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Former PGA President Minou Tavárez Mirabal commits to supporting victims of international crimes as new Board Member of the Trust Fund for Victims at the ICC

The Board of Directors of the Trust Fund for Victims at the ICC, established by the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC, announced a new member: Dr. Minou Tavárez Mirabal.

Central African Republic adopts law on the General Regime of Conventional Weapons, Their Parts, Components and Munitions

The National Assembly has voted to adopt the law on the General Regime of Conventional Weapons, Their Parts, Components and Munitions.

Chile passes implementing legislation for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC)

On 2 July 2020, the Chamber of Deputies of Chile unanimously approved a bill to implement the Biological Weapons Convention and Chemical Weapons Convention into domestic Law.

Parliamentarians in Gabon decriminalize homosexuality

Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) congratulates the Parliament of Gabon for repealing paragraph 5 of Article 402 of its Criminal Code, which criminalized same-sex sexual relations.

Urgent Action Alert 3: Venezuela

In recent years, an increasing number of members of parliament, journalists, and social leaders have been repressed and jailed by the Venezuelan government based upon their convictions.

PGA Decries the Passage of National Security Legislation and Attacks on Hong Kong Democracy

Today, 1 July 2020, marks the 23rd anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong from British administration. However, this day might be remembered in future both for the end of Hong Kong’s colonial rule and demise of its democracy...

Member Op-Ed: Parliamentarians Must Face the Democratic Impacts of Covid-19 Together

by Mr. Anders Österberg, MP (Sweden), and Hon. Dorcas Sibanda, MP (Zimbabwe)

PGA Joins Pro-Democracy Institutions, World Leaders, and Nobel Laureates  in “A Call to Defend Democracy”

Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) is honored to join more than 500 political, civil leaders, Nobel Laureates and pro-democracy institutions who have signed an open letter to defend democracy in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

How Members of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) can S.T.A.N.D. with Hong Kong

PGA Members worldwide have asked how they can act in support of democracy. In response, PGA has compiled an acrostic with five concrete ways you can S.T.A.N.D. with Hong Kong.

Racism, machismo, LGBTIphobia and coronavirus: Which one will kill me first?

By Robeyonce Lima. The narrative of a pandemic demands a fast response and emergency mechanisms that end up upsetting human dignity. This means that systemic faults are explicitly manifested and expose serious, long-standing social challenges.

Ali Kushayb is accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Darfur (Sudan) between 2002 and 2004.

Urgent Action Alert 2: El Salvador

For more than 20 years, the political bipartisanship led by the Alianza Republicana Nacionalista party (ARENA) and the Farabundo Martí Front for National Liberation (FMLN) has generated significant frustrations in El Salvador

World Oceans Day: Parliamentarians are Vital to Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean

World Oceans Day is celebrated every year on 8 June, following the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.

 PGA Statement on the Degradation of Rule of Law in the United States: The Role of Parliamentarians as Custodians of Democracy, Human Rights, Justice, and Peace

PGA adds its voice to those of respected domestic and international human rights organisations in condemning all forms of racial discrimination and expressing profound concern over recent events in the United States.

Members of the European Parliament express strong support for the ICC in an exchange with the ICC Prosecutor

The European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights held an exchange of views with the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Ms. Fatou Bensouda, marking the 9th (and final) year of her non-renewable mandate.

PGA Calls for Respect of International Law and Human Rights in Hong Kong

A new National Security Law in China may have devastating consequences for human rights in Hong Kong and represents a profound assault on Hong Kong’s autonomy and an unacceptable breach of international law.

Legislators in Ecuador discuss small-scale fisheries and the role they can play to ensure their sustainable management

Chair of PGA Ecudaor National Group, Asambleista Soledad Buendía, convened the first meeting of the group in 2020 to discuss programmatic priorities and learn about the areas of development of the work of the PGA during this COVID-19 pandemic.

Urgent Action Alert 1: Malaysia

The health crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic has unfolded against a background of political turmoil... As one expert puts it, Malaysia now faces a triple crisis of coronavirus, economy, and politics.