Loading...

PGA’s vision is to contribute to the creation of a Rules-Based International Order for a more equitable, safe, sustainable and democratic world.

News Center

Statement by PGA Board Member Ruth Wijdenbosch for the Abolition of the Death Penalty

Statement by PGA Board Member Ruth Wijdenbosch for the Abolition of the death Penalty Press Releases News Center

PGA Launches a Campaign for the Abolition of the Death Penalty

A Campaign for the Abolition of the Death Penalty PGA Activity 2013 Activity

PGA Delegation to the 129th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly

Report on activities by Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) and the Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PFSALW)

Consultations on the fight against impunity and the implementation of the principle of complementarity in the DRC

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

PGA Welcomes Additional Signatures and Ratifications of the Arms Trade Treaty by Large Number of UN Member States

As of September 25, 2013, 108 UN Member States have signed the ATT, including the United States and 7 UN Member States have ratified.

Parliamentary Meeting on Challenges for Domestic Prosecutions and Programs to fulfill the Rights of Victims; Kampala, Uganda

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

PGA Urges Immediate Release of Khalil Al Marzooq held as prisoner of conscience in Bahrain

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 Deeply Dismayed at Assassination of Leading Opposition Member of Parliament in Tunisia

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 Restates its Deep Concern at Ongoing Human Rights Violations Against Parliamentarians and Representatives From Civil Society in Chad

PGA strongly condemns the ongoing repressive and intimidatory actions by Chadian authorities against Parliamentarians, human rights defenders, journalists and political opponents.

PGA Secretary-General and Pakistan National Group Meet with the Hon. Speaker

PGA Secretary-General visited Islamabad and addressed the meeting of the PGA National Group, June 24, 2013.

Strategic Meeting of PGA Executive Committee on UN Agenda on Peace & Justice and Role of Parliamentarians

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

Austrian PGA Member Questions Government regarding the ratification of the Kampala Amendments

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.

Regional Conferences on Population and Development

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

Seminar for Legislators on measures to implement the principle of complementarity between domestic jurisdiction and the ICC

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

Senate of Uruguay approves the ratification of the Kampala Amendments to the Rome Statute

Uruguay’s Senate Ratifies Kampala Amendments to Rome Statute of ICC Press Releases News Center

DRC issues letter to G8 Ministers welcoming Declaration on Preventing Sexual Violence

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

PGA Regional Parliamentary Workshop on the Arms Trade Treaty

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.”

Germany and Botswana Ratify Kampala Amendments to Rome Statute of ICC

The Government of Germany today deposited at the United Nations in New York its Instrument of Ratification of the Amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, adopted in Kampala in 2010, thereby accepting to bind its nationals and t