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AI: "National Interest" Threatens UN Refugee Deal

July 27, 2016

Amnesty International has criticized a group of countries for placing "selfish national interests" ahead of what AI says are the rights of refugees by seeking to narrow the scope of a "Global Compact" on refugee responsibility-sharing the UN is finalizing for a summit in September.
NGOs Criticize UNCTAD Trade, IP Involvement

July 20, 2016

Intellectual Property Watch reports that a letter published by a network of nongovernmental organizations calls on the UN Conference on Trade and Development to reject involvement in the promotion of "trade liberalization" and intellectual property rights and instead should focus on advancing the UN's agenda on "sustainable development."
UNHRC Resolution Seeks NHRI Education Involvement

July 14, 2016

The Danish Institute for Human Rights explains its role in the passage of a UN Human Rights Council resolution that calls for the inclusion of national human rights institutions in developing national policies on human rights education and training.
AI Proposes Global System to Resettle Refugees

July 13, 2016

Amnesty International has published a document calling on governments to develop an international system to resettle all refugees meeting UN criteria through which countries would bind themselves to a standard determining the number of refugees for which they should be responsible.
HRW Criticizes Impact of US Ruling on Migrants

July 11, 2016

Human Rights Watch has criticized a recent ruling of the US Supreme Court effectively blocking the Obama Administration's exemption from deportation of certain illegal migrants in the US for violating the human rights of the migrants who would have been exempted under the executive policy.
NGOs Seek Universal "Social Compact" on Internet

June 29, 2016

The nongovernmental initiative the Global Commission on Internet Governance has published a report calling for the creation by governments and other actors of a Social Compact for the Digital Society that provides comprehensive protection for human rights with regard to the internet.
AI: EU-Turkey Migration Agreement Is "Illegal"

June 16, 2016

Amnesty International has condemned as "illegal" the EU's agreement with Turkey to send asylum seekers from the Middle East who have made their way into the EU back to Turkey, arguing that Turkey's struggling asylum system makes it a non-safe country of return.
Rubin: NGOs Play Politics over Human Rights Agenda

June 15, 2016

Michael Rubin of the American Enterprise Institute writes that nongovernmental organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have permitted their political bias to impede their advocacy of important human rights issues across the globe.
HRW Seeks ICC Probe of Israel, Palestine

June 15, 2016

Human Rights Watch has published an article calling on the International Criminal Court's Prosecutor to turn the preliminary investigation of potential "war crimes" committed by Israel and Palestine into a formal probe, including of the construction of Israeli civilian settlements in "occupied" Palestinian territories.
UN, NGOs Adopt "Action Plan" on Education Lobbying

June 14, 2016

At a recent conference in South Korea, the UN and nongovernmental organizations in attendance announced the establishment of an "action plan" that guides NGOs around the world to lobby their governments on supporting educational provisions in the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.