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UN Agent Criticizes Creditors of Greece for Debt Deal
July 16, 2015
UN Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky has warned that the deal between Greece and its creditors to make spending reforms in exchange for debt relief could affect the access of the Greek people to economic, social, and cultural human rights and may undermine democracy in the country.
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EU Organizes Joint Event with NHRIs
July 16, 2015
The European Commission recently organized a meeting of the regional networks of national human rights institutions ("NHRIs"), bodies charged with promoting and protecting human rights, in order to encourage international and regional cooperation among NHRIs with an eye toward the UN's sustainable development agenda and its impact on human rights.
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Chardell: BRICS May Push US Toward Global Governance Reform
July 15, 2015
Daniel Chardell of the Council on Foreign Relations writes that the US must address the rise of the BRICS group of countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - by reforming the shortcomings of the Western-oriented global governance system.
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World Bank Calls for Trillions to Fund Development Agenda
July 15, 2015
Addressing a UN conference for financing development at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, President of the World Bank Group Jim Yong Kim called for the world to produce trillions of dollars in funding for the UN's sustainable development agenda, which focuses on a broad array of UN social and environmental objectives.
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WHO Pushes Policies for Funding SDG Goal on Health
July 15, 2015
The UN's World Health Organization ("WHO") has issued a plan to implement the upcoming UN Sustainable Development Goal ("SDG") on health by calling for various tax and spending policies to move toward "universal health coverage" around the world.
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