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UN Agents Warn France on Counter-terror Plans
November 30, 2017
The Guardian reports that a September letter from UN human rights mandate holders warned the French government that its plan to exit its "state of emergency" while providing for stronger counter-terrorism measures could violate the country's international human rights obligations through a vague definition of "terrorism" and by encouraging religion-based discrimination.
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UN Chief Supports Global Pact on Environment
November 30, 2017
At an event on the margins of the annual leaders' summit at the UN General Assembly, UN Secretary-General António Guterres offered his support for a French proposal seeking an "international legally binding document on the environment" that would consolidate national environmental laws into a single "pact."
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UN Agency, EU Bank Boost Funding for SDGs
November 30, 2017
The UN Development Programme and the European Investment Fund recently signed an agreement to boost financing to achieve the comprehensive social and economic targets contained in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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UN Agents Push for Environmental Rights Treaty in Americas
November 29, 2017
A group of UN human rights mandate holders has published a statement calling on Latin American and Caribbean government officials meeting in Chile to agree to a legally binding treaty recognizing "environmental rights" throughout the region and requiring governments to perform broad "environmental impact assessments."
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NGO Pushes for More UN Action on "Killer Robots"
November 29, 2017
Human Rights Watch has criticizing recent talks by countries that are a part of the UN Convention on Conventional Weapons in Geneva on international laws restricting the use of "killer robots" that do not require human intervention to engage targets for failing to move ahead with global rules prohibiting such weapons systems.
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