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NGO: UN Chief Ignores Chinese Rights Violations
May 23, 2018
Sophie Richardson of Human Rights Watch criticizes UN Secretary-General António Guterres for ignoring his mandate to advance human rights as he praised Chinese President Xi Jinping for his engagement with the UN system without mentioning the Chinese government's regular practices of arbitrary detention and torture or the absence of political rights in the country.
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NGO Laments Lack of Progress on "Killer Robot" Ban
May 23, 2018
Bonnie Docherty of Human Rights Watch has published a piece warning that world actors will not be able to stop "killer robot weapons" - systems that identify and engage targets without human input - without urgently adopting an international instrument preemptively prohibiting their deployment.
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Council Urges Transformation of Global Refugee Governance
May 22, 2018
The World Refugee Council, a global body that includes politicians, policy advisers, academics, and nongovernmental organizations, has issued an interim report describing how governments and international organizations must "transform" the global governance system for refugees through greater accountability and imposing "collective responsibility" in refugee sharing.
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Paper Seeks Accountability System for Refugee Admittance
May 22, 2018
The Centre for International Governance Innovation has published a paper exploring the introduction of various international "accountability mechanisms" forcing governments to uphold treaty commitments and "moral obligations" to accept refugees from other countries.
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OECD: Tax Savings to Reduce Inequality
May 22, 2018
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has issued two reports calling on governments to improve their taxation of household savings and wealth with the aim of reducing economic inequality, identifying taxation as "among the most effective tools governments have for reducing inequalities and bringing about more inclusive growth."
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