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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Malaysia participated in the July 1998 Rome Conference that adopted the ICC Statute with 120 votes in favor but has yet to accede to the Rome Statute.
Malaysia Law Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar has indicated that its Cabinet had agreed to abolish the mandatory use of the capital punishment for serious crimes and replace it by “alternative punishments” applied at the discretion of the courts.
PGA strongly condemns the execution of Mr. Nagaenthran Dharmalingam on 27 April 2022, which testifies to the failure of the Singaporean judicial system and of Malaysian authorities to protect and uphold fundamental principles under international law.
Given that Mr. Nagaenthran Dharmalingam is intellectually disabled, and committed a non-violent crime, we sincerely appeal for the authorities of Singapore to pardon Mr. Nagaenthran Dharmalingam’s death sentence.
PGA President Patto called on the Malaysian Minister for Women, Family and Community Development, to follow through with the initiative to eradicate child marriages.
This webinar is the 3rd in a series of 4 in Africa, Latin America, Asia/Pacific and Caribbean/CARICOM to promote Universality and Implementation of The Budapest Convention on Cybercrime and its Additional Protocols
PGA urges the Malaysian government to respect its constitutional order, fundamental democratic principles such as the separation of power, and the civil and political rights of parliamentarians.
The virtual Workshop with Malaysian and Indonesian Parliamentarians addressed the challenges of COVID-19 through Implementation of International Biosecurity and Biosafety Frameworks.
The health crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic has unfolded against a background of political turmoil... As one expert puts it, Malaysia now faces a triple crisis of coronavirus, economy, and politics.
Increasing consensus holds that democracy is in decline globally. Elements of backsliding include progressive erosion of such principles as separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial independence...
Parliament of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 29-30 January, 2020
Our 41st Annual Forum was held in the Parliament of Cape Verde, Praia, November 21-22, 2019.
PGA welcomes the decision of the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open an investigation into the alleged crimes against humanity committed in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh/Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
Malaysia announced a moratorium on executions in 2018. It did not carry out any executions in 2018 and more than 190 individuals received a death sentence.
Malaysia’s move to abolish the mandatory death penalty is a valiant display of courage to uphold restorative justice and to return discretionary judiciary powers back to the courts as a breakthrough to fight crime and punish criminals instead of...
PGA Malaysia National Group commits to address Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported Fishing and Implement SDG14.
It is the understanding of PGA that the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) does not limit in any manner the constitutional prerogatives of the Monarch. PGA calls the Prime Minister of Malaysia to reconsider today’s decision.
From 26 February to 1 March 2019, Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) attended the 7th World Congress against the Death Penalty, organised by its partner organisation Ensemble contre la peine de mort (ECPM, Together Against the Death Penalty).
PGA Board Member Hon. Kula Segaran, MP, stresses that this is the result of 14 years of campaigning by Parliamentarians and human rights activists in Malaysia
Participants discussed and adopted an Action Plan, calling on the parliamentarians of the region to mobilise their efforts against capital punishment.
Malaysia could have referred the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in 2014 to the International Criminal Court (ICC) if it had ratified the Rome Statute of the ICC, said M. Kulasegaran...
On 10 October, which marks World Day against the Death Penalty, PGA wishes to celebrate the efforts of its members throughout the world to stand against capital punishment.
Several groups have called for the Government to implement law reforms to end the practice of child marriage in Malaysia.
Kulasegaran – from a minister’s bane to a minister.
We, the 40 undersigned organisations are most disturbed and saddened that at least 10 persons have been victims of the mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking despite law abolishing the practice.
"Milan Forum for Action in Preventing Violent Extremism and Mass Atrocities: The Role of Parliamentarians". Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan, Italy.
PGA congratulates the government of Malaysia for having announced that the Cabinet had approved a bill that would abolish the mandatory death penalty for drug-related crimes.
PGA is deeply concerned at reports of severe political repression in the Maldives, including serious violations of the constitutional and democratic processes and the arrest of several opposition Members of Parliament.
On 25 July 2017, parliamentarians, representatives from civil society and the diplomatic community met in the Parliament of Malaysia, in Kuala Lumpur, to discuss the abolition of the death penalty in the region.
Batu Kawan MP Kasthuri Patto says there is no point talking about respecting human rights without committing to see it through.
From 5 to 7 April 2017, the President of the ICC, Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi conducted a mission to Malaysia.
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.
MP M Kulasegaran says he has been informed the papers are still being processed by the AG’s Chambers.
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).
Hon. M. Kulasegaran MP has called on the Government of Malaysia to proceed to ratification.
Let’s say no to the death penalty
PGA side-event to the 6th World Congress against the Death Penalty
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.
Media statement by PGA members Hon. Kulasegaran, Hon. Dr Siti Mariah, Hon. Thomas Su and Hon. Kashthuri Patto
Through the Parliamentary Platform, PGA has launched targeted campaigns in selected countries, including Malaysia, to raise awareness among Parliamentarians, strengthen political will and provide technical assistance for initiatives on this issue.
Members of Parliament from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal and Pakistan, as well as representatives from the Security/Defense Sector and civil society in Bangladesh actively participated in the Workshop.
Hosted by the Parliament of Malaysia, in Partnership with the CICC
From 10 to 13 June, PGA conducted a field mission on the abolition of the death penalty and the fight against impunity in the margins of the South-East Asia Regional Congress on the abolition of the death penalty organized by Ensemble Contre la Peine de M
DAP vice chair M Kulasegaran to take up again the cause of Malaysia’s accession to the ICC.
Following on from the First PGA Asian Consultation on the ICC held in the House of Representatives in The Philippines four years ago, the purpose of this second Consultation was to review current ratification and implementation processes of the Rome Statu
Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), together with the Philippines Coalition for the ICC and the Coalition for the ICC (CICC), Asia and the Pacific organized an Asian Parliamentarians Consultation on the Universality of the International Criminal Cou
