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Benin
Benin
Data points :
Assemblée nationale (National Assembly)
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cases currently treated by the Committee on the Human Rights of MPs
- Number of MPs 109 MPs
- Legislature unicameral
- Last election Jan 2023
- IPU Membership
- Common principles signatory
- Website assemblee-nationale.bj
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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.
Related news
Press releases
05/03/2024
According to the IPU’s latest Women in Parliament 2023 report, the global proportion of MPs who are women has inched up to 26.9%, based on elections and appointments that took place in 2023. This represents an increase of 0.4 percentage
News in brief
26/01/2023
2022 was a turbulent year as the world felt the impacts of climate change and a new war in Europe with global repercussions, including a sharp spike in energy and food costs. Nevertheless, democracy pressed on, with scores of elections
News in brief
07/11/2022
There is no longer any doubt: developing countries are paying the price for human-induced climate change, despite being the least responsible for it. Some sources estimate that the Global North is responsible for 92% of excess historic global CO2 emissions
News in brief
17/01/2022
Following the publication of the IPU’s regional study on Sexism, harassment and violence against women in parliaments in Africa, many African parliaments accepted the IPU’s call to amplify the findings of the study and talk about sexism with the following
Case studies
Case studies
08/04/2024
When Benin requested support with the management of its chemicals and related waste, the IPU connected the west African Parliament with experts at the United Nations and organized a training course for parliamentarians. Less than a year later, the National
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Second interregional seminar on parliamentary capacity-building and the further implementation of the SDGs
China
Inter-regional parliamentary seminar: Promoting child nutrition in Western and Central Africa
Ougadougou,
Burkina Faso
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