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Human Rights Decision
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Decisión sobre los derechos humanos: Venezuela (noviembre 2020)
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
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Country:
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Human Rights Decision: Palestine/Israel March 22
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Human Rights Decision
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IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Human Rights Decision: Mongolia
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Human Rights Decision
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Mongolia
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Human Rights Decision: Colombia (Álvaro Uribe Vélez and Álvaro Hernán Prada Artunduaga), November 2020
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
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Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
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Human rights
Human Rights Decisions: Zimbabwe
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Human Rights Decision
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Zimbabwe
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Human Rights Decisions: Uganda
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Human Rights Decision
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Uganda
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Human Rights Decision: Tanzania, November 2020
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Human Rights Decision
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Country:
United Republic of Tanzania
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Human Rights Decision: Philippines (Leila de Lima), November 2020
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Human Rights Decision
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Philippines
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Human Rights Decision: Pakistan (Rana Sanaullah), November 2020
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
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Country:
Pakistan
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Human Rights Decision: Gabon
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Human Rights Decision
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Gabon
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Human Rights Decisions: Egypt
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Human Rights Decision
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Egypt
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Human Rights Decision: Democratic Republic of the Congo (Jean Jacques Mamba)
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
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Country:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Human Rights Decision: Côte d'Ivoire, November 2020
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
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Country:
Côte d'Ivoire
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Human Rights Decision: Brazil (David Miranda), November 2020
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Human Rights Decision
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Country:
Brazil
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Human Rights Decision: Belarus
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Human Rights Decision
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Country:
Belarus
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Human rights decisions adopted by the IPU Governing Council at its 206th session (Extraordinary virtual session, 3 November 2020)
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Human Rights Decision
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English
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Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Decisión sobre los derechos humanos: Venezuela (mayo 2020)
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
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840.41 KB
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IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Human Rights Decision: Palestine/Israel (Ahmad Sa’adat), May 2020
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
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Israel
Palestine
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Human Rights Decision: Iraq (Ahmed Jamil Salman Al-Alwani), May 2020
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
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Iraq
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Decisions of the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians, May 2020
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Human Rights Decision
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Côte d'Ivoire
Egypt
Libya
Türkiye
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Zimbabwe
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights