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UN Agent: "Moral Superiority" Claims Threaten Rights
March 15, 2017
The UN Special Rapporteur on "cultural rights," Karima Bennoune, has warned that a "global avalanche of hate" and "claims of cultural and moral superiority" from groups around the world threaten rights to culture and women's "sexual and reproductive rights," often used to include abortion rights.
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UN Agent Links Biodiversity to Economic, Social Rights
March 15, 2017
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment John Knox has called on governments to permit people to "fully enjoy" their "rights to life, health, food and water" by respecting their duty to protect biodiversity.
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Paper: WTO Should "Multilateralize" Regulatory Efforts
March 15, 2017
Thomas Bollyky of the Council on Foreign Relations and Petros Mavroidis of Columbia Law School write in favor of a change in the corporate governance of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to promote transnational regulatory cooperation efforts around the world.
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US Criticizes UNHRC's "Obsession with Israel"
March 14, 2017
Deutsche Welle reports that a US State Department official, citing over 60 resolutions from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) condemning Israel for alleged rights violations since it was formed in 2006, has signaled a review of the US government's engagement with the body given its "obsession with Israel."
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UN Hosts "Ideas Festival" on SDGs
March 14, 2017
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Action Campaign recently hosted a Global Festival of Ideas for Sustainable Development in Bonn, Germany, to solicit wide-ranging ideas from policymakers, business representatives, and social and environmental activists on how to implement the comprehensive SDG agenda.
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