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 11 June 2012, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) called upon all States Parties to ratify the amendments adopted in Kampala.
Chile joins Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Uruguay in providing access to marriage for same-sex couples.
The Chilean Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved the Draft Agreement ratifying the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, adopted in New York in 2017.
On 3 June 2021, the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the Organization of American States (OAS) held an important “Technical working meeting to strengthen cooperation with the international criminal court”
This year, the CAP-ICC was held virtually because of the restrictions stemming from the current global health crisis.
On 2 July 2020, the Chamber of Deputies of Chile unanimously approved a bill to implement the Biological Weapons Convention and Chemical Weapons Convention into domestic Law.
Support the negotiation of a Treaty on the Prohibition of Fully Autonomous Weapons
Dip. Tucapel Jimenez, longstanding and prominent PGA Board Member, provides a critical look at the situation in the country, its causes, the ways towards a lasting solution and the role of parliamentarians in this process.
Each year, more States opt to declare a moratorium on the use of capital punishment or abolish it entirely; yet, a few outliers have in the recent years been vocal about resuming executions or reintroducing the death penalty in their domestic legal system
On 9th October 2018 a Draft Bill to Implement the Biological Weapons Convention and Chemical Weapons Convention into domestic Law was approved.
After more than five years of parliamentary proceedings, the project of gender identity law was finally approved yesterday by Chile’s Chamber of Deputies, with 95 votes in favor and 46 against.
On June 8, PGA Board members met for the first time with the United Nations LGBTI Core Group.
Parliamentarians from Argentina, Chile, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and Uruguay participated in the activity, together with SOGI experts.
As recent horrible events in Syria and the United Kingdom clearly demonstrate, the risk of using Weapons of Mass Destruction to commit atrocities against innocent civilians is now a well-established reality.
The Senate of Chile has unanimously agreed to the ratification of the Arms Trade Treaty.
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
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.
"Milan Forum for Action in Preventing Violent Extremism and Mass Atrocities: The Role of Parliamentarians". Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan, Italy.
October 30-31, 2017 - Parliament of Uruguay, Montevideo
The PGA delegation was composed of Dip. Ronny Monge (Costa Rica), Dip. Luis Petri (Argentina), , and Dip. Tucapel Jiménez (Chile).
The Regional Latin America Parliamentary Workshop brought together prominent Legislators and several Government officials from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Dakar, Senegal, 9-10 December, 2016. Parliamentarians of the world unite their voice in support of the ICC.
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).
On 24 May 2016, Dip. Tucapel Jimenez visited the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs to meet with the Under-Secretary of Foreign Relations, Mr. Edgar Riveros.
On 3 May 2016, the President of PGA’s National Group in Chile, Dip. Tucapel Jimenez, presented a Draft Parliamentary Resolution to the Chamber of Deputies requesting the President of Chile to deposit Chile’s instruments for the Kampala amendments.
On Wednesday 6 April 2016 the Chamber of Deputies of Chile unanimously adopted resolution 526 calling on the Executive to send a bill on cooperation with the International Criminal Court
On 9 and 10 July 2015, the Secretary-General of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), Dr. David Donat-Cattin, attended the public hearings of the ’Operation Condor’ Trial in the Aula Bunker of the High Court of Rome’s Penal Tribunal in Reb
President of PGA National Group in Chile, Dip. Tucapel Jimenez, makes a parliamentary declaration requesting the Government to send the Bill on cooperation with the ICC to Parliament
Under the leadership of Ms. Marietje Schaake, MEP (Netherlands) and in collaboration with PGA, several MEPs as well as a delegation of NGOs and representatives from EU institutions gathered at this Roundtable to deliberate on and contribute to the new EU.
Chile signed the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 11 September 1998. Following the adoption of the Crimes Bill and a constitutional amendment by the National Congress in the past few months, PGA celebrates both the decision of the Sena
Having signed the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in 2002, Chile has yet to ratify it. Upon a decision by the Chilean Constitutional Tribunal, the Rome Statute, with 105 States Parties as of 1 October 2007, can only be ratified by Chile once Congress adopts an amendment of the Constitution.
