PGA strongly condemns the shocking attack carried out by a terrorist in a gay nightclub of Orlando, Florida, yesterday, which has caused enormous loss of life and appears to have been specifically directed against the LGBT community.
El 13 de Junio de 2016, PGA celebró su segunda Reunión del Comité ONU, organizada por S.E la Embajadora Gillian Bird, Representante Permanente de Australia para la ONU en la Misión Permanente de Australia para la ONU.
El día 2 de Junio de 2016, la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI) organizó una ceremonia para dar la bienvenida a El Salvador como 124° Estado Parte del Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal Internacional.
PGA commends the work of Hon. Wilby Lucas, MP and the National Assembly of the Republic of Seychelles, for passing an amendment to section 151 of the Penal Code decriminalizing unnatural offenses.
El día 26 de Mayo de 2016, PGA, y el Comité para la Cooperación Interparlamentaria de la Cámara de Representantes de Indonesia coorganizaron un Seminario sobre la CPI & la Justicia de Género
El Presidente del Grupo Nacional de PGA en Chile, Dip. Tucapel Jimenez, se reunió con el Subsecretario de Relaciones Exteriores, el Sr. Edgar Riveros
On 17-18 May 2016, upon invitation of International Law and Human Rights Co- Convenor, Sen. Alain Destexhe, the ICC President Judge Silvia Fernandez and PGA Secretary General participated in the experts’ hearing on Cooperation with the ICC
PGA members from Colombia, namely Rep. Alirio Uribe Muñoz, Rep. Ángela María Robledo and Rep. Iván Cepeda Castro addressed a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs inquiring on the implementation status of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).
PGA member and Chair of Brazilian National Group, Dep. Jean Wyllys, acknowledged the Presidential Decree of May 11th, 2016 that, inter alia, quadruples penalties for development of biological weapons
Medios de comunicación están informando de que hoy, 12 de Mayo de 2016, Uganda está recibiendo en Kampala un fugitivo de la justicia internacional, el Sr. al-Bashir, Presidente de Sudán
El día 3 de Mayo de 2016, el Presidente del Grupo Nacional en Chile de Parlamentarios para la Acción Global (PGA, por sus siglas en inglés), Dip. Tucapel Jimenez, presentó un Proyecto de Resolución Parlamentaria a la Cámara de Diputados
PGA congratulates PGA Executive Committee Member and Deputy Convenor of PGA International Peace and Security Program, Dip. Víctor Bisonó for his Draft Bill of Legislation which seeks to amend Law No. 36 of 1965 of the Dominican Republic on Firearms.
While much attention is paid to the way that the influx of refugees and migrants is being handled by European leaders, surprisingly little attention is paid to the underlying question of why these people are fleeing their homes in the first place.
On 18-22 April 2016, PGA facilitated the visit of a high-level Parliamentary Delegation from Uganda to The Hague.
On 25 April, 2016, PGA Member Dip. Yohny Lescano Ancieta addressed a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs inquiring on the status of implementation of the BWC.
Members of the PGA National Group Uganda visited the International Criminal Court (ICC) to engage in high-level bilateral meetings with representatives of ICC, Government officials and Dutch MPs.