International Organizations

  • NGOs Seek Universal "Social Compact" on Internet

    June 29, 2016

    The nongovernmental initiative the Global Commission on Internet Governance has published a report calling for the creation by governments and other actors of a Social Compact for the Digital Society that provides comprehensive protection for human rights with regard to the internet.

  • Syrian Groups Critique UN Aid Delivery

    June 29, 2016

    As conditions worsen for civilians in the resistance-held Syrian city of Aleppo, George Russell writes that Syrian aid organizations are increasingly blaming the UN for excessively deferring to the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad in determining which areas receive humanitarian supplies.

  • ILO Calls for Labor Intervention in Americas

    June 29, 2016

    Warning of an economic slowdown in Latin America, a report from the International Labour Organization calls on countries in the region to engage in more integrated "active labour market" interventions, such as employment subsidies, to boost jobs and productivity.

  • ILO Encourages EU "Social Rights" Protection

    June 29, 2016

    A new publication from the International Labour Organization calls for EU officials to uphold their pledge to advance a "social rights pillar" in the bloc in order to provide for "upward convergence" among the economies of EU member states.

  • OECD Seeks Income Equality Measures in US

    June 29, 2016

    As part of its explanation of the US's mediocre economic growth forecast, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development blames income inequality and calls for the US to respond by improving opportunities for a number of groups.

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