Transnational Bodies

OSCE Official Criticizes Latvian Expulsion of Reporter

January 09, 2018

The Baltic Review reports that the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Desir, responding to a demand from the Russian Foreign Ministry, has called on Latvia to rescind its decision to expel a Russian news reporter the Latvian government has deemed a threat to the country's national security.
EU-Supported Research Warns of Increase in Climate Refugees

January 08, 2018

The Daily Mail reports that research commissioned and funded by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre indicates that asylum applications to EU member states will triple by the year 2100 due to the impacts of climate change on developing countries, fueling calls to create new institutions to handle such "climate refugee" flows.
OSCE Official Opposes US "Net Neutrality" Decision

January 04, 2018

In the lead-up to the decision by the US Federal Communications Commission to roll back rules prohibiting internet providers from discriminating against certain internet content, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir warned that such reform of US "net neutrality" policy would violate international standards on freedom of expression.
OECD Pushes Environmental Reforms in Switzerland

January 02, 2018

A report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) calls on the Swiss government to adopt an "action plan" to improve biodiversity in the country and to expand its carbon taxes to help meet global climate commitments.
IACHR Judges Move to Bind All States with Rulings

December 15, 2017

Dr. Marianna Orlandi of the Center for Family & Human Rights reports that judges of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) called, at a recent session in Panama, for the recognition of a doctrine under which all countries in the Americas are bound to the human rights judgments of the IACHR, including those loosening restrictions on abortion and gay marriage.
OECD Seeks National Budgetary Alignment with Climate Accord

December 14, 2017

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has announced a new initiative—the “Paris Collaborative on Green Budgeting”—that will seek to drive national governments into aligning their respective budgets with the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change.
Solar Alliance Becomes International Organization

December 14, 2017

The International Solar Alliance, a group composed of 121 countries, achieved official status as an international organization after its initial promotion at the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, with the goal of spreading the use of solar energy in developing nations to fight climate change and address energy needs.
IACHR Calls for Access to "Sexual and Reproductive Rights"

December 07, 2017

In October, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued a press release calling on all governments to adopt measures to facilitate women's access to their "sexual and reproductive rights," including access to abortion services.
OECD Pushes UK to Maintain Close EU Links

December 07, 2017

In a report published in October, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) called for UK authorities to maintain "the closest economic relationship with the European Union," including through the trade of goods and services and the movement of labor, in Brexit negotiations to keep the country's economy afloat in the coming years.
IMF Pushes for Climate-based Financial Redistribution

December 04, 2017

In September, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released a document calling on rich countries to do more to redistribute funds to developing countries to deal with the impacts of climate change, warning that the phenomenon would be a major drag on economic growth without a more-equitable balance in climate finance.