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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The primary focus of the session was to promote the ratification of the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (ACPPNM) and the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) in Trinidad and Tobago.
Trinidad and Tobago signed the Rome Statute on 23 March 1999 and ratified on 6 April 1999, becoming the 2nd State Party.
This workshop sought to address important issues such as armed violence in the Caribbean region as well as an overview of the UN Program of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons (PoA) and the International Tracing Instrument (ITI)..
In recent months, Trinidad and Tobago has been facing political turmoil exacerbated by the impact posed by the coronavirus pandemic.
PGA’s SOGI Campaign would also like to express our hopes and dreams for equality in 2020 – a year that commemorates the 5th anniversary of the Sustainable Development Goals and its vision of leaving no one behind.
PGA organized a successful Regional Caribbean Parliamentary Workshop to Promote the Role of Women Legislators in Addressing the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago from 26-27 September, 2019
The workshop was held in the National Assembly of Trinidad and Tobago in Port of Spain from 29-30 April, 2019.
Parliamentarians from Argentina, Chile, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and Uruguay participated in the activity, together with SOGI experts.
In delivering his ruling, Justice Rampersad ruled: “the court declares that sections 13 and 16 of the [Sexual Offences Act] are unconstitutional.
"Milan Forum for Action in Preventing Violent Extremism and Mass Atrocities: The Role of Parliamentarians". Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan, Italy.
At the margins of the International Criminal Court’s High-Level Seminar for Fostering Cooperation with the Court in the Caribbean Community region, Dr. David Donat Cattin met with the President of the Republic of T&T Mr. Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona
Parliamentarians from Aruba, Bolivia, Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Uruguay participated in PGA’s Seminar on Equality and Non-Discrimination
A delegation from PGA visited Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago from June 21-24 to advance the goals of PGA’s Campaign against Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI)
Within the framework of PGA’s Campaign Against Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) (SOGI Campaign), the Gender, Equality and Population Program conducted field missions to Trinidad & Tobago and Suriname
The Honorable Mr. Arthur N.R. Robinson, former President and Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago, and esteemed former member of PGA, created PGA’s International Law and Human Rights Program and its Campaign for the International Criminal Court.
Member of Parliament Ms. Petra Bayr and Colleagues to the Federal Minister for European and International Affairs concerning the introduction of the Crime of Aggression, the fifth criminal offense before the International Criminal Court.
Hosted by the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations, and organized by PGA, a set of informal consultations with MPs on the key issue of Cooperation with the ICC took place in New York on December 6, 2010, opening day of the 9th ASP.