI/60, BDI/61, BDI/62, BDI/63
External link:
English
Country:
Burundi
IPU structure:
Governing council