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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.

PNG Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration, Hon. Rimbink Pato MP assures PNG Deputy Speaker of Parliament and PGA Member, Hon. Aide Ganasi MP of the Government’s commitment to ratify the ATT following completion of review process

Hon. Aide Ganasi MP participated in PGA ATT Workshop in Tonga from 18-19 May, 2015

PGA Condena el Asesinato de Francela Méndez, Activista Transgénero y Defensora de los Derechos Humanos de El Salvador

PGA condena enérgicamente el asesinato de Francela Méndez, activista transgénero y defensora de los derechos humanos de El Salvador, ocurrido en la madrugada del 31 de mayo pasado, y expresa su solidaridad con sus familiares

Chair of PGA’ s New Zealand National Group, Hon. Su’ a William Sio MP calls on Fijian Parliamentarians to push for ratification of Arms Trade Treaty

NZ pushes Fiji to join UN Arms Trade Treaty

PGA Congratulates the Unanimous Vote for the Implementing Legislation of the Rome Statute of the ICC in DRC

On 2 June the Chamber of Deputies of the DRC voted unanimously for the adoption of the Law to Implement the Rome Statute of the ICC in the domestic legal order.

ISIS: Abducting Girls and Women to Finance their Activities

Zainab Hawa Bangura, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict gave a poignant report on the situation in Iraq, and Syria following her mission in the region

Taller Parlamentario sobre la Ratificación e Implementación del Estatuto de Roma y las Enmiendas de Kampala en la República Dominicana

El 10 y 11 de marzo de 2015, PGA junto con el Senado de la República Dominicana organizó un Taller Parlamentario sobre la Ratificación e Implementación del Estatuto de Roma y las Enmiendas d

Margareta Cederfelt appointed Rapporteur of the OSCE PA’s General Committee on Political Affairs and Security

Cederfelt has served as Chair of the PGA National Group of Sweden and Treasurer of the PGA Executive Board since 2011.

Parliamentary Roundtable and Consultations on the Abolition of the Death Penalty in Tanzania

PGA organized on Sunday 3 May a Roundtable meeting on the abolition of the death penalty in Tanzania and Uganda in Dar es Salaam with the participation of Parliamentarians from Tanzania and Uganda