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Reports Indicate Lack of Consequences for UN Rape Allegations
August 26, 2015
The Associated Press reports that members of UN peacekeeping forces who face allegations of rape are often not subject to any legal consequences in their home countries even when the allegations are substantiated.
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NGO Proposes Model Law Governing Sovereign Debt
August 26, 2015
The Centre for International Governance Innovation has published a paper proposing that New York State or England adopt a model law that would serve as the governing standard for the restructuring of sovereign debt around the world.
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UN Encounters New Sex Abuse Allegations
August 14, 2015
An article from George Russell indicates the complications the UN faces after human rights activists questioned the promptness of the organization's reaction to a sex abuse allegation against members of a UN peacekeeping force in the Central African Republic, the most recent in a number of such allegations against UN peacekeepers and their affiliates.
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Stiglitz: US Is Blocking New Forms of Global Governance
August 12, 2015
Professor Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia University has criticized the US government for blocking efforts to create global governance systems that grant more authority to developing countries, including the creation of a sovereign debt resolution mechanism and a UN body that oversees corporate tax allocation.
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UN Committee Blames Israeli Settlements for Violence
August 12, 2015
A UN Special Committee charged with investigating Israeli practices affecting Palestinians has found that Israeli settlement practices are the "primary driver" of rising levels of violence in the region.
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