Human Rights. Democratic freedoms. These are not abstract ideals - they are the foundations of everything parliaments exist to protect. Yet around the world, they are being pushed into the shadows. Parliamentarians are being silenced. Hard-won protections are being rolled back. The IPU's new campaign Bring human rights into focus is a call to bring these rights back into the light.
In this interview, Michel Régis Onanga Ndiaye, President of the National Assembly of Gabon shares how important the IPU Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians, which celebrates its 50th anniversay this year, is.
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