International Organizations

  • Businesses Sign on to NGO Initiative on Recruitment

    May 11, 2016

    The Institute for Human Rights and Business has announced that five large companies have joined the NGO-supported Leadership Group for Responsible Recruitment that seeks to place pressure on employers around the world to pay the costs of recruitment of their workers.

  • UN Bodies Criticize Limited Protection of Breastfeeding

    May 10, 2016

    The UN's World Health Organization and UN Children's Fund have issued a report calling on governments to ramp up efforts to promote breastfeeding by outlawing "biased" advertising for breast-milk substitutes and spotlighting their creation of a monitoring network to counter such advertising.

  • UN Committee Calls for Consultation over UK Nuclear Plant

    May 09, 2016

    The UN Economic and Social Council has issued a report stating that the UK is not in compliance with its international obligations to consult with its European neighbors on potential cross-border impacts of its plans to build a nuclear power plant in England.

  • UN Body Blames Israel for "Deteriorating" Human Rights Landscape

    May 09, 2016

    A UN Special Committee has issued an evaluation of Israeli practices in the "occupied" Palestinian territories, based on testimony from NGOs, UN agents, and Palestinian representatives, that criticizes Israel for the impacts of heightened security measures a "faulty justice system" on the human rights of Palestinians.

  • UN Pushes Climate Measures Through "Action Coalitions"

    May 06, 2016

    At a "Climate Action Summit" in Washington, DC, the UN is seeking to forge "action coalitions" of representatives from governments, businesses, nongovernmental organizations, and academia to assist with taking the implementation of the UN's worldwide climate agreement signed in April to the "next level."

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