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 félicite le vote à l’unanimité pour la Loi de mise en œuvre du Statut de Rome de la CPI en RDC.

Le 2 juin 2015, l’Assemblée Nationale de la RDC a adopté à l’unanimité la Loi de mise en œuvre du Statut de Rome de la CPI dans l’ordre juridique interne

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

Parliamentary Workshop on the Ratification and Implementation of the Rome Statute and the Kampala Amendments in Dominican Republic

On 10 - 11 March, 2015 PGA organized, together with the Senate of the Dominican Republic, a Parliamentary Workshop on the Ratification and Implementation of the Rome Statute and the Kampala Amendments.

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

Field Mission of PGA in Kyiv bolsters support for the ratification of the Rome Statute of the ICC in Ukraine

From 20 to 22 April 2015, the Campaign for the Rome Statute of the ICC conducted a field mission to Kyiv to engage with Members of the newly elected Verkhovna Rada (Parliament of Ukraine) for the purpose of introducing the vision and goal of PGA

Angola - PGA congratulates PGA Member Dip. Palmira Bernardo for her actions contributing to parliamentary ratification of BTWC and CWC

PGA congratulates its Members in Angola for their relentless efforts leading to approved Ratification of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, as well as the Chemical Weapons Convention by the Government of Angola

Le Parlement Centrafricain adopte la loi portant sur la création d'une Cour Pénale Spéciale en République Centrafricaine

Le Conseil National de Transition (CNT) centrafricain a adopté à une grande majorité, le 22 avril 2015, la loi portant création d’une Cour Pénale Spéciale en République centrafricaine (RCA).