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MPs worldwide call on President Museveni not to assent to the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023

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.

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Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) strongly condemns the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023, adopted by the Parliament of Uganda on 21 March 2023.

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Opinion Piece by PGA Board Member Dip Margarita Stolbizer (Argentina), Convenor of the Gender, Equality and Inclusion (GEI) Program.

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The Plan of Action outlines specific measures that Parliamentarians can undertake to combat the illicit trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in Africa.

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Parliamentary action was triggered by the PGA Rome Statute Campaign.

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PGA congratulates Belize for this historic achievement, recognizing the important contributions by parliamentarians, civil society organizations, and other key stakeholders toward this milestone.

Pacific Parliamentary Delegation Participates in Sydney WordPride 2023

PGA organized in the margins of Sydney World Pride, a Talanoa Dialogue on Human Rights and Inclusion for Pacific Parliamentarians and lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI+) activists.

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The High Seas Treaty provides a legal framework to ensure conservation and sustainable use of and access to marine genetic resources. Nearly two decades after initial discussions began at the UN in 2004, the High Seas Treaty is a momentous opportunity for this common heritage of humankind.

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PGA's Update on International Justice is provided as a resource to our members and the general public on important headlines on the Impunity Gap, Legislative and Parliamentary Developments and Judicial News.

Factsheet for Parliamentarians: United Nations High Seas Treaty: An Historic Agreement to Protect the Ocean

The high seas, also referred to as international waters, begin 200 nautical miles from shorelines and belong to all people as the common heritage of humankind.

PGA congratulates Panama on the historic conservation of 54 percent of its national waters Photo by Pedro Lastra on Unsplash

PGA congratulates Panama on the historic conservation of 54 percent of its national waters, significantly surpassing the international target to protect at least 30 percent of the Ocean through Marine Protected Areas by 2030.

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Biological Security - Weekly Update - March 2023

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Cybersecurity - Weekly Update - February 2023

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The Weekly Nuclear/Radiological Update is prepared by the International Peace and Security Program.

The three-member commission, which was created by the UN Human Rights Council, has urged the Ethiopian government, its ally Eritrea and the TPLF to investigate and bring all perpetrators of abuses to justice.

Following Human Rights Watch’s initiative, PGA joins over 60 other organizations around the world to call to members and observers of the UN Human Rights Council to block Ethiopia’s efforts to terminate the mandate of the ICHREE.

The war of aggression against Ukraine is primarily an aggression against its civilians.

One year has passed since the Russian Federation launched its textbook example of aggression against Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

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With Senate Approval Now in Hand, Belmopan Can Ratify Escazú Immediately

Proposal to Amend the Rome Statute Kampala Amendment on the Crime of Aggression

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.

South Sudan deposited its Instrument of Accession to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) with the US State Department, Washington D.C, becoming the 185th State Party to the BWC

PGA warmly congratulates the Government of South Sudan on the occasion of this deposit of Instrument of Accession to the BWC, notwithstanding the many challenges it is currently confronting at the national level.

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Cybersecurity - Weekly Update - February 2023