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.
World Bank Bond Project Incentivizes Low-carbon Business Practices

December 14, 2017

The World Bank has completed the second repayment of bonds under its Pilot Auction Facility, a program designed to “promote private sector investment in climate action” through an incentivized bond regime.
Development Financiers Commit to Climate-friendly Financing

December 14, 2017

Members of the International Development Finance Club and the Multilateral Development Banks have issued a joint statement promising to increase the proportion of investment directed to “low-carbon and climate resilient sustainable development,” as well as to fight for related policy adaptation by national and subnational governments.
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.