***46th PGA Annual Forum and 4th Consultative Assembly of Parliamentarians for the Oceans, 26 - 27 March 2026, Mexico City. *** REGISTER HERE
***46th PGA Annual Forum and 4th Consultative Assembly of Parliamentarians for the Oceans, 26 - 27 March 2026, Mexico City. *** REGISTER HERE
Resolution 1540 (2004) affirms that the proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and their means of delivery constitutes a threat to international peace and security
The Defender of Democracy Awards were conferred in a high-level ceremony on 28 October 2024, hosted by the Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, Honorable Sardar Ayaz Sadiq.
PGA looks forward to the deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of Seychelles of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) in the near future.
PGA brought together parliamentarians from different regions around the world, to discuss and strategize towards the abolition of the death penalty.
Recent media articles encourage their governments to take positive steps.
PGA is grateful to the Parliament of Sierra Leone for facilitating the organization of this Workshop and to UNODC for their continued important collaboration with and cooperation.
With these new invitations, 76 States are now Parties, two have signed it and 18 have been invited to accede to the Convention.
The 2024 International Day of the Girl theme is ‘Girls’ vision for the future’ conveying both the need for urgent action and persistent hope, driven by the power of girls’ voices and vision for the future
Seychelles preparing changes to law to accede to Budapest Convention on Cybercrime
2024 Open Letter to Permanent Representatives to the United Nations in advance of the annual Open Debate on Women, Peace and Security
Each year on 10 October, the global abolitionist movement comes together to observe the World Day Against the Death Penalty. “The Death Penalty Protects No One: Abolish it Now.”
The Zimbabwe Government has domesticated the UN Biological Weapons Convention by drafting the Biological Weapons Bill.
While the world advances towards digitalization, the use of and dependence on information technology, networks and databases has become more and more pervasive in society.
On 21 August 2024, with an overwhelming 281 votes in favor out of 328 MPs present, the Verkhovna Rada adopted the Law to Ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and its amendments.
We forcefully denounce the political violence against the opposition in Venezuela and call for the immediate release of all arbitrarily detained persons, including Mr. Freddy Superlano, leader of the opposition party Voluntad Popular and former state gove
Mr. Vladimir Kara-Murza was released on August 1, 2024, in a historic prisoner swap between Russia and the West.
The visit aimed to provide the MPs with comprehensive information and address questions concerning the draft bill to implement the provisions of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the national level.
PGA especially wishes to acknowledge the central role played by PGA Executive Committee Member Hon. Bernard Georges in connection with this decision.