NGO Watch®

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.
HRW: French Surveillance Measure Violates International Law

April 15, 2015

Human Rights Watch ("HRW") argues that draft legislation under consideration in the French National Assembly that would broaden government surveillance authority and require private companies to retain user data would violate French obligations under international human rights law.
Ploton Calls for "Results-Based" Human Rights Activism

April 08, 2015

Vincent Ploton writes that activist organizations should adopt a "results-based management" approach to measure their advancement of the international human rights agenda.
AI Seeks Criticism of U.S. Detention Program at UNHRC

April 08, 2015

In a recent statement, Amnesty International ("AI") calls on countries to criticize the U.S. at the UN Human Rights Council ("UNHRC") over the findings of a recent report from members of a U.S. Senate committee on detention and interrogation practices used by the Central Intelligence Agency against suspected terrorists.
NGOs Propose Sustainability Review Mechanism

March 19, 2015

A group of nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") has proposed a "robust global review mechanism" that would provide periodic recommendations to countries around the world on their progress in implementing the UN's post-2015 development agenda.
CIGI Welcomes Broader Participation in Global Financial Governance

March 11, 2015

The Centre for International Governance Innovation ("CIGI") has published a paper praising the wider participation among countries with "emerging economies" in the global governance of financial standards.
CIGI Seeks Global Governance for Sovereign Debt Issues

March 11, 2015

The Centre for International Governance Innovation ("CIGI") has published an update of UN negotiations over a global system of sovereign debt restructuring and how it is seeking to close the "global governance gap" to create an international system for the resolution of these issues.
Article Seeks Establishment of Arctic Development Bank

January 28, 2015

The Centre for International Governance Innovation ("CIGI") has published an article exploring the advantages of establishing an international development bank in the Arctic region that would promote projects aligned with the global "sustainability" agenda.
Oxfam Expresses Concern at Climate Fund Contributions

November 26, 2014

The nongovernmental organization Oxfam has indicated that it is unimpressed with the level of current contributions to the UN's Green Climate Fund, which seeks to redistribute billions of dollars from developed to developing countries in order to help them adjust to the effects of global warming.
HRW Criticizes Limited U.S. Shift on UN Torture Treaty

November 19, 2014

Human Rights Watch ("HRW") has criticized the Obama Administration, which has expanded its interpretation of the UN Convention Against Torture, for not fully adopting the UN Committee Against Torture's position that the treaty applies in any area of the world where the U.S. has "effective control."