PGA’s vision is to contribute to the creation of a Rules-Based International Order for a more equitable, safe, sustainable and democratic world.
PGA’s vision is to contribute to the creation of a Rules-Based International Order for a more equitable, safe, sustainable and democratic world.
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On 14 June 2011, the Parliaments of the Maldives adopted legislation to accede to the Rome Statute. The Maldives deposited its instrument of ratification of the Rome Statute on 21 September 2011.
PGA Congratulates Government of Maldives on its decision earlier today to accede to the Arms Trade Treaty.
PGA is delighted to honor Ahmed Mahloof MP (Maldives) and Mr. Oleg Sentsov (Ukraine) as recipients of the 2018 Defender of Democracy Award.
The Maldives is formally retentionist but has applied a moratorium since 1954. In 2018, there were no death sentences imposed, but 15 people remained on death row.
On 3 April 2018, parliamentarians and civil society representatives met to discuss Addressing Inequalities of the Criminal Justice System and the Death Penalty.
Persistent and repeated violations of the fundamental human rights of MPs are being committed by the authorities of The Maldives.
Repeated violations of the principle of separation of powers not only seriously undermines democratic processes but also the effectiveness and independence of the Judiciary.
On 29 November 2017, Parliamentarians for Global Action organised a parliamentary roundtable, Entitled “Moving Away from Capital Punishment in Asia”...
PGA, a member of the World Coalition against the Death Penalty (WCADP), is launching today a Parliamentary Factsheet on Poverty and the Death Penalty.
The global membership of PGA reiterates its call to Maldivian authorities to respect the rights of every individual including parliamentarians, in accordance with national, as well as international, legal and democratic norms and obligations.
PGA expresses profound concern for the sentence imposed against a Member of Parliament in The Maldives, Mr. Ahmed Mahloof, MP.
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.
PGA is deeply concerned at the arrest on 12th March, 2016 in a place of worship of its longstanding member in The Maldives, Hon. Ahmed Mahloof MP and his subsequent placing under house arrest
Hosted by the Parliament of Malaysia, in Partnership with the CICC
PGA expresses its undiminished solidarity with Mr. Mahloof for his prolonged detention without formal charges being presented to him before an independent judge.