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Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) is the largest international, cross-party, membership-based organization

comprised of

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and governed by

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individual members of parliament (MPs). This global network of parliamentarians

works to contribute to

the creation of a rules-based international order for a more equitable, safe and democratic world.

Member-parliamentarians are supported by a PGA National Group structure in parliaments, which creates sustainability

and ownership of issues at the national level, and by a Secretariat with relevant expertise. PGA members (and their

staff) see PGA as a natural extension of their own parliamentary teams and rely on its expert Secretariat for advice and

technical assistance. This unique model of assistance to member-parliamentarians worldwide allows PGA to effectively

and efficiently carry out strategic activities

both in person

and

remotely.

PGA’s Executive Committee

meets twice a year and consists of 15 MPs elected by the PGA International Council; the

International Council itself meets annually and allows the National Groups’ representatives to report on progress and

challenges faced in advancing PGA’s priorities. In accordance with the organization’s by-laws,

the Executive Committee

must maintain a 40:60 either gender ratio.

PGA is in general consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations with headquarters in

New York.

PGA’s

office in The Hague, Netherlands fosters cooperation with The Hague-based International

Organizations, including the International Criminal Court (ICC).

PGA’

HEORY OF

HANGE

Members of Parliament (MPs) have a key role to play in national and global efforts to promote and protect human

rights, democracy, peace and sustainable development: in their capacity as lawmakers, in their Government-oversight

functions, and as democratically-elected representatives of the people who play important leadership roles in their

communities.

By using a peer-to-peer methodology and country-specific strategies, the PGA Secretariat and leading members work

together to educate, sensitize, build the technical capacity and strengthen the political will of parliamentarians in order to

take ownership, concrete initiatives and legislative actions to achieve results on PGA’s campaign objectives. PGA works

with individual parliamentarians in their national contexts and legislative circumstances, leveraging that capacity with

international networking to support global gains for democracy, human rights, and peace that transcend borders.

ROGRAMMES AND

AMPAIGNS

International Law and Human Rights Programme

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Campaign for the Rome Statute of the ICC

aims to promote the universalization of the Rome Statute and effective

the

effective exercise of primary jurisdiction by States and of complementary jurisdiction by the International Criminal

Court (ICC).

It seeks to contribute to ending impunity for atrocity-crimes by advancing access to justice for victims

through the universal ratification and effective implementation of the Rome Statute and relevant amendments in

national jurisdictions. PGA has contributed to the ratification of 78 out of 123 State Parties to the Rome Statute and

its domestic implementation in 36 countries. PGA’s

Consultative Assembly of Parliamentarians for the International

Criminal Court and the Rule of Law

(CAP-ICC) is the largest gathering of parliamentarians on this issue. Due to

this campaign, PGA is widely recognized as the parliamentary network that works in international justice.

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Campaign for the Abolition of the Death Penalty

focuses not only on reducing the scope of use of capital punishment,

abolishing it altogether and widening the support to international instruments on abolition (like the Second

Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights or ICCPR-OP2), but also on ensuring

that abolitionist countries which apply a moratorium do not reintroduce capital punishment in their criminal laws or

resume executions.

PGA has contributed to

7 Legislative reforms reducing the scope of the death penalty and/or

ratifications of relevant international instruments.

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Campaign for Protection of the Oceans and Implementation of SDG 14

aims to end impunity for crimes committed on and

against the world’s oceans and their related human rights violations through ratification and implementation of

international treaties to End Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) Fishing. The Campaign also seeks to create

effective national legal structures for promoting a Sustainable Small-scale Fishing (SSF) Industry. PGA has

contributed to ratification of the

Cape Town Agreement (CTA).

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Gender, Equality and Inclusion Programme

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Campaign to End Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI)

seeks to mobilize parliamentarians

as human rights champions, taking action to guarantee that all individuals have equal value, live with dignity, and are

able to achieve their highest potential free from all forms of violence and discrimination, including on the basis of

sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC).

PGA has contributed to

9 LGBTI-inclusive legislative reforms.

In collaboration with UN Development Programme, PGA published

Advancing the Human Rights and Inclusion of LGBTI People: A Handbook for Parliamentarians

and launched an

LGBTI

Inclusion Site

with tools designed to assist parliamentarians and stakeholders better understand their role in

ensuring equality and non-discrimination of all individuals.

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Campaign to End Child, Early and Forced Marriage (CEFM)

seeks to end CEFM by providing tools to parliamentarians

to assert the primacy of national legislation over religious and customary laws; establish 18 years as the minimum

age for legal marriage; reaffirm civil registration for births and marriages, health and education systems; and

guarantee the enjoyment of sexual and reproductive health and rights, property rights, and access to justice for all

girls and women. PGA has contributed to 7 reforms of civil and family codes, raising the minimum marriage age to

18 years.

PGA’s Global Parliamentary Declaration to End

Child Marriage has secured commitments from 774 MPs

from 80 countries around the world in support of SDG 5 on achieving gender equality and empowering all women

and girls.

International Peace and Security Programme

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Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) and United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 Campaign

seeks to

contribute to a reduction in the threat posed by, as well as proliferation of, biological weapons and other weapons

of mass destruction (WMDs) through the universality and implementation of the BWC and full implementation of

UNSCRs 1540 (2004) and 2325 (2016), which expressly recognize the key role of parliamentarians. PGA has

contributed to

6 ratifications of/accession to the BWC.

PGA has also played an important role in presenting the

first National Report of Guinea-Bissau to the UNSC 1540 Committee.

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Small Arms and Light Weapons and Arms Trade Treaty Campaign

seeks to contribute to a worldwide reduction in armed

violence, and the threat of armed violence, as a result of consequential steps taken to address the illicit trade in small

arms and light weapons (SALW) and, more broadly, to promote the universality and implementation of the Arms

Trade Treaty (ATT). PGA significantly contributed to moving the ATT signature process forward in 44 of the 130

UN member states that signed the ATT before its entry into force; and the ratification process in 45 of the 100 UN

member states that have ratified the ATT.

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Prohibiting Fully Autonomous Weapons Campaign

aims to promote and gain parliamentary endorsements for the

Global

Parliamentary Declaration in Support of the Negotiation of a Treaty Prohibiting Fully Autonomous Weapons.

Thirty countries have endorsed the call for a prohibition on fully autonomous weapons.

Core Campaign

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Campaign for Democratic Renewal and Human Rights

aims to

contribute directly to PGA’s vision by promoting

norms, regulations and best practices reinforcing and protecting civil and political democratic space and

protecting the human rights of democracy activists, especially parliamentarians in opposition, women in politics,

minorities and vulnerable groups. PGA launched the Parliamentary Rapid Response Team (PARRT), a unique

cohort of democracy champions to respond nimbly, intervening when parliamentarians and human rights

defenders are at risk.

PGA P

ARTNERS AND

ONORS

Core Donors:

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida); Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark;

and Stewart R. Mott Foundation

International Organizations:

European Union / European Commission

and

UN Trust Facility Supporting Cooperation on

Arms Regulation (UNSCAR)

Governments providing Campaign suppport:

Global Affairs Canada; Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands; Ministry

of Foreign Affairs of Norway; Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland; Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the

UN;

and

United States Department of State (Global Equality Fund)

Foundations and Other Private Entities:

Arcus Foundation; CRDF Global; Environmental Law Institute; Oak Foundation;

Open Society Foundations;

Raymond & Elizabeth Bloch Charitable and Education Foundation;

The Sigrid Rausing

Trust;

and

Pew Charitable Trust

LIU, Alm.del - 2019-20 - Bilag 112: Henvendelse af 16/9-20 fra David Donat Cattin, Parliamentarians for Global Action, om besøg hos Bertel Haarder

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ARLIAMENTARIANS FOR

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PGACTION

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