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UN Agent Warns of Threat to Speech in EU Copyright Rules
March 13, 2019
UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression David Kaye has called on EU institutions to revise the proposed EU Copyright Directive to reduce the pressure on internet companies to provide for “pre-publication filtering” of protected content, warning such pressure will harm online “information diversity and media pluralism.”
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NGO Report Calls for “Partnerships” to Address Sovereign Debt
March 13, 2019
The Centre for International Governance Innovation has published a policy brief calling for international partnerships to combat the negative impacts sovereign debt could have on the prospects of achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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Schaefer: US Must Track All Contributions to International Bodies
March 12, 2019
Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation has called on the US Congress to require government reporting tracking all US contributions to international organizations to improve transparency of such spending and permit lawmakers to hold the recipients of such contributions accountable.
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UN Official: Economic, Social Rights Are Key to SDGs
March 08, 2019
In remarks to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed underlined the international organization’s commitment to linking the 169 targets of its comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to the realization of its broad agenda for economic, social, and cultural rights.
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UN Rights Chief Focuses on Economic Inequality in Address
March 07, 2019
According to NPR, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet used part of her annual report to the UN Human Rights Council to focus on income and wealth inequality as “fundamental challenges” to the international human rights agenda.
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