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.
Early and forced marriage is a violation of human rights that affects 39,000 girls every day. Despite the international community’s prohibition of this harmful practice as stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Conventions on the
On January 13-14, 2014 PGA Board Member Mr. Mark Pritchard, MP (UK) participated in Regional Conference on the Abolition of the Death Penalty in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
2014-January-High Level Parliamentary Delegation from Jamaica to the ICC PGA Activity 2013 Activity
PGA and its Members worldwide strongly support the Statement regarding the Situation in South Sudan by the UN Secretary-General of 23 December 2013 and are equally alarmed by the rapidly deteriorating situation within the country.
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
Parliamentarians celebrate Croatia ratification of the Kampala Amendments to the Crime of Aggression Press Releases News Center
"Building a Stable and Durable Peace: The Role of Parliamentarians in Support of Peace Processes". December 09-10, 2013. Parliament of Colombia, Bogotá.
I wish to express our heartfelt condolences to the Parliament and all the People of South Africa on the death of former President Nelson Mandela.
Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) will present the 2013 Defender of Democracy Awards to Mr. Samuela ’Akilisi Pohiva, MP of Tonga and Dr. Noor Jehan Panezai and Hon. Naveed Qamar, MP on behalf of The PGA Pakistan National Group. The awards cerem
Parliamentarians celebrate Belgium ratification of the Kampala Amendments to the Crime of Aggression
Meeting Organized by Helmut Scholz (Chairperson, PGA Group in the European Parliament / member of the EP Friends of the ICC)
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 held a Joint Session on the Arms Trade Treaty in the Pan-African Parliament from 17-18, October, 2013.
On July 15, 2013, the PGA Executive Committee together with the PGA International Law and Human Rights Program took the decision to start preparations towards the creation of a Campaign for the Abolition of the Death Penalty.
Following an Executive Committee decision in July 2013 Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), with the encouragement of the UK All-Party Group on the Abolition of the Death Penalty has started preparations towards the creation of the global parliamenta
The Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic hosted Members of Parliament from Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa in an historic meeting on October 10-11, 2013 entitled, “Protecting Human Rights, Combating Discrimination and Addressing HIV