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 24 February 2022, the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine. This premeditated, unjustified, and unjustifiable invasion, firmly condemned by PGA, represents an act of aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine in violation of the UN Charter...
Euro-Parliamentarians call for States to remove procedural bar on the crime of aggression
Chair of PGA’s UK National Group, Mr. Mark Pritchard MP, asks the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will hold discussions with her counterparts in Commonwealth countries on ending the death penalty.
On behalf of PGA we welcome your commitment to justice, equality and fairness and your vow to end the federal death penalty
Members of Parliament engage with the Diplomatic Community on priorities of the United Nations Common Agenda
On 28 April 2021, the Supreme Court of Appeal of Malawi declared the death penalty unconstitutional as an impermissible derogation from the right to life under the Malawi’s Constitution
On 19 March 2021, PGA organized its International Council meeting on the Zoom platform to discuss major threats to democracy and human rights and to elect its 2021-22 Board.
A new National Security Law in China may have devastating consequences for human rights in Hong Kong and represents a profound assault on Hong Kong’s autonomy and an unacceptable breach of international law.
Mr. Mark Pritchard, MP, is the Chair of PGA’s UK National Group
The United Kingdom is an abolitionist country, having carried out its last executions in 1964.
Uganda is de facto abolitionist, as the last execution took place in 2005. However, in 2017, more than 250 people remained on death row.
Since the last execution took place in 1967, Australia has officially abolished the death penalty nationwide. By ratifying the ICCPR in 1978, Australia has committed itself to opposing the death penalty.
PGA Board member Mr. Mark Pritchard, MP briefed the UK Foreign Secretary, Mr. Boris Johnson on the work of PGA.
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).
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.
PGA members in Uganda wish to have that bill passed before the end of the current session of parliament, which ends on 16 May 2016.
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Mark Pritchard MP calls on Countries to Ratify Arms Trade Treaty
Parliamentary Seminar on ICC in Ukraine, under high patronage of Chairman of Verkhovna Rada, received multi-party support for Rome Statute ratification
Chair of PGA UK Mark Pritchard co-signs Open Letter addressed to British Prime Minister Cameron.
Sua William Sio, at its annual meeting, elected nine new Members and the Treasurer of the PGA Executive Committee ("the Board") for a term of 2 years.
While a relative majority of States have taken abolitionist positions and the number of executions has decreased in 201, 58 States still apply the death penalty
On 1 September 2015, PGA co-hosted, together with the Mission of Liechtenstein to the UN, an event for Parliamentarians on “The Role of Parliaments in Criminalizing Illegal and Aggressive War-Making”.
The international community has pledged to end child, early and forced marriage (CEFM) as expressed in the Resolution on this issue adopted at the UN General Assembly in December 2014.
PGA convened a “Parliamentary Conference and Peers’ Review Roundtable: Giving Full Effect to Principle of Complementarity Efforts in Uganda and the DR Congo”
PGA Executive Committee member Mark Pritchard, MP (UK) calls for ICC to investigate war crimes in the Central African Republic and ensure people responsible are brought to justice.
On the occasion of the 23rd session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) that took place from 12-16 of May 2014 at the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna, Austria, PGA organized a Round-Table...
Parliamentarians Around the World Celebrate Slovakia’s Ratification of the Kampala Amendments
Members of PGA Commend Ad Hoc Acceptance of ICC Jurisdiction pertaining to recent events in Ukraine Press Releases News Center
With this urgent appeal we call upon action from your countries to help the International Community to prevent a genocide in Central African Republic.
On January 13-14, 2014 PGA Board Member Mr. Mark Pritchard, MP (UK) participated in Regional Conference on the Abolition of the Death Penalty in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
On July 15, 2013, the PGA Executive Committee together with the PGA International Law and Human Rights Program took the decision to start preparations towards the creation of a Campaign for the Abolition of the Death Penalty.
A Campaign for the Abolition of the Death Penalty PGA Activity 2013 Activity