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Article: GDP Is Not Accurate Basis of Global Leadership
June 03, 2015
Professor Lorenzo Fioramonti of the University of Pretoria (South Africa) writes that the concept of gross domestic product ("GDP") should be abandoned as a basis for global leadership in favor of social, economic, and environmental factors.
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NGO Justice Study Informs UN Development Goals
June 03, 2015
The nongovernmental organization the World Justice Project has completed a study on the status of the rule of law in 102 countries in order to inform the inclusion of goals on law and justice in the UN's post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.
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UN Agent Raises Specter of Nazism in U.K. Bill of Rights Plans
June 03, 2015
The Telegraph reports that the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants François Crépeau has warned that Britain risks following the same road as Nazi Germany in the 1930s if it withdraws from the European Convention on Human Rights following the introduction of a U.K. Bill of Rights.
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NGO Raises Questions over UN Sex Abuse Response
June 03, 2015
The New York Times reports that the nongovernmental organization AIDS-Free World has published documents indicating that the UN did not follow up with French authorities regarding allegations that French soldiers on a UN peacekeeping mission sexually abused children.
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UN Office Calls for Abolition of Death Penalty in U.S.
June 03, 2015
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has congratulated the U.S. State of Nebraska for abolishing the death penalty and has called for the federal government to engage with states to implement a moratorium on the punishment as a step toward its abolition.
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