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NGO Demands Enforceable Labor Standards in Fashion Industry
February 22, 2019
The International Labor Rights Forum has published a report calling for the replacement of voluntary initiatives by businesses in the apparel industry on worker safety in their global supply chains with a “worker-centered, worker-driven,” enforceable model forcing clothing brands to adhere to global labor rights standards.
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WHO Creates Standard-Setting Body for Genome Editing
February 21, 2019
The World Health Organization has formed a committee to create uniform global standards governing the editing of the human genome, including “appropriate governance mechanisms” for the practice.
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UN Agencies Seek “Citizenship Education” to Promote Rule of Law
February 21, 2019
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have published a report on how schools around the world must promote the rule of law through “global citizenship education” programs that instill the UN’s sustainable development agenda in children.
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OSCE Office Presses US on Voting Rights
February 21, 2019
In its report on the 2018 US congressional elections, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights called on the US to give full representation rights to the District of Columbia and overseas territories and to grant voting rights to citizens with criminal records.
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ICJ Rejects US Motion to Dismiss Iran Proceedings
February 20, 2019
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has rejected a US motion to dismiss proceedings brought by Iran to recover $2 billion in bank assets frozen by the US government during Iran’s 1979 revolution, finding that it has jurisdiction to decide the dispute.
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