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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On 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation declared to the world the launch of its full-scale invasion against Ukraine. This grim date marks the beginning of a war that has actually been ongoing for a decade.
The purpose of the visit was two-fold: to advance the Rome Statute ratification and implementation process, as well as assist the Ukrainian parliamentarians in their advocacy for political support with the legislators of the Netherlands.
Ukraine signed the Rome Statute on 20 January 2000 but has yet to ratify it.
PGA expresses its profound solidarity and support to Mr. Kara-Murza, his wife, and his children and strongly condemns the politically motivated conviction based on fabricated charges as well as the unjust sentence imposed for his criticism of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
One year has passed since the Russian Federation launched its textbook example of aggression against Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The ICC is currently unable to prosecute the crime of aggression being committed against Ukraine because Russia is a non-party to the ICC and has also not accepted the jurisdiction of the crime of aggression.
– The Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the United Nations (UN) generously hosted the first 2023 strategic meeting of the PGA UN Advisory Committee. This informal encounter counted on the participation of UN Ambassadors and officials to discuss pressing issues for the international community.
Mr. Denys Monastyrskyi was serving his country in the morning of 18 January 2023 when his helicopter crashed in Brovary, a small town east of Kyiv.
PGA organized two critical side events on 8 December, which provided concrete reflections on serious issues faced by the Rome Statute system. Both events gathered high-level participation from the ICC and States representatives, as well as other civil society organizations.
PGA is delighted to honor Dr. Luis Fondebrider, Ms. Oleksandra Matviichuk and Mr. Vladimir Kara-Murza, as recipients of the 2022 Defender of Democracy Award.
The Center for Civil Liberties has been the most credible, consistent, and coherent voice in support of all human rights for all in Ukraine since the peaceful Euromaidan revolution of 2014.
PGA reiterates the importance of holding accountable perpetrators of the gravest crimes, including leaders responsible for the crime of aggression.
PGA has been further intensifying the efforts aimed at delivering accountability to Ukraine since the beginning of the war of aggression launched on 24 February 2022 by the Russian Federation against Ukraine.
The Russian military invasion of Ukraine has passed its third month. During this time, we have witnessed appalling violations of humanitarian law, international law and the international order. This invasion has come with not only grave humanitarian consequences but also long-term environmental costs.
PGA welcomes the adoption of the Law on the Amendments to the Criminal Procedural Code of Ukraine by the Verkhovna Rada on 03 May 2022.
On 24 February 2022, the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine. This premeditated, unjustified, and unjustifiable invasion, firmly condemned by PGA, represents an act of aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine in violation of the UN Charter...
PGA joins the forceful statement issued today in Kyiv by the Euromaidan SOS coalition calling for the President of Ukraine to sign into law Act of Parliament No. 2689
Euro-Parliamentarians call for States to remove procedural bar on the crime of aggression
Chairs of the Foreign Affairs Committees of the parliaments of Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Romania Slovenia, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom call for the creation of an International Crimi
International Law provides that the use of military force in the territories of other States is lawful only if authorized under Chapter VII of the UN Charter or in self-defense against an armed attack or when the territorial State genuinely gives consent.
The Russian Federation’s decision, implemented by a decree signed by the Russian President, further represents a unilateral violation the 2014-15 Minsk Peace Agreements
Leaders of PGA and its Ukrainian civil society partner, the Center for Civil Liberties (CCL), have written a letter to the President of the Republic of Ukraine urging decisive action towards Ukrainian membership of the International Criminal Court (ICC)
PGA reaffirms that any military attack directed against Ukrainian territory would be unlawful use of force prohibited by the UN Charter and may qualify as crime of aggression attributable to the individual criminal responsibility of the leader(s).
Verkhovna Rada (Parliament of Ukraine) adopted Bill 2689 “On amendments to certain legislative acts on the Enforcement of International Criminal and Humanitarian Law”
Bill no. 2689 harmonizes the criminal code of Ukraine with international criminal law and international humanitarian law.
On 17 July, international community commemorates the International Justice Day, this year marking the 22nd anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
On 5 February 2020, the Committee on Legislative Support of Law Enforcement of the Verkhovna Rada resolutely approved Bill no. 2689...
As 2019 comes to a close, we at Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) look back at a year that saw impressive gains in the fight against impunity, but also some setbacks.
Grave crimes continue to be committed in the context of the ongoing armed conflict in Ukraine, which shows with no signs of abating. Ukraine is deprived of a fundamental method of recourse as a non-Member State of the International Criminal Court.
Stories of parliamentary democracy defenders in partnership with the Democracy Decay & Renewal project.
Held by PGA in Kyiv, Ukraine on November 19, 2018, in collaboration with Ukrainian LGBT Association LIGA
Participants included members of Verkhovna Rada, representatives of government bodies, NGOs and international organizations.
Field mission entailed discussion of the organization of the 40th Annual Forum.
The parties discussed the situation in Ukraine and the issue of inter-parliamentary cooperation.
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.
The PGA Ukraine National Group offers to host the 10th Consultative Assembly of Parliamentarians for the ICC & the Rule of Law in 2018
During the meeting, the parties discussed the situation in Ukraine and the issue of inter-parliamentary cooperation.
Hon. Hryhoriy Nemyria, MP, has stressed the urgent need for Ukraine to ratify the Rome Statute and join the International Criminal Court.
The Roundtable was held on 19 December 2016 and hosted by Hon. Hryhoriy Nemyria, MP, Chair of the Committee on Human Rights, National Minorities and Interethnic Relations of the Parliament of Ukraine
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.
The purpose of the mission, conducted on the occasion of International Justice Day, 17 July, was to assess and overcome the obstacles in the existing Ukrainian legislation that hinder accountability for perpetrators of international crimes.
The visit fell during a pivotal moment in the Verkhovna Rada with respect to Ukraine’s ratification of the Rome Statute of the ICC.
Parliamentary Seminar on ICC in Ukraine, under high patronage of Chairman of Verkhovna Rada, received multi-party support for Rome Statute ratification
The delegation led by the Women’s Information Consultative Center from Ukraine that visited The Hague to learn about best practices regarding women’s protection from Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV)
Op-ed by Dr. David Donat Cattin, Secretary General, Parliamentarians for Global Action, published on 14 Sept. 2015
Are further delays in ratification of the Rome Statute presenting a lost opportunity to provide for justice in Ukraine? Can Rome Statute ratification in fact help the high-level peace negotiations? Will the ICC replace national Ukrainian courts?
PGA, in partnership with the Human Rights Agenda and the Razumkov Center organized a Parliamentary Expert & Peer-Exchange Roundtable Discussions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) from June 18-19, 2015 at the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine
From 20 to 22 April 2015, the Campaign for the Rome Statute of the ICC conducted a field mission to Kyiv to engage with Members of the newly elected Verkhovna Rada (Parliament of Ukraine) for the purpose of introducing the vision and goal of PGA
Ratified EU-Ukraine Association Agreement is fresh impulse towards Rome Statute ratification by Ukraine
PGA organized this week a visit to The Hague and the International Criminal Court by a Delegation of Members of the Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, the Parliament of Ukraine.
Members of PGA Commend Ad Hoc Acceptance of ICC Jurisdiction pertaining to recent events in Ukraine Press Releases News Center
The panel discussed the annexation and aggression and the effectiveness of international law/international criminal law in these situations.
With the ratification of the Rome Statute by the Czech Republic in July 2009, every Member State of the EU is now a State Party to the ICC.
and 28th Annual Parliamentary Forum. Tokyo, Japan, December 4-5, 2006.
