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UN Rapporteurs Criticize U.S. Police Practices
December 10, 2014
A group of UN Special Rapporteurs has expressed alarm over "legitimate concerns" within the African-American community regarding recent killings by police officers in the U.S., and has called for a review of all laws in the country that could have a discriminatory impact on African Americans.
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UN Agent Calls on World Bank to Push Human Rights Agenda
December 03, 2014
In a recent op-ed, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Philip Alston chastised the World Bank for failing to politicize its approach to development by promoting the UN's economic, social, and cultural rights agenda.
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UN Agents Seek U.S. Release of CIA Detention Report
December 03, 2014
A group of UN special rapporteurs has published a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama calling for him to release, despite opposition from the Central Intelligence Agency ("CIA"), a report from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on CIA interrogation procedures in the years following the September 11 terrorist attacks.
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UN Assists Argentina in Avoidance of Debt
December 03, 2014
Brett Schaefer and Terry Miller of The Heritage Foundation write that, by sparking UN proposals for a global sovereign debt restructuring mechanism, the Government of Argentina is seeking to avoid responsibility for its decision to default on its sovereign debt.
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UN Committee Criticizes U.S. Police Practices
December 03, 2014
In its review of the U.S. record of preventing torture, the UN Committee Against Torture expressed concern over alleged "frequent and recurrent" police violence and called for an independent investigation of every instance of alleged excessive use of force.
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