Transnational Bodies

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.
Academic Seeks BRICS Focus on Human Rights

November 29, 2017

Professor Danny Bradlow of the University of Pretoria writes that the BRICS group of countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - laments the lack of an effective strategy in the body, which seeks to provide an alternative to Western-focused global governance, to achieve a "just and equitable international economic order" through the global human rights agenda.
Global Hotel Group Embraces SDG Agenda

November 29, 2017

The International Tourism Partnership, a global organization representing the hotel industry, has adopted four sets of goals that it will advocate among its member companies as reference points to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the areas of youth employment, carbon emissions, water, and human rights.
Schaefer: US Must Reject ICC Authority on Afghanistan

November 22, 2017

Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation writes that, in response to the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to investigate war crimes allegations in Afghanistan since 2003, potentially including actions of the US military, the US should reject ICC jurisdiction and reevaluate its cooperation with the body.
OSCE Signs Deal to Bolster NHRIs

November 21, 2017

As part of the international security organization's support for national human rights institutions (NHRIs), designed to advocate for the global human rights agenda in the countries in which they are based, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has signed a deal with the International Ombudsman Institute to help strengthen NHRIs across the OSCE region.
ISO Receives Calls for Global "Humanitarian" Standards

November 20, 2017

At a recent meeting of the International Organization for Standardization's (ISO) Committee on Developing Country Matters, speakers from the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Lebanese foreign ministry explored the development of ISO "humanitarian" standards governing state treatment of missing persons and refugees.
OSCE Meeting Pushes for "Greener" Economies

November 20, 2017

Highlighting the continued focus of the international security organization on environmental issues, the 25th Economic and Environmental Forum hosted by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) examined how "greening the economy" in the group's member states can produce more stability and security.
Development Banks Invest Tens of Billions in Climate Finance

November 20, 2017

In a September press release, the World Bank explains how it and the other five largest multilateral development banks allocated $27.4 billion toward "climate financing" in poor countries in 2016 as part of their effort to encourage public and private investment in limiting the impacts of global warming under the UN's Paris climate accord.
WEF Panel Pushes Corporate "Sustainability" Assessments

November 20, 2017

At the international organization's recent Sustainable Development Impact Summit in New York, the World Economic Forum (WEF) hosted a panel at which contributors called on businesses to move beyond their core responsibility of maximizing profits by also taking into account "social and environmental metrics" in line with the UN's "sustainable development" agenda.