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WEF Panel Pushes Global Data Standards
July 11, 2016
Participants in a panel at a recent meeting of the World Economic Forum in China called for the development of global standards on how companies can use the personal data of online consumers.
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NGO Criticizes Rights Abusers' Election to UN Body
July 11, 2016
The nongovernmental organization UN Watch has criticized the election of China, Russia, United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela, regimes often accused of extensive human rights violations, to the UN Economic and Social Council, which oversees a range of human rights issues and groups.
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UN Agent Demands National Votes on EU Trade Deals
July 11, 2016
Alfred de Zayas, the UN Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, has asserted that the EU would violate global human rights standards if it does not grant the national parliaments of its member states a vote on any trade deals the bloc agrees with Canada and the US.
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HRW Criticizes Impact of US Ruling on Migrants
July 11, 2016
Human Rights Watch has criticized a recent ruling of the US Supreme Court effectively blocking the Obama Administration's exemption from deportation of certain illegal migrants in the US for violating the human rights of the migrants who would have been exempted under the executive policy.
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US Legislators Criticize UN for Cholera Outbreak
July 06, 2016
A letter from 158 members of the US Congress criticizes the UN for refusing to accept responsibility for a massive cholera outbreak in Haiti beginning in 2010 and calls on the US State Department to place more pressure on UN officials to implement an appropriate response to the disaster.