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Abuse Allegations Force UN Chief to Appoint Review Panel
June 10, 2015
George Russell reports that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, faced with growing criticism of his handling of recent sex abuse allegations against forces involved in UN peacekeeping operations, has announced the formation of an independent review panel to investigate the allegations.
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Paper Pushes NHRIs to Advance Rights Through Development
June 10, 2015
A paper from the Danish Institute for Human Rights and the Center for Economic and Social Rights calls for national human rights institutions ("NHRIs") to use the UN's Sustainable Development Goals to advance the international agenda on nontraditional social and economic human rights.
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NGO: Climate Negotiations Must Respect Indigenous Rights
June 10, 2015
The Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation recently held a working group at a climate change negotiation conference in Bonn, Germany, calling for these negotiations to include a focus on the effect of global warming on the human rights of indigenous peoples.
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NGOs Express Mixed Reaction to G7 Climate Pledge
June 10, 2015
The Guardian reports that some nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") are not satisfied with the pledge by leaders of the G7 group of countries at a recent summit to phase out carbon use by the end of the century, with some calling for an immediate limitation on long-term fossil fuel projects.
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Academic Seeks UN Scrutiny of Ireland on Economic Rights
June 10, 2015
Dr. Liam Thornton of University College Dublin argues that the UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights should "hold Ireland to account" for its record on these nontraditional rights as the country sought in recent years to respond to a financial crisis by cutting back expenditures on social programs.
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