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Human Rights Decision
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Mr. S. MfayokureraMr. I. NdikumanaMr. G. Gahungu Mrs B. NtamutumbaMr. P. SirahendaMr. G. Gisabwamana
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
BDI/01, BDI/05, BDI/06, BDI/07, BDI/29, BDI/35
English
Country:
Burundi
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Miguel Angel Pavón Salazar
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
HOND/02
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English
Country:
Honduras
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Abdel Aziz Dweik
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
PAL/40
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English
Country:
Israel
Palestine
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Burundi
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Lebanon
IPU structure:
Governing council
Six parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
PHI/01, PHI/02, PHI/03, PHI/04, PHI/05, PHI/06
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English
Country:
Philippines
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
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
CO/01,CO/02,CO/03,CO/04,CO/06,CO/08
English
Country:
Colombia
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Lebanon
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Rwanda
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Hernán Motta Motta
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
CO/09
External link:
English
Country:
Colombia
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Malaysia
IPU structure:
Governing council
Eleven parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
SRI/12, SRI/50, SRI/51, SRI/52, SRI/53, SRI/54, SRI/55, SRI/56, SRI/57, SRI/58, SRI/59
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English
Country:
Sri Lanka
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Colombia
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Zorig Sanjasuuren
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
MON/01
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English
Country:
Mongolia
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. D.M.S.B. Dissanayake
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
SRI/48
External link:
English
Country:
Sri Lanka
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Oscar Lizcano,Mr. Jorge Eduardo Gechen Turbay,Mr. Luis Eladio Pérez Bonilla,Mr. Orlando Beltrán Cuéllar,Mrs Gloria Polanco de Lozada,Mrs Consuelo González de Perdomo
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
CO/122,CO/132,CO/133,CO/134,CO/135,CO/136
English
Country:
Colombia
IPU structure:
Governing council
Thirty four parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
MYN/04, MYN/13, MYN/35, MYN/60, MYN/104, MYN/118, MYN/119, MYN/215, MYN/236, MYN/237, MYN/238, MYN/241, MNY/242,MYN/243, MYN/244, MYN/245, MYN/246, MYN/247, MYN/248, MYN/249, MYN/250, MYN/251, MYN/252, MYN/253, MYN/254, MYN/255,MYN/53, MYN/55, MYN/72, MYN/83, MYN/131, MYN/132,MYN/66, MYN/67
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English
Country:
Myanmar
IPU structure:
Governing council
Ten parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
SRI/12, SRI/50, SRI/51, SRI/52, SRI/53, SRI/54, SRI/55, SRI/56, SRI/57, SRI/58, SRI/59
External link:
English
Country:
Sri Lanka
IPU structure:
Governing council
Twenty-one parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
MYN/04, MYN/13, MYN/35, MYN/60, MYN/104, MYN/118, MYN/119, MYN/215, MYN/236, MYN/237, MYN/238, MYN/241,MYN/53, MYN/55, MYN/72, MYN/83, MYN/131, MYN/132,MYN/66, MYN/67
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English
Country:
Myanmar
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. D.M.S.B. Dissanayake
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
SRI/48
External link:
English
Country:
Sri Lanka
IPU structure:
Governing council