Side Event to the First Preparatory Commission of the Arms Trade Treaty

On Tuesday, July 13, 2010, PGA International Council Member Dr. Bernadetter Lahi, MP (Sierra Leone) participated in a Side Event to the First ATT PrepCom in New York hosted by Oxfam, the Norwegian Forum for Environment and Development, and Igarape in coop

PGA and Parliamentary Forum Workshop on Halting the Trafficking in Arms, Drugs & Human Beings - The Role of Parliamentarians

On 15th June 2010 PGA, together with the Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons, held a Workshop on Halting the Trafficking in Drugs, Arms and Human Beings at the Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations.

Consultative Assembly of Parliamentarians for the ICC and the Rule of Law - 6th session

From 27 to 28 May 2010, more than 100 Legislators from all regions of the world participated in the 6th Session of the Consultative Assembly of Parliamentarians for the ICC and the Rule of Law in Kampala, Uganda. The biennial event, organized by Parliamen

PGA Strategy Meeting on the Contribution of Parliamentarians to the Process of Negotiations of an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)

PGA held a Strategy Meeting on the Contribution of Parliamentarians to the Negotiation of an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) at the Permanent Mission of New Zealand to the United Nations on 8 April, 2010.

PGA members usher in historic health-care reform package

PGA international Council member Senator Tom Harkin called it a

PGA Delegation to The 54th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women - CSW

PGA organized a Parallel Side Meeting in conjunction with the 54th CSW on the topic of Role of Policymakers in Governance, Development and Women's Empowerment on March 11, 2010 at the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the UN.

Conference on Implementing Legislation of the Rome Statute of the ICC in African Indian Ocean Countries

The discussions provided for an update of the status of national implementing legislation of the Rome Statute in the represented countries, and also a forum to discuss the principles that characterize the jurisdiction of the ICC.

2010 Working Session on the ICC convened by the Permanent Council of the OAS

Diputado Sigfrido Reyes (Deputy Speaker , Legislative Assembly of El Salvador) intervenes on behalf of PGA sharing our position on the agenda items at the forthcoming Review Conference of the Rome Statute

International Parliamentary Conference on Justice and Peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes Region

From December 10-12, 2009, PGA held an International Parliamentary Conference on Justice and Peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Great Lakes and Central African regions in the Palais du Peuple, seat of the Parliament of the DRC in Kinshasa.

PGA Roundtable Meeting on the International Criminal Court

On December 2, 2009, the PGA International Secretariat, in association with the PGA National Group Nepal, organized a Roundtable Meeting on the ICC in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Briefing by Mr. Stephen Rapp, US Ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues to PGA board & International councill

On Friday, October 23, 2009 Mr. Stephen Rapp, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues briefed the Members of the Board and International Council of PGA on current US policy on accountability, international justice and the International Criminal Cou

31st Annual Forum of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA)

"Environment, Energy Management and the Global Economy". United States Congress, Washington, DC. October 20-22, 2009.

14th PGA Annual Defender of Democracy Awards

Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) presented the 2009 Defender of Democracy Awards to Mr. Kailash Satyarthi of India, Founder/Chair of the Global March Against Child Labor, and Ch. Aitzaz Ahsan of Pakistan, Barrister-at-Law, Senior Advocate Supreme

Cooperation of the European Parliament with the International Criminal Court (ICC)

With the ratification of the Rome Statute by the Czech Republic in July 2009, every Member State of the EU is now a State Party to the ICC.

PGA consultations on the Rome statute of the ICC in El Salvador

From 24-25 September 2009, and upon the invitation of the Vice-President of the National Assembly of El Salvador, Mr. Sigfrido Reyes, MP (FMLN, PGA Member), a Delegation of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) visited the National Assembly of El Salva

Technical Assistance on Rome Statute Implementing Legislation in Venezuela

Venezuela was the first State from Latin America to become a State Party to the Rome Statute on June 7, 2000, but has yet to incorporate the Statute in its legal order. Accordingly, on September 22, 2009, upon the initiative and invitation of PGA Board Me

Parliamentary Action Post-ICAAP 8: The Way Forward

PGA participated at this year’s 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia Pacific (ICAAP) in Bali, Indonesia on August 9-13, 2009 with the central theme of Empowering People, Strengthening Networks.

PGA Bilateral Dialogue - Aceh (Indonesia) and Balochistan (Pakistan)

On August 11, 2009, PGA held an informal Bilateral Dialogue in Bali, Indonesia on Aceh’s Conflict solving and Revenue Sharing Experiences: Lessons for Balochistan, Pakistan which brought together a group of legislators from the Balochistan province of