Mobilizing Legislators as Champions for
Human Rights, Democracy, and a Sustainable World
Mobilizing Legislators as Champions for
Human Rights, Democracy, and a Sustainable World
A Round-Table Discussion on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) was commenced with a detailed briefing by Hon. Syed Naveed Qamar, MP Pakistan and Convener, PGA Program for Democracy and Peace, on BGIPU ATT Seminar and Role of MPs Pakistan.
DAP vice chair M Kulasegaran to take up again the cause of Malaysia’s accession to the ICC.
Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) is pleased to announce that it will present the 2014 Defender of Democracy Awards to Ms. Navanethem Pillay (Navi) and Mr. Abdelaziz Bennani.
PGA’s GEP Program, in collaboration with PGA’s National Group in the Legislative Assembly and the Attorney General’s Office for the Defense of Human Rights of El Salvador, are convening a Seminar on Equality and Non-Discrimination for Latin American M
PGA convened a Seminar on Equality and Non-Discrimination for Latin American and Caribbean Parliamentarians that took place in San Salvador, El Salvador.
Parliamentarians celebrate the approval by the plenary of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica of the Kampala Amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
PGA Welcomes unanimous approval by Chad’s National Assembly of a draft Law authorizing the Ratification of the Arms Trade Treaty
PGA Member Carolyn B. Maloney and Congressman Jason Chaffetz today released the draft of a bill to cut off Social Security benefits for Nazi war criminals.
While most Governments in the (MENA) Region have expressed support for the ICC and the fight against impunity for crimes under international law, few have taken the necessary steps to ratify or accede to the Rome Statute of the ICC.
On October 20th-21st, a mission from the Kurdish Regional Government of Iraq visited the International Criminal Court (ICC), other international legal institutions and relevant non state actors in The Hague.
MPs from MENA Region discuss the ICC and fight against impunity for international crimes
From 6 to 8 October, PGA conducted a field mission in Yaoundé, Cameroon, in the framework of the PGA Campaign for the Universality and Effectiveness of the Rome Statute system to generate political will for the fight against impunity
On October 11, PGA is celebrating the third International Day of the Girl. This year’s theme is ’Empowering Adolescent Girls: Ending the Cycle of Violence’, which offers an opportunity to call for action against child marriage.
In what was described as a well-attended Ebola task force meeting, Hon Dr. Bernadette Lahai presented 500 (25kg) bags of rice to the to the two districts that remain the epicenters of the Ebola epidemic.
On September 26, 2014, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution against discrimination and violence perpetrated towards Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) people....
Parliamentarians around the world celebrate the ratification of the Kampala Amendments of the crime of aggression of the International Criminal Court by Spain, Latvia and Poland. This brings the number of ratifying states to 18.
Reaffirms Commitment To Working For Universal Application Of Treaty
PGA welcomes the decision of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to open a second investigation in CAR with respect to crimes allegedly committed since 2012.
