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Human Rights Decision
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Human Rights Decision: Turkey October 2019
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
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Country:
Türkiye
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Human Rights Decision: Philippines (Antonio Trillanes) October 2019
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
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Country:
Philippines
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Human Rights Decision: Democratic Republic of the Congo (Pierre Jacques Chalupa) October 2019
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
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English
Country:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Human Rights Decision: Philippines (Saturnino Ocampo) October 2019
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
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Philippines
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Human Rights Decision: Maldives October 2019
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Human Rights Decision
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Maldives
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Human Rights Decision: Democratic Republic of the Congo (Franck Diongo) October 2019
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Human Rights Decision
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Human Rights Decision: Democratic Republic of the Congo (Eugène Diomi Ndongala) October 2019
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: Philippines (Leila de Lima) October 2019
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
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Country:
Philippines
IPU structure:
Committee on Democracy and Human Rights
Theme:
Human rights
Ecuador Human Rights Decision March 2022 - ESP
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
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Country:
Ecuador
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Ecuador Human Rights Decision March 2022
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Human Rights Decision
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Ecuador
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Human Rights Decision: Cote d'Ivoire October 2019
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
Document file:
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Country:
Côte d'Ivoire
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Decisions adopted by the IPU Governing Council at its 204th session (Doha, 10 April 2019)
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
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Country:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Côte d'Ivoire
Ecuador
Maldives
Mongolia
Philippines
Türkiye
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Decisions of the 158th session of the Committee (29 January – 8 February 2019)
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Human Rights Decision
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Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Colombia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Fiji
Israel
Kuwait
Maldives
Mauritania
Russian Federation
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Yemen
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Ecuador (Lourdes Tibán) Decision adopted by the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians at its 155th session (Geneva, 25 January - 2 February 2018)
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
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Country:
Ecuador
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Maldives: Decision adopted unanimously by the IPU Governing Council at its 203rd session (Geneva, 18 October 2018)
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
English
Country:
Maldives
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Decisions adopted at 156th session of the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians: Mohamed Ould Ghadda (Mauritania)
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Human Rights Decision
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Mauritania
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Decisions taken at the 155th session of the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
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Human Rights Decision
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Cambodia
Chile
Colombia
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Ecuador
El Salvador
Iraq
Lebanon
Nicaragua
Niger
Palestine
Türkiye
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Zimbabwe
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
English
Country:
Mongolia
IPU structure:
Governing council
English
Country:
Thailand
IPU structure:
Governing council
Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu
Document type:
Human Rights Decision
FJI/01
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Country:
Fiji
IPU structure:
Governing council