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The Chair of PGA’s European Parliament National Group, Mr. Helmut Scholz, MEP (Germany) takes charge in EU on ATT

PGA Member Helmut Scholz MEP takes charge in EU on ATT Press Releases News Center

The purpose of the seminar was to discuss the challenges and gaps in implementation of national legislation on preventing early and forced marriage.

Early and forced marriage is a violation of human rights that affects 39,000 girls every day. Despite the international community’s prohibition of this harmful practice as stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Conventions on the

West African governments and civil society discuss death penalty in Freetown

On January 13-14, 2014 PGA Board Member Mr. Mark Pritchard, MP (UK) participated in Regional Conference on the Abolition of the Death Penalty in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

The Delegation was comprised of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade,  Arnaldo Brown MP as well as Denise Daley MP and Senator Sophia Frasier-Binns.

2014-January-High Level Parliamentary Delegation from Jamaica to the ICC PGA Activity 2013 Activity

Statement by President of PGA on the Situation in South Sudan

PGA and its Members worldwide strongly support the Statement regarding the Situation in South Sudan by the UN Secretary-General of 23 December 2013 and are equally alarmed by the rapidly deteriorating situation within the country.

Parliamentary Guidebook on the Abolition of the Death Penalty

This resource is for parliamentarians around the globe, currently working or thinking of working for the abolition of the death penalty.

Shazia Z. Rafi, Secretary-General of PGA from 1996-2013, will be succeeded by Dr. David Donat Cattin, who has worked over the last thirteen years at PGA to promote the universality and effectiveness of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Shazia Z. Rafi was the Secretary-General of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) from 1996-2013. PGA is a non-profit, non-partisan organization of elected legislators from over 130 countries that leverages parliamentary processes to promote peace, int

Parliamentarians Celebrate Croatia ratification of the Kampala Amendments to the Crime of Aggression

Parliamentarians celebrate Croatia ratification of the Kampala Amendments to the Crime of Aggression Press Releases News Center

PGA held its 35th Annual Forum in Bogota, Colombia on the topic of "Building a stable and durable peace: the role of parliamentarians in support of peace processes".

"Building a Stable and Durable Peace: The Role of Parliamentarians in Support of Peace Processes". December 09-10, 2013. Parliament of Colombia, Bogotá.

UN Photo/John Isaac Nelson Mandela, the former President of South Africa, addresses a press conference at UN Headquarters in New York in December 1991.

I wish to express our heartfelt condolences to the Parliament and all the People of South Africa on the death of former President Nelson Mandela.

PGA presented the 2013 Defender of Democracy Awards to Mr. Samuela ’Akilisi Pohiva, MP of Tonga and Dr. Noor Jehan Panezai and Hon. Naveed Qamar, MP on behalf of The PGA Pakistan National Group.

Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) will present the 2013 Defender of Democracy Awards to Mr. Samuela ’Akilisi Pohiva, MP of Tonga and Dr. Noor Jehan Panezai and Hon. Naveed Qamar, MP on behalf of The PGA Pakistan National Group. The awards cerem

The Government of Belgium on November 26, 2013 deposited at the United Nations in New York its Instrument of Ratification of the Amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

Parliamentarians celebrate Belgium ratification of the Kampala Amendments to the Crime of Aggression

Helmut Scholz (Chairperson, PGA Group in the European Parliament/ member of the EP Friends of the ICC)

Meeting Organized by Helmut Scholz (Chairperson, PGA Group in the European Parliament / member of the EP Friends of the ICC)

Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) is deeply concerned at the rapidly deteriorating situation in the Central African Republic, in particular in recent weeks.

Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) is deeply concerned at the rapidly deteriorating situation in the Central African Republic, in particular in recent weeks.

The discussions brought together over 20 Parliamentarians from 10 different Latin American States, such as Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, México, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay.

In September 2013, PGA organized a Parliamentary Seminar and a technical Roundtable in the framework of a Sub-Regional Working Group on Challenges for the Effectiveness of the Rome Statute system in the Americas.

PGA Announces New Secretary-General

Dr. David Donat Cattin, a legal scholar and human rights activist who has worked over the last thirteen years at PGA to promote the universality and effectiveness of the International Criminal Court, will become PGA’s 4th Secretary-General

To date, 114 UN Member States have signed and 7 UN Member States have ratified the ATT.

PGA held a Joint Session on the Arms Trade Treaty in the Pan-African Parliament from 17-18, October, 2013.

On July 15, 2013, the PGA Executive Committee together with the ILHR Program took the decision to start preparations towards the creation of a Campaign for the Abolition of the Death Penalty.

On July 15, 2013, the PGA Executive Committee together with the PGA International Law and Human Rights Program took the decision to start preparations towards the creation of a Campaign for the Abolition of the Death Penalty.

PGA members are already active on death penalty issues. For example a member in Uganda recently introduced a bill to the Ugandan Parliament to abolish the mandatory use of the death penalty.

Following an Executive Committee decision in July 2013 Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), with the encouragement of the UK All-Party Group on the Abolition of the Death Penalty has started preparations towards the creation of the global parliamenta

At the closing ceremony, parliamentarians adopted the Santo Domingo Plan of Action and launched the Global Allies Network (GAIN).

The Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic hosted Members of Parliament from Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa in an historic meeting on October 10-11, 2013 entitled, “Protecting Human Rights, Combating Discrimination and Addressing HIV