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

Parliamentarians from Sub-Saharan Africa discuss Inclusion of Sexual and Gender Minorities

The parliamentary convening provided a safe space for legislators to have an open and respectful peer-to-peer dialogue on the situation of LGBTQI+ persons in their countries.

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The joint appeal is made ahead of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that is coming up on 10 December 2023. Like-minded organizations, policy-makers and individuals are invited to sign on.

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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.

Victoria Plan of Action (2023)

At the conclusion of the 44th Annual Parliamentary Forum, parliamentarians adopted the Victoria Plan of Action to describe commitments and follow up actions.

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The event, titled “The International Criminal Court and the past, present and future of the Rome Statute – vision for greater regional solidarity”, aimed at raising awareness about the ICC and the Rome Statute in the region/

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

Armenia’s Instrument of Ratification of the ICC Rome Statute Deposited at the UN. Photo: Permanent Mission of Armenia to the United Nations

Parliamentarians for Global Action congratulates the Armenian Government on the deposit of instrument of ratification of the Rome Statute to the United Nations on 14 November 2023.

The 42nd Annual Forum was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina December 3 - 4, 2022

Our 44th Annual Forum took place, virtually, on November 15 - 16, 2023.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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PGA staff with Sen. Emilio Icaza, Dip. Ramón Barrios, Sen. Janelle Chanona

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.