International Organizations

  • UN Working Group: African-Americans Face "Human Rights Crisis"

    February 03, 2016

    Following a visit to the US, the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent blamed official impunity and racist ideology for a "human rights crisis" facing African-Americans and called on officials to take measures to address "Afrophobia" and end the "epidemic of racial violence" in US law enforcement.

  • UN Chief: Palestinian People Will "Resist Occupation"

    February 03, 2016

    In response to Israeli criticism that his past remarks associating Islamic terrorism with Israel's policy toward Palestinians condone jihadist acts, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has published an op-ed in The New York Times arguing both that he condemns terrorism but also believes that Palestinians "will always resist occupation."

  • UN Announces More Allegations of Sex Abuse in CAR

    February 03, 2016

    UN Assistant Secretary General for Field Support Anthony Banbury has announced that there were 22 cases involving sexual abuse allegations against the UN's peacekeeping force in the war-torn Central African Republic ("CAR") in 2015.

  • NGO Calls for External Review of UN Sex Abuse Claims

    February 03, 2016

    George Russell reports that the nongovernmental organization AIDS-Free World is calling on the UN to establish an independent body composed of judges, academics, authorities, and others to review claims of sex abuse against peacekeepers working with the UN and bring cases directly to UN member governments.

  • WHO Calls for Measures on Smoking in Films

    February 03, 2016

    The UN's World Health Organization ("WHO") has warned that films portraying characters who smoke are coaxing children to develop tobacco habits and has called for countries to adopt countermeasures such as adult ratings for such films, a ban on the display of tobacco brands, and a bar to public subsidies for films displaying tobacco use.

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