International Organizations

  • NGO Proposes Model Law Governing Sovereign Debt

    August 26, 2015

    The Centre for International Governance Innovation has published a paper proposing that New York State or England adopt a model law that would serve as the governing standard for the restructuring of sovereign debt around the world.

  • UN Encounters New Sex Abuse Allegations

    August 14, 2015

    An article from George Russell indicates the complications the UN faces after human rights activists questioned the promptness of the organization's reaction to a sex abuse allegation against members of a UN peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic, the most recent in a number of such allegations against UN peacekeepers and their affiliates.

  • Stiglitz: US Is Blocking New Forms of Global Governance

    August 12, 2015

    Professor Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia University has criticized the US government for blocking efforts to create global governance systems that grant more authority to developing countries, including the creation of a sovereign debt resolution mechanism and a UN body that oversees corporate tax allocation.

  • UN Committee Blames Israeli Settlements for Violence

    August 12, 2015

    A UN Special Committee charged with investigating Israeli practices affecting Palestinians has found that Israeli settlement practices are the "primary driver" of rising levels of violence in the region.

  • IMF Publishes Government Revenue Database

    August 12, 2015

    The International Monetary Fund ("IMF") recently published the World Revenue Longitudinal Dataset, which contains data on revenue for 186 countries between 1980 and 2013, as it seeks to spark "informed discussion" on national tax policies around the world in the wake of a major UN development summit.

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