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How Members of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) can S.T.A.N.D. with Hong Kong

PGA Members worldwide have asked how they can act in support of democracy. In response, PGA has compiled an acrostic with five concrete ways you can S.T.A.N.D. with Hong Kong.

Racism, machismo, LGBTIphobia and coronavirus: Which one will kill me first?

By Robeyonce Lima. The narrative of a pandemic demands a fast response and emergency mechanisms that end up upsetting human dignity. This means that systemic faults are explicitly manifested and expose serious, long-standing social challenges.

The Central African Republic transfers Ali Kushayb to the International Criminal Court

Ali Kushayb is accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in Darfur (Sudan) between 2002 and 2004.

Urgent Action Alert 2: El Salvador

For more than 20 years, the political bipartisanship led by the Alianza Republicana Nacionalista party (ARENA) and the Farabundo Martí Front for National Liberation (FMLN) has generated significant frustrations in El Salvador

World Oceans Day: Parliamentarians are Vital to Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean

World Oceans Day is celebrated every year on 8 June, following the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.

 PGA Statement on the Degradation of Rule of Law in the United States: The Role of Parliamentarians as Custodians of Democracy, Human Rights, Justice, and Peace

PGA adds its voice to those of respected domestic and international human rights organisations in condemning all forms of racial discrimination and expressing profound concern over recent events in the United States.

May 2020 Update of the Campaign for the Rome Statute of the ICC

This edition of the Campaign Update for the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) comes during unprecedented and unforeseen circumstances.

Key ICC Judicial & Other Developments (Jan. - May 2020)

A non-exhaustive summary of key ICC judicial developments in 2020.

May 2020 Quarterly Update of the Campaign for the Abolition of the Death Penalty

On 28 April 2020, the National Assembly of Chad voted to amend its 2015 counter-terrorism bill, thus abolishing capital punishment for all existing capital crimes in the country.

Members of the European Parliament express strong support for the ICC in an exchange with the ICC Prosecutor

The European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights held an exchange of views with the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Ms. Fatou Bensouda, marking the 9th (and final) year of her non-renewable mandate.

PGA Calls for Respect of International Law and Human Rights in Hong Kong

A new National Security Law in China may have devastating consequences for human rights in Hong Kong and represents a profound assault on Hong Kong’s autonomy and an unacceptable breach of international law.

Legislators in Ecuador discuss small-scale fisheries and the role they can play to ensure their sustainable management

Chair of PGA Ecudaor National Group, Asambleista Soledad Buendía, convened the first meeting of the group in 2020 to discuss programmatic priorities and learn about the areas of development of the work of the PGA during this COVID-19 pandemic.

Urgent Action Alert 1: Malaysia

The health crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic has unfolded against a background of political turmoil... As one expert puts it, Malaysia now faces a triple crisis of coronavirus, economy, and politics.

Webinar organized by PGA and OAS on Political-Parliamentary Action in Times of COVID-19

In the framework of a memorandum of understanding between the Organization of American States (OAS) and Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), signed on 24 February, both organizations have organized...

PGA Launches the Parliamentary Rapid Response Team (PARRT)

Increasing consensus holds that democracy is in decline globally. Elements of backsliding include progressive erosion of such principles as separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial independence...

The Time to Adopt a Treaty on the Prohibition of Fully Autonomous Weapons is Now

A reflection on the need for the adoption of a treaty on the prohibition of fully autonomous weapons.

Let’s Break the Silence about LGBTI People in the Time of the Coronavirus

Joint Statement of Parliamentarians for Global Action and ILGALAC on the occasion of the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT)