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CIGI Calls for Global Finance Governance to Counter Climate Change

July 07, 2015

The Centre for International Governance Innovation ("CIGI") has published a report calling for international finance institutions to adopt policies to drive investments in projects that lead to "a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy" in order to counter global warming.
NGOs: UNHRC Should Act Against US for Interrogation Program

July 06, 2015

A letter from a group of nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") to the UN Human Rights Council ("UNHRC") calls on the body to take action against the US for its post-9/11 detention and interrogation program, including by appointing a prosecutor to investigate "alleged serious crimes" under the program.
NGOs Call for Human Rights Assessments for Trade Agreements

July 06, 2015

Nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") and human rights activists have called for the performance of "human rights impact assessments" to evaluate the potential impact of proposed US trade agreements with Asian and European countries on "economic, social, and cultural human rights" in these regions.
AI: All US States Violate Global Lethal Force Standards

July 01, 2015

Amnesty International ("AI") has published a report accusing all 50 US states of failing to follow international law on police use of deadly force and calling for immediate reform to comply with global standards.
Report: UN Lacks Tools Needed for Global Governance

June 26, 2015

A recent report by former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and other diplomats argues that the UN does not have the necessary tools to deal with existing world challenges and calls for reform of the UN Security Council and various UN agencies to facilitate global governance.
NGOs Push for "Global Citizenship" Concept in Development

June 16, 2015

The Inter Press Service reports that nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") and national leaders are pushing for the inclusion of the broad concept of "global citizenship" - including an expanded concept of social and economic human rights - in the UN's post-2015 development agenda.
AI: Ireland's Pro-Life Constitution Violates International Law

June 15, 2015

Amnesty International ("AI") has published a report arguing that the Irish Constitution, whose Eighth Amendment seeks to protect "the right to life of the unborn," violates international law, "which does not recognise a foetal right to life" and which proscribes torture and discrimination.
Paper Pushes NHRIs to Advance Rights Through Development

June 10, 2015

A paper from the Danish Institute for Human Rights and the Center for Economic and Social Rights calls for national human rights institutions ("NHRIs") to use the UN's Sustainable Development Goals to advance the international agenda on nontraditional social and economic human rights.
NGO: Climate Negotiations Must Respect Indigenous Rights

June 10, 2015

The Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation recently held a working group at a climate change negotiation conference in Bonn, Germany, calling for these negotiations to include a focus on the effect of global warming on the human rights of indigenous peoples.
HRW: Canadian Anti-Terrorism Bill Violates International Law

June 04, 2015

Human Rights Watch ("HRW") has called on the Canadian Senate to reject a counter-terrorism bill that would enable more information-sharing among government agencies and broaden prohibitions on the advocacy of terrorism, arguing that the legislation would violate international human rights standards.