NGO Watch®

AI Adopts Policy Seeking Decriminalization of Prostitution

August 12, 2015

The New York Times reports that the nongovernmental organization Amnesty International ("AI") has voted for a policy calling for the abolition of laws criminalizing the buying and selling of sex.
Moynihan: AI Prostitution-Rights Proposal Offends Dignity

August 10, 2015

Journalist Carolyn Moynihan writes that a proposal presented at an Amnesty International ("AI") conference in Dublin calling for the recognition of a human right to the decriminalization of prostitution, a proposal previously championed by a UN agency, would demean human dignity.
NGO Calls for Global Rules on Financial Firm Resolution

August 05, 2015

The Centre for International Governance Innovation ("CIGI") has published a report calling for the Group of Twenty ("G20") countries to implement an international standard setting out requirements for the cross-border resolution of failing financial firms.
China Think Tank Calls for G20 Global Economic Governance

August 03, 2015

The official Chinese press agency Xinhua reports that the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China has called for the Group of 20 ("G20") countries to establish a "global economic coordination system" in order to map out a global plan for economic growth and development.
NGO: AIIB Must Adhere to Global Social, Environmental Standards

July 29, 2015

Representatives from the Business and Human Rights Resource Center have called on China and other founding countries of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ("AIIB") to steer the AIIB toward human rights, social, and environmental standards advocated by the UN and nongovernmental activist organizations.
NGOs Push for Accountability in UN Development Goals

July 29, 2015

Three nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") have published a statement recommending more public reporting by countries on their progress in implementing the future UN Sustainable Development Goals and more involvement by NGOs in monitoring state progress on the goals.
Chardell: BRICS May Push US Toward Global Governance Reform

July 15, 2015

Daniel Chardell of the Council on Foreign Relations writes that the US must address the rise of the BRICS group of countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - by reforming the shortcomings of the Western-oriented global governance system.
Patrick: "A La Carte" Global Governance Presents Challenges

July 15, 2015

Stewart Patrick of the Council on Foreign Relations writes that ad hoc multilateral mechanisms the US has recently used to confront international issues should complement, and not replace, more formal structures such as the UN in efforts to produce effective global governance.
AI Seeks Comprehensive Reporting Under Arms Treaty

July 15, 2015

Amnesty International ("AI") has expressed alarm at proposals by the Conference of States Parties under the recently adopted Arms Trade Treaty to limit reporting of arms transfer information and has called for adoption of "comprehensive and transparent reporting requirements" for countries subject to the treaty.
WWF Calls for Funding Mobilization at Development Conference

July 15, 2015

The nongovernmental organization WWF has called for national leaders meeting at a UN development conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to commit to a drastic increase in their financing of "sustainable development" projects, which seek to advance the UN's social and environmental agenda.