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UN Reserves Funds for Legal Action Against Israel
December 19, 2017
According to the nongovernmental organization UN Watch, the UN has set aside $1.3 billion across 16 UN agencies from 2018 to 2022 to provide advice and "technical capacity" to Palestinian officials on the use of “international accountability mechanisms” to hold Israel responsibility for violations of international law.
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Pence: US Will Avoid UN in Mideast Relief Efforts
December 18, 2017
Penny Starr reports that US Vice President Mike Pence has announced a shift in US policy under which the US State Department will avoid using UN structures to distribute humanitarian relief to persecuted religious minorities in the Middle East.
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IACHR Judges Move to Bind All States with Rulings
December 15, 2017
Dr. Marianna Orlandi of the Center for Family & Human Rights reports that judges of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) called, at a recent session in Panama, for the recognition of a doctrine under which all countries in the Americas are bound to the human rights judgments of the IACHR, including those loosening restrictions on abortion and gay marriage.
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UN Agents Seek Rights-Focused Implementation of Paris Deal
December 15, 2017
Ahead of a recent climate summit in Bonn, Germany, to discuss the implementation of global commitments made under the UN's Paris climate deal, UN human rights mandate holders issued a statement pushing for participants to place human rights, including economic, social, and cultural rights, at the center of their efforts to combat global warming.
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UN Agents Condemn Political "Demonization" of Media
December 15, 2017
A group of UN human rights mandate holders has condemned "the public demonization of reporting and specific media outlets and reporters by political leaders at the highest levels," linking such criticism to the targeted killing of journalists.
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