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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 & the RWCHR denounce the incarceration and persecution of former Burundi MP Fabien Banciryanino

We denounce the accusations against Mr. Banciryanino for condemning human rights abuses in his country and urge authorities to immediately and unconditionally release him.

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..

Virginia Abolishes the Death Penalty

Virginia (USA) Governor Ralph Northam signed into law a bill that ends capital punishment in the State. Virginia has thus become the first Southern US State to abolish the death penalty.

CSW65 Side Event: Women Leaders as Advocates for Equality and Inclusion of LGBTI+ Persons

Female parliamentarians, due to the systemic discrimination faced by women, have a powerful voice and story to bring in their advocacy for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people...

Women Leaders Speak Up for LGBTI+ Inclusion at CSW 2021

On March 24, 2021, PGA co-organized a side event to the UN’s 65th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) titled Women Leaders as Advocates for Equality and Inclusion of LGBTI+ Persons.

PGA International Council elects new Board Members and discusses attacks on democracy and media-freedom during the global Pandemic

On 19 March 2021, PGA organized its International Council meeting on the Zoom platform to discuss major threats to democracy and human rights and to elect its 2021-22 Board.

Urgent Action Alert 5: Ethiopia

Authorities In Ethiopia Must Halt Arbitrary Arrests, Political Persecution, And Mass Killings

In Support of Senator Leila De Lima: Anita Vandenbeld Addresses Canadian Parliament

Anita Vandenbeld addresses Canadian Parliament to mark 4 years of Senator Leila De Lima Imprisonment.

Jamaica should repeal homophobic laws, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights rules

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has found the Jamaican government responsible for violating multiple rights of a gay man and a lesbian woman and urges an immediate repeal of the country’s homophobic laws.

Panel Discussion: How Parliamentarians Can Support At-Risk Human Rights Defenders

Parliamentarians for Global Action and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights co-hosted a panel discussion on the documentary film NASRIN and how legislators can support at-risk human rights defenders.

Meeting of Kenyan MPs and members of Girls Not Brides National Partnership in Kenya

PGA facilitated a meeting between Members of Parliament of Kenya and members of Girls Not Brides’ National Partnership in Kenya