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Human Rights Decision
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Mr. Hernán Motta Motta
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
CO/09
External link:
English
Country:
Colombia
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Asif Ali Zardari
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
PAK/08
External link:
English
Country:
Pakistan
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:
Palestine
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Oscar Lizcano,Mr. Eduardo Gechen Turbay,Mr. Luis Eladio Pérez Bonilla,Mr. Orlando Beltrán Cuéllar,Ms. Gloria Polanco de Lozada,Ms. 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
English
Country:
Palestine
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Gustavo Petro Urrego
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
CO/138
External link:
English
Country:
Colombia
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Rwanda
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Jaime Hurtado González,Mr. Pablo Vicente Tapia Farinango
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
EC/02EC/03
External link:
English
Country:
Ecuador
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Syrian Arab Republic
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
English
Country:
Syrian Arab Republic
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Belarus
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. Miguel Angel Pavón Salazar
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
HOND/02
External link:
English
Country:
Honduras
IPU structure:
Governing council
Fifteen parliamentarians
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
TK/39, TK/40, TK/41, TK/42, TK/43, TK/44, TK/48, TK/51, TK/52, TK/53, TK/55, TK/57, TK/58, TK/59, TK/62
External link:
English
Country:
Türkiye
IPU structure:
Governing council
Mr. S. MfayokureraMr. I. Ndikumana,Mr. G. Gahungu, Mrs. B. Ntamutumba,Mr. P. Sirahenda,Mr. 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. Tengku Nasrihuddin Daud
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
IDS/13
External link:
English
Country:
Indonesia
IPU structure:
Governing council
Ms. Merve Safa Kavakçi
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
TK/66
External link:
English
Country:
Türkiye
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Burundi
IPU structure:
Governing council