PGA’s vision is to contribute to the creation of a Rules-Based International Order for a more equitable, safe, sustainable and democratic world.
PGA’s vision is to contribute to the creation of a Rules-Based International Order for a more equitable, safe, sustainable and democratic world.
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On 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation declared to the world the launch of its full-scale invasion against Ukraine. This grim date marks the beginning of a war that has actually been ongoing for a decade.
The ICC is currently unable to prosecute the crime of aggression being committed against Ukraine because Russia is a non-party to the ICC and has also not accepted the jurisdiction of the crime of aggression.
– The Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the United Nations (UN) generously hosted the first 2023 strategic meeting of the PGA UN Advisory Committee. This informal encounter counted on the participation of UN Ambassadors and officials to discuss pressing issues for the international community.
Former MPs propose a cross-party consensus within this 53rd Parliament to adopt legislation ratifying the 2010 Kampala Amendment to the 1998 Rome Statute that would make ‘aggression’ a crime in NZ domestic law.
Online roundtable meeting and open debate among victims, professionals, parliamentarians, and other stakeholders.
Parliamentarians Worldwide to Advance Global Criminal Justice and Support for the ICC
Euro-Parliamentarians call for States to remove procedural bar on the crime of aggression
PGA reaffirms that any military attack directed against Ukrainian territory would be unlawful use of force prohibited by the UN Charter and may qualify as crime of aggression attributable to the individual criminal responsibility of the leader(s).
Participants and panelists had the opportunity to discuss several situations in the region under the current challenging global context caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the social protests that have taken place in several countries.
Ecuadorian PGA members commited to further the implementation of the Rome Statute.
On 12 December 2018, the plenary of the House of Deputies of Paraguay approved the draft ratification bill on the Kampala Amendments to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), on war crimes and the crime of aggression.
71 years after the historic judgement at Nuremberg by the International Military Tribunal, another international jurisdiction may be able to adjudicate on the responsibility of leaders who engage in aggressive wars: The International Criminal Court.
During its voting session of December 1st, the Parliament of The Netherlands voted in favour of the ratification of the Kampala Amendments to the Rome Statute of the ICC.
PGA welcomes the European Parliament’s adoption of the Resolution on the crime of aggression (Kampala Amendments).
Parliamentarians celebrate Belgium ratification of the Kampala Amendments to the Crime of Aggression
Meeting Organized by Helmut Scholz (Chairperson, PGA Group in the European Parliament / member of the EP Friends of the ICC)
This PGA Roundtable Briefing was held at the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations in New York and brought together PGA Member Legislators from Afghanistan, Argentina, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Senegal. The Round