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PGA Activity Calendar 2023

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Date Event Location Campaign
Jan-Mar Consultations with NGOs, experts, and partners on the realization of a project proposal for an “EU Observatory on the Fight against Impunity in the World” (to be submitted to the European Commission) (virtual, as well as in The Hague, New York and, as appropriate, Brussels)   Virtual Rome Statute of the ICC
12 January BUILD TOMORROW. Increasing legitimacy of International Law: The Role of Parliaments (co-organized with the International Law Association French-Branch)   Virtual Rome Statute of the ICC
17 January PGA participation at the roundtable discussion on "The proposal of a UN Special Rapporteur on Democracy" (co-organized by Democracy Without Borders, Community of Democracies, Asia Democracy Network, LatinAmerican and Caribbean Network for Democracy, and Forum 2000)   Virtual Democratic Renewal and Human Rights
25 January Promoting Female Parliamentary Engagement in Support of the Silencing The Guns in Africa Initiative   Virtual SALW/ATT Campaign
30 January Roundtable Discussion on Protecting Human Rights Defenders of Environmental Matters: The Escazú Agreement   Virt‌ual,Costa Rica Climate Action Campaign
Feb 3-9 IMPAC5: 5th International Marine Protected Areas Conference   Vancouver, Canada Protection of the Oceans
09 February Biannual Strategic Meeting of PGA UN Advisory Committee, Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the UN   New York, United States Rome Statute of the ICC
27 February Talanoa Dialogue on Human Rights and Inclusion for Pacific Parliamentarians and LGBTI+ activists at the sidelines of Sydney WorldPride’s Human Rights Conference   Sydney, Australia SOGI Campaign
28 February Regional V‌irtual African Follow-up Activity to Promote Female Parliamentary Engagement in Support of the Silencing The Guns in Africa Initiative   Virtual SALW/ATT Campaign
2-3 Mar Our Oceans Conference in Panama   Panama Protection of the Oceans
08 March Participation in the Commemoration of International Women’s Day hosted by the Inter-American Human Rights Court on the topic “Strategies to engage parliamentarians in ending child, early and forced marriage.”   Virtual CEFM Campaign
7-17 Mar 67th Session Commission on the Status of Women (#GenderClimateChallenge)   TBD Climate Action Campaign
22-24 Mar UN Water Conference   New York, United States Protection of the Oceans
3-4 April African Regional Parliamentary Workshop targeting 17 African States that are Non-States Parties to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime and its Protocols.   Lilongwe, Malawi Global Cybercrime Initiative
Apr 4-6 Ocean Visions Biennial Summit   Atlanta, United States Protection of the Oceans
10-14 Apr PGA participation in the resumed session of the UNGA 6th Committee on the Crimes against Humanity Convention   New York, United States Rome Statute of the ICC
19 April Modernizing the International Criminal Court: Hybrid Chambers- event in follow up on the proposals for the extension of the ICC jurisdiction (co-organized with the Harvard Journal of International Law) (virtual)   Virtual Rome Statute of the ICC
17-24 Apr 5th International Symposium on Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans   Bergen, Norway Protection of the Oceans
19 April Empowering parliamentarians on climate action, side event to the extraordinary Conference of State Parties (COP) for the Escazú Agreement, in collaboration with the Senate of Argentina   Buenos Aires, Argentina Climate Action Campaign
20 April Mozambique National Group Informative Session: Protecting the livelihoods of local fishing communities in Mozambique   Virtual Protection of the Oceans
22 April Earth Day   Virtual Climate Action Campaign
02 May 3rd Session in Series of Roundtable Discussions on Building Resilience in Small-Scale Fishing Communities in South Africa   Virt‌ual, South Africa Protection of the Oceans
3-5 May Field mission to Yerevan and participation at the Second Annual Conference: Human Rights and Accountability - A Path Forward for Nagorno-Karabakh (organized by the Center for Truth and Justice)   Yerevan, Armenia Rome Statute of the ICC
10 May 4th Session in Series of Roundtable Discussions on Building Resilience in Small-Scale Fishing Communities in South Africa   Virt‌ual, South Africa Protection of the Oceans
15-19 May PGA participation in the Diplomatic Conference for the Adoption of the Convention on International Cooperation in the Investigation and Prosecution of the Crime of Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, War Crimes, and other International Crimes   Ljubljana, Slovenia Rome Statute of the ICC
25 May Workshop on Judicial Elections & Vetting (co-organized with the Coalition for the International Criminal Court)   Virtual Rome Statute of the ICC
28 -30 May PGA Executive Committee Meeting   New York, United States Governance
08 June UN World Oceans Day   Virtual Protection of the Oceans
27 June Lunch event of the PGA Group in the European Parliament at the margins of the 43rd session of the EU-ACP Joint Parliamentary Assembly, ‘Demystifying the International Criminal Court: the importance of reinforcing the universality of the Rome Statute   Brussels, Belgium Rome Statute of the ICC
5-6 July Caribbean Regional Parliamentary Workshop targeting 10 States in the Caribbean region that are Non-States Parties to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime and its Protocols.   Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Global Cybercrime Initiative
07 July National Parliamentary Session to Promote Universality and Implementation of CPPNM, A/CPPNM and ICSANT   Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Nuclear and Radiological Security
11 July In Collaboration with ParlAmericas “Towards effective environmental governance: Access to information, participation, and justice"   Virtual Climate Action Campaign
12 July Commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute   The Hague, Netherlands Rome Statute of the ICC
17 July Commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute   United Nations Headquarters, New York, United States Rome Statute of the ICC
20 July National Parliamentary Session to Promote Universality and Implementation of ICSANT   Victoria, Seychelles Nuclear and Radiological Security
20 July On the Crime of Aggression, international Tribunal and amending the Rome Statute — Lecture (Ukrainian International Criminal Justice Week )   Virtual Rome Statute of the ICC
20-22 July PGA parliamentary delegation to the 6th Conference of LGBTI Political Leaders of the Americas and the Caribbean   Mexico City, Mexico SOGI Campaign
31 July National Parliamentary Session to Promote Universality and Implementation of CPPNM, A/CPPNM and ICSANT   Banjul, The Gambia Nuclear and Radiological Security
13-17 Sep PGA Delegation to EuroPride   Valletta, Malta SOGI Campaign
15 September PGA Commemorates the Word Day for Democracy   Virtual Democratic Renewal and Human Rights
26 September ECLAC/CEPAL Second Annual Forum of Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean   Panama City, Panama Climate Action Campaign
10 October 21st World Day Against the Death Penalty   Virtual Abolition of the Death Penalty
12-13 Oct PGA participation in the Symposium on "Strategic Vision for the Next Decade: How to Ensure Consistent and Sustainable Support for the International Criminal Court - Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Adoption of the ICC’s Rome Statute" (co-organized by the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights and the International Criminal Court)   Siracusa, Italy Rome Statute of the ICC
27 October National Parliamentary Session to Promote Universality and Implementation of CPPNM, A/CPPNM and ICSANT   Paramaribo, Suriname Nuclear and Radiological Security
14-15 Nov PGA participation at the ICC High-Level Regional Seminar on “The International Criminal Court and the Asia-Pacific: past, present and future of the Rome Statute – vision for the greater regional solidarity”   Seoul, Republic of Korea Rome Statute of the ICC
15 November National Parliamentary Session to Promote Universality and Implementation of ICSANT   Yaoundé, Cameroon Nuclear and Radiological Security
Nov . 15 - 16 44th Annual Forum   Virtual Governance
Nov . 15 - 16 3rd Consultative Assembly of Parliamentarians for the Oceans (CAP-Oceans)   Virtu‌al (Sponsored by the Seychelles) Protection of the Oceans
4-14 Dec Participation in the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court and organization of PGA Side-Events   New York, United States Rome Statute of the ICC
04 December PGA Executive Committee Meeting   Virtual Governance
05 December International Council Meeting   Virtual Governance
08 December Why Universality Matters: The Importance of Ratifying the Rome Statute, its Amendments, and the Agreement of Privileges and Immunities (side-event organized in the margins of the 22nd Assembly of States Parties and co-hosted by Belgium, Liechtenstein, The Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland, the Coalition for the International Criminal Court, Parliamentarians for Global Action, and Global Rights Compliance)   New York, United States Rome Statute of the ICC
12 December War-driven Environmental Damage in Ukraine: Perspectives on the Application of the Rome Statute and the Work of the International Criminal Court (side-event organized at the margins of the 22nd Assembly of States Parties)   New York, United States Rome Statute of the ICC
20 December 3rd African Parliamentary Forum on Gender and Sexual Minorities   Johannesburg, South Africa SOGI Campaign