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From 5 to 12 December 2018, delegations from States Parties, observer States, international and regional organizations, and civil society gathered at the World Forum in The Hague, Netherlands, for the 17th Session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP).

We have been alarmed by recent reports about the inaction of the United Nations peace-keeping operation MINUSCA ) in the face of the commission of atrocities by armed groups.

Malaysia could have referred the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in 2014 to the International Criminal Court (ICC) if it had ratified the Rome Statute of the ICC, said M. Kulasegaran...

Parliament of Ukraine in Kyiv, 16-17 November 2018.

This seminar was supported by the Government of Canada and organized by the PGA National Group in the Guinea-Bissau National Assembly.

On 4 and 5 October 2018, Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) organised in the National Assembly of the Central-African Republic (CAR), in Bangui, a Technical Seminar on Strengthening the Legal Framework of the Fight against Impunity.

This Seminar was hosted by the National Congress of Honduras on 18 and 19 October 2018, in the capital city Tegucigalpa.

17 July 2018 marked the Twentieth Anniversary of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Contrary to the popular belief, the Rome Statute was effectively opened to the signatures by States on 18 July 1998, when the Final Act of the Rome Diplomatic Conference was signed.

PGA co-sponsored a high-level ministerial event at the UN to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute, International Justice Day, and the entry into force of the Court’s jurisdiction over the crime of aggression.

On 19 June 2018, the House of Deputies of the Dominican Republic approved in first reading the Draft Bill Number 05835-2016-2020-CD on Cooperation and Relations with the ICC.

The report on the systematic violations of human rights in Venezuela: "A downward spiral that does not seem to end".

PGA held its first Strategic Roundtable Discussion on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU) and the Cape Town Agreement (CTA).

Dip. Bertha Sanseverino (1946-2018)

Parliamentarians from West and Central Africa shared their experiences and discussed the future of the abolitionist movement in the region.

At a time when extremism and mass atrocity crimes appear to be on the rise, national governments, international and regional organizations are struggling to protect populations from grave human rights abuses.

PGA Board Member Barbara Lochbihler introduced a comprehensive draft that contributed to the final text supported by all political groups.

On Wednesday, 11 April 2018, Diputado Tucapel Jiménez, Member of PGA’s Executive Committee, presented Draft Agreement number 43 supported by eight legislators from different political parties during a plenary session

Draft law 19.665 on Cooperation and Relation with the ICC was unanimously approved during its reading debate.

On 15 March 2018, Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), participated in the 10th Special Session of the Organization of American States (OAS) on the International Criminal Court (ICC), organized by the OAS Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs.