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UN Body Promotes Socio-Economic Dimensions of “Right to Life”
February 14, 2019
Lucy McKernan and Bret Thiele of the nongovernmental organization Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights praise the UN Human Rights Committee for promoting an expansive definition of an enforceable “right to life” that includes rights to environmental protection, housing, and sustainable development.
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OSCE Official Critiques Ukraine’s Barring of Russian Election Observers
February 14, 2019
Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir has criticized Ukraine’s decision to bar the participation of Russians among ODIHR observers for upcoming presidential elections in the country.
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World Bank Highlights Growing Climate Focus with Forest Initiative
February 14, 2019
Highlighting the development institution’s growing focus on fulfilling the UN’s Paris climate accord, the World Bank has signed deals with Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo to fund a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by protecting forest resources as part of the bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility.
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World Bank Climate Fund Pushes Billions Toward Environmental Agenda
February 14, 2019
Reviewing the 10-year history of the Climate Investment Funds, the World Bank touts the fund’s advancement of the global environmental agenda by pushing tens of billions of dollars in financing for “clean technology, energy access, climate resilience, and sustainable forestry” across 72 countries.
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NGO Pushes for ILO Treaty on Rights of Women Workers
February 14, 2019
Aruna Kashyap of Human Rights Watch calls on apparel companies to support the development of a binding global treaty, to be administered by the UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO), to tackle harassment of and violence against women in clothing supply chains.
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