Statement by PGA Member Hon. Leila M. de Lima (The Philippines) submitted at a side event of the 39th United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Session, Geneva, Switzerland on 13 September 2018.
India’s Supreme Court ruled today that consensual and private same-sex relations between adults are not a crime. This momentous decision is a crucial victory for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people in the country.
17 July 2018 marked the Twentieth Anniversary of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
A signed Presidential Decree authorizing ratification of the ATT by Suriname was published in the Official Government Gazette on 29th July 2018.
PGA Members in Brazil have made a number of decisive contributions to the ATT Parliamentary Ratification Process over the past 4 years.
PGA calls on the Government of Venezuela to immediately release Diputado Juan Requesens who on 7 August 2018 was forcibly detained by the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN).
Insight from Assemblywoman Soledad Buendia (Ecuador)
By Hon. Syed Naveed Qamar, Member of Parliament from Pakistan and PGA member
Contrary to the popular belief, the Rome Statute was effectively opened to the signatures by States on 18 July 1998, when the Final Act of the Rome Diplomatic Conference was signed.
PGA co-sponsored a high-level ministerial event at the UN to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute, International Justice Day, and the entry into force of the Court’s jurisdiction over the crime of aggression.
On 19 June 2018, the House of Deputies of the Dominican Republic approved in first reading the Draft Bill Number 05835-2016-2020-CD on Cooperation and Relations with the ICC.
PGA Congratulates National Assembly of Central African Republic on Ratification of Biological Weapons Convention on 3rd July 2018.
PGA wishes to congratulate the National Assembly of The Republic of Guinea Bissau, following its ratification of the Arms Trade Treaty on July 2nd, 2018.
Several groups have called for the Government to implement law reforms to end the practice of child marriage in Malaysia.
The report on the systematic violations of human rights in Venezuela: "A downward spiral that does not seem to end".
PGA held its first Strategic Roundtable Discussion on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU) and the Cape Town Agreement (CTA).
Statement on new Anti-Terrorism Law in Indonesia.
