January

• January 25: PGA Members proposed and intervened in the Hearing of the European Parliament Human Rights Sub-Committee on “The fight against impunity and non-state actors' accountability for human rights violations”, European Parliament,  Brussels

• January 30:  PGA’s Secretary-General expert-briefing to Council of the EU (COJUR Working Group ICC) on “Supporting & Enhancing a Victim-Oriented Approach to International Criminal Justice” and intervention in NGOs’ briefing of same WG (chaired by Malta), Brussels, Belgium

February

• February 13-14: PGA’s participation in the Chatham House rule seminar on “Canadian consideration of the Kampala amendments to the Rome Statute on the crime of aggression” & Meeting of the PGA Canada Group and Friends of the UN Group, Parliament of Canada, Ottawa

• February 15-16: PGA's participation in the Preparatory Meeting and Side Events to the UN Ocean Conference, in support of SDG 14, United Nations, New York

• February 16: First Biannual Meeting of the PGA UN Committee, Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the United Nations, New York

• February 26: PGA’s SG briefing for Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians on PGA’s best practices in the area of female empowerment/gender equality, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Working Meeting, Wilton Park, UK

March

• March 9-10: Seminar entitled “Sharing Experiences and Stories among Parliamentarians to Advance Equality and Non-Discrimination on the basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) in Latin America and the Caribbean”, Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica, San José

• March 27-28: Regional Africa Parliamentary Workshop to Promote Ratification and Implementation of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC), Sierra Leone, Freetown

April

• April 6-7: Mission of the ICC President to meet with PGA Malaysia National Group and with the Government and Parliament of Malaysia to promote Universality of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• April 12-14: PGA Delegation to “Global Parliamentarians: The role of the legislative branch in building national mechanisms for atrocity prevention” (organized by Stanley Found., Auschwitz Institute & others), Hague Institute for Global Justice, The Hague, Netherlands

• April 20: Seminar on Cooperation with the ICC for parliamentarians, judges and prosecutors, Parliament of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina

May

• May 9-11: PGA participates in the “Global Convening on Strategies towards Decriminalisation of Homosexuality” organized by the Open Society Foundations in partnership with Positive Vibes Trust, Human Dignity Trust, and Southern African Litigation Center in Swakopmund, Namibia

• May 15: Key Stakeholders’ Round-Table Discussion on democratic representation of Members of Parliaments at the United Nations, Parliament of The Netherlands, The Hague

• May 15-16: PGA Latin America Regional Workshop to Promote Implementation of BWC in Chile & Parliamentary Mission to promote national mechanisms on Cooperation with the ICC and implementation of Kampala Amendments, Parliament of Chile, Santiago

• May 30-31: PGA participates in the “Regional Parliamentarians Forum – Follow up to the United Nations High Level Political Declaration on Ending AIDS” organized by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), through its Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), and UNDP, in Kingston, Jamaica

June

• June 5: The Role of Parliamentarians in Protecting the Oceans and Implementing SDG 14, (Side Event to the first UN Oceans Conference), United Nations, New York

• June 5: Second Biannual Strategic Roundtable of the PGA UN Committee. Hosted by the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the UN

• June 15: Parliamentary workshop of information and sensitization on the death penalty, Yaoundé (Cameroon) (in partnership with ECPM)

July

• July 05: Legislative Forum “Sharing Experiences and Best Practices in Latin America and the Caribbean to Prevent and End Child Marriage and Early Unions", in collaboration with the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, UN Women and UNICEF, San Salvador

• July 13-14: Field Mission to Haiti to Promote Ratification of Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) and Rome Statute of the ICC, Port au Prince, Haiti

• July 25: Parliamentary Roundtable and Consultations on the Abolition of the Death Penalty in Malaysia and in Asia, Kula Lumpur, Malaysia

• July 27-28: Participation by PGA in UNODA Workshop to Promote Universality and Implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention in the Pacific Islands, Nadi, Fiji

September

• September 28: Strategic Meeting on support of victims’ rights with the participation of the ICC Trust Fund for Victims, Foundations and the Private Sector, European Parliament, Brussels

October

• October 02-05: Strategic Meeting on the Process of Domestic Implementation and Ratification of the Rome Statute, and Bilateral Meetings With Stakeholders of PGA’s Secretary General, Rada of Ukraine, Kyiv

• October 10: Publication of a Parliamentary Factsheet on the Disproportionate Effect of the Death Penalty on the Poor to mark the 15^th World Days against the Death Penalty, this year focused on Poverty and the Death Penalty

• October 27: Roundtable Discussion on Effective Anti-Discrimination Measures based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) in South America, Paramaribo, Suriname

• October 27: Roundtable on Strengthening the Implementation of the Rome Statute and the Fight against Impunity in Niger, Niamey Niger

• October 30-31: Sub-regional Parliamentary Seminar on International Justice: a Fundamental Tool for Sustainable Development in Peaceful and Inclusive Societies, Parliament of Uruguay, Montevideo

• October 31 - November 02: Participation by PGA in the 2nd OIE Global Conference on Biological Threat Reduction, Ottawa, Canada

November

• November 06: Parliamentary Roundtable on the Rule of Law, with a special focus on the Abolition of the Death Penalty, Senate of Jordan, Amman

• November 16-19: PGA SOGI Campaign participates in ILGA’s Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean, Guatemala

• November 27-28: PGA’s ^39th Annual Forum on the Prevention of Violent Extremism and Mass Atrocities, Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan, Italy

• November 29: Moving Away from Capital Punishment in Asia: (side-event to PGA’s 39th Annual Forum), Milan, Italy

December

• December 01-08: Participation by PGA Member Associate Government Minister Hon. Taefu Lemi Taefu MP (Samoa) and Director of PGA Peace & Democracy Program in BWC Side Event Sponsored by the United States and Meeting of States Parties (MSP) of the Biological Weapons Convention - UN/Geneva/Switzerland

• December 04-13: PGA side-event on the occasion of the 16th Session of the Assembly of States Parties of the ICC – The role and voice of victims in support of the fight against impunity for core crimes under International Law, United Nations, New York

PGA GOVERNANCE AND ADVISORY MEETINGS

• February 2: First meeting of PGA Development Advisory Committee (via skype/telephone)

• June 4: Executive Committee Meeting, PGA Headquarters, New York

• June 5: Second Biannual Meeting of PGA UN Committee, hosted by the Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the UN, New York

• November 26-28: PGA’s 39th Annual Parliamentary Forum & International Council and Executive Committee Meetings, Milan, Italy