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Honduras Resists UN Pressure on Abortion Laws
August 01, 2017
The nongovernmental organization C-Fam has reported that, in the face of pressure from UN human rights mandate holders to recognize what they said are internationally recognized "sexual and reproductive health rights," the Honduran Congress ruled out a reform of the country's penal code to decriminalize certain types of abortion.
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UN Agents Seek Loosening of Abortion Law in El Salvador
August 01, 2017
As part of the UN human rights apparatus's pressure in favor of "sexual and reproductive health rights," a group of UN human rights mandate holders recently called on the Congress of El Salvador to revise the country's penal code in line with "international human rights standards" to decriminalize abortion in certain circumstances.
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UNESCO Body Sides Against Privatized Education
August 01, 2017
In a recent panel description, UNESCO's International Institute for Educational Planning says Stanford researcher Dr. Frank Adamson "set the record straight" on how “market-based approaches” to education financing result in poorer outcomes and greater educational inequality than publicly funded schools.
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New ECOSOC Chief Prioritizes SDGs
August 01, 2017
Marie Chatardová, the newly elected President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), has announced that she will focus ECOSOC's efforts during her term on achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the international organization's comprehensive wishlist for social and environmental policy around the world.
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HRW Criticizes UNESCO for Saudi NGO Forum
July 31, 2017
Adam Coogle of the nongovernmental organization (NGO) Human Rights Watch writes that the decision by the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to host its International Forum of NGOs in Saudi Arabia is a "slap in the face" of human rights activists in the country jailed for allegedly violating its extremely restrictive NGO laws.
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