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UN Working Group: US Is Failing to Guarantee Women's Rights
December 30, 2015
Following a ten-day visit to the US, the UN Working Group on discrimination against women in law and practice has warned that political "polarization" and the obstacle of federalism in the US has threatened the government's ability to protect women's human rights and the access of women to the "exercise of their reproductive rights."
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HRW Offers Cautious Praise for Climate Pact's "Rights" Recognition
December 30, 2015
Katharina Rall of Human Rights Watch ("HRW") praises the recent UN climate agreement for language asserting that "human rights" are at stake in limiting the impact of global warming and calls on activists to serve as "watchdogs" in the implementation of the pact to ensure that such rights are respected.
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Oxfam: UN Climate Deal Is Not Enough
December 30, 2015
Illustrating the dissatisfaction of activist groups with non-binding international agreements on environmental policy, the nongovernmental organization Oxfam has published an article asserting that the global climate-change deal agreed at a recent UN conference in Paris does not accomplish enough to limit or contain the catastrophic effects of global warming.
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UN Official Warns EU on Impending Tobacco Reforms
December 30, 2015
POLITICO reports that the head of the UN World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control secretariat Vera Da Costa e Silva has posted a letter to EU officials warning them that working too closely with representatives of tobacco companies in developing anti-cigarette smuggling rules would violate the bloc's international commitments.
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US Member of Congress: Disband or Reform UNHRC
December 30, 2015
US Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has called for President Barack Obama to call for either a fundamental reform or the disbandment of the UN Human Rights Council ("UNHRC"), which she asserts makes no meaningful contribution to the protection of fundamental human rights and instead merely singles out Israel for alleged rights abuses.
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