Transnational Bodies

OSCE Promotes “Gender-Sensitive” Education in Moldova

August 31, 2018

Highlighting the continued extension of the organization’s focus to encompass a broad range of human rights and environmental policies, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) recently hosted a meeting for Moldovan vocational teachers aiming to help them produce “a gender-sensitive educational environmental.”
China Files WTO Complaint Against US Import Duties

August 31, 2018

The Chinese government has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the US’s recently announced duties on the importation of Chinese goods, giving the global trade governance institution authority over resolving the dispute currently under negotiation between the two countries.
Turkey Files Complaint with WTO over US Tariffs

August 30, 2018

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has announced its receipt of a dispute complaint from Turkey regarding increased US duties on steel and aluminum levied in response to Turkey’s ongoing detention of an American pastor, elevating a foreign-relations dispute into a legal conflict to be resolved by the leading institution of global trade governance.
World Bank Launches $300-Million Energy-Efficiency Initiative in India

August 30, 2018

Highlighting the World Bank’s embrace of the UN’s “sustainable development” and climate change agendas, the development institution has announced its support of a $300-million India Energy Efficiency Scale-Up Program to encourage “energy saving measures in residential and public sectors” with the aim of reducing the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.
World Bank Explains Strategy for Achieving SDGs

August 15, 2018

The World Bank Group recently published its second edition of a document explaining how it has retooled its global financing strategy to focus on achieving the “ambitious” and comprehensive set of social and environmental targets contained in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
OSCE, NGO Produce Global Guidance on Prisoner Rights

August 15, 2018

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has worked with the nongovernmental organization Penal Reform International to produce “comprehensive” global guidance on international “soft law” standards countries must observe in respecting prisoners’ human rights.
Paper Predicts China’s Rise in Global Governance of Finance

August 15, 2018

Hongying Wang of the Centre for International Governance Innovation writes that China is on track to become a leader in the global governance of the financial industry, particularly through larger roles in international financial standard-setting bodies.
US Supports “Restrictive” Immunity for International Organizations

August 08, 2018

The US government has submitted a brief to the US Supreme Court in a lawsuit against the World Bank’s private lending arm, alleging that the institution has funded rights abuses and environmental harm, that such international organizations should only be entitled to “restrictive” immunity and can be sued for injuries arising out of their commercial operations.
Expert: China Eyes Robust Role in Global Governance

August 06, 2018

Defense research analyst Timothy R. Heath of the RAND Corporation writes that Chinese officials attending the country’s recent Central Foreign Relations Work Conference made clear they are preparing to carve out a leading position for China in world affairs in response to what they view as a current “global governance deficit.”
Asian Bank Commits $80 Billion to “Climate Finance”

August 06, 2018

The Asian Development Bank has announced that it will fund climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts in the South Asia and Pacific region in the amount of $80 billion as part of a broader “Strategy 2030” initiative aiming to fulfill global social and environmental goals ranging from reducing inequalities to “fostering regional cooperation.”