Transnational Bodies

OSCE Expresses Concern over Money in U.S. Politics

November 12, 2014

Following its observation mission during the U.S. midterm elections on invitation from the U.S. Government, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") Parliamentary Assembly has expressed concern over the amount of money spent in campaigns, as well as voter identification requirements.
CIGI Finds "Troubling" Decline in Global Economic Governance

November 12, 2014

The Centre for International Governance Innovation ("CIGI") has published a report expressing concerns over finding a decline in the willingness of countries to cooperate in global economic governance, including on such issues as sovereign debt and a binding agreement on greenhouse gases.
WEF Criticizes Lack of Global Economic Governance

November 12, 2014

At a recent World Economic Forum ("WEF") conference in Dubai, participants complained of "politics" impeding the intervention of global initiatives in dealing with such issues as income inequality and jobless growth in countries around the world.
Kirshner Sees Declining U.S. Influence on Economic Governance

November 12, 2014

Jonathan Kirshner writes that the recent global financial crisis marked a turning point in international economic governance and will lead to a global financial system in which new international institutions will appear in which the U.S. has less authority.
German Minister Praises Global Governance of Taxation

November 05, 2014

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has praised a recent global agreement on automatic exchange of tax information and has called for further efforts to achieve uniform international standards to reduce tax competition among countries.
Court Finds Dominican Republic Must Leave IACHR

November 05, 2014

ABC News reports that the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic has ruled that because the country's Senate has not ratified the government's agreement with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ("IACHR"), the country must withdraw from the human rights body.
IMF Pushes Initiative on Natural Resources Revenue

October 22, 2014

The International Monetary Fund ("IMF") is cooperating with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative to pressure governments to expose data on the revenue they receive from companies in the extractive sector.
OECD Seeks End to "Under-taxing" Company Cars, Diesel

October 08, 2014

A study by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") calls for governments to cease "under-taxing" company cars and diesel fuel, pinning problems ranging from climate change to car accidents on tax policies for vehicles and fuel.
Experts Oppose International Jurisdiction over Corruption

October 08, 2014

Brett Schaefer, Steven Groves, and James Roberts of the Heritage Foundation write that the U.S. should oppose calls to make corruption a "crime against humanity" and to grant jurisdiction over corruption issues to the International Criminal Court or to a new international court established to deal with such claims.
OSCE Uses Drones to Monitor Ukraine Cease-fire

October 08, 2014

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") has announced that unmanned aerial drones it plans to operate in Eastern Ukraine to monitor the cease-fire between the Ukrainian Government and separatist rebels have arrived in Kiev.