IPPFoRB Launches Advocacy Letter showing concern on Belarusian New Law. Sitting and Former Parliamentarians are invited to sign the letter.
Malaysia recently underwent Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in January 2024, IPPFoRB and the ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) developed a “Toolkit for Parliamentarians to Promote an Inclusive Malaysian Society Through the UPR Process.”
In honor of International Women's Day, we are thrilled to present an exclusive interview with Sabina Ćudić, a member of the Bosnian and Herzegovinian Parliament. With a robust background as a political scientist holding a master's degree in human rights, Sabina has been deeply involved in the human rights sector through her work with non-governmental organizations prior to venturing into politics and academia, where she focuses on the political science of human rights. Sabina Ćudić is a women human rights defender!
Energetic, bright-eyed and racing with ideas, second term MP Kasthuri Patto from Malaysia believes that ‘the way forward for South-east Asia is by strengthening and enhancing FoRB and human rights’.
MP Mohammedali Yaseen Taha from Kurdistan Region of Iraq created his own political success story by being instrumental in introducing a bylaw for setting up the first-ever All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) in the Kurdish parliament.
Breaking barriers and engaging with the contentious theme of women rights and religious freedom in Georgia, MP Tina Bokuchava believes that ‘motivated individuals can make a huge difference in the national narrative’.
As part of the IPPFoRB, I had the opportunity to visit Myanmar and engage in conversations with fellow members of parliament and civil society leaders regarding the status of freedom of religion or belief in the country.
Although we were made out of different political ideologies, various faiths and culture, we were united in our stand for freedom of religion and belief.
While there are so many sides to every story it does not make the challenges and pain any less real for each of those sides.
