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Paper: Reform Global Governance to Ease Tech Transfer to China
August 30, 2018
Anton Malkin of the Centre for International Governance Innovation calls for the reform of the global trade governance system to accommodate the challenges faced by “developing and middle-income economies,” as illustrated by China’s “Made in China 2025” industrial policy, in acquiring foreign-owned technology and expertise.
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Businesses Pledge “Sustainable” Textile Supply Chains
August 30, 2018
As part of growing pressure on businesses to perform human rights due diligence, the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles, a coalition of companies, NGOs, and the German government, has announced the release by 116 of its members of roadmaps toward “sustainable” supply chains, as reviewed and approved by “external experts.”
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UN Agent: Renewed US Sanctions on Iran Violate Rights
August 29, 2018
UN Special Rapporteur Idriss Jazairy has criticized as “illegitimate” and an “injustice” the re-imposition by the US of sanctions on Iran, citing the impacts of the unilateral decision on broadly defined economic and social human rights of Iran’s citizens.
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UNICEF Criticizes US, Mexican Policies on Migrant Treatment
August 21, 2018
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has published a report describing the “trauma” to which US and Mexican authorities expose children they detain and deport back to Central America, calling for officials to find “alternatives to detention” preventing children from being separated from their family members.
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World Bank Explains Strategy for Achieving SDGs
August 15, 2018
The World Bank Group recently published its second edition of a document explaining how it has retooled its global financing strategy to focus on achieving the “ambitious” and comprehensive set of social and environmental targets contained in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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