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.
Le 2 juin 2016, la Cour pénale internationale (CPI) a organisé une cérémonie afin de célébrer la ratification du Statut de Rome par El Salvador, devenu le 124ème Etat Partie à la CPI.
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.
On 26 May 2016, PGA and the Committee for Inter-parliamentary Cooperation of the House of Representatives of Indonesia co-organized a Seminar on the ICC & Gender Justice.
Le Président du groupe national de PGA au Chili, Dép. Tucapel Jimenez, a rencontré le Sous-Secrétaire aux relations étrangères, M. Edgar Riveros afin de discuter de la mise en œuvre de la Convention sur l’interdiction des armes biologiques (CAB).
Les 17 et 18 mai 2016, la Présidente de la CPI, la Juge Silvia Fernandez, et le Secrétaire Général de PGA, Dr David Donat Cattin, ont été invités par le co-coordonnateur du programme Droit international et droits humains, Sén. Alain Destexhe
PGA members from Colombia, namely Rep. Alirio Uribe Muñoz, Rep. Ángela María Robledo and Rep. Iván Cepeda Castro addressed a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs inquiring on the implementation status of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).
PGA member and Chair of Brazilian National Group, Dep. Jean Wyllys, acknowledged the Presidential Decree of May 11th, 2016 that, inter alia, quadruples penalties for development of biological weapons
Des sources médiatiques signalent qu’aujourd’hui, le 12 mai 2016, l'Ouganda reçoit à Kampala un fugitif de la justice internationale, M. Al-Bashir, président du Soudan.
Le 3 mai 2016, le Président du groupe national de PGA au Chili, Dép. Tucapel Jimenez, a présenté une proposition de résolution parlementaire à la Chambre des députés
PGA congratulates PGA Executive Committee Member and Deputy Convenor of PGA International Peace and Security Program, Dip. Víctor Bisonó for his Draft Bill of Legislation which seeks to amend Law No. 36 of 1965 of the Dominican Republic on Firearms.
While much attention is paid to the way that the influx of refugees and migrants is being handled by European leaders, surprisingly little attention is paid to the underlying question of why these people are fleeing their homes in the first place.
On 18-22 April 2016, PGA facilitated the visit of a high-level Parliamentary Delegation from Uganda to The Hague.
On 25 April, 2016, PGA Member Dip. Yohny Lescano Ancieta addressed a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs inquiring on the status of implementation of the BWC.
Members of the PGA National Group Uganda visited the International Criminal Court (ICC) to engage in high-level bilateral meetings with representatives of ICC, Government officials and Dutch MPs.