| Type of parliamentary body | Multifunctional | 
                  
                    | Nature | Permanent | 
                  
                    | Related to chambers | Inama NshingmateKa 
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                    | Date of creation | 2002 | 
                  
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                    | Mandate | The Committee examines the human rights situation, nationally and internationally. | 
                  
                    | Membership | Fourteen members. The Committee is set up every year at the beginning of the ordinary session held in February. The duration of the mandate is one year, renewable. | 
                  
                    | Working methods | The Committee works on its own initiative following its appointment by the Bureau of the National Assembly. Its members are responsible for their work and are not constrained. | 
                  
                    | Relations with other parliamentary bodies | The Committee submits its reports to the Bureau of the National Assembly and provides the other committees and all interested persons with copies. | 
                  
                    | Relations with external bodies | Relationships of collaboration | 
                  
                    | Subjects dealt with | Investigations are being conducted into the situation of prisoners, the massacres that have taken place in the country, and other issues. | 
                  
                    | CONTACT INFORMATION | 
                  
                    | Main address | Assemblée nationale Palais de Kigobe
 B.P. 120
 BUJUMBURA (Burundi)
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                    | Phone | (+257) 23 36 40 | 
                  
                    | Fax | (+257) 23 26 22 | 
                  
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                    | PRESIDING OFFICER(S) | 
                  
                    | Name | Mr. Pie Ntavyohanyuma | 
                  
                    | Notes | Chairperson | 
                  
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