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UN Body Releases Guidelines on Expansive Disabilities Treaty
October 25, 2017
The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recently adopted a General Comment containing guidelines highlighting the expansive nature of the positive obligations the Committee's animating disabilities treaty places on governments that sign up to its mandates, including the duty to provide a range of residential and community services to disabled persons.
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NGO: China Uses UN Machinery to Silence Critics
October 25, 2017
A report from Human Rights Watch accuses China of running a campaign to weaken the UN's global human rights mechanisms by blocking Chinese human rights groups from participating in activities revealing the country's rights abuses at UN bodies, and criticizing UN officials for, at times, acquiescing to Chinese demands to silence its critics.
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Paper Examines "Inclusion" in Global Financial Governance
October 20, 2017
A paper from the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) examines how developing countries around the world have worked to make the system of global financial governance more "inclusive" to seek to ensure they receive a substantial portion of the benefits of international financial flows.
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BRICS Group Seeks "Equitable" Global Governance
October 20, 2017
The Associated Press reports that, in a statement following the organization's recent summit in China, the BRICS group of countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - called for reform at the UN to make its institutions more representative and a new version of global economic governance that leads to "a more just and equitable international order."
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Article Criticizes UNESCO Promotion of "Sexual Rights"
October 20, 2017
In a recent article, Dr. Marianna Orlandi of the Center for Family & Human Rights raises concerns with a report published by the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) that she says promotes the recognition of "sexual and reproductive health rights" and "comprehensive sexuality education" among children.
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