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Sierra Leone deposited its instrument of ratification of the Rome Statute on 15 September 2000.
The Plan of Action outlines specific measures that Parliamentarians can undertake to combat the illicit trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in Africa.
A list of relevant events where the U.S. played a critical role, in addition to the evolution of the relation between the United States and the International Criminal Court.
Our 41st Annual Forum was held in the Parliament of Cape Verde, Praia, November 21-22, 2019.
On 3 and 4 July 2019, the National Assembly of the Gambia hosted over 40 participants, representing more than 15 African States, to participate in the Working Group on the Fight against Impunity in Africa.
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | September 17-18th: The Workshop brought together legislaters in the African region to discuss and review the Biological & Toxin Weapon Convention (BTWC).
Promoting Greater and More Effective Participation by Women MPs in Parliamentary Defence, Security and Interior Committees.
Sierra Leone is a de facto abolitionist country, having carried out its last execution in 1998.
"Milan Forum for Action in Preventing Violent Extremism and Mass Atrocities: The Role of Parliamentarians". Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan, Italy.
The Workshop brought together several prominent Legislators and Government officials for a two day period to discuss and review the Biological & Toxin Weapon Convention (BTWC).
Dakar, Senegal, 9-10 December, 2016. Parliamentarians of the world unite their voice in support of the ICC.
Burundi voted massively in favor of the country withdrawing from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
Is the International Community Abandoning the Fight Against Impunity? Intervention by David Donat Cattin (Ph.D., Law), Secretary-General, Parliamentarians for Global Action; Adjunct Professor of International Law, NYU Center for Global Affairs
In what was described as a well-attended Ebola task force meeting, Hon Dr. Bernadette Lahai presented 500 (25kg) bags of rice to the to the two districts that remain the epicenters of the Ebola epidemic.
In order to help in the fight against the deadly Ebola diseases in the Country, the Minority Leader of Parliament, Hon. Dr. Bernadette Lahai of Constituency 13, Kenema District, has engaged communities in her Constituency in a massive Ebola education.
PGA and its global membership of over 1,000 Members in 139 countries worldwide continues to monitor with growing alarm and deep concern the rapidly deteriorating situation following the most recent outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa.
PGA congratulates its PGA National Groups in The Dominican Republic and Sierra Leone for their consistent, unyielding and steadfast efforts –over many years - which contributed in a substantive way to the ratification of the ATT by their Governments.
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.
PGA held a Joint Session on the Arms Trade Treaty in the Pan-African Parliament from 17-18, October, 2013.
Hosted by the Tanzanian Parliament, PGA organized from 29-30 May 2013 in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania at the Parliament Office (Mkwawa Hall) a Regional Parliamentary Workshop on “The Arms Trade Treaty - The Role of Parliamentarians.”
In her welcoming remarks Ms. Shazia Rafi, PGA Secretary-General recalled PGA’s past extensive work in the disarmament arena in general, in particular in the context of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, working clo
The Sierra Leone Female Parliamentary Caucus and other notable Women’s Groups have last week presented to the Deputy Justice Minister Aro Bockarie, the draft of a Gender Equality Bill. Hon. Bernadette Lahai of the opposition SLPP described the Bill as a m
In conjunction with the 33rd Annual Forum, PGA held its Defender of Democracy Awards dinner on the evening of October 30th, 2011.
Hosted by the Legislature of Liberia, under the leadership of Senator Franklin Siakor in collaboration with PGA, parliamentarians from Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone and Ireland gathered at this regional PGA Roundtable to di
PGA organized a Parallel Side Meeting in conjunction with the 54th CSW on the topic of Role of Policymakers in Governance, Development and Women's Empowerment on March 11, 2010 at the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the UN.
This PGA Roundtable Briefing was held at the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations in New York and brought together PGA Member Legislators from Afghanistan, Argentina, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Senegal. The Round
This PGA Workshop was held in the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations in New York and brought together PGA Member Legislators from Kenya, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Senegal, Afghanistan and Argentina. The Workshop was opened by the Perm
Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) organised a Regional Round-Table Discussion on the Implementation of The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in the Parliament of Sierra Leone in Freetown.