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UN Agent Calls for Global Accord on "Right to Healthy Environment"
March 29, 2018
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment John Knox has called for global recognition of "the human right to a healthy environment" through a human-rights agreement with international effect.
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Stephens: Bolton Is Right About UN Criticism
March 28, 2018
Bret Stephens writes in The New York Times that John Bolton, recently selected as US National Security Advisor, is correct in his long-running criticism of the UN, based on a litany of abuses and inaction by an institution Stephens calls "a never-ending scandal disguised as an everlasting hope."
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UN Agent Seeks "Respectful Distance" Between Government, Religion
March 28, 2018
UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief Ahmed Shaheed recently waded into the debate regarding the optimal interaction between religion and government, asserting that the best version of this relationship is one of "respectful distance" and that governments should promote "a social and political commitment to fostering pluralism" in the religious sphere.
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UN Group Weighs in Against Israeli Deportation Policy
March 28, 2018
A group of UN human rights mandate holders recently issued a statement demanding that the Israeli government refrain from deporting Eritrean and Sudanese migrants to their home countries, accusing Israel of violating international human rights provisions against race discrimination by targeting nationals from sub-Saharan Africa.
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UN Agent: Detention of Illegal Migrants Can Amount to "Torture"
March 28, 2018
In testimony before the UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer warned that deterrence and obstruction of illegal migration, including through "arbitrary" detention practices, could amount to "torture or ill-treatment" in violation of international human rights law and called for an "individualized risk assessment" before any migrant deportation.
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