Episode 22: Ms. Petra Bayr, MP (Austria) and Hon. Amanza Walton Desir, MP (Guyana) on PGA Oceans Campaign

PGA Treasurer, Ms. Petra Bayr, MP (Austria) and PGA Board Member, Hon. Amanza Walton Desir, MP (Guyana), reflect on PGA’s Oceans Campaign, highlighting the inextricable link between human rights and the health of our oceans.

Episode 18: Ms. Petra Bayr (Austria) on the Oceans Campaign

Reflecting on PGA’s Oceans Campaign, PGA Treasurer Ms. Petra Bayr, MP (Austria) speaks to the impact the Campaign has on her work on human rights and the environment.

Episode 4: Ms. Petra Bayr (Austria) on Marine Protected Areas

Ahead of IMPAC5 (the Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress in Vancouver, Canada from 3-9 February), PGA Treasurer, Ms. Petra Bayr, MP (Austria) highlights the urgent need for Ocean protection and the far-reaching positive impacts of Marine P

Austria and the Rome Statute

Austria deposited its instrument of ratification of the Rome Statute on 28 December 2000.

Global Parliamentary Declaration In Support of the Negotiation of a Treaty on the Prohibition of Fully Autonomous Weapons

Support the negotiation of a Treaty on the Prohibition of Fully Autonomous Weapons

41st Annual Forum of Parliamentarians for Global Action

Our 41st Annual Forum was held in the Parliament of Cape Verde, Praia, November 21-22, 2019.

10th CAP-ICC and 40th Annual Forum of PGA

Parliament of Ukraine in Kyiv, 16-17 November 2018.

20th Anniversary of the Rome Statute: the need for universality and activation of the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court over the crime of aggression

PGA co-sponsored a high-level ministerial event at the UN to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute, International Justice Day, and the entry into force of the Court’s jurisdiction over the crime of aggression.

PGA’s Board - UN LGBTI Core Group Meeting

On June 8, PGA Board members met for the first time with the United Nations LGBTI Core Group.

39th Annual Forum of Parliamentarians for Global Action

"Milan Forum for Action in Preventing Violent Extremism and Mass Atrocities: The Role of Parliamentarians". Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan, Italy.

Consultative Assembly of Parliamentarians on the ICC and the Rule of Law - 9th session

Dakar, Senegal, 9-10 December, 2016. Parliamentarians of the world unite their voice in support of the ICC.

7th Session of the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) Working Group

On December 8, the 7th Session of PGA’s Working Group on the Universality of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region was held in Dakar, Senegal.

PGA Members Call on South African MPs to Stand Against Impunity in reaction to South African Government’s Decision to Withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

News broke today that the Government of South Africa has notified the United Nations Secretary General of its intention to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

20th PGA Annual Defender of Democracy Awards

PGA presented the 2015 Defender of Democracy Awards to Ambassador Martin Sajdik (Austria) on November 30th, 2015.

European Parliament Adopts Resolution Calling On States To Ratify The Kampala Amendments

PGA welcomes the European Parliament’s adoption of the Resolution on the crime of aggression (Kampala Amendments).

PGA Roundtable on Ending Impunity for International Crimes through Multilateral Interstate Cooperation

On the occasion of the 23rd session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) that took place from 12-16 of May 2014 at the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna, Austria, PGA organized a Round-Table...

Austrian PGA Member Questions Government regarding the ratification of the Kampala Amendments

Member of Parliament Ms. Petra Bayr and Colleagues to the Federal Minister for European and International Affairs concerning the introduction of the Crime of Aggression, the fifth criminal offense before the International Criminal Court.

PGA Laying the Foundations of Rapprochement: Greece-Turkey, Armenia-Azerbaijan, Armenia-Turkey [2001-2004]

As the Governments of Armenia and Turkey announced plans for formal diplomatic relations, the little known story is the role played by parliamentary diplomacy by PGA in Stockholm, Baku, Johannesburg, New York, Vienna, Yerevan, and Washington D.C. over thr