Having signed the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in 2002, Chile has yet to ratify it. Upon a decision by the Chilean Constitutional Tribunal, the Rome Statute, with 105 States Parties as of 1 October 2007, can only be ratified by Chile once Congress adopts an amendment of the Constitution.
On September 28, 2007, Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) organised a Round-Table Discussion on the Accession and Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Nepal, hosted by the Speaker of the Parliament of Nepal
The third session of PGA Working Group on the ICC in the Middle East and the Mediterranean countries was held at the Dutch Parliament in The Hague, Netherlands, June 11 and 12, 2007. The meeting drew over 20 participants, including high level Members of t
On February 2007, Senator Raynell Andreychuck and Dr. David Donat Cattin, Director of the International Law and Human Rights Program of PGA, intervened at the ICC session held at the OAS
and 28th Annual Parliamentary Forum. Tokyo, Japan, December 4-5, 2006.
Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), together with the Philippines Coalition for the ICC and the Coalition for the ICC (CICC), Asia and the Pacific organized an Asian Parliamentarians Consultation on the Universality of the International Criminal Cou
A delegation of 5 Turkish Parliamentarians, sponsored by PGA and drawn from both the governing and opposition parties, travelled to The Hague, Netherlands in May 2006 and held informative meetings and briefings with
"Migration, Immigration And Integration". National Museum Of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. November 17-18, 2005.
The Convenor of PGA’s International Law and International Human Rights Program, Senator Alain Destexhe (Belgium), addressing a panel discussion on Migration at the 6th General Assembly of the Parliamentary Confederation of the Americas in Foz do Iguaçu.
Sub-Regional Parliamentary Seminar on HIV & AIDS in South Asia
On January 14–15, 2005 Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), a worldwide network of over 1300 individual parliamentarians from 110 National Parliaments, and the National Assembly and Senate of Pakistan convened the Sub-regional Parliamentary Seminar o
and 26th Annual Parliamentary Forum. Wellington, New Zealand, 6-7 December, 2004.
Held in the Parliament of Brazil, Brasilia, on 25-26 March 2004, the Conference brought together approximately 600 participants, amongst whom were 140 parliamentarians and Government officials from 24 countries.
Adopted on 26 March 2004
As the Governments of Armenia and Turkey announced plans for formal diplomatic relations, the little known story is the role played by parliamentary diplomacy by PGA in Stockholm, Baku, Johannesburg, New York, Vienna, Yerevan, and Washington D.C. over thr
and 25th Annual Parliamentary Forum. UN Headquarters, New York, September 12-13, 2003.
and 24th Annual Parliamentary Forum. Ottawa, Canada, November 4-5, 2002.
On 5 February 2002, Minister of State and Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jaime Gama, deposited Portugal’s instrument of ratification at UN Headquarters, making Portugal the 51st country to ratify the Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court (ICC)