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Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
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Parliament, House of Representatives
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cases currently treated by the Committee on the Human Rights of MPs
- Number of MPs 42 MPs
- Legislature bicameral
- Last election Aug 2020
- IPU Membership
- Common principles signatory
- Website www.ttparliament.org
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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
19/12/2019
Climate change and its impact on health were the focus of a parliamentary seminar on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), held in early December in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The timing coincided with the UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid, Spain. The seminar Strengthening parliamentary action on the SDGs was co-organized by the IPU and the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago. It was attended by parliamentarians from eight Caribbean countries as well as representatives of international organizations, civil society and experts.
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Seminar
Port of Spain,
Trinidad & Tobago
The aim of the seminar is to further explore the opportunities and challenges facing parliaments in the Caribbean region in exercising their role in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals.
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