The Role of Parliamentarians in Atrocity Prevention

PGA co-sponsored an event with Concordia University's Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies to discuss, reflect and review current thinking on atrocity prevention approaches.

PGA condemns the adoption of the Sexual Offences Bill by the Parliament of Uganda

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.

PGA’s global membership condemns the terrorist attacks against President Mohamed Nasheed, Speaker of People’s Majlis, Maldives

PGA expresses heartfelt solidarity with the Speaker of the Republic of the Maldives, Hon. Mohamed Nasheed MP, former President of the Maldives and a member of PGA, members of security forces, and civilians who were victims of a barbaric bombing yesterday

Dominican Republic and Ecuador Take Important Steps to Decriminalize Abortion

Positive news in Dominican Republic and Ecuador regarding efforts to decriminalize abortion. PGA members Diputada Magda Rodríguez and Asambleísta Esther Cuesta, respectively, have shared their reactions

Breach of Separation Of Powers In El Salvador: Judiciary Undermined

Nuevas Ideas, the political party of President Nayib Bukele that holds a parliamentary supermajority, nearly 80% of the 84-member Legislative Assembly, must ensure representation of all sectors of society and uphold human rights and inclusive participatio

Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal declares the Death Penalty Unconstitutional

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

Silencing the Guns Initiative

Enabling Women Parliamentarians in Africa in Addressing Needs Identified in Requests for International Assistance in 2018 National Reports on the Implementation of the UN Program of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms

Handbook on Disarmament Launched in Swedish Parliament

Hon. Margareta Cederfelt MP, President, PGA Addressed the Swedish Parliament on the occassion of the Launch of Parliamentary Handbook on Disarmament for Security and Sustainable Development

UNDP’s ‘Being LGBTI in the Caribbean’ Regional Dialogue

Parliamentary Panel on Legislative Reform and Protective Measures on SOGI during UNDP’s “Being LGBTI in the Caribbean” Regional Dialogue

The Role of Parliamentarians in Implementing Forced Marriage as a Crime Against Humanity into Domestic Law

How Parliamentarians can be leaders in the defence and promotion of girls’ and women’s human rights by improving access to justice for international crimes.

PGA et le CRWDP dénoncent l’incarcération et la persécution de l’ancien député burundais, Fabien Banciryanino

Nous dénonçons les accusations portées contre M. Banciryanino pour avoir condamné les violations des droits de la personne dans son pays et exhortons les autorités à le libérer immédiatement et sans condition.

West African MPs Renew Their Commitment to the Fight Against Impunity

PGA co-organised with its National Group in Nigeria, a Workshop on the Fight Against Impunity for Mass Atrocities under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and promotion of the Rule of Law

PGA National Group in Suriname Will Meet with Civil Society to Promote the Rights and Inclusion of LGBTI People

PGA’s National Group in Suriname met in the National Assembly in Paramaribo.

New Zealand MPs committed to supporting Nasrin Sotoudeh & Human Rights Defenders

The New Zealand Parliament and PGA, co-organized a critical event to support and advocate for the immediate and unconditional release of Iranian human rights defender, Nasrin Sotoudeh

Disarmament in A Time of Pandemic – The Role of Parliamentarians

A presentation on the Biological Weapons Convention and UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004).

Legislators from Iraq, Jordan, Palestine and Yemen discuss the fight against impunity in the MENA region

8th Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Parliamentary Working Group on the fight against impunity and the strengthening of the rule of Law: national, regional and international ramifications (Part 2).

PGA Strongly Condemns Death Threats From Saudi Official Against Outgoing UN Special Rapporteur On Extrajudicial, Summary Or Arbitrary Killings, Dr. Agnès Callamard

Threats follow Dr. Agnès Callamard's investigation of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi committed in 2018 at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.

Armenia Ratifies International Treaty Aiming at the Abolition of the Death Penalty

PGA welcomes the ratification on 19 March 2021 by the Government of Armenia of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), aiming at the abolition of the death penalty..