PGA warmly congratulates Mr. Adama Barrow, the newly elected President of the Gambia, on his statement that his administration was working on rejoining the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the Commonwealth.
Members of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) welcome the successful efforts deployed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and its Member States, which resulted in a peaceful transfer of power in the Gambia last week.
Dip. Ronny Monge informs PGA Secretariat that the draft legislation n° 19.665 on cooperation and relation with the ICC has been approved by the Members of his Commission.
On 16 November 2016, the Constitutional Committee chaired by PGA member Dip. Ramos Soto, approved the bill that creates national mechanisms to efficiently cooperate with the ICC tabled by PGA member Dip. Jorge Cálix.
On 8 November 2016, Sen. Julio César Valentín, Chair of the PGA National Group in Dominican Republic, tabled a bill that created the necessary national mechanisms to cooperate efficiently with the International Criminal Court (ICC).
On 21 September 2016, Dip. Marisol Peñafiel, Chair of the PGA National Group of Ecuador, tabled a bill to amend the Criminal Code and include national mechanisms to enhance the cooperation with the ICC.
On 6 December 2016, Dip. Ronny Monge, PGA Board Member, tabled bill n°4573 which amends the Criminal Code of Costa Rica in order to implement the crimes included in the Rome Statute as well as the Kampala Amendments.
The thoughts of PGA Members worldwide and the PGA Secretariat are with the victims of the attacks, their relatives, and all MPs and parliamentary staff in Afghanistan.
At the margins of the International Criminal Court’s High-Level Seminar for Fostering Cooperation with the Court in the Caribbean Community region, Dr. David Donat Cattin met with the President of the Republic of T&T Mr. Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona
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The Roundtable was held on 19 December 2016 and hosted by Hon. Hryhoriy Nemyria, MP, Chair of the Committee on Human Rights, National Minorities and Interethnic Relations of the Parliament of Ukraine
On 9 and 10 December 2016, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, the National Assembly of Senegal hosted the 9th Consultative Assembly of Parliamentarians for the International Criminal Court and the Rule of Law (CAP - ICC).