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NGO Justice Study Informs UN Development Goals

June 03, 2015

The nongovernmental organization the World Justice Project has completed a study on the status of the rule of law in 102 countries in order to inform the inclusion of goals on law and justice in the UN's post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.
NGO Seeks to Measure UN Education Goals

May 29, 2015

Conceding the difficulty of quantifying progress on the proposed, wide-ranging UN Sustainable Development Goals, the nongovernmental organization Open Society Foundations is seeking to measure such goals as achieving “knowledge, values, skills, and attitudes to establish sustainable and peaceful societies.”
CIGI Calls for U.S. to Agree to IMF Overhaul

May 28, 2015

The Centre for International Governance Innovation ("CIGI") has called on the U.S. to commit to wide-ranging reforms of the International Monetary Fund ("IMF") that would double the permanent contributions of IMF members and increase the voting power of "emerging markets" in the institution.
NGOs Push for Rights-Based Development Agenda

May 27, 2015

An article in the Asian Tribune illustrates the push by nongovernmental organizations (“NGOs”) that see capitalism as the enemy of the global environmental and social agendas to focus on human rights and “sustainability” in the UN’s upcoming development goals.
Bank of America Accepts NGO Calls to Cut Coal Investments

May 21, 2015

The Guardian reports that, under pressure from a group of environmental organizations, Bank of America has announced a plan to reduce its exposure to coal extraction projects in a recently published policy statement.
Schools Adopt Global Human Rights Curriculum

May 20, 2015

The Elkhart Truth reports that a group of community schools in Elkhart, Indiana have adopted a "human rights curriculum," developed by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, that includes such subjects as environmental activism and the global "fair trade" agenda.
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.