Transnational Bodies

Rhodes Warns of Erosion of Civil, Political Rights

May 31, 2017

In a recent article, Aaron Rhodes of Forum for Religious Freedom - Europe explains the threats to traditional civil and political human rights posed by the growing movement within the international community to re-balance the rights agenda toward "economic, social, and cultural rights" and to accept the non-universality of human rights values.
WTO, Development Banks Seek Redistributive Policies

May 25, 2017

A report from the World Trade Organization, International Monetary Fund, and World Bank calls on national governments around the world to implement redistributive policies such as unemployment benefits and "income support" to offset trade-related job losses.
China Launches Global Governance School

May 24, 2017

Signaling China's goal of expanding its reach within institutions of global governance since the election of US President Donald Trump, China's state news agency Xinhua reports that the Beijing Foreign Studies University has inaugurated a new School of Global Governance.
OSCE Official Decries Trump Moves on Emissions

May 11, 2017

The OSCE security organization has reported that its Parliamentary Assembly’s economic and environment committee Chair Nilza Sena recently criticized the US for a White House executive order easing restrictions aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris climate change deal agreed in 2015.
OSCE Prioritizes Climate Change in Eastern Europe

May 09, 2017

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), an entity established to advance security across Europe, recently demonstrated the broad commitment of global organizations to promoting the UN's climate agenda by organizing a working group meeting on "climate change adaptation" in Moldova and Ukraine's Dniester River Basin.
Paper Calls for Negotiation of Stronger NAFTA

May 03, 2017

A paper published by the Canadian nongovernmental organization Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) calls for the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to add provisions including "compulsory" regulatory cooperation among the parties and provisions guaranteeing "gender equality."
G20 Creates Group to Monitor Global Financial Governance

April 26, 2017

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble and President of Bundesbank Jens Wiedmann have announced the creation of a group of financial experts within the G20 (Group of 20 forum) designed to “review issues relating to global financial governance” in institutions like the World Bank.
Think Tank Calls for G20 Ban on Financial Data Manipulation

April 12, 2017

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has called on the Group of 20 (G20) forum to adopt an agreement prohibiting financial data manipulation by governments and holding states responsible for addressing such activity “passing through or emanating from its territory or perpetrated by its citizens.”
G7 Women’s Forum Promotes “Women’s Empowerment”

April 12, 2017

The 2017 G7 (Group of 7 countries) meetings recently held in Italy featured a forum designed to address “women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work” by promoting the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles.
G20 Declaration Calls for Universal Internet Access by 2025

April 12, 2017

G20 (Group of 20 countries) IT ministers approved a declaration calling for universal Internet access within their respective countries by 2025 as part of the drive to promote human rights like freedom of expression found in the Sustainable Development Goals.