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)

Global Parliamentary Declaration In Support of the Negotiation of a Treaty on the Prohibition of Fully Autonomous Weapons

Support the negotiation of a Treaty on the Prohibition of Fully Autonomous Weapons

Parliamentarians Worldwide Demand That Philippines Senator Leila De Lima Be Allowed to Participate in Legislative Proceedings

Senator Leila De Lima’s voice is needed more than ever to defend democracy in The Philippines. Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) joins allies worldwide in demanding that she be allowed to participate in legislative proceedings.

PGA Members in DRC condemn recent acts of violence in Ituri and call for justice

The region of Ituri has in the recent weeks suffered from numerous exactions committed by armed groups against civilians, including women and children.

PGA Congratulates Government of Namibia on its Ratification of the Arms Trade Treaty

On 28th April, 2020, Namibia deposited its Instrument of Ratification to the ATT with the UN Secretary-General in New York, thereby becoming the 106th State Party to the ATT.