PGA’s vision is to contribute to the creation of a Rules-Based International Order for a more equitable, safe, sustainable and democratic world.
PGA’s vision is to contribute to the creation of a Rules-Based International Order for a more equitable, safe, sustainable and democratic world.
The Hon. Ibrahim Sorie (Sierra Leone), PGA Executive Committee Member and Convenor of the PGA International Peace and Security Program, together with Mr. Nicolas de Riviere, Political Counselor of the French Permament Mission to the United Nations, welc
Since March 2004, PGA Board Member Dr. Ruth Wijdenbosch, MP has been leading the work within the National Assembly of Suriname to make possible the accession of Suriname to the Rome Statute. In July 2007, she formed a multi-party working group on the ICC
On 14 May 2008, PGA Japan Group adopted a resolution that calls on the government of Japan to be prepared to adopt targeted sanctions against the individuals bearing responsibility for the non-compliance of Sudan with Security Council Resolution 1593...
Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) organized a meeting on The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness - The Role of Parliamentarians in Achieving Alignment: Health and Economic Growth in the Americas which took place as the United States Capitol on M
The Workshop saw the active participation of 18 legislators from the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, in addition to MPs from New Zealand and Sweden.
A spirited debate re-launched the political commitment in support of the universality and effectiveness of the new system of international criminal justice within the North-South cooperation framework of the ACP-EU.
Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) organised a Regional Round-Table Discussion on the Implementation of The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in the Parliament of Sierra Leone in Freetown.
"Poverty & Unemployment: The Root Causes of Migration". Abuja, Nigeria, ECOWAS Parliament, November 12-13, 2007.
Since 2004, PGA Board Member Dr. Ruth Wijdenbosch, MP (Suriname) has been leading the work within Parliament to make possible the accession of Suriname to the Rome Statute. In July 2007, she formed a Multi-Party Working Group on the ICC to re-activate the
Having signed the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in 2002, Chile has yet to ratify it. Upon a decision by the Chilean Constitutional Tribunal, the Rome Statute, with 105 States Parties as of 1 October 2007, can only be ratified by Chile once Congress adopts an amendment of the Constitution.
On September 28, 2007, Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) organised a Round-Table Discussion on the Accession and Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Nepal, hosted by the Speaker of the Parliament of Nepal
The third session of PGA Working Group on the ICC in the Middle East and the Mediterranean countries was held at the Dutch Parliament in The Hague, Netherlands, June 11 and 12, 2007. The meeting drew over 20 participants, including high level Members of t
On February 2007, Senator Raynell Andreychuck and Dr. David Donat Cattin, Director of the International Law and Human Rights Program of PGA, intervened at the ICC session held at the OAS
and 28th Annual Parliamentary Forum. Tokyo, Japan, December 4-5, 2006.
Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), together with the Philippines Coalition for the ICC and the Coalition for the ICC (CICC), Asia and the Pacific organized an Asian Parliamentarians Consultation on the Universality of the International Criminal Cou
A delegation of 5 Turkish Parliamentarians, sponsored by PGA and drawn from both the governing and opposition parties, travelled to The Hague, Netherlands in May 2006 and held informative meetings and briefings with
The year 2005 was strategic for PGA as we embarked on new programme initiatives in addition to continuing progress on our ongoing activities.
"Migration, Immigration And Integration". National Museum Of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. November 17-18, 2005.
The Convenor of PGA’s International Law and International Human Rights Program, Senator Alain Destexhe (Belgium), addressing a panel discussion on Migration at the 6th General Assembly of the Parliamentary Confederation of the Americas in Foz do Iguaçu.
This past year marked the 20th Anniversary of the Six Nation Peace Initiative on nuclear disarmament. In 1984, PGA brought together six presidents and prime ministers from Argentina, Greece, fudia, Mexico, Sweden and Tanzania, to work together and call on leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union to halt their production, testing and deployment of nuclear weapons.