Transnational Bodies

IMF, World Bank Push Carbon Pricing with Panel

October 29, 2015

A panel convened by the International Monetary Fund ("IMF") and the World Bank Group that includes national and other officials has called for countries to impose taxes on corporate carbon emissions.
OECD: Countries Are Not Living up to Climate Standards

October 28, 2015

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") has published a report examining the climate policies of OECD members and non-members and calling on these countries to do more to meet climate-change standards and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
NGOs, Academia Support More Powerful OSCE

October 09, 2015

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") reports that the group's Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions has called for a strengthened role of the OSCE in foreign policy agendas of countries that participate in the organization.
WEF Calls for Measures Against Income Inequality

September 09, 2015

Citing its "negative economic and social impact," the World Economic Forum ("WEF") has produced a report calling for countries to reduce inequality of income using such measures as fiscal transfers and social protection schemes.
OSCE Pushes Judicial Education on ECHR

September 09, 2015

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") recently held a seminar in Western Ukraine on developing education courses for judges on applying the European Convention on Human Rights ("ECHR") and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights.
OSCE Contest Pushes Link Between Climate Change, Security

September 02, 2015

The Organization of Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") has announced a contest in which participants create an image that represents the OSCE viewpoint that the effects of global warming increase security risks.
IMF Publishes Government Revenue Database

August 12, 2015

The International Monetary Fund ("IMF") recently published the World Revenue Longitudinal Dataset, which contains data on revenue for 186 countries between 1980 and 2013, as it seeks to spark "informed discussion" on national tax policies around the world in the wake of a major UN development summit.
OSCE Official Seeks End to German Treason Investigation

August 05, 2015

Dunja Mijatovic of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") recently argued that Germany's announcement of a treason investigation of web journalists for reporting on the country's online surveillance techniques could have a "chilling effect" on investigative reporting and called for a halt to the investigation.
OECD Forum Evaluates National Tax Reporting Policies

August 05, 2015

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's ("OECD") Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes recently evaluated the tax policies of 12 countries to determine whether they met global standards on transparency and exchange of tax information.
ICANN Publishes Proposal for Shift in Internet Governance

August 04, 2015

The Guardian reports that the nonprofit internet management organization the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") has published a proposal that would shift oversight responsibilities of its work from the US government to ICANN, an oversight committee, and a review process that would not include governments or inter-governmental organizations.