Parliamentarians for Global Action

EU Legislative Interests

PGA works within the European Parliament to sensitize and mobilize legislators to take concrete actions to strengthen the Rule of Law and democracy as well as protecting human rights and raising awareness on the situations of human rights defenders and parliamentarians at risk.

Communication Activities

Please kindly view PGA's strategic activities and events at: https://www.pgaction.org/news/activity-calendars/.

Interests Represented

Does not represent commercial interests

Member Of

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).

Organisation Members

PGA membership is open to individual legislators from democratically elected parliaments worldwide. At present, it consists of approximately 1,100 legislators in 152 multi-party parliaments around the globe. 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’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. Please kindly view PGA's membership statistics and criteria at: https://www.pgaction.org/membership/our-members.html. Please kindly view a list of PGA's partners at: https://www.pgaction.org/about/partners.html.

Additional Information

Please see PGA's financial data (in USD) at: https://www.pgaction.org/about/financial-statements.html.