Transnational Bodies

Watchdog Warns of Politics in IMF Bailouts

July 29, 2016

The Independent Evaluation Office of the International Monetary Fund has published a report warning that politics played a role in the terms the IMF offered to bail out Greece, Ireland, and Portugal during the European financial crisis and calling for procedures to shield IMF analysis from political intervention in the future.
Countries Propose Bolstered Migration Role for OSCE

July 27, 2016

At a meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's Permanent Council in Vienna, countries developed proposals for the OSCE's future contribution to the global governance of international migration flows.
WTO Warns of Restrictive Trade Measures

July 27, 2016

In a recent report, World Trade Organization Director-General Roberto Azevêdo describes a global increase in "trade-restrictive measures" and warns countries against trade barriers that could contribute to lower job growth and slower economic activity.
OECD Seeks Strengthened Chilean Climate Policy

July 27, 2016

In its Environmental Performance Review of Chile, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development calls upon the country to develop a stronger climate policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including by increasing its rate of carbon taxation.
OECD Calls for More Progressive Tax Systems

July 26, 2016

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has published a report on how governments should encourage "inclusive" economic growth by promoting progressive tax systems that prioritize "sharing the benefits more evenly within society."
OSCE Promotes Rights-Based Legal Education in Ukraine

July 20, 2016

At a roundtable discussion in Kiev supported by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, a group of law faculty lecturers produced a set of recommendations on how to promote a "human rights-based approach to legal education" that includes standards and case law from the European Court of Human Rights at law schools in Ukraine.
OSCE Official Criticizes German Surveillance Legislation

July 19, 2016

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, has called on Germany's Federal Parliament, the Bundestag, to revise legislation that would expand the authority of the German Foreign Intelligence Agency to perform surveillance on foreign journalists.
OECD Pressures France on Air Pollution

July 19, 2016

In its Environmental Performance Review of France, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development calls on the country, whose economy is "one of the lowest in carbon of OECD countries," to step up its promotion of renewable energy and shift its agriculture policies to reduce air pollution and meet its pledges under the recent UN climate deal.
G20 Pledges Better Global Governance of Trade

July 18, 2016

At a meeting in Shanghai, trade ministers from the G20 group of countries committed to improving the global governance of international trade in order to counter a trade slowdown and "anti-trade measures" that they say threaten the "open global economy."
EU Members Approve US Data Deal

July 15, 2016

The Economic Times reports that European national data regulators have approved a new EU data transfer deal with the US under which the US government pledges to limit bulk collection of data and will appoint a data ombudsperson who handles data complaints from the EU.