Legislators in Ecuador discuss small-scale fisheries and the role they can play to ensure their sustainable management

Chair of PGA Ecudaor National Group, Asambleista Soledad Buendía, convened the first meeting of the group in 2020 to discuss programmatic priorities and learn about the areas of development of the work of the PGA during this COVID-19 pandemic.

Alerte d’action urgente 1 : Malaisie

The health crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic has unfolded against a background of political turmoil... As one expert puts it, Malaysia now faces a triple crisis of coronavirus, economy, and politics.

Webinaire organisé par PGA et la OEA sur l’action politique parlementaire pendant la crise de la COVID-19

In the framework of a memorandum of understanding between the Organization of American States (OAS) and Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), signed on 24 February, both organizations have organized...

PGA Launches the Parliamentary Rapid Response Team (PARRT)

Increasing consensus holds that democracy is in decline globally. Elements of backsliding include progressive erosion of such principles as separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial independence...

Let’s Break the Silence about LGBTI People in the Time of the Coronavirus

Joint Statement of Parliamentarians for Global Action and ILGALAC on the occasion of the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT)

Déclaration parlementaire mondiale en soutien à la négociation d'un traité sur l'interdiction des armes entièrement autonomes

Nous, parlementaires du monde entier, adhérons et soutenons la négociation d’un traité sur l’interdiction des armes entièrement autonomes.

Parliamentarians Worldwide Demand That Philippines Senator Leila De Lima Be Allowed to Participate in Legislative Proceedings

Senator Leila De Lima’s voice is needed more than ever to defend democracy in The Philippines. Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) joins allies worldwide in demanding that she be allowed to participate in legislative proceedings.

Les membres de PGA en Republique Democratique du Congo (RDC) denoncent les recents actes de violence en Ituri et demandent a la Justice d’intervenir

Ce jeudi 23 avril 2020, une nouvelle attaque de la Coopérative de développement du Congo (CODECO), qui s’oppose aux forces armées nationales (FARDC), a fait au moins 18 morts, dont des enfants, à Djugu..

PGA Congratulates Government of Namibia on its Ratification of the Arms Trade Treaty

On 28th April, 2020, Namibia deposited its Instrument of Ratification to the ATT with the UN Secretary-General in New York, thereby becoming the 106th State Party to the ATT.

L’Assemblée nationale du Tchad abolit la peine de mort pour tous les crimes

Ce 28 avril 2020, l’Assemblée nationale du Tchad a adopté l’abolition de la peine de mort pour tous les crimes, par un vote unanime historique.

In Memoriam of Felipe Michelini – An unforgettable leader in the fight for justice, truth and human rights

On 19 April 2020, Dr. Felipe Michelini passed away in his hometown Montevideo, Uruguay, due to complications following a tragic domestic accident that occurred on 7 April.

PGA member Dip. Gloria Reyes (Dominican Republic) calls on Executive to support Costa Rica’s proposal to WHO on facilitating access to technologies to combat COVID-19

In her letter to the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Diputada Reyes calls on the Minister of Health to formally endorse Costa Rica’s proposal at the W.H.O.

Asambleísta Soledad Buendía Shares Testimony On Being Politically Persecuted In Ecuador

Political repression of opposition legislators in Ecuador is exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis.

Actions Que Nous, Parlementaires, Pouvons Prendre Pour Attenuer L’impact Du Covid-19 Sur Les Filles, Les Femmes Et Les Personnes LGBTI

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.

Dorcas Sibanda: Death Penalty Should be Abolished Completely

Dorcas Sibanda says while Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has done well to commute death sentences to life imprisonment, he should have completely abolished the death sentence as stipulated in the national Constitution.

PGA Launches Global Parliamentary Campaign in Support of the Negotiation of a Treaty on the Prohibition of Fully Autonomous Weapons

PGA is pleased to announce the launch of its Global Parliamentary Campaign in Support of the Negotiation of a Treaty Prohibiting Fully Autonomous Weapons.

Message from PGA on our Covid-19 Response

The novel coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic has touched every corner of the globe and underscored the inequities in our societies.

COVID-19: UN chief calls for global ceasefire to focus on ‘the true fight of our lives’

PGA strongly endorses the UN Secretary-General’s appeal to halt all active armed conflicts in the world and enact a universal ceasefire binding all Parties in war-zones.