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Gennarini: UN Development Reforms Reduce Government Oversight
March 01, 2019
Stefano Gennarini of the Center for Family & Human Rights reports that reforms to the UN development system put in place by UN Secretary-General António Guterres include an increase in the authority of local UN agents to implement policies without consulting national governments of their host states.
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UN Chief Refers to “Hate Speech” as Major Global Threat
March 01, 2019
In recent remarks to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Secretary-General António Guterres referred to “hate speech” as “a menace to democratic values, social stability and peace.”
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ICJ Demands UK “Decolonization” of Chagos Islands
February 27, 2019
The UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) has found that the UK has an obligation to hand over “as rapidly as possible” administration of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Mauritius, finding Britain’s continued control of the remote archipelago for use as an air base since 1968 violates international law.
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OECD Calls on Turkey to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
February 22, 2019
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published an Environmental Performance Review calling on the Turkish government to ramp up investments in renewable energy and to remove tax and other incentives for the use of fossil fuels in line with the UN’s Paris climate agreement.
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Dutch NGOs Threaten Climate Lawsuit Against Shell
February 22, 2019
Climate Liability News refers to a threat from Dutch NGOs to sue Shell over the company’s contributions to greenhouse gas emissions if it refuses to adhere to the UN’s Paris climate accord as “a new legal front in the climate battle” in which NGOs demand compensation from large energy companies to address their alleged climate impacts.
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