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UN Agents Support African Agenda on Terrorism and Human Rights
April 14, 2016
Calling on countries around the world to focus on implementing "international legal norms and standards" in their counterterrorism efforts, a group of UN human rights observers have applauded the African Commission on Human and People's Rights launch of its Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights while Countering Terrorism in Africa.
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HRW: US Information Sharing Could Violate Rights
April 14, 2016
Human Rights Watch ("HRW") asserts that the international human rights agenda may prevent US domestic law-enforcement agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation from accessing information obtained by the National Security Agency through warrantless surveillance techniques.
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IMF Warns of Dire Impact of UK Exit from EU
April 14, 2016
British euroskeptics have criticized the intervention of the International Monetary Fund ("IMF") in the UK's debate over leaving the EU in the IMF's most recent World Economic Outlook, which warns that such a move would cause "severe regional and global damage by disrupting established trading relationships."
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NGOs Outline Agenda for Next UN Secretary-General
April 14, 2016
A group of nongovernmental organizations, including Amnesty International, has produced an eight-point agenda for the next UN Secretary-General, who will be nominated by the end of 2016, including a "new global approach to refugees" and strengthening the UN's human rights agenda.
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UN Talks Target Global Governance of Ocean Resources
April 13, 2016
George Russell writes that a UN preparatory committee has begun talks aimed at developing a global, legally binding instrument on UN management of ocean resources that would require the production of "environmental impact assessments" for development projects involving the high seas.
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