Transnational Bodies

ICC Investigates Georgia-Russia Conflict

February 03, 2016

CNN reports that the International Criminal Court ("ICC") has authorized its prosecutor's office to investigate potential war crimes committed by military forces in the conflict between the Republic of Georgia and Russia in 2008.
OSCE Hosts Forum on "Environmental Governance"

February 01, 2016

As international organizations increasingly seek to further the UN's environmental agenda, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE"), an organization established to enhance cooperation on security matters, recently held a forum in Vienna on how best to pursue "environmental governance" and management of natural resources.
OSCE Official Objects to Danish Refugee-Funding Proposal

January 29, 2016

An official from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") Isabel Santos has called on Danish Members of Parliament to reject a government proposal permitting border authorities to confiscate valuables of asylum-seekers entering the country in order to help fund their stay.
WEF Report Calls for "Rethinking" Global Governance

January 20, 2016

A Global Risks report issued by the World Economic Forum ("WEF") has identified climate change as a security threat over the next fifteen years and calls for the overhaul of the global-governance system to engage more stakeholders, including private actors, on the world's security.
China Pushes Alternative Governance Model Through AIIB

January 20, 2016

Ankit Panda writes that the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ("AIIB"), whose board of governors recently held their first meeting, serves as a Chinese alternative to the Western model of the global governance of development finance, as the AIIB founding documents pledge less focus on the "political character" of the countries in which it disburses funding.
Article Expresses Concerns on "Multi-Stakeholder" Governance

January 20, 2016

In a recent article, Harris Gleckman of the University of Massachusetts Boston raises concerns regarding a proposal by a World Economic Forum-appointed group to reform the current "multilateral" system of global governance, comprising national governments, to make way for a "multi-stakeholder" governance system, made up of a range of corporate and other actors.
OSCE Official Seeks Repeal of Polish Media Law

January 13, 2016

An official from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's ("OSCE") Parliamentary Assembly Isabel Santos has called on Poland to repeal a recently adopted law granting the Polish Treasury Minister authority over the composition of public television and radio broadcasting management, citing concerns regarding the freedom of the media.
IMF Chief Seeks Strengthened "Global Financial Safety Net"

January 13, 2016

In recent remarks, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund ("IMF") Christine LaGarde said the world needed a stronger and expanded "global financial safety net" as a "precautionary instrument" that springs into action in the case of national financial crises.
UN, OSCE Officials Reissue Call for Closure of Guantanamo Facility

January 12, 2016

UN human-rights mandate holders and an official from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") have called for the US to close its terror-suspect detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, to permit detainees to seek redress, and to "end impunity" for officials "at the highest level" who ordered certain counterterrorism actions following the 9/11 attacks.
OSCE Official Calls on Poland to Withdraw Media Proposal

January 08, 2016

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's ("OSCE") Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic has called on the Polish Government to withdraw a proposal permitting the country's Treasury Minister to appoint and dismiss members of the management and supervisory boards of public broadcasters.