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 discussion will present strategies to strengthen the role of parliamentarians and their mandate as representatives of the people, as well as propose recommendations on how to combat polarization and distrust in the parliamentary institution...
Since 2000, PGA has been working in Uganda with a multiparty group, promoting the fight against impunity notably through the ratification and domestic implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
We, the undersigned Members of Parliament, are alarmed by the adoption of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023 by the Parliament of the Republic of Uganda and strongly condemn the passing of this retrograde legislation denying sexual and gender diverse persons their very existence.
Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) strongly condemns the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023, adopted by the Parliament of Uganda on 21 March 2023.
Opinion Piece by PGA Board Member Dip Margarita Stolbizer (Argentina), Convenor of the Gender, Equality and Inclusion (GEI) Program.
The Plan of Action outlines specific measures that Parliamentarians can undertake to combat the illicit trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in Africa.
This webinar is the first follow-up event after a series of 4 virtual projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean in 2021
PGA organised a visit of members of Parliament from Ghana and Uganda to the Hague. The delegation, was composed of 10 Parliamentarians and two staff members.
The Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni returned the Bill to the Parliament for reconsideration.
This update focuses on obstacles PGA overcame and its successes during the first half of 2021 amid the limitations caused by the global pandemic, which compelled the Secretariat and Members to Adapt and Innovate more than ever.
A non-exhaustive summary of key ICC judicial developments in the first half of 2021.
PGA condemns the 2019 Sexual Offenses Bill, adopted by the Parliament of Uganda on 03 May 2021, which violates international human rights law by criminalizing consensual same-gender sexual acts between adults.
How Parliamentarians can be leaders in the defence and promotion of girls’ and women’s human rights by improving access to justice for international crimes.
Ali Kushayb is accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Darfur (Sudan) between 2002 and 2004.
Support the negotiation of a Treaty on the Prohibition of Fully Autonomous Weapons
At this crucial juncture for the future of Sudan, PGA calls upon all relevant parties engaged in the reconstruction of democracy and the Rule of Law to undertake the following changes...
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.
Uganda is de facto abolitionist, as the last execution took place in 2005. However, in 2017, more than 250 people remained on death row.
PGA calls on Ugandan competent authorities to respect the fundamental rights of every individual including parliamentarians exercising their civil and political rights.
A delegation of PGA including the lawmakers Ms. Macarena Gelman (Uruguay), Ms. Olena Sotnyk, MP (Ukraine), Mr. Keong Siong Su, MP (Malaysia) participated in the 16th Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
"Milan Forum for Action in Preventing Violent Extremism and Mass Atrocities: The Role of Parliamentarians". Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan, Italy.
PGA organized a strategic discussion on how the support for the Trust Fund for Victims (TFV) at the ICC can be integrated into a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Strategy of private companies.
Parliamentary questions about the withdrawal of African countries from the International Criminal Court
Burundi voted massively in favor of the country withdrawing from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
Media sources are reporting that today, 12 May 2016, Uganda is receiving in Kampala a fugitive of international justice, Mr. Omar Al-Bashir, the President of Sudan.
On 18-22 April 2016, PGA facilitated the visit of a high-level Parliamentary Delegation from Uganda to The Hague.
Members of the PGA National Group Uganda visited the International Criminal Court (ICC) to engage in high-level bilateral meetings with representatives of ICC, Government officials and Dutch MPs.
PGA members in Uganda wish to have that bill passed before the end of the current session of parliament, which ends on 16 May 2016.
The world saw the highest number of recorded executions since 1990 and almost 90 percent occurred in Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, according to a new report.
While a relative majority of States have taken abolitionist positions and the number of executions has decreased in 201, 58 States still apply the death penalty
PGA firmly condemns her brutal and senseless assassination, occurred on 30 March, 2015 in Kampala
Members of the Ugandan National Group of PGA met with the Prosecutor of the ICC during her first official visit to the country in this position.
PGA welcomes the transfer of Dominic Ongwen, a senior commander in the rebel movement, Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), and deputy commander to LRA chief, Joseph Kony, to the International Court
PGA earnestly applauds the arrest of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) ‘commander’ by US forces in CAR, Dominic Ongwen
The Constitutional Court of Uganda has declared the passing of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into Act as null and void. The panel of five judges unanimously nullified the Anti-Homosexuality Act on grounds that it was passed without the required quorum.
MPs from the DRC, Uganda and the UK met at the Parliament of Uganda to discuss how to best cooperate in fighting impunity for international crimes under the complementarity principle of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
PGA convened a “Parliamentary Conference and Peers’ Review Roundtable: Giving Full Effect to Principle of Complementarity Efforts in Uganda and the DR Congo”
On the occasion of the 23rd session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) that took place from 12-16 of May 2014 at the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna, Austria, PGA organized a Round-Table...
PGA Members applaud US government’s renewed efforts to arrest Joseph Kony & Co. Press Releases News Center
Meeting Organized by Helmut Scholz (Chairperson, PGA Group in the European Parliament / member of the EP Friends of the ICC)
PGA Member Honorable Stephen Tashobya, Chair of the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Uganda and Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) hosted a “Seminar on international criminal justice, the challenges for domestic prosecu
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.”
Members of the Ugandan National Group of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) renew their call for the arrest of LRA leader Joseph Kony, an indictee of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and others indicted by the ICC for grave crimes of internati
From 27 to 28 May 2010, more than 100 Legislators from all regions of the world participated in the 6th Session of the Consultative Assembly of Parliamentarians for the ICC and the Rule of Law in Kampala, Uganda. The biennial event, organized by Parliamen
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.
The Workshop attracted Delegations of prominent Parliamentarians from Tanzania and Uganda, as well as leading PGA Members from Sierra Leone, Suriname and the host country itself, Kenya, including the Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya, Hon. Kenneth
Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) organized a Parliamentary Seminar on HIV policy in Kathmandu, Nepal, February 24 - 26, 2009. The seminar brought together 100 participants, including parliamentary delegations from Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh,
On June 5-6, 2000, PGA organized the "East African Conference on ICC Ratification".