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OSCE Holds Law-Enforcement Seminars on Religion and Hate Crimes
July 22, 2015
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") recently hosted two seminars in Ukraine on international standards for police officers and prosecutors to follow regarding how to properly respect the freedom of religion and belief and how to respond to alleged hate crimes.
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OSCE Explores Political Party Reform in Ukraine
July 22, 2015
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") recently held a workshop in Ukraine on the relation of OSCE commitments and international standards to the transparency and accountability of political parties in the country.
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Group Launches Sustainability Partnership at Development Conference
July 22, 2015
The World Economic Forum ("WEF") has announced that a group of international organizations, governments, and businesses, including WEF and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD"), launched at a recent global development conference an investment partnership that will seek to advance the UN's "sustainable development" agenda.
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ICC Chamber Overrules Prosecutor on Israel Decision
July 22, 2015
Elliott Abrams of the Council on Foreign Relations writes that the International Criminal Court ("ICC") "degraded itself" to the level of the anti-Israel UN Human Rights Council when its "Pre-Trial Chamber" overruled Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and told her to reconsider the case of a Turkish vessel attacked during an attempt to break the 2010 Israeli blockade of Gaza.
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UN Rapporteur Praises Human Rights Impacts of Iran Deal
July 22, 2015
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran Ahmed Shaheed has congratulated the parties to the recent Iran nuclear deal on the "beneficial multiplier effect" he says the deal will have on human rights in the country, especially "the enjoyment of economic, social, and cultural rights" that have been harmed by international sanctions.
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