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Parliamentary solidarity: Supporting MPs under threat
Summary
15:00 – 16:30 CEST (Geneva time)
The principle of parliamentary solidarity underpins the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians’ work. This approach is based on the belief that parliaments and their members can do much to help their colleagues at risk, wherever they are. The Committee therefore seeks to enlist the assistance of the global parliamentary community in helping to promote satisfactory settlements in the cases before it and to give prominence to parliamentary action to promote such solutions. Other parliamentary institutions and stakeholders also engage in critical efforts and initiatives to provide support and accompany parliamentarians facing human rights violations.
This online panel discussion aims to bring together diverse parliamentary institutions and parliamentarians from all regions of the world in order to share examples of good practice in the field of parliamentary solidarity.
The online panel discussion will be open to MPs and parliamentary staff from IPU Member Parliaments and to representatives from Associate Members and permanent observers.
The online event will take place on Zoom. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in English, French and Spanish.