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UN Committee Elects Syrian Diplomat as Rapporteur
February 29, 2016
Patrick Goodenough writes that a UN special committee dealing with decolonization issues has sparked an outcry among nongovernmental organizations by electing a diplomat from the Syrian Government, which has regularly faced accusations of atrocities against its people during an ongoing civil war in the country, as its rapporteur.
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UN Official Pushes Preventive "Responsibility to Protect"
February 29, 2016
Using the chaos in Syria as an example of the failure of the international community to fulfill its "responsibility to protect," agreed at a UN summit in 2005, UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson called on countries to put this principle in action by intervening early in conflicts to prevent calamities including genocide and crimes against humanity.
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UN Committee Criticizes Canada on Nontraditional Rights
February 29, 2016
A press release from the nongovernmental organization Canada Without Poverty praises the UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights for "grilling" Canadian officials on issues including a reduction in social spending, increased homelessness, and the failure of the federal government to coerce provincial governments into enforcing nontraditional "human rights."
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UN Agency Criticizes European Refugee Controls
February 26, 2016
Complaining of the lack of a "comprehensive and coordinated approach" in the EU to deal with refugees from North Africa and the Middle East, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has criticized attempts by countries, through a variety of means, to reduce the number of migrants claiming asylum in their borders.
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UN Science Report Warns Against Brexit
February 26, 2016
A UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") Science Report warns of "far-reaching" negative impacts of Britain's departure from the EU on scientific research, predicting that the move could cause a reduction in "international flows of knowledge" and lead to a rise in "anti-immigration" sentiment in the UK.
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