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AI: Ireland's Pro-Life Constitution Violates International Law
June 15, 2015
Amnesty International ("AI") has published a report arguing that the Irish Constitution, whose Eighth Amendment seeks to protect "the right to life of the unborn," violates international law, "which does not recognise a foetal right to life" and which proscribes torture and discrimination.
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UN Outer Space Committee Focuses on Climate Change
June 15, 2015
The UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space has announced that an event at its session, hosted by the Government of France, will focus on how best to confront climate change mitigate its consequences through space activities.
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UN Chief's Comments Indicate Global Governance Agenda
June 12, 2015
Recent remarks from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon demonstrate his conviction that 2015 is a key year for UN global governance, as it contains a number of potentially landmark decisions on whether to advance the organization's agenda on climate change and sustainable development.
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OSCE Seeks to Advance UN Climate Agenda
June 12, 2015
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") Chairman-in-Office Ivica Dacic recently called for countries to contribute to renewable energy and to cooperate in advancing "sustainability," arguing that environmental degradation produces conflict and endangers security.
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IKEA, UN Agency Push for Supply Chain Scrutiny
June 12, 2015
In a long-term plan under which companies would be pressured to accept responsibility for the "sustainability" of their forest supply chains, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and furniture retailer IKEA have announced an initiative in which they will explore funding for forest "certification" schemes.
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