Mobilizing Legislators as Champions for
Human Rights, Democracy, and a Sustainable World
Mobilizing Legislators as Champions for
Human Rights, Democracy, and a Sustainable World
Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) strongly condemns the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023, adopted by the Parliament of Uganda on 21 March 2023.
Opinion Piece by PGA Board Member Dip Margarita Stolbizer (Argentina), Convenor of the Gender, Equality and Inclusion (GEI) Program.
The Plan of Action outlines specific measures that Parliamentarians can undertake to combat the illicit trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in Africa.
Parliamentary action was triggered by the PGA Rome Statute Campaign.
PGA congratulates Belize for this historic achievement, recognizing the important contributions by parliamentarians, civil society organizations, and other key stakeholders toward this milestone.
PGA organized in the margins of Sydney World Pride, a Talanoa Dialogue on Human Rights and Inclusion for Pacific Parliamentarians and lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI+) activists.
The High Seas Treaty provides a legal framework to ensure conservation and sustainable use of and access to marine genetic resources. Nearly two decades after initial discussions began at the UN in 2004, the High Seas Treaty is a momentous opportunity for this common heritage of humankind.
PGA congratulates Panama on the historic conservation of 54 percent of its national waters, significantly surpassing the international target to protect at least 30 percent of the Ocean through Marine Protected Areas by 2030.
Following Human Rights Watch’s initiative, PGA joins over 60 other organizations around the world to call to members and observers of the UN Human Rights Council to block Ethiopia’s efforts to terminate the mandate of the ICHREE.
One year has passed since the Russian Federation launched its textbook example of aggression against Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
With Senate Approval Now in Hand, Belmopan Can Ratify Escazú Immediately
The ICC is currently unable to prosecute the crime of aggression being committed against Ukraine because Russia is a non-party to the ICC and has also not accepted the jurisdiction of the crime of aggression.
PGA warmly congratulates the Government of South Sudan on the occasion of this deposit of Instrument of Accession to the BWC, notwithstanding the many challenges it is currently confronting at the national level.
– The Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the United Nations (UN) generously hosted the first 2023 strategic meeting of the PGA UN Advisory Committee. This informal encounter counted on the participation of UN Ambassadors and officials to discuss pressing issues for the international community.
The timely discussion took place ahead of a vote by the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica to extend the timeline to consider the bill to ratify the Agreement.
COP27 closed with the adoption of a breakthrough agreement to provide loss and damage funding for vulnerable countries heavily impacted by floods, droughts and other climate disasters.
Members of Parliament, academics, and experts gathered to discuss how best to contribute to the formation of international law in the face of the current and multiple challenges it faces.
Mr. Denys Monastyrskyi was serving his country in the morning of 18 January 2023 when his helicopter crashed in Brovary, a small town east of Kyiv.
