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Cybercrime - Weekly Update - November 2023

The PGA Weekly Cybercrime Update is prepared by the International Peace and Security Program of PGA and is provided strictly for informational purposes only.

Iranian authorities must cease persecution of Nasrin Sotoudeh and immediately release her

Ms. Sotoudeh is reportedly being held at the Vozara Detention Center, where Mahsa Amini was also taken before her custodial death in September 2022, sparking the “Women, Life, Freedom” movement.

National Parliamentary Session in Suriname on Nuclear and Radiological Security

This activity aimed to engage parliamentarians in promoting nuclear and radiological security in Suriname.

Armenia ratifies international treaties aiming at the abolition of the death penalty

The ratification comes 2.5 years after the ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (ICCPR-OP2) by the Government of Armenia which took place on 18 March 2021.

21ˢᵗ World Day Against the Death Penalty

Capital punishment constitutes a grave violation of international standards and human rights law, as it inflicts torture and other forms of ill-treatment on death row inmates – the prohibition of which is nevertheless a peremptory norm of international law.

Cybercrime - Weekly Update - October 2023

The PGA Weekly Cybercrime Update is prepared by the International Peace and Security Program of PGA and is provided strictly for informational purposes only.

Nuclear and Radiological Security - Weekly Update - October 2023

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

Zimbabwe Accession to ICSANT and the Amendment to the CPPNM

The ability of Non-State Actors, including terrorists and terrorist organizations, not only to obtain and use Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), but also to gain access to Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) materials, continues to pose a grave threat to international peace and security.

Parliamentarians Develop Recommendations on their Role in the Protection of Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters

PGA convened the hybrid Parliamentary Caucus: Protecting Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters, jointly with the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in its capacity as Secretariat of the Escazú Agreement.

Cybercrime - Weekly Update - September 2023

The PGA Weekly Cybercrime Update is prepared by the International Peace and Security Program of PGA and is provided strictly for informational purposes only.

International Justice Update - September 2023

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.

Parliamentary Delegation from Sub-Saharan Africa Participates in EuroPride Valletta 2023

PGA seeks to provide a safe space for dialogue between Sub-Saharan African legislators and their peers from Europe and North America, and with Civil Society representatives, on the inclusion of LGBTQI+ persons.

Nuclear and Radiological Security - Weekly Update - September 2023

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

Uniting in Action on International Day of Democracy

Recurrent attacks on democratic institutions over the past two decades are a stark reminder of the fragility of our systems.

Andorra and the Rome Statute

Andorra deposited its instrument of ratification of the Rome Statute on 30 April 2001.

Parliamentary Kit on the International Criminal Court

It is imperative that the Rome Statute be ratified universally for the successful functioning of the Court. Parliamentarians should ensure that the ICC is truly universal.

OP-ED: Jamaican Senator Sophia Frazer-Binns on Environmental governance – A case for acceding to the Escazú Agreement

In an era of pending climate departure, with the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution, which poses an existential threat to Small Island Developing States like Jamaica, environmental governance and management have taken on a new meaning.

Key ICC Judicial & Other Developments (January 2023 – June 2023)

A non-exhaustive summary of key ICC judicial developments in the first half of 2023