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Month: June 2013

John Mann MP, Lord Fowler, Baroness Meacher, H.E. Rodríguez Múnera

Current trends in Global Drug Policy Reform & the Organization of American States

26/06/2013 to 26/06/2013

To mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on the 26^th of June, and ahead of the international parliamentary seminar on Drug Policy Reform it will host inOctober, the British Group of the IPU, offered an evening lecture in which the Ambassador of Colombia presented the recent Organization of American States report on the Drug Problem in the Americas to Parliamentarians and Baroness Meacher and John Mann MP, UK Parliamentary envoys to the 43^rd General Assembly of the OAS, discussed the role parliamentarians can play in addressing illicit drugs and related transnational crime issues.

Americas Human Rights BGIPU Seminars & Events

Bolivian Delegation tour Parliament with Chris Bryant MP

Bolivian parliamentarians seek greater understanding from UK counterparts

17/06/2013 to 21/06/2013

A delegation from the Plurinational Legislative Assembly of Bolivia undertook an inter-parliamentary visit to the UK Parliament from 17-21 June 2013. In their exchanges with UK parliamentarians, the delegation highlighted the significant changes which had occurred in Bolivia in recent years and discussed economic and social issues, criminal justice issues, human rights, environmental issues and developments in Latin America.

Americas Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Inward Delegations

Participants hear from Panel on VAW in Politics

Tackling Violence against Women in Politics

06/06/2013

On the 6th of June a panel including Mary Macleod MP, Roberta Blackman Woods MP and Dina Medland, a freelance journalist for the Financial Times, discussed, under the auspices of the BGIPU, whether stereotyping, misogyny and harassment through the media constitutes a form of violence against women in politics, and what measures may be taken to address such issues.

Global Issues Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation IPU Activities & Conferences

Baroness Meacher as Chair of the APPG for Drug Policy Reform was invited by President Otto Perez Molina of Guatemala to attend the 43rd General Assembly of the OAS from 4-6 June and she reported her reflections back to counterparts in UK Parliament.

Report on the OAS General Assembly in Antigua, Guatemala

04/06/2013 to 06/06/2013

The BGIPU supported the APPG for Drug Policy Reform to take up an invitation by President Otto Perez Molina of Guatemala to attend the 43^rd General Assembly of the OAS from 4-6 June, as Observers. This report represents Baroness Meacher’s reflections on the meeting.

Global Issues Human Rights BGIPU Seminars & Events