Mountains are vital ecosystems for people and the planet. They provide freshwater for half of the world’s population and host rich biodiversity and cultural importance for communities around the...
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World + 6 more
Mountains are vital ecosystems for people and the planet. They provide freshwater for half of the world’s population and host rich biodiversity and cultural importance for communities around the...
Introducción El respeto por los derechos humanos es el fundamento esencial de las sociedades democráticas sólidas. Aun así, aunque se reconoce universalmente su importancia fundamental, los derechos...
Introduction Le respect des droits humains est un élément essentiel de toute société démocratique forte. Pourtant, si leur importance fondamentale est universellement reconnue, les droits humains...
IPU and UN Human Rights Office launch toolkit to encourage Parliaments to champion human rights GENEVA (11 October 2023) - The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the UN Human Rights Office have...
Foreword More than four decades after its adoption, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women remains an essential and ambitious guide for achieving gender...
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Les chiffres annuels publiés par l'UIP à la veille de la Journée des droits de l'homme révèlent que le nombre de parlementaires subissant des violations présumées de leurs droits de l'homme a atteint...
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The IPU has recorded another all-time high number of parliamentarians suffering from alleged human rights violations according to its annual figures released on the eve of Human Rights Day. The data...
El Comité de Derechos Humanos de los Parlamentarios de la UIP es el único mecanismo internacional de denuncia que ostenta el mandato específico de defender los derechos humanos de parlamentarios...
Le Comité des droits de l’homme des parlementaires de l’UIP est le seul mécanisme international de plainte ayant pour mandat spécifique de défendre les droits fondamentaux des parlementaires...
The IPU Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians is the only international complaints mechanism with the specific mandate to defend the human rights of persecuted parliamentarians. Its work...
Build back equal: New handbook on gender-responsive legislation Lawmakers around the world have a new resource to help them address gender inequality with the publication of the new IPU and UN Women...
L’Union interparlementaire (UIP) et le HCR, l’Agence des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés, se félicitent de l’adoption d’une résolution et de la publication d’un rapport en soutien aux réfugiés par...
The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UNHCR, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, welcome the adoption of a resolution and publication of a report in support of refugees by the...
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Resolution adopted by consensus by the 140th IPU Assembly (Doha, 9 April 2019) The 140th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Deeply concerned about the humanitarian catastrophe in Mozambique,...
Introduction As this Handbook goes to press, there are more refugees in the world than at any time since the end of the Second World War. The causes of contemporary displacement have become ever more...
The Inter-Parliamentary Union has expressed concern over human rights violation against opposition lawmakers in the Maldives. In a press statement Wednesday, the global organisation of national...
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Please refer to the attached Map.
A unique visual tool to capture women’s participation in executive government and in parliament on a given date – 1st January 2017. The map of Women in Politics not only provides a country ranking...
The Inter-Parliamentary Union’s (IPU) 135th Assembly urged all relevant parties to bring an end to this war. They also called today for the immediate, unimpeded and permanent humanitarian and medical...