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Dip. Margarita Stolbizer, Argentina, became Acting President of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) on 17 August 2016 following the end of the Parliamentary term of former PGA President: Dip. Minou Tavarez Mirabal from the Dominican Republic.

PGA expresses its deep concern and condemnation of escalating death threats and intimidation against human rights defenders based in The Hague working on International Criminal Court-related issues.

The Senate of Paraguay has approved the draft implementing legislation sent by the Executive, on 7 January 2013.

The purpose of the mission, conducted on the occasion of International Justice Day, 17 July, was to assess and overcome the obstacles in the existing Ukrainian legislation that hinder accountability for perpetrators of international crimes.

As we celebrate this year’s International Justice Day, PGA calls on State Parties to fulfill their obligations under the Rome Statute, and in particular their duty to fully cooperate with the Court.

On 7 July 2016, Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) organized Consultations on the Implementation of the Rome Statute and Support to the Court, hosted by the House of Deputies of Paraguay.

On 7 July 2016, in the framework of its Parliamentary Campaign for the Effectiveness and Universality of the Rome Statute, Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) organized Consultations on the Implementation of the Rome Statute and Support to the Court.

PGA welcomes the adoption in Conakry on 4 July 2016 of the law reforming the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedural Code.

Iceland, which deposited its instrument of ratification of the Rome Statute on 25 May 2000, has now become the 29th State of the world that ratified the Kampala Amendments on the crime of aggression.

On 2 June 2016, the International Criminal Court (ICC) held a ceremony to welcome El Salvador as the 124th State Party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

The PGA Campaign to Prevent and Counter Violent Extremism is part of an advocacy effort to address and eliminate the theoretical and practical bases of violent extremism.

On 26 May 2016, PGA and the Committee for Inter-parliamentary Cooperation of the House of Representatives of Indonesia co-organized a Seminar on the ICC & Gender Justice.

On 24 May 2016, Dip. Tucapel Jimenez visited the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs to meet with the Under-Secretary of Foreign Relations, Mr. Edgar Riveros.

On 17-18 May 2016, upon invitation of International Law and Human Rights Co- Convenor, Sen. Alain Destexhe, the ICC President Judge Silvia Fernandez and PGA Secretary General participated in the experts’ hearing on Cooperation with the ICC

Media sources are reporting that today, 12 May 2016, Uganda is receiving in Kampala a fugitive of international justice, Mr. Omar Al-Bashir, the President of Sudan.