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International Justice Update - March 2021

Highlight: UN Security Council Needs A3’s Leadership on African Crises

Women Leaders Speak Up for LGBTI+ Inclusion at CSW 2021

On March 24, 2021, PGA co-organized a side event to the UN’s 65th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) titled Women Leaders as Advocates for Equality and Inclusion of LGBTI+ Persons.

PGA International Council elects new Board Members and discusses attacks on democracy and media-freedom during the global Pandemic

On 19 March 2021, PGA organized its International Council meeting on the Zoom platform to discuss major threats to democracy and human rights and to elect its 2021-22 Board.

PGA Annual Report 2020

The year 2020 was defined by tremendous obstacles, and many achievements! The current global health crisis requires a multilateral response.

Urgent Action Alert 5: Ethiopia

Authorities In Ethiopia Must Halt Arbitrary Arrests, Political Persecution, And Mass Killings

International Justice Update - February 2021

Hightlight: UN Security Council must act urgently, hold military in Myanmar accountable

In Support of Senator Leila De Lima: Anita Vandenbeld Addresses Canadian Parliament

Anita Vandenbeld addresses Canadian Parliament to mark 4 years of Senator Leila De Lima Imprisonment.

Jamaica should repeal homophobic laws, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights rules

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has found the Jamaican government responsible for violating multiple rights of a gay man and a lesbian woman and urges an immediate repeal of the country’s homophobic laws.

Panel Discussion: How Parliamentarians Can Support At-Risk Human Rights Defenders

Parliamentarians for Global Action and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights co-hosted a panel discussion on the documentary film NASRIN and how legislators can support at-risk human rights defenders.

Meeting of Kenyan MPs and members of Girls Not Brides National Partnership in Kenya

PGA facilitated a meeting between Members of Parliament of Kenya and members of Girls Not Brides’ National Partnership in Kenya

Global parliamentarians stand in solidarity with Myanmar colleagues

As organizations of current and former lawmakers from across the world, we stand in solidarity with the elected representatives of Myanmar's Parliament and call on the military to respect democracy...

In Memoriam – Hon. Meherzia Labidi, a voice for justice and human rights in Tunisia

It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of Honorable Meherzia Labidi, on 22 January 2021, at the age of 57 years old

Parliamentarians around the world condemn the coup d’état in Myanmar

PGA strongly condemns the coup d’état that took place today in Myanmar and urges the Myanmar military "to respect the rule of law" and "release immediately all civilian leaders and others who have been detained unlawfully.”

Pan-African Parliament

The Pan-African Parliament (PAP), also known as the African Parliament, was established in 2004. It is the legislative body of the African Union.

MENA Working Group

While most Governments in the Middle East and North Africa have expressed support for the ICC, few have taken the necessary steps to ratify or accede to the Rome Statute.

Implementation

Implementation is the adoption of domestic legislation by a State to comply with the overall objective of putting “an end to impunity (…) for the most serious crimes of concern to the International Community as a whole” (cf. Preamble of the Rome Statute).

Africa Working Group

PGA members across the African continent constitute the largest segment of the PGA global membership and played a fundamental role in the national decision-making processes that led most of their countries to join the Rome Statute system.

Asia-Pacific Working Group

The Asia-Pacific region remains the most unrepresented one in the Rome Statute system. Even though the region is home to approximately 60% of the world’s population, only 19 out of 55 Asia-Pacific countries are represented in this membership.