The Honorable Mr. Arthur N.R. Robinson, former President and Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago, and esteemed former member of PGA, created PGA’s International Law and Human Rights Program and its Campaign for the International Criminal Court.
PGA members condemn the visit of President Al Bashir to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and call the Congolese authorities to fulfil their obligations to cooperate with the International Criminal Court under the Rome Statute of the ICC
The Working Group on the fight against impunity in Francophone African countries met for its 1th session under the gracious auspices of the National Assembly of Côte d’Ivoire in Abidjan on 31 January and 1 February 2014.
Shazia Z. Rafi was the Secretary-General of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) from 1996-2013. PGA is a non-profit, non-partisan organization of elected legislators from over 130 countries that leverages parliamentary processes to promote peace, int
Le 20 décembre 2013, l’ambassadeur Vladimir Drobnjak , Représentant permanent de la Croatie auprès des Nations Unies, a déposé aux Nation Unies les instruments de ratification de la Croatie des amendements au Statut de Rome de la Cour pénale internationa
"Building a Stable and Durable Peace: The Role of Parliamentarians in Support of Peace Processes". December 09-10, 2013. Parliament of Colombia, Bogotá.
Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) is deeply concerned at the rapidly deteriorating situation in the Central African Republic, in particular in recent weeks.
In September 2013, PGA organized a Parliamentary Seminar and a technical Roundtable in the framework of a Sub-Regional Working Group on Challenges for the Effectiveness of the Rome Statute system in the Americas.
Dr. David Donat Cattin, a legal scholar and human rights activist who has worked over the last thirteen years at PGA to promote the universality and effectiveness of the International Criminal Court, will become PGA’s 4th Secretary-General
PGA Member Honorable Stephen Tashobya, Chair of the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Uganda and Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) hosted a “Seminar on international criminal justice, the challenges for domestic prosecu
On 17 September 2013, Khalil Al Marzooq, a resigned Member of Parliament from Bahrain, was arrested in Manama on the basis of politically motivated charges of inciting violence and suspicion of links with a terrorist organization.
PGA Members worldwide have expressed profound shock at the assassination of Mohamed Brahmi, a leading, opposition Member of Parliament in Tunisia on 25th July, 2013.
PGA strongly condemns the ongoing repressive and intimidatory actions by Chadian authorities against Parliamentarians, human rights defenders, journalists and political opponents.