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We call upon our fellow Members of Parliament to work together to convince Governments where the death penalty is still enforced to progressively restrict the use of this and not to impose capital punishment.

Statement by PGA Board Member Ruth Wijdenbosch for the Abolition of the death Penalty Press Releases News Center

The ILHR Program has started preparations towards the creation of a Campaign for the Abolition of the Death Penalty.

A Campaign for the Abolition of the Death Penalty PGA Activity 2013 Activity

The 129th IPU Assembly was held 7-9 October, 2013, in Geneva, Switzerland.

Report on activities by Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) and the Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PFSALW)

The PGA delegation met with many Parliamentarians, stakeholders and relevant actors in the DRC who all agreed that the principle of complementarity necessitates the full implementation of the Rome Statute of the ICC within the Congolese legal order.

From 29 September to 3 October 2013, PGA conducted a field mission in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo – DRC) in the framework of the PGA Complementarity Project to generate political will for the fight against impunity through genuine domestic

As of September 25, 2013, 108 UN Member States have signed the ATT, including the United States and 7 UN Member States have ratified.

As of September 25, 2013, 108 UN Member States have signed the ATT, including the United States and 7 UN Member States have ratified.

The "Seminar on international criminal justice, the challenges for domestic prosecutions and programmes for victims’ access to justice and reparations,” which took place on 26 September, 2013.

PGA Member Honorable Stephen Tashobya, Chair of the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Uganda and Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) hosted a “Seminar on international criminal justice, the challenges for domestic prosecu

Khalil Al Marzooq is one of the nearly 600 political prisoners currently held in Bahrain for exercising their freedom of expression.

On 17 September 2013, Khalil Al Marzooq, a resigned Member of Parliament from Bahrain, was arrested in Manama on the basis of politically motivated charges of inciting violence and suspicion of links with a terrorist organization.

PGA Deeply Dismayed at Assassination of Leading Opposition Member of Parliament in Tunisia

PGA Members worldwide have expressed profound shock at the assassination of Mohamed Brahmi, a leading, opposition Member of Parliament in Tunisia on 25th July, 2013.

PGA strongly condemns the ongoing repressive and intimidatory actions by Chadian authorities against Parliamentarians, human rights defenders, journalists and political opponents.

PGA strongly condemns the ongoing repressive and intimidatory actions by Chadian authorities against Parliamentarians, human rights defenders, journalists and political opponents.

Parliamentarians have a unique and fundamental role to play in promoting signature, ratification and implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty.

The purpose of this Parliamentary Handbook is to highlight – in a clear and straightforward manner – the many different, but equally important ways in which Parliamentarians can act and decisively place the ATT on a continued, positive future trajectory.

PGA Secretary-General and Pakistan National Group Meet with the Hon. Speaker

PGA Secretary-General visited Islamabad and addressed the meeting of the PGA National Group, June 24, 2013.

This meeting was a follow up to PGA’s previous work on the ICC and the Security Council and a working group meeting organized by PGA and Chatham House in London in March 2012.

On July 15, 2013, PGA organized a strategic meeting of its Executive Committee with key Ambassadors to the UN, including Members of the PGA UN Committee, and civil society leaders on the UN Security Council and Accountability. The meeting was kindly hoste

Ms. Petra Bayr, MP (Austria). Photo: SPÖ Presse und Kommunikation

Member of Parliament Ms. Petra Bayr and Colleagues to the Federal Minister for European and International Affairs concerning the introduction of the Crime of Aggression, the fifth criminal offense before the International Criminal Court.

The United Nations has launched a series of regional conferences to assess the progress made since the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Program of Action was adopted 20 years ago.

Twenty years after the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Program of Action was adopted by global consensus in Cairo, the United Nations has launched a series of regional conferences to assess the progress made so far and the

The Seminar was hosted by the Parliament of the DRC in Kinshasa.

In the context of the ongoing process to reform the judicial system of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and to fight against impunity for the most serious crimes of international concern, PGA organised a “Seminar for Legislators on measures to impleme

Sen. Ope Pasquet | Photo: El Espectador

Uruguay’s Senate Ratifies Kampala Amendments to Rome Statute of ICC Press Releases News Center

DRC issues letter to G8 Ministers welcoming Declaration on Preventing Sexual Violence

We, Members of Parliament from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Members of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), a network of over 1,000 Members of Parliament from over 130 countries worldwide, view with strong approval the G8 decision t

The purpose of the Workshop was to raise awareness and discussions regarding the signature, ratification of the Arms Trade Treaty in Africa.

Hosted by the Tanzanian Parliament, PGA organized from 29-30 May 2013 in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania at the Parliament Office (Mkwawa Hall) a Regional Parliamentary Workshop on “The Arms Trade Treaty - The Role of Parliamentarians.”

The Kampala Amendments reflect and seek to uphold the norms and principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter.

The Government of Germany today deposited at the United Nations in New York its Instrument of Ratification of the Amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, adopted in Kampala in 2010, thereby accepting to bind its nationals and t

Left to right: David Donat Cattin (PGA), Chris Hall (AI), Mona Rishmawi (OHCHR), Kennedy Graham, MP (New Zealand, Green party, PGA member), and Sir David Hannay (UK House of Lords) in London, March 2012.

For new generations of lawyers practising in the field of international justice, and students graduating in international legal studies, Chris’s and Amnesty International’s work on international law should remain a point of legal, academic and advocacy re