Month: December 2019

A bushfire burns out of control in Australia. © AFP /Torsten Blackwood

“There is no excuse not to act”: Experts and MPs agree on urgency of climate action at COP25

Press Release from the IPU in margins of COP25 in Madrid Experts and parliamentarians meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25) underscored the urgency of parliamentary action to mitigate the effects of the climate emergency. Over 100 MPs from more than 30 countries attended the IPU’s annual parliamentary meeting during […]

Jean Wyllis, Brazilian MP. © Mauro Pimentel / AFP

IPU figures reveal most human rights violations against parliamentarians are State-sponsored

Press Release from IPU Headquarters, Geneva In the lead-up to Human Rights Day on 10 December, the IPU has announced its yearly figures of alleged human rights violations against members of parliament in 2019. The IPU Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians, a unique mechanism that defends the rights of MPs worldwide, investigated the […]