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UN Rights Office Criticizes US State Abortion Restrictions
May 22, 2019
Wading into a domestic political debate over abortion policies, spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has criticized as “inherently discriminatory” and dangerous laws recently passed in US states restricting abortion access.
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OECD Members Support Guidelines on Responsible AI
May 22, 2019
Politico reports that the 36 countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), including the US, and others have agreed to a set of global guidelines pledging "responsible stewardship of trustworthy” artificial intelligence to ensure it complies with the international human rights agenda.
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Australians File Rights Complaint with UN on Climate Change
May 15, 2019
Indigenous Australians living on the Torres Strait Islands have filed a complaint with the UN Human Rights Committee alleging that the Australian government has violated their rights by failing to clamp down on greenhouse gas emissions and thus allowing rising sea levels caused by global warming to encroach on their communities.
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UN Body Seeks Release of Assange over "Disproportionate" Sentencing
May 08, 2019
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has called on the UK government to release Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from prison due to what it deems to be his “disproportionate sentence” for the “minor violation” of the terms of his bail over sexual assault and rape charges in 2012.
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Trump Announces Withdrawal from UN Arms Trade Treaty
May 01, 2019
NPR reports that US President Donald Trump has announced his Administration’s withdrawal from the UN Arms Trade Treaty, signed by the Obama Administration but never ratified by the US Senate, characterizing the move as taking back US policymaking from an “unelected, unaccountable, global bureaucracy."
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