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NGO Criticizes EU on Rights Protection
January 24, 2018
As part of its 643-page review of human rights practices in countries around the world, Human Rights Watch warned that EU institutions and the bloc's member states are treating the global human rights agenda as an "optional extra" in areas like migration and combating terrorism, paving the way for the rise of "anti-rights governments."
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Commission Warns US on Deportation of El Salvadoreans
January 22, 2018
Telesur reports that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has warned that the US could be violating its international human rights obligations by following through with the Trump Administration's decision to revoke Temporary Protected Status for thousands of El Salvadoreans who came to the US after two powerful earthquakes in their home country in 2001.
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Academic Seeks More Flexible Methods of Rights Enforcement
January 22, 2018
Professor Alexander Betts of the University of Oxford argues that the UN system has become "toothless" in an increasingly "illiberal" world and that civil society and governments must invent new, "adaptive" ways to bypass the traditional methods of human rights blaming-and-shaming to hold countries to account for their abuses.
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UN Agencies Fight Health Effects of Global Warming
January 19, 2018
The UN Environment Programme and the World Health Organization have launched a partnership for combating "environmental health risks," including health threats from climate change and "food and nutrition issues."
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UNESCO Renews Guide Pushing for Sexuality Education
January 18, 2018
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently updated its International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education to renew its push for countries to implement "quality comprehensive sexuality education," including for children as young as five years old, as part of the global human rights and health agenda.
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