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OECD: Regulate Finance to Reduce Income Inequality
July 07, 2015
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") has published a report calling on countries to increase regulation of financial institutions in order to prevent worsening income inequality it says comes from "too much finance."
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NGOs: UNHRC Should Act Against US for Interrogation Program
July 06, 2015
A letter from a group of nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") to the UN Human Rights Council ("UNHRC") calls on the body to take action against the US for its post-9/11 detention and interrogation program, including by appointing a prosecutor to investigate "alleged serious crimes" under the program.
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NGOs Call for Human Rights Assessments for Trade Agreements
July 06, 2015
Nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") and human rights activists have called for the performance of "human rights impact assessments" to evaluate the potential impact of proposed US trade agreements with Asian and European countries on "economic, social, and cultural human rights" in these regions.
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Development Banks Report $28 Billion in Climate Contributions
July 06, 2015
In a recent report, a group of six large multilateral development banks calculated that they had provided $28 billion in support of the UN's agenda of countering climate change and adapting to its effect in 2014.
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AI: All US States Violate Global Lethal Force Standards
July 01, 2015
Amnesty International ("AI") has published a report accusing all 50 US states of failing to follow international law on police use of deadly force and calling for immediate reform to comply with global standards.
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