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UN Official Seeks Greater Integration of Rights in SDGs
August 05, 2015
A letter from UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein calls for governments to do more in the UN Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs"), which set out targets for development to be achieved by 2030, to promote "economic, social, and cultural human rights" and to monitor the treatment of these rights.
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Kalb Urges Caution in Global Governance Solutions
August 05, 2015
Lawyer and author James Kalb writes that as top-down global solutions - often preferred by elites - are not always preferable to "uncontrolled processes" that occur on local and regional levels, people should emphasize realism and exercise caution in using global governance to solve problems around the world.
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UN Head Praises US President for Climate Measures
August 05, 2015
The office of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has praised US President Barack Obama for his "visionary leadership" in seeking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through measures that have produced controversy by sidestepping congressional approval.
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UN Agency Analyzes "Big Data" from Smartphones
August 05, 2015
The UN Environment Programme ("UNEP") has announced the launch of a resource center called UNEP Live that will, among other things, analyze "big data" gathered from smartphones with satellite data to support government efforts to combat global warming and reduce air pollution.
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OSCE Official Seeks End to German Treason Investigation
August 05, 2015
Dunja Mijatovic of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") recently argued that Germany's announcement of a treason investigation of web journalists for reporting on the country's online surveillance techniques could have a "chilling effect" on investigative reporting and called for a halt to the investigation.
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