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Conseil national de transition (Transitional National Council)
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cases currently treated by the Committee on the Human Rights of MPs
- Number of MPs 197 MPs
- Legislature unicameral
- Last election Sep 2021
- IPU Membership
- Common principles signatory
- Website www.assemblee-nationale.td/W3
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This page contains the latest IPU news and data for this parliament. The percentage of women in parliament and the percentage of youth participation correspond to the lower chamber if the parliament is bicameral. The number of MP human rights cases corresponds to the latest decisions of the IPU Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians.
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News in brief
26/09/2022
Communities impacted by climate change are often already struggling with poverty. Floods, storms, unreliable rainfall, and hotter and drier conditions further affect access to human rights and basic needs such as water, food, livelihoods and land. Sometimes, the consequences of
News in brief
21/05/2021
The Sahel could potentially be one of the richest regions in the world if a comprehensive and multidimensional framework like those offered by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) could be implemented. According to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Sahel
Voices
10/02/2021
As part of a new IPU series called 'A conversation with...', we interview parliamentarians from all over the world to find out who they represent and what motivates them. In this edition, we discover Issa Mardo Djabir, a Member of
News in brief
14/06/2019
In an area vulnerable to terrorism and violent extremism, the IPU, the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in partnership with the National Assembly of Niger, organized a conference for parliamentarians from the region in Niamey from 12 to 14 June 2019.
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Inter-regional parliamentary seminar: Promoting child nutrition in Western and Central Africa
Ougadougou,
Burkina Faso
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