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UN Official Warns UK on Bill of Rights Move
October 16, 2015
Prior to the UK's releasing its plan for replacing its Human Rights Act with a British Bill of Rights, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has warned such a move would be "damaging for victims and human rights protection."
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UN Calls for Global Governance of "Sustainable" Finance
October 14, 2015
A report from the UN Environment Programme calls on governments to enact measures, such as disclosure requirements, to push their finance industries to support the UN's "sustainable development" agenda and seeks a "global governance structure" that focuses on sustainability issues.
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UN Report Links Eating Beef with Climate Harm
October 14, 2015
A new study from the UN Environment Programme labels beef as a "climate harmful meat" due to greenhouse gas emissions related to raising cattle and the production of the meat.
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Asian Trade Deal Faces Skeptical US Congress
October 14, 2015
Professor Daniel Drezner of Tufts University writes that recent comments by US legislators indicate that the recently agreed US-Pacific trade deal faces a tough battle for passage in Congress.
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NGO Calls for More NHRI Participation at UN
October 14, 2015
The International Service for Human Rights has called on countries to support broader participation by National Human Rights Institutions ("NHRIs"), which seek to implement the global human-rights agenda at the national level, at the UN General Assembly and other UN institutions.
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