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PGA seeks to protect and promote liberties and freedoms for all individuals against a vision of curtailment that employs a rhetoric based on ‘traditional values and norms’ to discriminate and divide.

Women’s equal participation and leadership in political and public life are essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

During emergencies, power tends to concentrate in the executive branch of the state. Authoritarian governments exploit crises to subvert human rights and undermine democratic institutions.

The current global health crisis requires a global response. Parliamentarians have a key role to play during the pandemic.

On the occasion of the International Day of Parliamentarism 2022, PGA participated in the conference organized by the European Parliament Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG), dedicated to “Solidarity with Parliamentarians: Defending the Human Rights of Parliamentarians.”

The current global health crisis requires a global response. Parliamentarians have a key role to play during the pandemic.

PGA expresses concerns about the unsatisfactory fulfilment of the right to access safe, effective, and affordable vaccines.

The International Day of Parliamentarism is celebrated every year on 30 June, the date in 1889 on which the IPU was founded. The Day was established in 2018 through a United Nations General Assembly Resolution.

Members of Parliament engage with the Diplomatic Community on priorities of the United Nations Common Agenda

The New Zealand Parliament and PGA, co-organized a critical event to support and advocate for the immediate and unconditional release of Iranian human rights defender, Nasrin Sotoudeh

PGA Activity in 2021

The current global health crisis requires a global response. Parliamentarians have a key role to play during the pandemic.

by Mr. Anders Österberg, MP (Sweden), and Hon. Dorcas Sibanda, MP (Zimbabwe)

PGA Activity in 2020

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day.

There have been 563 documented violations of the human rights of members of parliament (MPs) - a more than 20 percent increase in two years.

PGA Members in Argentina mobilize congressional colleagues to issue Decleration of Interest to give visibility to the Campaign against Sexism, harassment and violence against women in Parliaments.

Since March 2015, Suriname is an abolitionist country. No executions had not been carried out in Suriname since 1927.

The aim of the Roundtable was to explore mechanisms to increase the democratic representation and accountability of the United Nations (UN).

On 17 February 2016, PGA held its first UN Committee Meeting of 2016, hosted by the Chair of the PGA UN Committee Ambassador Wenaweser, at the Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the UN.