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On 27 October 2016, Sen. Carlos Pablo Klinsky Fernández, Member of PGA from Bolivia, informed our Secretariat that he has introduced a Communication before the International Policy Commission

News broke today that the Government of South Africa has notified the United Nations Secretary General of its intention to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Chairperson of the PGA National Group in Dominican Republic, Dip. Victor Bisonó has met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic to discuss the importance of the ratification of the Kampala Amendments by Dominican Republic.

PGA Members from Paraguay discuss Voluntary Cooperation Agreements with Minister of Justice.

Burundi voted massively in favor of the country withdrawing from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC)

PACE has adopted a report titled “Co-operation with the International Criminal Court: towards a concrete and expanded commitment”

On 28-29 September 2016, Parliamentarians for Global Action organized, in collaboration with the Senate of Uruguay, a Parliamentary Seminar entitled: Support for the International Criminal Court: say No to impunity for international crimes

On 27 September 2016, the Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Argentina, Germán Garavano, held a meeting aimed at discussing and specifying actions to support investigations of transnational crimes.

On 28-29 September 2016, in the framework of its Parliamentary Campaign for the Effectiveness and Universality of the Rome Statute, Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) organized a Parliamentary Seminar.

Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) and its Members have been alarmed by the reports covering the violent events that occurred in the past few days in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and particularly in Kinshasa.

ICC Trial Chamber VIII declares Mr Al Mahdi guilty of the war crime of attacking historic and religious buildings in Timbuktu and sentences him to nine years’ imprisonment.

Chile and the Netherlands have committed to bind their nationals and territory to the prohibition of the use of certain weapons in armed conflicts of non-international character, as well as to the criminalization of acts of aggression...

Dip. Margarita Stolbizer has informed PGA’s Secretariat that the Argentinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has introduced a bill on the Kampala Amendments

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.