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NGO Calls for Accountability for World Bank Projects

May 13, 2015

The nongovernmental organization Accountability Counsel has published an article arguing that there is little accountability for World Bank-funded projects that displace individuals and businesses and calling for an independent mechanism to redress the effects of these projects.
ICRC Seeks Global Governance Options for Humanitarian Law

April 29, 2015

The International Committee of the Red Cross ("ICRC") has announced consultations with the Swiss Government and other countries regarding how to strengthen international mechanisms aimed at increasing compliance with international humanitarian law.
CIGI Considers Global Governance Response to Climate Change

April 29, 2015

The nongovernmental organization The Centre for International Governance Innovation ("CIGI") recently partnered in a workshop in which it pushed a global governance solution to climate change and for consideration of global warming as a human rights issue.
Activist Criticizes EU for Opposition to UN Tax Body

April 22, 2015

In The Guardian, Tove Maria Ryding of the European Network on Debt and Development criticizes the EU for opposing calls from developing countries for a UN intergovernmental tax body that would give these countries a strong negotiating position on international tax and development standards.
Groves: U.S. Should Counter Autonomous Weapons Ban

April 22, 2015

Steven Groves of the Heritage Foundation writes that the U.S. Government should oppose attempts by human rights activists to develop a treaty banning "lethal autonomous weapons systems," which the U.S. and Israel already use in a defensive capacity.
AI Accuses U.S. Counterterrorism Officials of Rights Violations

April 22, 2015

Amnesty International ("AI") has published a report seeking the prosecution of U.S. officials whom it accuses of violating international law through participation in the Central Intelligence Agency's ("CIA") detention and interrogation practices against terror suspects beginning in 2001.
NGO Calls for "Social Compact" on Internet Rights

April 22, 2015

The nongovernmental organization The Global Commission on Internet Governance has published a paper calling for a new "social compact" among internet users, governments, businesses, and others seeking to provide for security and protect digital privacy in global internet governance.
Activists Sue Dutch Government over Global Climate Agenda

April 21, 2015

A group of campaigners seeking to advance the UN's agenda on global warming has sued the Dutch Government in the country's court system, alleging that it has not done enough to protect its citizens' human rights by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
NGOs: U.S. Undermines Human Rights Standards

April 20, 2015

Meeting at Hunter College in New York City, a group of nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") offered a preview of the U.S.'s upcoming UN human rights review by criticizing the country's record on human rights, including access to health care, water shutoffs in Detroit, and various counterterrorism measures.
UNGA President Highlights NGO Role in Development Goals

April 15, 2015

In a recent statement, President of the UN General Assembly Sam Kutesa emphasized the participation of nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") in the formation of the UN's Sustainable Development Goal agenda, which observers have warned has become an unrealistic wish list for activists.