PGA Member in Chad Plays Direct Role in the National Assembly’s Ratification of an Ordinance Recognizing 18 as the Minimum Legal Age of Marriage

The National Assembly of Chad Ratifies Ordinance N006/PR/2015 banning child marriage by enforcing 18 as the minimum legal age of marriage in the country.

Parlamentarios africanos apoyan el Sistema de la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI) como la último amparo contra la impunida

Declaración del Día Internacional de la Justicia por parte de la Honorable Dr. Pindi Chana, MP (Tanzania), en su calidad de Presidenta del Consejo Internacional de Parlamentarios por la Acción Global.

Dip. Tucapel Jimenez makes parliamentary declaration requesting the Government of Chile send the Bill on Cooperation with the ICC to Parliament

President of PGA National Group in Chile, Dip. Tucapel Jimenez, makes a parliamentary declaration requesting the Government to send the Bill on cooperation with the ICC to Parliament

Sesión Especial sobre la Ratificación e Implementación del Estatuto de Roma

Parlamentarios de Costa Rica y El Salvador emprendieron una estrategia para avanzar en sus respectivos procesos de implementación y ratificación domésticos del Estatuto de Roma de la CPI el 10 de julio de 2015 en la Asamblea Legislativa de Costa Rica.

PGA Member, Hon. Antonio Niquice, MP, Plays Direct Role in the Drafting and Adoption of the New Penal Code of Mozambique Decriminalizing Homosexuality

Mozambique passes new Penal Code that decriminalizes homosexuality.

Parliamentary Delegation on Equality and Non-Discrimination to San Salvador

PGA Members, Dip. Berta Sanseverino (Uruguay), Dip. Manuel Garrido (Argentina), and Dip. Tucapel Jiménez (Chile), along with PGA program staff, Mónica Adame and Romina Morello, conducted a field mission to El Salvador.

PGA Board Members (MEPs) condemn 1904/08 Herero and Nama Genocide

Vor hundert Jahren, am 9. Juli 1915, endete die deutsche Kolonialherrschaft im heutigen Namibia. Zwischen 1904 und 1908 ermordeten die Kolonialherren dort 90.000 Herero und Nama.

PGA felicita a la Magistratura Italiana por el juicio histórico de ciertos dirigentes de la

PGA felicita a la Magistratura Italiana por el juicio histórico de ciertos dirigentes de la “Operación Cóndor “ y pide que las víctimas y los testigos de América Latina sean escuchados y tratados con dignidad y respeto, acorde a sus derechos inalienables.

United Nations Human Rights Council Adopts Resolution on Child, Early and Forced Marriage during its 29th session

PGA commends the United Nations Human Rights Council for its recent adoption of a Resolution on Child, Early and Forced Marriage during its 29th session.

PGA Member, Hon. James Selfe, MP (South Africa) questions People’s Assembly on the neglect of arresting Omar Al-Bashir

Hon. James Selfe recently joined PGA amidst the unfolding events around the neglect of the ICC arrest warrants, as well as the national Gauteng High Court orders, for the arrest of Omar Al-Bashir. During the debates in the South African people’s assembly

PGA High-Level Roundtable Discussion and Strategy Meeting on the 1 for 7 Billion Campaign

The next UN Secretary-General will have the responsibility of implementing the United Nation’s most critical decisions and commitments. The 1 for 7 billion campaign believes that the process must be worthy of the post itself.

Capacity Building Session on Child, Early and Forced Marriage for Tanzanian Parliamentarians - Segment One

PGA convened a Parliamentary Delegation to Dar es Salaam and Dodoma, Tanzania on June 17-22, 2015 to hold meetings with relevant stakeholders and partners on CEFM issues and to discuss the best strategies through which PGA can contribute to their work

ICC Ratification: Increasing the Opportunities for Justice in Ukraine

Are further delays in ratification of the Rome Statute presenting a lost opportunity to provide for justice in Ukraine? Can Rome Statute ratification in fact help the high-level peace negotiations? Will the ICC replace national Ukrainian courts?

Consultations on the Abolition of the Death Penalty and the Fight Against Impunity

From 10 to 13 June, PGA conducted a field mission on the abolition of the death penalty and the fight against impunity in the margins of the South-East Asia Regional Congress on the abolition of the death penalty organized by Ensemble Contre la Peine de M

Parliamentary Expert & Peer-Exchange Roundtable Discussions on the International Criminal Court (ICC)

PGA, in partnership with the Human Rights Agenda and the Razumkov Center organized a Parliamentary Expert & Peer-Exchange Roundtable Discussions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) from June 18-19, 2015 at the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine

In Memoriam of Prof. Otto Triffterer (1931-2015), a giant of International Criminal Law

Earlier this month, on June 1, 2015, the world lost one of the most innovative and charismatic legal thinkers of our times, Professor Dr. Otto Triffterer.

PGA Member Senator David Musila calls on Kenyan Goverment to Accede to Arms Trade Treaty

Why Kenya must accede to arms treaty, By DAVID MUSILA

Interview with PGA Member Mr. Harry van Bommel, MP, The Netherlands

The PGA Secretariat has the pleasure of highlighting this month’s work on the ratification of the Rome Statute by Armenia, with 10 questions to Mr. Harry van Bommel, MP, The Netherlands.