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Report on activities by Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) and the Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PFSALW)
From 29 September to 3 October 2013, PGA conducted a field mission in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo – DRC) in the framework of the PGA Complementarity Project to generate political will for the fight against impunity through genuine domestic
As of September 25, 2013, 108 UN Member States have signed the ATT, including the United States and 7 UN Member States have ratified.
PGA Member Honorable Stephen Tashobya, Chair of the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Uganda and Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) hosted a “Seminar on international criminal justice, the challenges for domestic prosecu
On 17 September 2013, Khalil Al Marzooq, a resigned Member of Parliament from Bahrain, was arrested in Manama on the basis of politically motivated charges of inciting violence and suspicion of links with a terrorist organization.
PGA Members worldwide have expressed profound shock at the assassination of Mohamed Brahmi, a leading, opposition Member of Parliament in Tunisia on 25th July, 2013.
PGA strongly condemns the ongoing repressive and intimidatory actions by Chadian authorities against Parliamentarians, human rights defenders, journalists and political opponents.
PGA Secretary-General visited Islamabad and addressed the meeting of the PGA National Group, June 24, 2013.
On July 15, 2013, PGA organized a strategic meeting of its Executive Committee with key Ambassadors to the UN, including Members of the PGA UN Committee, and civil society leaders on the UN Security Council and Accountability. The meeting was kindly hoste
Member of Parliament Ms. Petra Bayr and Colleagues to the Federal Minister for European and International Affairs concerning the introduction of the Crime of Aggression, the fifth criminal offense before the International Criminal Court.
Twenty years after the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Program of Action was adopted by global consensus in Cairo, the United Nations has launched a series of regional conferences to assess the progress made so far and the
In the context of the ongoing process to reform the judicial system of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and to fight against impunity for the most serious crimes of international concern, PGA organised a “Seminar for Legislators on measures to impleme
We, Members of Parliament from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Members of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), a network of over 1,000 Members of Parliament from over 130 countries worldwide, view with strong approval the G8 decision t
Hosted by the Tanzanian Parliament, PGA organized from 29-30 May 2013 in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania at the Parliament Office (Mkwawa Hall) a Regional Parliamentary Workshop on “The Arms Trade Treaty - The Role of Parliamentarians.”