PGA Activity Calendar 2016

February

February 03-05: Ad Hoc Mission to Kyiv as part of the efforts towards Universal Ratification and Implementation of the Rome Statute, Kyiv, Ukraine
February 10: (I) PGA’s participation in the Working Session of the Organization of American States (OAS) on the ICC; (II) Congressional Briefing on “Justice for ISIS Atrocities? How US Policy on the International Criminal Court Can Help Promote Accountability in Iraq and Syria” [co-organized with the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission [http://tlhrc.house.gov/], ABA, American Univ. and Washington ICC WG] and (III) Meeting between PGA’s President Dip. Minou Tavárez Mirabal from Dominican Republic and Members of the US Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, Washington, DC
February 24-25: PGA Consultations on the Death Penalty in Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
February 27: Regional Asia Parliamentary Round Table Meeting Addressing The Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons and Mitigation of Armed Violence, Kathmandu, Nepal

March 02-03: Capacity Building Seminar for African Parliamentarians on Addressing Child, Early and Forced Marriage (CEFM), Parliament of Ghana, Accra
March 04: Round-Table and consultations on the Abolition of the Death Penalty with Ghanaian ,Tanzanian and Zimbabwean Parliamentarians, Parliament of Ghana, Accra

April 02-03: Regional African Parliamentary Workshop to Address the Illicit Trade in SALW and Mitigate Armed Violence, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
April 11: PGA Mission to El Salvador to address a hearing of the Foreign Affairs Committee on cooperation with the ICC, Parliament of El Salvador, San Salvador
April 18-22: Visit of a high-level Delegation of Ugandan MPs to the ICC, the Board of Directors of the Trust Fund for Victims and other Hague-based institutions, The Hague, The Netherlands

May 17-18: PGA’s testimony in the experts’ hearing on Cooperation with the International Criminal Court: towards a concrete and expanded commitment”, Legal and Political Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Parliament of Italy, Rome
May 26: PGA Parliamentary Seminar on Promoting Gender Justice and the Rule of Law through National Mechanisms, Parliament of Indonesia, Jakarta

June 21: PGA Side Event to the 6th World Congress against the Death Penalty: The Role of Parliamentarians in the Battle against the Death Penalty, The Norwegian Parliament (Storting), Oslo, Norway
June 21-24: Parliamentary Delegation on Equality and Non-Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI), Parliament of Trinidad & Tobago, Port of Spain

July 07: Consultations on the implementation of the Rome Statute and support to the International Criminal Court, Chamber of Deputies Paraguay, Asuncion
July 11: Regional Seminar on Equality and Non-Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) for Caribbean Parliamentarians & Launch of PGA’s Parliamentary Handbook on Human Rights and SOGI, Parliament of Uruguay, Montevideo
July 12-14: PGA Mission to Kyiv and Parliamentary Roundtable on Ratification and Implementation of the Rome Statute of the ICC, Kyiv, Ukraine
July 18-19: PGA Lusophone Workshop on the Ratification and Implementation of The Arms Trade Treaty, National Assembly of Cape Verde, Praia

September 27-28: Sub-regional Workshop on the full implementation of the Rome Statute in the Latin American Region, Senate of Uruguay, Montevideo

October 20: Launch of the Parliamentary Factsheet on Death Penalty & Terrorism-related Offences, United Nations, United States

November 09-11: PGA Field Mission to Timor-Leste, supported by UNSCAR, to Promote Ratification of Arms Trade Treaty, Dili, Timor-Leste
November 09-11: Field Mission to follow up on Project of General Law on Equality and Non-Discrimination, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
November 09-12: Parliamentary Delegation on Human Rights, Equality and Non-Discrimination, Belize City, Belize
November 10-11: 2nd Session of PGA’s Working Group on the Fight against Impunity in Francophone African Countries, Parliament of Togo, Lome
November 16: PGA side-event on "Challenges for the Universality and threats for the integrity of the Rome Statute system: The Role of Parliamentarians" on the occasion of the 15^th Session of the Assembly of States Parties of the ICC, The Hague, The Netherlands

December 05-06: PGA Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Workshop to Promote Ratification and Implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) supported by UNSCAR, Amman, Jordan
December 08: 7th Session of the PGA Middle East North Africa (MENA) Working Group on the ICC, Dakar, Senegal
December 09-10: 38^th PGA Annual Forum and 9^th Session of the Consultative Assembly of Parliamentary for the International Criminal Court and the Rule of Law, Dakar, Senegal
December 12: PGA's participation in Roundtable on "LGBTI Youth in the Americas: Advancing a Commitment to Address Victims of Trafficking in Persons", organized by the LGBTI Core Group of the Organization of American State, Washington DC, United States [https://www.pgaction.org/gei/sogi/]
December 15: Conference on the justice system created by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Parliament of Argentina, Buenos Aires

February 17: First Biannual Meeting of PGA UN Committee, hosted by the Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the UN, New York
June 12: Executive Committee Meeting, PGA Headquarters, New York
June 13: Second Biannual Meeting of PGA UN Committee, hosted by the Permanent Mission of Australia to the UN, New York
December 11: 38th PGA Annual Forum, International Council and Executive Committee Meetings, Parliament of Senegal, Dakar