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NGOs Sue Germany over Global Climate Pledges
January 04, 2019
As part of a growing trend of nongovernmental organizations filing lawsuits to require governments and businesses to comply with global climate standards, NGOs have filed a suit against Germany claiming that the government’s failure to force businesses to reduce carbon emissions is violating its citizens’ constitutional rights.
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UNGA Approves Global Compact on Refugee Treatment
January 03, 2019
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) recently approved a Global Compact on Refugees, struck without the support of the US, that includes pledges to limit the detention of asylum seekers and seeks more discretion for UN actors to allocate refugees among UN members.
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UN Agency Spotlights Use of Satellites for Environmental Goals
January 03, 2019
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization has highlighted its growing reliance on satellite technology to track land use and other social and environmental conditions by launching, in partnership with US space agency NASA, an online portal permitting users to “systematically inspect” any part of the globe through satellite data.
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UN Agent: Fiji Needs External Aid to Protect Environmental Rights
January 03, 2019
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment David Boyd has called on Fiji to improve environmental conditions to ensure its citizens enjoy “the right to live in a healthy environment” and pushed rich governments to provide financial aid to the country to ensure the protection of this right.
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UN Observers Warn Poland to Respect “Sexual” Rights
January 03, 2019
A group of UN human rights mandate holders recently issued a statement expressing concern that Poland’s understanding of women’s equality “seems to be limited to equal treatment in law” and calling on the Polish government to refrain from violating women’s “sexual and reproductive health rights” - often interpreted to include abortion.
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