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New Zealand Official Confesses to “Broken” Justice System at UNHRC
January 22, 2019
In remarks to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) during its periodic review by countries including Saudi Arabia, New Zealand Justice Minister Andrew Little said his country’s justice system is “broken” and resulted in discrimination against women and the indigenous population.
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UN Observer Issues Global Principles on Economic Rights Impacts
January 22, 2019
UN Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky has published a set of “Guiding Principles” requiring governments at all levels and international financial institutions to perform human rights impact assessments when they make any policies implementing economic reforms.
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UN Body Calls for Revision of Canadian Law on Indigenous Status
January 21, 2019
The UN Human Rights Committee has concluded that Canadian law continues to discriminate against Indigenous women by distinguishing between women and men in determining the recognized status of Indigenous people who marry non-Indigenous partners.
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NGO Launches “Data Explorer” Linking SDGs to Human Rights
January 17, 2019
The Danish Institute for Human Rights has launched an algorithm and database called the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)-Human Rights Data Explorer linking the comprehensive SDG agenda to the recommendations of UN human rights treaty bodies as part of an attempt by the UN and activists to attach the SDGs to international rights obligations.
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UNHRC Seeks to Embed Rights Agenda in SDGs
January 16, 2019
Demonstrating the body’s commitment to advancing a broad range of economic, social, and cultural “rights,” the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has scheduled a meeting to discuss “synergies between the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and human rights.”
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