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.
PGA expresses its concern that the prerogatives of a sitting Parliamentarian may have been violated while he was exercising his right to express opinions and dissent.
PGA welcomes the Joint Statement of President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) issued earlier today at the Singapore Summit.
On June 8, PGA Board members met for the first time with the United Nations LGBTI Core Group.
Parliamentarians from West and Central Africa shared their experiences and discussed the future of the abolitionist movement in the region.
On 30 May 2018, a high-level group of Canadian Lawmakers committed to human rights convened a meeting to discuss the Campaigns and priorities of PGA.
