La visión de PGA es contribuir a la creación de un orden internacional basado en el imperio de la ley para un mundo más equitativo, seguro, sostenible y democrático.
La visión de PGA es contribuir a la creación de un orden internacional basado en el imperio de la ley para un mundo más equitativo, seguro, sostenible y democrático.
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To avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, I invite my African sisters and brothers to know how to relativize our certainties, whenever human rights and human dignity are at stake, as in the treatment of the LGBTQ+ issue.
If signed into law by the President of Ghana, the Promotion of Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill of 2021, will potentially have a devastating impact on human rights, democracy and economic development.
The bill is in contravention to the Ghanaian Constitution, which protects the rights of all persons to equality and non-discrimination, to freedom of expression, freedom of association and privacy.
PGA seeks to provide a safe space for dialogue between Sub-Saharan African legislators and their peers from Europe and North America, and with Civil Society representatives, on the inclusion of LGBTQI+ persons.
Democracy requires equality. Political leaders have a great responsibility in ensuring that all communities are represented, including LGBTQI+ persons, and adopt policies and legislation increasing their representation in parliament.
Este día brinda la oportunidad de arrojar luz y denunciar la violencia y la discriminación que sufren a diario las personas lesbianas, gays, bisexuales, trans e intersexuales (LGBTI+) en su vida privada y pública.
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.
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.
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 Forum sought to strengthen the network of parliamentarians committed to advancing human rights and inclusion of LGBTI+ people worldwide.
The Court affirmed and deemed unconstitutional that certain laws criminalize consensual, private acts between persons of the age of consent, regardless of gender.
International Day for Countering Hate Speech, celebrated on the 18th June, is an initiative which aims to educate people on hate speech and discrimination and recognise how it affects society. PGA members speak out on this disturbing trend.
El 9 de mayo de 2022, la Sra. Xiomara Castro, Presidenta de Honduras, asumió públicamente la responsabilidad del Estado de Honduras en el asesinato de Vicky Hernández, activista transgénero, acaecido la noche del 28 de junio de 2009.
Chile joins Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Uruguay in providing access to marriage for same-sex couples.
The Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni returned the Bill to the Parliament for reconsideration.
PGA joined the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights, the LGBTQ Victory Institute and the Global Equality Caucus as an Executive Partner of the Interparliamentary Plenary Assembly as part of WorldPride Copenhagen 2021
Se trata de la primera vez que el máximo tribunal regional de derechos humanos, con sede en Costa Rica, responsabiliza a un Estado por la muerte -y la no persecución de los responsables - de una persona trans
legisladores de Honduras miembros de PGA sostuvieron una reunión virtual con representantes de la organización de la sociedad civil hondureña Somos CDC para discutir el Proyecto de Ley de Igualdad y Equidad
PGA condemns the 2019 Sexual Offenses Bill, adopted by the Parliament of Uganda on 03 May 2021, which violates international human rights law by criminalizing consensual same-gender sexual acts between adults.
Parliamentary Panel on Legislative Reform and Protective Measures on SOGI during UNDP’s “Being LGBTI in the Caribbean” Regional Dialogue
PGA’s National Group in Suriname met in the National Assembly in Paramaribo.
On March 24, 2021, PGA co-organized a side event to the UN’s 65th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) titled Women Leaders as Advocates for Equality and Inclusion of LGBTI+ Persons.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has found the Jamaican government responsible for violating multiple rights of a gay man and a lesbian woman and urges an immediate repeal of the country’s homophobic laws.
Italy’s Chamber of Deputies approved an anti-discrimination bill that makes violence against women and LGBTI people a hate crime, increasing prison terms for perpetrators of such attacks.
PGA y su Grupo Nacional en la República Dominicana celebran la introducción del importante proyecto de Ley General de Igualdad y No Discriminación en la Comisión de Derechos Humanos de la Cámara de Diputados de la República Dominicana.
Hosted by the Parliament of Saint Lucia on August 26, 2020
The Employment Act 2020 protects various categories of individuals from workplace discrimination, including those of diverse sexual orientation.
Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) congratulates the Parliament of Gabon for repealing paragraph 5 of Article 402 of its Criminal Code, which criminalized same-sex sexual relations.
Declaración conjunta de Parlamentarios para la Acción Global e ILGALAC con motivo del Día Internacional contra la Homofobia, la Bifobia, el Intersexismo y la Transfobia (IDAHOBIT)
PGA calls on parliamentarians to take actions to protect the rights of girls, women and LGBTI persons as part of their national COVID-19 response.
Quisiéramos expresar nuestras esperanzas y deseos de igualdad en 2020, un año que conmemora el 5º aniversario de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible.
Pacific Youth and Parliamentarians Regional Dialogue in Apia, Samoa on October 14-16, 2019.
On August 12th, 2019, PGA Board member Hon. Levy Nazaré, MP and Vice-President of the National Assembly of São Tomé and Príncipe, took the floor during a plenary session to stand for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people.
The UN Permanent Mission of Luxembourg hosted a meeting between UN Member States from the UN LGBTI Core Group and members of PGA’s Board
These steps are in the rights direction. Let’s hope the application of the legal framework brings justice and protection to all LGBTI persons in Brazil.
La Corte Constitucional de Ecuador dio paso al matrimonio civil igualitario en el Ecuador este miércoles
By Senator Valerie Woods, member of the Senate of Belize and member of the Board of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA)
Por Carla Pitiot, Diputada en el Congreso de la Nación Argentina, Presidenta del Grupo Nacional de PGA en Argentina y miembro de la Junta Directiva de PGA
Por Diputado Fidel Santana, Presidente de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos de la Cámara de Diputados de la República Dominicana e integrante de Parlamentarios para la Acción Global
On March 18-22 PGA participated in the World Conference of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) in Wellington, New Zealand.
On January 23, 2019, Angola’s Parliament adopted a new penal code, removing the “vices against nature” provision inherited from the time of Portugal’s colonization, which was considered a ban on private same-sex sexual relations between consenting adults.
Held by PGA in Kyiv, Ukraine on November 19, 2018, in collaboration with Ukrainian LGBT Association LIGA
Por Sir Ronald Sanders, Embajador de Antigua y Barbuda en los Estados Unidos y la Organización de los Estados Americanos
Después de más de cinco años de procedimientos parlamentarios, el proyecto de ley de identidad de género fue finalmente aprobado ayer por la Cámara de Diputados de Chile, con 95 votos a favor y 46 en contra.
India’s Supreme Court ruled today that consensual and private same-sex relations between adults are not a crime. This momentous decision is a crucial victory for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people in the country.
Por el Hon. Syed Naveed Qamar, miembro del Parlamento de Pakistán y miembro de PGA
On June 8, PGA Board members met for the first time with the United Nations LGBTI Core Group.
Se reunieron en él parlamentarios y parlamentarias de Argentina, Chile, República Dominicana, Trinidad y Tobago y Uruguay y expertos en temas de OSIG
The Transgender Persons Bill comes at a critical and urgent moment for the transgender community.
April 16-18: PGA Board member Senator Valerie Woods participated in several activities at the sidelines of the Commonwealth Forums on Women, Peoples, Youth, Business and NHRIs.
In delivering his ruling, Justice Rampersad ruled: “the court declares that sections 13 and 16 of the [Sexual Offences Act] are unconstitutional.
PGA ha elaborado un nuevo paquete de documentos de fácil manejo para ayudar a parlamentarios y otras partes interesadas a comprender algunas de las cuestiones clave que afectan a las personas LGBTI y animarles a difundir un mensaje de inclusión en las redes sociales.
In November 2006, an international group of experts met in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta to develop a set of principles that would apply the standards of international human rights law to the problems that affect LGBTI people.
La Opinión de la Corte es en respuesta a una solicitud de Costa Rica acerca de la interpretación de la Convención Americana sobre Derechos Humanos.
On November 16-19, PGA participated in the annual Regional Conference of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association for Latin America and the Caribbean (ILGALAC) in Guatemala City.
PGA convened a Roundtable Discussion in Paramaribo, Suriname on Friday, October 27, 2017.
Sigmund Freud, en su libro “Moisés y la religión monoteísta” dice que las democracias son excepciones y no reglas, porque hay algo en el carácter humano que se inclina hacia el autoritarismo.
The bill penalizes discriminatory acts based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE).
El pasado 14 de julio, un grupo de representantes de la comunidad LGBTI de la República Dominicana realizó una visita oficial al Congreso Nacional, durante la cual se reunieron con varixs diputadxs.
PGA se compromete a defender los derechos humanos de todos los individuos sin importar su orientación sexual, identidad y/o expresión de género, y/o características sexuales
Hoy, 28 de junio, celebramos el Día del Orgullo LGBTI, que conmemora los disturbios de Stonewall que comenzaron en esta fecha en 1969 y que se consideran dieron lugar al movimiento de liberación gay.
En el Día Internacional contra la Homofobia, Transfobia y Bifobia (IDAHOT, por su sigla en inglés) PGA reafirma su compromiso de promover los derechos de las personas LGBTI y de sus familias.
PGA remitió una opinión a la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos en relación con una solicitud del Estado de Costa Rica acerca del reconocimiento de la identidad de género de las personas y de los derechos patrimoniales de las parejas del mismo sexo.
El Decreto Legislativo N° 1323 incorpora al Código Penal peruano la orientación sexual y la identidad de género como categorías expresas prohibidas de discriminación y como circunstancias agravantes en los delitos.
Bienvenidos y bienvenidas al sitio web de PGA sobre inclusión LGBTI, un recurso en línea para ayudarle a entender el rol único que Ud. puede desempeñar como parlamentario o parlamentaria a fin de asegurar la igualdad y la no discriminación de todos los individuos, con independencia de quiénes sean o a quiénes amen.
PGA organizó un Seminario para avanzar la igualdad y no discriminación en San José los días 9 y 10 de marzo de 2017.
PGA expresa su solidaridad con los familiares y amigos de las víctimas, así como con los miembros de la comunidad transgénero en El Salvador.
The meeting brought together representatives from the Executive Legal Counsel’s office, the Human Rights Unit of the Attorney General, and the Defensoría del Pueblo, as well as LGBTI activists and Dominican legislators.
Parliamentary Delegation to Belize City and Belmopan, Belize from November 9 to November 12, 2016.
Senator Valerie Woods recognized the ruling on the unconstitutionality of Section Fifty-Three of the Criminal Code that criminalized same sex intercourse.
PGA commends the decision of the Supreme Court of Belize in ruling Section 53 of the Criminal Code, which criminalized consenting intercourse between adults of the same sex, unconstitutional.
Parlamentarios para la Acción Global (PGA, por sus siglas en inglés), en colaboración con el Comité de Derechos Humanos en el Parlamento de Uruguay , organizó un Seminario sobre Igualdad y No Discriminación en razón de la Orientación Sexual e Identidad de
Parlamentarios de Aruba, Bolivia, Belice, Costa Rica, República Dominicana, Surinam, Trinidad y Tobago y Uruguay participaron en el Seminario de PGA sobre Igualdad y No Discriminación en razón de la Orientación Sexual y la Identidad de Género
On June 30th, the Human Rights Council decided to appoint, for a period of three years, an Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Launched in 2011 by the U.S. Department of State, the Global Equality Fund (GEF) empowers Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) persons to live freely and exercise their rights without fear of discrimination or abuse.
A delegation from PGA visited Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago from June 21-24 to advance the goals of PGA’s Campaign against Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI)
Bolivian Senator María Lourdes Landivar shares her thoughts on the proclamation of the Gender Identity Law in her country on May 21, 2016.
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.
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.
PGA convened a Strategy Session on the Role of Parliamentarians in Promoting Non-Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity in the sidelines of its Annual Parliamentary Forum 2015.
Nepal joins eight other countries that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation in their constitution.
Con 75 votos a favor de un total de 84, la Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador aprobó una reforma al Código Penal para incrementar las sanciones a los delitos de homicidios
Mozambique passes new Penal Code that decriminalizes homosexuality.
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.
Within the framework of PGA’s Campaign Against Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) (SOGI Campaign), the Gender, Equality and Population Program conducted field missions to Trinidad & Tobago and Suriname
PGA’s GEP Program, in collaboration with PGA’s National Group in the Legislative Assembly and the Attorney General’s Office for the Defense of Human Rights of El Salvador, are convening a Seminar on Equality and Non-Discrimination for Latin American M
PGA convened a Seminar on Equality and Non-Discrimination for Latin American and Caribbean Parliamentarians that took place in San Salvador, El Salvador.
On September 26, 2014, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution against discrimination and violence perpetrated towards Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) people....
The Constitutional Court of Uganda has declared the passing of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill into Act as null and void. The panel of five judges unanimously nullified the Anti-Homosexuality Act on grounds that it was passed without the required quorum.
The Chamber of Deputies of the Dominican Republic hosted Members of Parliament from Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa in an historic meeting on October 10-11, 2013 entitled, “Protecting Human Rights, Combating Discrimination and Addressing HIV
We, Members of Parliament from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Members of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), a network of over 1,000 Members of Parliament from over 130 countries worldwide, view with strong approval the G8 decision t