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SECURITY, HOMELAND SECURITY & TERRORISM  In testimony before the U.S. Armed Services Committee, Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch ("HRW") called for Congress to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force ("AUMF"), which grants the President the authority to pursue the architects of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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HUMAN RIGHTS, LAW & JUSTICE  The U.S.-based Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti has threatened a class action suit against the UN after the UN denied any involvement in an ongoing cholera epidemic in Haiti and invoked legal immunity.
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HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIETY & CULTURE  Free to Choose TV has released a video by Jacob Mchangama highlighting the recent tension between the right to free speech and the desire to respect religious feelings and prevent violent reprisals across the globe.
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HUMAN RIGHTS, LAW & JUSTICE  EarthRights International has released an article demanding a more comprehensive remedy system in the U.S. to punish businesses that have committed human rights violations.
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HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIETY & CULTURE  The Washington Times reports that Human Rights Watch ("HRW") has chosen Mona Seif, an Egyptian activist noted for deeming Israel the "real terrorist," as a finalist for its human rights defender award.
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HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIETY & CULTURE  UK Prime Minister David Cameron calls for the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals ("MDGs") to focus on ending extreme poverty in the world and not on reducing income inequality in developed countries.
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SECURITY, DIPLOMACY  As countries await the conclusion of a UN fact-finding mission to determine whether the Syrian regime used chemical weapons against its citizens, the mission has been unable to gain entry to Syrian territory.
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HUMAN RIGHTS, LAW & JUSTICE  UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for countries to grant LGBT people legal protection from discrimination and hate crimes.
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ECONOMICS, CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP  A German Parliament member has filed a complaint against three companies with Germany's National Contact Point ("NCP"), which promotes implementation of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, alleging responsibility for the April factory collapse in Bangladesh.
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HUMAN RIGHTS, LAW & JUSTICE  In a clear case of interfering with economic freedom and sovereignty, Margaret Jungk, a member of the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights, is publicly promoting a shareholder resolution that would require McDonald's Corporation to engage in a costly human rights due diligence process based on the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights.
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HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIETY & CULTURE  Brett Schaefer and Steven Groves of the Heritage Foundation write that the Human Rights Council should dismiss experts who "grossly or repeatedly" violate their code of conduct and require disclosure of financial support given to these experts.
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SECURITY, DIPLOMACY  International Criminal Court ("ICC") Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has opened a preliminary examination into a 2010 raid by the Israeli Navy on a flotilla carrying aid to the Gaza Strip.
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SECURITY, HOMELAND SECURITY & TERRORISM  The UN Committee Against Torture accused a UK delegation of evading its questions as the committee expressed concerns about the UK government's alleged treatment and rendition of accused terrorist detainees.
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HUMAN RIGHTS, LAW & JUSTICE  UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay says a draft Egyptian law restricting the funding and activities of NGOs in the country is "draconian" and could violate the right to freedom of association.
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HUMAN RIGHTS, LAW & JUSTICE  Following the defeat of the UN disabilities treaty in the U.S. Senate last year, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry plans to once again seek ratification of the treaty that has provoked concerns over national sovereignty.
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The European Sovereignty Network is dedicated to promoting transparency and accountability in the various pan-European political, economic, legal, and security institutions. ESN monitors the work of the European Court of Human Rights, European Parliament, and other institutions and reports on the resulting threats to national sovereignty, individual freedom, and the rule of law. Click here to access the ESN main page.
