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OSCE Criticizes Missouri Police for Journalist Arrests

August 27, 2014

Following the arrest of journalists during protests in Ferguson, Missouri over the recent shooting of teenager Michael Brown, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") media freedom representative Dunja Mijatovic has called on Missouri police to respect the right to freedom of the media.
"BRICS Bank" Challenges Western Global Economic Governance

August 13, 2014

Matthew Goodman writes that Western countries should strengthen their global development institutions in response to the creation of a new development bank created by the so-called "BRICS" countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
IMF Calls for Higher Taxes to Prevent Climate Change

August 06, 2014

In a new book, the International Monetary Fund ("IMF") argues that national governments should increase energy taxes in order to motivate a switch among consumers to renewable energy sources and combat global warming.
OSCE Equips Ukraine Observers with Drones

July 30, 2014

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") has supplied its monitoring mission in Ukraine with unmanned aerial vehicles in the southeast region of the country and along its border with Russia.
BRICS Creates Institutions of Global Economic Governance

July 23, 2014

The BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - have announced their creation of a development bank and emergency reserve fund to further multinational cooperation and control of their "emerging" economies in the face of the existing institutions of global economic governance.
OSCE: U.S. Net Neutrality Rules Restrict Media Freedom

July 14, 2014

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") has warned the U.S. that its net neutrality rules, which allow telecommunications providers to discriminate on the basis of content, violate its OSCE commitments on free expression and the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Nowak: West Should Strengthen Global Economic Governance

July 14, 2014

Bartlomiej Nowak has published an article calling for international institutions such as the International Monetary Fund to adapt to cover new issues in global economic governance and for Western countries to relinquish some of their authority in such institutions to allow developing countries to increase their role.
ICANN Meeting Stokes Concerns over Global Internet Governance

July 11, 2014

Brett Schaefer and Paul Rosenzweig write that controversies erupting at the public meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") raise concerns that the U.S. turnover of ICANN governance to the international community could result in a lack of transparency and accountability.
OSCE Expresses Concerns on Canadian Copyright Ruling

July 11, 2014

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") has voiced its concern that a Canadian court ruling ordering Google to take down links worldwide to the website of a company found liable for copyright and trademark infringement could chill free expression.
OECD Calls for Wealth Redistribution

July 11, 2014

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") has published a report calling on countries to establish "effective redistributive policies" to restrict income inequality and promote future economic growth.