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UN Rapporteur: Debt-Collecting Hedge Funds Violate Human Rights
October 08, 2014
The UN Special Rapporteur charged with investigating the effects of sovereign debt collection on human rights has concluded that hedge funds that attempt to collect sovereign debt from developing countries "directly or indirectly" violate economic, social, and cultural rights.
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OECD Seeks End to "Under-taxing" Company Cars, Diesel
October 08, 2014
A study by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") calls for governments to cease "under-taxing" company cars and diesel fuel, pinning problems ranging from climate change to car accidents on tax policies for vehicles and fuel.
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Experts Oppose International Jurisdiction over Corruption
October 08, 2014
Brett Schaefer, Steven Groves, and James Roberts of the Heritage Foundation write that the U.S. should oppose calls to make corruption a "crime against humanity" and to grant jurisdiction over corruption issues to the International Criminal Court or to a new international court established to deal with such claims.
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OSCE Uses Drones to Monitor Ukraine Cease-fire
October 08, 2014
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") has announced that unmanned aerial drones it plans to operate in Eastern Ukraine to monitor the cease-fire between the Ukrainian Government and separatist rebels have arrived in Kiev.
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UN Calls for Social Protection to Promote Gender Equality
October 08, 2014
UN Women has released a report calling on governments to implement expansive social protection measures, financial regulation, and a financial transaction tax to reduce the burdens of the recent economic crisis on women.
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