-
IMF Warns of UK Economic Contraction After Brexit
May 16, 2016
In its annual report on the British economy, the International Monetary Fund intervened in the debate over whether the UK should leave the EU by predicting that such an exit could lead to an economic downturn in the country and decrease the prices of housing and shares.
-
UN Seeks Answers to Climate-Induced "Internal Displacement"
May 13, 2016
The head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Robert Glasser, has cited a UN-supported report asserting that climate change is increasingly responsible for displacement of people within countries to call for the development of new capabilities to manage risks of climate disasters and to provide housing to people displaced by global warming.
-
Academic Calls for Recognition of Differing Approaches to Dignity
May 12, 2016
In an upcoming article in the Notre Dame Law Review, Professor Mark Movsesian calls for lawyers to abandon efforts to reach universal consensus on the meaning of human dignity in favor of more limited approach that respects the "margin of appreciation" to be afforded to local cultural traditions.
-
UN Proposes Global Governance of Migration Policy
May 11, 2016
AP reports that, ahead of a meeting of the UN General Assembly in September on migration issues, the UN has issued a document proposing a global governance system led by the UN that allocates responsibility for taking in refugees and migrants and calling on the UN to develop a campaign against xenophobia.
-
UN Scrutinizes Gender Provisions in National Constitutions
May 11, 2016
A symposium hosted by UN Women encouraged the use of the agency's Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database to evaluate whether there are sufficient provisions on women's rights in national constitutions and to promote the inclusion of provisions on affirmative action, "sexual and reproductive health rights," and other women-specific issues in these constitutions.
Copyright 2025 Global Governance Watch. All Rights Reserved.
A project of The Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies