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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Iraq has not ratified the Rome Statute. On 1 March 2005, Iraq’s interim Government withdrew its accession to the Rome Statute and cancelled its earlier decision to join the ICC.
8th Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Parliamentary Working Group on the fight against impunity and the strengthening of the rule of Law: national, regional and international ramifications (Part 2).
Threats follow Dr. Agnès Callamard's investigation of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi committed in 2018 at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.
While most Governments in the Middle East and North Africa have expressed support for the ICC, few have taken the necessary steps to ratify or accede to the Rome Statute.
A non-exhaustive summary of key ICC judicial developments in 2020.
Support the negotiation of a Treaty on the Prohibition of Fully Autonomous Weapons
Iraq is a retentionist country. In 2018, the number of executions in Iraq decreased by more than 50%, with more than 52 executions carried out and more than 271 death sentences handed out.
The PGA Defender of Democracy Award honors individuals who have demonstrated exceptional commitment and contribution to promoting peace, democracy, the rule of law, human rights, non-discrimination and/or gender equality.
"Milan Forum for Action in Preventing Violent Extremism and Mass Atrocities: The Role of Parliamentarians". Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan, Italy.
Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Regional Parliamentary Workshop on the Ratification and Implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty
On 9 and 10 December 2016, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, the National Assembly of Senegal hosted the 9th Consultative Assembly of Parliamentarians for the International Criminal Court and the Rule of Law (CAP - ICC).
Dakar, Senegal, 9-10 December, 2016. Parliamentarians of the world unite their voice in support of the ICC.
On December 8, the 7th Session of PGA’s Working Group on the Universality of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region was held in Dakar, Senegal.
The briefing aimed at providing different views on the potential role that the ICC could play in fighting impunity of those responsible for committing international crimes in Syria, Iraq and other areas of the world affected by ISIS.
Iraqi Yazidi MP said that their joy regarding the liberation of Sinjar will not be complete until the return of the abducted Yazidi women.
Alain Destexhe, Convenor of the International Law and Human Rights Program visits Iraqi Kurdistan and calls for the ratification of the Rome Statute of the ICC
A follow-up Strategy meeting on Accountability for Mass-Atrocities and Strategies to Counter Violent Extremism and Protect Civilians in the MENA region
Zainab Hawa Bangura, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict gave a poignant report on the situation in Iraq, and Syria following her mission in the region
While most Governments in the (MENA) Region have expressed support for the ICC and the fight against impunity for crimes under international law, few have taken the necessary steps to ratify or accede to the Rome Statute of the ICC.
On October 20th-21st, a mission from the Kurdish Regional Government of Iraq visited the International Criminal Court (ICC), other international legal institutions and relevant non state actors in The Hague.
MPs from MENA Region discuss the ICC and fight against impunity for international crimes
The people of Iraq have recently suffered a tragic history. Enough is enough: peace and justice must now go “hand-in-hand” and there has to be an end to impunity for the most serious crimes affecting the civilian populations of Iraq.
PGA Members from 139 countries worldwide, under the leadership of PGA President Ross Robertson (Assistant Speaker of the Parliament of New Zealand), urge the international community to increase its humanitarian assistance in Iraq.
The fifty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from Tuesday, 22 February to Friday, 4 March, and on Monday, 14 March 2011.
and 28th Annual Parliamentary Forum. Tokyo, Japan, December 4-5, 2006.
