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 | Action to combat discrimination and violence against women |
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women is undoubtedly the most comprehensive international legal instrument addressing women's rights. [ Full story ... ]
| 3-year parliamentary roadmap for the development of democracy |
The Parliamentary Meeting at the Sixth International Conference of New or Restored Democracies was held in Doha, Qatar, from 29 October to 1 November 2006. [ Full story ... ]
| Law and justice: the case for parliamentary scrutiny |
The relationship between parliament and the judiciary is not always a smooth one. The principle of the separation of powers has sometimes been interpreted as preventing parliaments from asking questions regarding the judiciary. [ Full story ... ]
| Dealing with the crisis of representation: finding solutions |
The IPU was invited to a session of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, held in Vienna in early November. [ Full story ... ]
| New global centre to boost ICTs in parliaments around the world |
While more and more of us have come to expect all sorts of information to be available around the clock and at our fingertips, the reality is that most people do not enjoy such a luxury. [ Full story ... ]
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Event of the month
Parliamentary Conference on the WTO
Its annual session, held in Geneva on 1 and 2 December 2006, was an outstanding event and not just because of the impressive number of delegations who attended it and the caliber of internationally renowned experts who addressed it.
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