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Liberals take centre stage at global human rights summit
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Promoting and advancing human rights globally is central to work of Liberal International, so it was with enthusiasm that LI, together 19 other NGOs, co-hosted the pre-eminent human rights event in Geneva this week, the Geneva Summit for Human...
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Advisory Council begins preparations for 60th Congress
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With Mexico City revealed as the venue of Liberal International’s 60th Congress earlier this month, the new composition of the Congress Advisory Council (CAC) held its first meeting to discuss preparations for the first LI...
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Across the country, South Africans have expressed outrage that LI Deputy President and Western Cape Premier, Helen Zille, was prevented from delivering her State of the Province Address (SOPA) last week after disruption from the Opposition ANC forced parliament to be suspended.
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"International law must be upheld and established while international institutions should play leading role in crisis management", was a joint conclusion of the meeting between the Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) within the Organisation for Security...
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Liberal principles are being put into practice in Latin America as Guatemala’s liberal president, Otto Perez Molina, of LI full member Partido Patriota, secures a free trade agreement with neighbouring Honduras and seeks to grow the customs union across Central America.
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Building on three years of cooperation with the international office of LI full member, Liberal Democrats (UK), Serbia’s liberals, LDP, have launched a trailblazing Human Rights Council (HRC) while taking part in best-practice workshops to promote LGBT engagement in politics.
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Championing the liberal value of equality, LI full member the Free Egyptians Party has organised a symposium on the safety of women and reproductive health in the city of Giza, calling for greater choice for Egyptian women.
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Emma Pessato is the new Events Organiser and Administrative Officer for Liberal International. Coming from a city on the border (Trieste, Italy), Emma has a passion for multicultural environments and foreign languages - being fluent in Italian, English, Spanish, and French.
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The next edition of LI News will follow on 5th March 2015
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