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Bringing ISIL/ISIS to justice for genocide and other atrocity-crimes

Draft Model Parliamentary Resolution and Sample Parliamentary Questions on “Bringing ISIS to Justice” prepared by PGA International Law and Human Rights team.

PGA Statement on The Situation in Guinea Bissau

PGA is deeply concerned over the continuous political and institutional crisis in Guinea Bissau.

Historic Accomplishment of the Republic of Argentina: First Country in the World to have signed All Four Cooperation Agreements with the International Criminal Court

Today, the Republic of Argentina signed its third and fourth cooperation agreements with the International Criminal Court (ICC), on interim release and the release of persons.

PGA Members Call on the International Criminal Court to Bring the Ntaganda Case to Ituri

Mr. Bosco Ntaganda stands accused of 13 counts of war crimes and 5 counts of crimes against humanity, alleged to have been committed in Ituri in 2002 and 2003, at the end of the Second Congo War.

PGA Member from Paraguay met with Minister of Foreign Affairs to discuss Cooperation Agreements with the International Criminal Court (ICC)

Dip. Clemente Barrios presented the latest developments concerning the adoption on 16 August 2017 of Law 5877/17 to the Minister of Foreign AFfairs.

PGA Concerned about Repeated Violations to Human Rights  and the Rule of Law in the Maldives

Repeated violations of the principle of separation of powers not only seriously undermines democratic processes but also the effectiveness and independence of the Judiciary.

Malaysian Death Penalty statement - No reason to delay commencement of Dangerous Drugs Amendment Act 2017

We, the 40 undersigned organisations are most disturbed and saddened that at least 10 persons have been victims of the mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking despite law abolishing the practice.

Brazilian Senate approves the Ratification of the ATT

PGA Members in Brazil have made a number of decisive contributions to the ATT Parliamentary Ratification Process over the past 4 years.

Hon. Jessie Majome, MP, Chair of PGA Zimbabwe Group Hailed by Constituents and Colleagues as "Vibrant, Committed MP"

Majome sits in the Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs committee, the Local Government committee, and she is also chairperson of the PGA Zimbabwe group.

PGA Board Member Barbara Lochbihler, MEP (Germany), calls for referral of the Rohingya massacres to the ICC

PGA urges Myanmar to stop the on-going systematic persecution of Rohingyas and to ratify the Rome Statute and thus demonstrate the country’s commitment to criminal justice and human rights.

Ten Years After the Yogyakarta Principles

In November 2006, an international group of experts met in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta to develop a set of principles that would apply the standards of international human rights law to the problems that affect LGBTI people.

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights Urges Us to Guarantee the Rights to Gender Identity and Equal Marriage

The Opinion of the Court is in response to a request from Costa Rica regarding the interpretation of the American Convention on Human Rights.

Meeting of PGA Delegation with the President of the General Assembly of the United Nations

On 11 December 2017, PGA Delegation met with the President of the General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA), H.E. Miroslav Lajčák.

Federative Republic of Brazil - Arms Trade Treaty Status Update

On December 7th, 2017, the Plenary of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil has move forward with the process of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in Brazil, by approving the text of the Treaty.

PGA’s Delegation and Activities at the 16th Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

A delegation of PGA including the lawmakers Ms. Macarena Gelman (Uruguay), Ms. Olena Sotnyk, MP (Ukraine), Mr. Keong Siong Su, MP (Malaysia) participated in the 16th Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

PGA Welcomes the Activation of the International Criminal Court’s Jurisdiction over the Crime of Aggression

71 years after the historic judgement at Nuremberg by the International Military Tribunal, another international jurisdiction may be able to adjudicate on the responsibility of leaders who engage in aggressive wars: The International Criminal Court.