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OHCHR Demands End to Australian Offshore Detention
August 25, 2016
Following the leak of thousands of documents relating to Australia's refugee processing centers on the island of Nauru, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has repeated its demands for the country to halt its practice of detaining asylum seekers offshore while processing their claims.
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NGOs Seek Lawsuit to Delay Internet Transition
August 25, 2016
Think tank TechFreedom and a coalition of nongovernmental organizations have called for the US Congress to sue the White House to delay the transition of control of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") from the US to an international array of stakeholders, including some foreign governments accused of speech restrictions.
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UN Concedes Involvement in Haiti Cholera Outbreak
August 24, 2016
George Russell reports that, under pressure from a class action lawsuit and a critical draft report from a human rights mandate holder, the UN Secretary-General's office has communicated its plans to "do much more" to remedy the UN's involvement in a cholera outbreak in Haiti caused by the organization's peacekeepers in 2010.
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UNHCR Applauds Refugee Pledge in Americas
August 17, 2016
As the UN prepares for a September summit on the resettlement of refugees, the UN High Commissioner on Refugees has praised a San Jose Action Statement agreed by countries across the Americas pledging to bolster protections for refugees from Central America.
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UN Agents Call for "Culturally Sensitive" Education
August 17, 2016
A group of UN human rights mandate holders have published a statement calling for governments to permit indigenous people to organize and control their own education systems to promote "culturally and linguistically appropriate" schooling.
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