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NGO Project Seeks Flexible Global Governance System

November 29, 2017

An article by Deborah Avant, Miles Kahler, and Jason Pielemeier highlights a project by the Council on Foreign Relations to identify areas, such as climate change, in which governments have failed to collaborate effectively and in which private actors, such as businesses and NGOs, can provide for a more flexible and resilient global governance system.
Patrick: US Congress Must Act on AI Weapons

November 20, 2017

Stewart Patrick of the Council on Foreign Relations calls on the US Congress to promote global governance mechanisms to regulate weapons controlled by artificial intelligence (AI), warning that "the yawning gap between the frontiers of technology and the mechanisms of global governance will only widen" if the US leaves this area unaddressed.
Paper Examines "Inclusion" in Global Financial Governance

October 20, 2017

A paper from the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) examines how developing countries around the world have worked to make the system of global financial governance more "inclusive" to seek to ensure they receive a substantial portion of the benefits of international financial flows.
NGO Calls for International Drone Standards

October 18, 2017

The nongovernmental organization Amnesty International has called for the establishment of robust international standards for regulating the use of “armed or strike-enabled” drones with “strong implementation and verification mechanisms.”
Paper Calls for World Body on Climate Engineering

October 11, 2017

The Centre for International Governance Innovation has published a paper calling for the establishment of a "world commission on climate engineering" to explore the implementation and management of the risks of carbon-removal and solar-geoengineering projects seeking to reverse the impacts of global warming.
Oxfam: US Corporate Tax Legislation Threatens Rights

October 11, 2017

An article published by Oxfam America asserts that American businesses have an ethical responsibility to object to a US congressional tax reform proposal over concerns that its reduction of tax obligations on US businesses will affect the economic and social human rights of "millions" of people around the world.
NGO, World Bank Explore Benefits of Regulatory Cooperation

October 06, 2017

The Centre for International Governance Innovation and the World Bank Group hosted an event in August gathering a broad variety of government and nongovernmental stakeholders to consider how to expand global regulatory cooperation, through trade deals and other instruments, to increase international trade and economic growth.
NGO: Brazilian Reforms Violate Global Rights Agenda

September 22, 2017

Highlighting the nontraditional human rights agenda pushed by global nongovernmental organizations in developing countries, Amnesty International has asserted it will "fight back" against Brazilian legal reforms it views as violating human rights, including banning abortion, loosening gun restrictions, and restricting teaching on "sexual and reproductive health rights."
Norwegian Banks Dispute NGO Pressure on Pipeline

September 22, 2017

Reuters reports that a group of Norwegian financial entities have disputed a legal claim from Energy Transfer Partners LP that they divested from its Dakota Access Pipeline project as a result of pressure from activist organizations, asserting that the decision was based instead on the "unacceptable risk of contributing to serious or systematic human rights violations."
NGO Questions US Data Sharing Proposal

September 21, 2017

Cynthia Wong of Human Rights Watch has warned that a proposal by the US Department of Justice to allow foreign governments to directly request access to user information from technology companies threatens to undermine privacy rights for users by bypassing judicial review of requests.