A factsheet highlighting how governments have used “security” as a political tool to justify the death penalty and provides parliamentarians with arguments to counter these false narratives.
This publication describes the parliamentary role in advocating for the recognition and codification of gender apartheid as a crime under international law.
A factsheet on marine conservation and human rights in São Tomé and Príncipe.
This toolkit for parliamentarians is designed to support legislators in promoting inclusion, equality, and dignity for PIDSOGIESC+ individuals.
A toolkit on the Escazú Agreement designed to equip legislators with resources to advance climate governance and environmental democracy in Latin America and the Carribbean.
A statement developed during the Parliamentary Caucus of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean’s (ECLAC) 2nd Annual Forum on Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters in Latin America & the Caribbean.
A report from Mr. Ali Ehsassi, MP, Member of the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas, regarding the 40th Annual Forum of Parliamentarians for Global Action held in Kiev, Ukraine, on November 16 and 17, 2018.
Offers a structured and comprehensive approach to safeguarding democracy.
It is imperative that the Rome Statute be ratified universally for the successful functioning of the Court. Parliamentarians should ensure that the ICC is truly universal.
Criteria and recommendations for parliamentarians to improve national nomination procedures for International Criminal Court judicial candidates.
A factsheet to promote understanding and ratification of the High Seas Treaty.
A report on the need for the International Criminal Court to evolve to enhance its legitimacy, efficacy, and ability to tackle the challenges of today’s world.
Explanatory note on the significance of effective and full implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
A statement on the role of parliamentarians in promoting justice and accountability for the perpetrators of international crimes.
A factsheet on the groundbreaking regional treaty in Latin America and the Caribbean to catalyze climate governance and action from a human rights-based approach.
A pledge parliamentarians can take in commitment to respectful dialogue, free speech, and refraining from disinformation.
This handbook outlines the challenges facing LGBTI people around the world as they and their allies work to promote respect for human rights and inclusion.
A factsheet that addresses the creation of marine protected areas as a means to address the impacts of human activity on oceans.
An overview of the International Seabed Authority's efforts to develop regulations for deep seabed mining by July 2023.
Provides insight into illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and the role parliamentarians can play in protecting the oceans.
A factsheet outlining the need for cooperative action among parliamentarians and civil society to address gender discrimination in the application of the death penalty.
A manual for understanding who parliamentarians are and how to engage with them around the abolition of the death penalty.
A guide for implementing legislation that makes forced marriage a crime against humanity in domestic policy.
Several one-pagers on how to best protect fishers during the COVID-19 global pandemic, circulated among countries making progress towards the ratification of the IMO’s Cape Town Agreement.
A factsheet the right to access effective legal counsel as it relates to the death penalty.
A reflection on the need for the adoption of a treaty on the prohibition of fully autonomous weapons.
A guide to parliamentary action in support of disarmament for security and sustainable development.
A parliamentary handbook on the contributions by women parliamentarians in pushing back against threats posed by weapons of mass destruction.
A factsheet about the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF Guidelines).
A factsheet on efforts by the International Seabed Authority and others to protect the deep seabed from mining from further environmental degradation.
A factsheet for parliamentarians that urges urgent action to establish marine protected areas as a means for governance and protection of the oceans.
An outline of actions parliamentarians and others can take to advance treaties addressing illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.
A toolkit for assessing the reforms needed to strengthen governance of small-scale fisheries.
A parliamentary handbook that details the contributions parliamentarians can make in addressing the grave threats posed by weapons of mass destruction.
A set of legislative and political strategies that parliamentarians can take to prevent mass atrocity crimes and combat violent extremism.
A collection of resources to help parliamentarians and other stakeholders understand the key issues affecting LGBTI people and encourage inclusion in social media.
An advocacy brief to support parliamentarians in advancing gender identity laws and policies.
A factsheet highlighting how capital punishment affects economically disadvantaged and disenfranchised communities.
Welcome to PGA’s LGBTI Inclusion Site, an online resource to better understand the unique role you have as a parliamentarian in ensuring equality and non-discrimination of all individuals regardless of who they are or whom they love.
A briefing outlining some of the most common myths about LGBTI people and some suggestions on how to respond from a human rights standpoint.
Why the Death Penalty for Terrorism-related Offences is Ineffective, Counter-productive and Violates Human Rights
A toolkit that supports the role of parliamentarians in ending early and forced child marriage.
A resource for parliamentarians around the globe, currently working or thinking of working for the abolition of the death penalty.
A handbook highlighting the ways in which Parliamentarians can act and decisively place the Arms Treaty Trade on a continued, positive future trajectory.
Promoting Signature, Ratification and Implementation of the ATT
A compilation of practices of the UN Security Council in relation to the Internatational Crimincal Court since the adoption of the Rome Statute in 1998.
A handbook aimed at assisting States in ratifying the Kampala Amendments, helping criminalize the most serious forms of the illegal use of force.
Published by The Icelandic Maritime Administration, 2004.
This publication shares highlights how PGA's global network of legislators has been a powerful and effective force for peace and progress.
PGA's 23rd Annual Forum in Stockholm, Sweden, addressed themes of e-commerce and the internet as well as a special session on counter-terrorism.
PGA peace-making missions to resolve parliament-based conflicts, especially in emerging democracies.
This publication offers a path forward in the next century for taking action to address global poverty.
A report on the International conference on Population and Development (ICPD), held in Cairo in September 1994 — a watershed for global population and development initiatives.
20th Annual Forum of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA)
From 31 May to 2 June 1990, members of Parliamentarians for Global Action met in Bellagio, Italy for a workshop entitled Global Warming: North-South and the Planetary Partnership.