PGA’s vision is to contribute to the creation of a Rules-Based International Order for a more equitable, safe, sustainable and democratic world.
PGA’s vision is to contribute to the creation of a Rules-Based International Order for a more equitable, safe, sustainable and democratic world.
Anita Vandenbeld addresses Canadian Parliament to mark 4 years of Senator Leila De Lima Imprisonment.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has found the Jamaican government responsible for violating multiple rights of a gay man and a lesbian woman and urges an immediate repeal of the country’s homophobic laws.
Parliamentarians for Global Action and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights co-hosted a panel discussion on the documentary film NASRIN and how legislators can support at-risk human rights defenders.
PGA facilitated a meeting between Members of Parliament of Kenya and members of Girls Not Brides’ National Partnership in Kenya
As organizations of current and former lawmakers from across the world, we stand in solidarity with the elected representatives of Myanmar's Parliament and call on the military to respect democracy...
It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of Honorable Meherzia Labidi, on 22 January 2021, at the age of 57 years old
PGA strongly condemns the coup d’état that took place today in Myanmar and urges the Myanmar military "to respect the rule of law" and "release immediately all civilian leaders and others who have been detained unlawfully.”
PGA calls for the International Community to support a genuine process of peace-making, stabilization and State-building based on the respect of human rights, justice and democracy
Members of PGA, the largest network of individual legislators from all regions of the world committed to democracy, human rights and the rule of law, deplore the unprecedented attacks on the US Congress that took place in Washington DC on January 6, 2021
Webinar organised by Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) in partnership with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
On December 16, 2020, PGA organized a webinar for Kenyan parliamentarians to discuss the need to address harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage (CEFM) and female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM) in the context of COVID-19.
On December 15, the Senate unanimously ratified the bill to reform article 144 and repeal article 145 of its Civil Code effectively prohibiting child marriage. The bill was approved by the Chamber of Deputies on November 18, 2020.
As a member of the PGA National Group in Ecuador, Asambleísta Valle actively participated in the group’s work to promote human rights, justice, democratic principles and institutions and the rule of law.
On 7 December 2020, the Council of the European Union adopted two binding instruments establishing a framework to sanction individuals, legal persons, entities or bodies, responsible for committing serious human rights abuses.
On November 30, 2020, the Commission on Biodiversity and Natural Resources of the National Assembly of the Republic of Ecuador discussed the urgent need to mobilize support for small-scale fisheries.
Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) condemns the recent imprisonment of three leaders of a prominent Egyptian civil society organization, who have been held in pre-trial detention on baseless charges...
Italy’s Chamber of Deputies approved an anti-discrimination bill that makes violence against women and LGBTI people a hate crime, increasing prison terms for perpetrators of such attacks.
This year, the CAP-ICC was held virtually because of the restrictions stemming from the current global health crisis.