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What is the IPU?
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The mandate and composition of Committees, Working Groups and ad hoc bodies of the Union is established by the Governing Council. The following bodies are currently in place:
For the composition of the six geopolitical groups that are currently active in the IPU, please click here.
Four Standing Committees assist the statutory IPU Assembly in its work. They include representatives of all National Groups and function in accordance with their own Rules. The composition of their respective Bureaux is as follows:
Updated on 06 October 2017
* In accordance with Rule 8.1 of the Rules of the Standing Committees as amended in October 2013, Members of the Bureau shall be elected for a term of two years and may be re-elected for a further period of two years. The date featuring in the column "Expiry of term as a Bureau member" corresponds to the maximum theoretical duration of the mandate.
COMMITTEE ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF PARLIAMENTARIANS
The members of the Committee, who serve five-year terms, are elected in a personal capacity in such a way as to ensure that all the world's different civilizations and political systems are represented. The functioning of the Committee is governed by its Rules and Practices as well as by the Procedure for the examination and treatment of complaints. The Committee's membership is currently as follows:
Updated on 13 April 2017
COMMITTEE ON MIDDLE EAST QUESTIONS The Governing Council approved the proposed amendments to the Rules of the Committee on 27 October 2016. The Committee's membership is currently as follows:
Updated on 06 October 2017
GROUP OF FACILITATORS FOR CYPRUS This Group was appointed by the then Inter-Parliamentary Council in September 1998 as a replacement for the former Committee to Monitor the Situation in Cyprus whose mandate came to an end. The Group of Facilitators is composed of the following three members:
Updated on 5 April 2016
COMMITTEE TO PROMOTE RESPECT FOR INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW Rules of the Committee were approved by the Governing Council in October 2013. The Committee is currently composed of the following members:
Updated on 06 October 2017
Rules and practices of the Advisory Group were approved by the Governing Council in October 2012. The Group is currently composed of the following members:
Updated on 06 October 2017
BUREAU OF WOMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS
This Bureau, established by the Forum of Women Parliamentarians, is composed of both ex officio and elected members and works in conformity with its own Rules. Its composition is currently as follows:
Updated on 06 October 2017
GENDER PARTNERSHIP GROUP This Group is composed of the following four members appointed by the Executive Committee: Updated on 27 September 2017
BOARD OF THE FORUM OF YOUNG PARLIAMENTARIANS OF THE IPU The Forum of Young Parliamentarians of the IPU is a permanent body dedicated to enhancing the quantitative and qualitative participation of youth in parliaments and in the IPU. The Forum works in conformity with its Rules and Working modalities approved by the Governing Council in March 2014. An elected bureau, known as the Board of the Forum of Young Parliamentarians, conducts the work of the Forum. Each geopolitical group is represented on the Board by one male and one female member under the age of 45 years.
Updated on 18 April 2017
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Committees and Working Groups
STANDING COMMITTEES
