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Waters: UN Is Growing Threat to Human Rights
August 27, 2014
Anne Marie Waters writes that in light of the UN's acceptance of a relative, society-specific approach to human rights and its "relentless pursuit" of Israel, the global body cannot advance human rights protection and in fact represents a threat to civil and political rights around the world.
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ECLJ Seeks Explanation from UN on Hamas Rocket Storage
August 27, 2014
The European Centre for Law and Justice ("ECLJ") has sent a letter to the UN concerning possible violations of international law by the UN involved in the storage of rockets at its facilities in Gaza, as well as the return of these rockets to Hamas.
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Report Reveals Lack of Funding Oversight in Gaza
August 27, 2014
George Russell has published an article highlighting a UN Development Programme internal audit revealing the possible misuse of development aid funds in Gaza.
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Report to UN Calls for Redistribution for "Sustainable Development"
August 20, 2014
A report from the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Development Financing to the UN General Assembly calls for a "reallocation" of $22 trillion in order to meet the finance needs of developing countries in achieving UN goals on sustainable development.
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NAACP Raises St. Louis Shooting Before UN Committee
August 20, 2014
The NAACP has announced that it has raised the recent police shooting of an African American teenager in St. Louis with the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, arguing that the incident was a violation of international human rights law.
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