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Case studies
iraq
11/04/2024

Visiting an imprisoned MP in Iraq

In August 2023, Members of the IPU Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians travelled to Iraq, pleading for the swift release of an opposition MP who had been arrested arbitrarily a decade earlier. The arrest had happened early one
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213rd session of the IPU Governing Council (Geneva 27 March 2024)

Document type:
Human Rights Decision
Document file:
Download cl_-_final_-_decisions_chrp-e.pdf 4.89 MB
English
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights

Making child rights matter: Promoting cooperation between parliaments and the United Nations Committee on the rights of the child, 15 February 2024

Document type:
Speech
Document file:
Download 4._crc-childrights-15.02.2024.pdf 127.45 KB
English
IPU structure:
Secretary General
Theme:
Human rights

Human Rights Decision: Kyrgyzstan

Document type:
Human Rights Decision
Document file:
Download kyrgyzstan-e.pdf 407.87 KB
English
Country:
Kyrgyzstan
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights

Human Rights Decision: Zambia

Document type:
Human Rights Decision
Document file:
Download zambia-e.pdf 225.17 KB
English
Country:
Zambia
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights

173rd session of the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians

Document type:
Human Rights Decision
Document file:
Download 173_-_decisions_chrp_final-e.pdf 1.28 MB
English
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights
Virtual event

Making child rights matter: Promoting cooperation between parliaments and the United Nations Committee on the rights of the child

Online briefing for parliamentarians organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child .
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Self-Assessment on Human Rights and Gender Sensitivity of the State Great Hural of Mongolia, 22 November 2023

Document type:
Speech
Document file:
Download 56._mng-selfassesmenthr-22.11.2023.pdf 101.7 KB
English
IPU structure:
Secretary General
Theme:
Gender equality
Human rights
Press releases
hr map
07/12/2023

Human Rights of MPs: Some success stories despite uptick in abuse

A few days before Human Rights Day on 10 December, the IPU has released its annual map of the number of reported cases of human rights violations suffered by parliamentarians around the world. Although the numbers continue to rise, there
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Infographics

Violations of the human rights of MPs – 2023

The IPU Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians is the only international mechanism with the remit of protecting and defending MPs suffering human right violations. This map lists the number of human rights cases examined by the Committee in
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Trial Observer Report in the case of Mr. Job Sikhala, Zimbabwe (2023)

Document type:
Human Rights Decision
Document file:
Download 2023_09_06_-_final_report_by_judge_rahim_khan-e.pdf 310.37 KB
English
Country:
Zimbabwe
Theme:
Human rights

Report of the Committee's mission to Belarus (1999)

Document type:
Mission and other reports
Document file:
Download 1999_11_-_belarus_-_andrei_klimov_et_al_-_e.pdf 402.65 KB
English
Country:
Belarus
Theme:
Human rights

Trial Observer Report in the case of Mr. Azam Swati, Pakistan (2023)

Document type:
Human Rights Decision
Document file:
Download 2023_09_13_-_report_trial_observation-e.pdf 350.75 KB
English
Country:
Pakistan
Theme:
Human rights

Human Rights Decision: South Sudan

Document type:
Human Rights Decision
Document file:
Download south_sudan-e.pdf 227.9 KB
English
Country:
South Sudan
IPU structure:
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Theme:
Human rights

172nd session of the HR Committee (Luanda, 22-26 October 2023)

Document type:
Human Rights Decision
Document file:
Download decisions_chrp-e.pdf 352.39 KB
English
Theme:
Human rights

212th session of the IPU Governing Council

Document type:
Assembly results
Document file:
Download cl-decisions_chrp_final-e.pdf 2.36 MB
English
Theme:
Human rights

Report on the mission to Iraq 22–24 August 2023

Document type:
Mission and other reports
Document file:
Download cl_-_chrp_mission_report_iraq-e.pdf 368.62 KB
English
Country:
Iraq
Theme:
Human rights
Toolkits

Parliaments and Human Rights- A self-assessment toolkit

Parliaments and Human Rights: A self-assessment toolkit was jointly prepared by OHCHR and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). The toolkit seeks to help parliaments better integrate human rights into their work and empower parliamentarians as champions of human rights for their
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Press releases
udhr
11/10/2023

IPU and UN Human Rights launch toolkit to encourage parliaments to champion human rights

The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the UN Human Rights Office have today launched a toolkit to help parliaments better integrate human rights into their work. Parliaments and Human Rights: A self-assessment toolkit provides a practical introduction to assessing how human
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Statements
Victor Gonchar
29/09/2023

IPU notes Swiss verdict in case of Victor Gonchar

The IPU notes with interest the verdict delivered by the Swiss district criminal court of Rorschach (St. Gallen) in the case of the Belarusian opposition parliamentarian Mr. Victor Gonchar (Hanchar). Mr. Gonchar disappeared in September 1999, along with opposition colleague
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