The Parliament of the Cook Islands has taken an historic step as a leader in the Pacific region in modernizing its criminal code by passing a law decriminalizing homosexuality.
The workshop was organized with the kind support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and in cooperation with the National Assembly of Malawi.
Members of the National Assembly of Guyana convened an Introductory Meeting with their colleagues, highlighting PGA initiatives such as the Campaign for Democratic Renewal & Human Rights and the Campaign for a Human-Rights Based Approach to Climate Action.
Nosotros, los parlamentarios y parlamentarias abajo firmantes, estamos alarmados por la adopción del “Proyecto de Ley contra la Homosexualidad 2023” por el Parlamento de la República de Uganda y condenamos enérgicamente la aprobación de esta legislación retrógrada que niega a las personas con diversidad sexual y de género su propia existencia.
Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) strongly condemns the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023, adopted by the Parliament of Uganda on 21 March 2023.
Editorial elaborada por la Diputada Margarita Stolbizer, miembro del Comité Ejecutivo de PGA y Coordinadora del Programa en Género, Igualdad e Inclusión.
The Plan of Action outlines specific measures that Parliamentarians can undertake to combat the illicit trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in Africa.
PGA congratulates Belize for this historic achievement, recognizing the important contributions by parliamentarians, civil society organizations, and other key stakeholders toward this milestone.
PGA organized in the margins of Sydney World Pride, a Talanoa Dialogue on Human Rights and Inclusion for Pacific Parliamentarians and lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI+) activists.
The High Seas Treaty provides a legal framework to ensure conservation and sustainable use of and access to marine genetic resources. Nearly two decades after initial discussions began at the UN in 2004, the High Seas Treaty is a momentous opportunity for this common heritage of humankind.
PGA congratulates Panama on the historic conservation of 54 percent of its national waters, significantly surpassing the international target to protect at least 30 percent of the Ocean through Marine Protected Areas by 2030.
Following Human Rights Watch’s initiative, PGA joins over 60 other organizations around the world to call to members and observers of the UN Human Rights Council to block Ethiopia’s efforts to terminate the mandate of the ICHREE.
One year has passed since the Russian Federation launched its textbook example of aggression against Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
La propia CPI está inhabilitada para enjuiciar el crimen de agresión que se está cometiendo contra Ucrania porque Rusia no es parte de la Corte y tampoco ha aceptado la jurisdicción del crimen de agresión.
PGA warmly congratulates the Government of South Sudan on the occasion of this deposit of Instrument of Accession to the BWC, notwithstanding the many challenges it is currently confronting at the national level.