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On 24 February 2022, the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine. This premeditated, unjustified, and unjustifiable invasion, firmly condemned by PGA, represents an act of aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine in violation of the UN Charter...

Chair of PGA’s UK National Group, Mr. Mark Pritchard MP, asks the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will hold discussions with her counterparts in Commonwealth countries on ending the death penalty.

On behalf of PGA we welcome your commitment to justice, equality and fairness and your vow to end the federal death penalty

Members of Parliament engage with the Diplomatic Community on priorities of the United Nations Common Agenda

On 28 April 2021, the Supreme Court of Appeal of Malawi declared the death penalty unconstitutional as an impermissible derogation from the right to life under the Malawi’s Constitution

On 19 March 2021, PGA organized its International Council meeting on the Zoom platform to discuss major threats to democracy and human rights and to elect its 2021-22 Board.

A new National Security Law in China may have devastating consequences for human rights in Hong Kong and represents a profound assault on Hong Kong’s autonomy and an unacceptable breach of international law.

Uganda es abolicionista de facto, ya que la última ejecución tuvo lugar en 2005. Sin embargo, en 2017, más de 250 personas permanecieron en el corredor de la muerte.

Desde que se llevó a cabo la última ejecución en 1967, Australia ha abolido oficialmente la pena de muerte en todo el país.

PGA Board member Mr. Mark Pritchard, MP briefed the UK Foreign Secretary, Mr. Boris Johnson on the work of PGA.

News broke today that the Government of South Africa has notified the United Nations Secretary General of its intention to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

El objetivo de la misión, organizada en la ocasión del Día Mundial de la Justicia Internacional, 17 de julio, fue evaluar y superar los obstáculos que se encuentran en la legislación vigente de Ucrania, que impide la rendición de cuentas de los autores de
PGA members in Uganda wish to have that bill passed before the end of the current session of parliament, which ends on 16 May 2016.

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Mark Pritchard MP calls on Countries to Ratify Arms Trade Treaty

Parliamentary Seminar on ICC in Ukraine, under high patronage of Chairman of Verkhovna Rada, received multi-party support for Rome Statute ratification

Sua William Sio, at its annual meeting, elected nine new Members and the Treasurer of the PGA Executive Committee ("the Board") for a term of 2 years.
While a relative majority of States have taken abolitionist positions and the number of executions has decreased in 201, 58 States still apply the death penalty

El 1 de septiembre de 2015, PGA organizado al margen de la cuarta Conferencia Mundial de Presidentes de Parlamento, titulado “El rol de los Parlamentos en la criminalización de guerras agresivas e ilícitas.”

La comunidad internacional se ha comprometido a eliminar el matrimonio infantil, temprano y forzado como ha sido plasmado en la Resolución reciente sobre este tema adoptada por la Asamblea General de Naciones Unidas en Diciembre de 2014.

PGA convened a “Parliamentary Conference and Peers’ Review Roundtable: Giving Full Effect to Principle of Complementarity Efforts in Uganda and the DR Congo”

PGA Executive Committee member Mark Pritchard, MP (UK) calls for ICC to investigate war crimes in the Central African Republic and ensure people responsible are brought to justice.

On the occasion of the 23rd session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) that took place from 12-16 of May 2014 at the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna, Austria, PGA organized a Round-Table...

Parliamentarians Around the World Celebrate Slovakia’s Ratification of the Kampala Amendments

Members of PGA Commend Ad Hoc Acceptance of ICC Jurisdiction pertaining to recent events in Ukraine Press Releases News Center

With this urgent appeal we call upon action from your countries to help the International Community to prevent a genocide in Central African Republic.

On January 13-14, 2014 PGA Board Member Mr. Mark Pritchard, MP (UK) participated in Regional Conference on the Abolition of the Death Penalty in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

On July 15, 2013, the PGA Executive Committee together with the PGA International Law and Human Rights Program took the decision to start preparations towards the creation of a Campaign for the Abolition of the Death Penalty.