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Archive 2015 - Page 5

PGA has worked with Parliamentarians from Haiti since 2007 promoting the fight against impunity for the most serious crimes.

PGA has organized a Parliamentary Mission from the Dominican Republic to the Parliament and Government of Haiti to contribute to the furtherance of the country’s engagement with international justice and to promote Ratification of the Rome Statute.

Field Mission on Non-Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, March 05-06, 2015

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

Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity. Picture It!

Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!

Mr. Hugo Jabini, former Chair of the PGA Suriname Group and Dr. Ruth Wijdenbosch, Deputy Speaker and Member of the Executive Committee of PGA

PGA welcomes the abolition of the death penalty by the Parliament of Suriname, in the framework of the discussions regarding the adoption of the new Criminal Co

Hon. Syed Naveed Qamar, MP, Pakistan, is Convenor of PGA’s International Peace and Security Program.

A session of round table discussion on Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), an important subject of International Peace and Security (P&D) Program of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), was held on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 in Parliament House, Pakistan.

Photo by Graham Crouch | Girls Not Brides

The international community has pledged to end child, early and forced marriage (CEFM) as expressed in the Resolution on this issue adopted at the UN General Assembly in December 2014.

ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda met with PGA Members at Parliament of Uganda

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 Member Hon. Paul Dehé (Côte d’Ivoire)

PGA congratulates its National Group in Côte d’Ivoire for its relentless efforts over the past 18 months which made an important contribution leading to the deposit yesterday of the Instrument of Ratification of the Arms Trade Treaty by the Government of

Hon. Dr. Bernadette Lahai, MP (Sierra Leone)

Sierra Leone - Longstanding PGA Member Hon. Bernadette Lahai MP participates in Parliamentary Debate on Small Arms and Light Weapons Reguations

David Donat Cattin, Secretary-General, Parliamentarians for Global Action

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

This workshop is being organized with the kind cooperation of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga.

From 18-19 May, 2015, PGA, with the kind cooperation of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga, will organize and host a Regional Parliamentary Workshop to promote Universality and Implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty in the Pacific Islands Region.

Technical Round-Table on the full implementation of the Rome Statute and the ratification of the Kampala Amendments by Ecuador  Quito, Ecuador 12 and 13 February, 2015

PGA together with the Government and Parliament of Ecuador, organized, a Technical Round-Table on the full implementation of the Rome Statute and the ratification of the Kampala Amendments by Ecuador.

Parliamentary Conference to Give Full Effect to the Principle of Complementarity in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 17 July 2014

PGA strongly supports the creation of a Special Criminal Court to fight against impunity for the international crimes committed since 2012 in the territory of the Central African Republic (CAR).

Senator Jim Walsh (Ireland) introduced a proposal to combat human trafficking calling for PGA’s global network to raise awareness about this human rights abuse to effectively eradicate it.

Noting that according to the ILO, nearly 21 million people are enslaved at any given time, and most of them are women and children, Senator Jim Walsh from Ireland & PGA Board member, introduced a proposal to combat human trafficking.

Technical Round Table on the Implementation of the Rome Statute and the Ratification of Kampala Amendments on 12 February, 2015

PGA, together with the National Assembly of Ecuador, convened a Technical Round Table on the Implementation of the Rome Statute

Sen. Ivan Cepeda Castro, Member of PGA

PGA expresses deep concern over death threat against Sen. Ivan Cepeda Castro and Advisor, Agustín Jiménez

PGA Member Mr. Helmut Scholz, MEP (Chair of PGA National Group in the European Parliament)

Statement of PGA members in the European Parliament in response to the request of Minister of of Foreign Affairs of Israel to stop funding-support to the International Criminal Court following the ratification of Palestine

Dominic Ongwen, Alleged Brigade Commander of the Sinia Brigade of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).

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

Hon. Syed Naveed Qamar, MP, Pakistan, is Convenor of PGA’s International Peace and Security Program.

A session of round table discussion on Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), an important subject of International Peace and Security (P&D) Program of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), was held on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 in Parliament House, Pakistan.

Mr. Samuela ’Akilisi Pohiva, MP of Tonga receives 18th PGA’s DDA in Bogata, Colombia - December 8, 2013

PGA Congratulates Akilisi Pohiva on his election to Prime Minister of Tonga.