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.
In the Philippines, throughout the region, and across the globe, parliamentarians, as democratically-elected representatives of the people, raised their voices to condemn this disappointing development.
From 26 February to 1 March 2019, Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) attended the 7th World Congress against the Death Penalty, organised by its partner organisation Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM, Together Against the Death Penalty).
PGA Board Member Hon. Kula Segaran, MP, stresses that this is the result of 14 years of campaigning by Parliamentarians and human rights activists in Malaysia
Senators De Lima and Trillanes IV called for the unconstitutionality of The Philippines’ withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the ICC, which may take effect on 17 March.
On 14 February, PGA held its first meeting of the UN Advisory Committee in 2019, hosted by the Chair of the PGA UN Advisory Committee, H.E. Mr. Christian Wenaweser.
By Honorable Dorcas Sibanda, MP Zimbabwe & Chair of PGA’s National Group - February 6, 2019
The members of the Legislative Administrative Council met on Tuesday, 29 January 2019 to evaluate several bills.
On January 23, 2019, Angola’s Parliament adopted a new penal code, removing the “vices against nature” provision inherited from the time of Portugal’s colonization, which was considered a ban on private same-sex sexual relations between consenting adults.
Dep. Jean Wyllys, Chair of the PGA National Group in Brazil and a leading Parliamentarian from the opposition has announced his decision to retire from Parliament following death-threats and other virulent, inhumane attacks.
Senator Mian Raza Rabbani has recently introduced a bill on ‘Ratification of Foreign Agreements by Parliament’.
Ecuadorian PGA members commited to further the implementation of the Rome Statute.
De Lima, the most prominent political prisoner under the Duterte administration, said she is grateful for the continued support she is getting from the international community.
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has issued an opinion on the case of the politically motivated detention of Senator Leila De Lima (Philippines), PGA Member.
On 12 December 2018, the plenary of the House of Deputies of Paraguay approved the draft ratification bill on the Kampala Amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), on war crimes and the crime of aggression.
Jim McGovern, Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
PGA congratulates the Government of Mozambique for this important and decisive step forward in promoting national, regional and international peace and security.
The Chair of PGA’s Canadian National Group, Hon. Ali Ehsassi, MP welcomes the Royal Assent of An Act to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and the Criminal Code.
From 5 to 12 December 2018, delegations from States Parties, observer States, international and regional organizations, and civil society gathered at the World Forum in The Hague, Netherlands, for the 17th Session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP).