Liberia - Statement by PGA Member Senator Stephen J. H. Zargo, Chairman of Defence and Security Committee of Senate of Liberia, addressed to PGA, in connection with the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)

I am pleased to inform that my Government has ratified all of the remaining ECOWAS Protocols to which Liberia is a signatory.

PGA Members from Paraguay met with the Minister of Justice to discuss Voluntary Cooperation Agreements

PGA Members from Paraguay discuss Voluntary Cooperation Agreements with Minister of Justice.

PGA Members Share Deep Concerns at the Overwhelming Vote of the Parliament of Burundi in Favour of Withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

Burundi voted massively in favor of the country withdrawing from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC)

Parliamentarians Welcome the Adoption of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s Report on Co-operation with the International Criminal Court

PACE has adopted a report titled “Co-operation with the International Criminal Court: towards a concrete and expanded commitment”

PGA publishes Parliamentary Factsheet highlighting why the Death Penalty for Terrorism-related Offences is Ineffective, Counter-productive and Violates Human Rights

Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), in consultation with the World Coalition against the Death Penalty (WCADP), is launching today a Parliamentary Factsheet on the Death Penalty and Terrorism-Related Offences.

PGA Executive Committee Member Hon. M. Kula Segaran MP Urges Government of Malaysia to Ratify ATT Without Further Delay

Hon. M. Kulasegaran MP has called on the Government of Malaysia to proceed to ratification.

Canada - Motion by PGA Member Hon. Hélène Laverdière MP to establish a Parliamentary Committee to Examine Arms Exports

PGA Member Hon. Hélène Laverdière MP introduced in the Parliament of Canada on September 27th 2016 a motion to set up a Parliamentary Committee to screen arms exports

Peace & Democracy Program Update: May - Sep. 2016

Our latest Peace & Democracy Program Update is now available to download.

Statement by PGA on the Death of Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago

Members of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) express their sincere condolences and deep sorrow on the passing of Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago on 29 September 2016.

Legislators from Latin America Reaffirm their Commitment to the Principle of Never Again

On 28-29 September 2016, Parliamentarians for Global Action organized, in collaboration with the Senate of Uruguay, a Parliamentary Seminar entitled: Support for the International Criminal Court: say No to impunity for international crimes

PGA Congratulates Cape Verde on its Deposit of its Instrument of Ratification of the Arms Trade Treaty

PGA played an important catalytic role in this process, working with a number of MPs and Government officials in Cabo Verde over the past 8 months.

Supporting Investigations of Transnational Crimes

On 27 September 2016, the Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Argentina, Germán Garavano, held a meeting aimed at discussing and specifying actions to support investigations of transnational crimes.

Sub-Regional Parliamentary Seminar on the ICC: Legislators from Latin America commit to the principle of Never again and Reparation for Victims

On 28-29 September 2016, in the framework of its Parliamentary Campaign for the Effectiveness and Universality of the Rome Statute, Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) organized a Parliamentary Seminar.

PGA Shares the Concerns of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court About Violence Occurring in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) and its Members have been alarmed by the reports covering the violent events that occurred in the past few days in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and particularly in Kinshasa.

Al Mahdi’s trial by the International Criminal Court paves the way in countering violent extremist groups within the Rule of Law

ICC Trial Chamber VIII declares Mr Al Mahdi guilty of the war crime of attacking historic and religious buildings in Timbuktu and sentences him to nine years’ imprisonment.

Parliamentarians Welcome the Ratification of the Kampala Amendments by Chile and the Netherlands

Chile and the Netherlands have committed to bind their nationals and territory to the prohibition of the use of certain weapons in armed conflicts of non-international character, as well as to the criminalization of acts of aggression...

PGA Welcomes Dominican Republic’s Accession to the Second Optional Protocol of ICCPR (Abolition of Death Penalty)

The Dominican Republic has acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Right (ICCPR-OP2).

PGA Welcomes Togo’s Accession to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty

Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) welcomes the accession of Togo to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (ICCPR-OP2), on 14 September 2016.