Transnational Bodies

Schaefer: Bolton Is Justified in Rejecting ICC

December 03, 2018

Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation defends the criticism US National Security Advisor John Bolton recently leveled at the International Criminal Court (ICC) as justified in light of the ICC’s lack of checks and balances and ambiguous jurisdiction and as consistent with policy from multiple US administrations.
Development Banks Launch Partnership for “Green Bonds”

December 03, 2018

The World Bank and several other global development banks have partnered to establish a Global Green Bond Partnership that will assist with efforts by a wide range of actors across the globe to issue “green” investment vehicles that expand financing for achievement of the UN’s Paris climate agreement.
World Bank Announces New Swiss SDG Bonds

December 03, 2018

The World Bank recently announced the launch, in partnership with the French bank BNP Paribas, of a new series of bonds in Switzerland aimed at expanding the financing of the UN’s comprehensive social and environmental targets contained in its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
World Bank Targets $3 Billion in Water-Related SDG Investments

November 29, 2018

In August, the World Bank launched a Sustainable Development Bond initiative aimed at raising over $3 billion in investments supporting the realization of the UN’s comprehensive social and environmental targets contained in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a focus on SDGs relating to “water, sanitation and marine protection.”
Paper Proposes Regionalism-Based Global Governance Model

September 19, 2018

The World Economic Forum has published an article by a Eurasian Development Bank official and a NGO leader calling for a new global governance model to be grounded in a G20-led mechanism coordinating the activities of regional development institutions to promote economic cooperation and resolve transnational crises.
US Official Threatens ICC with Sanctions

September 11, 2018

US National Security Adviser John Bolton has threatened the International Criminal Court (ICC) with sanctions over the announced plans of its prosecutor to investigate alleged war crimes committed by US forces in Afghanistan and by Israeli forces against Palestinians as attacks on national sovereignty.
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.