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NGO Criticizes UN for Failing to Put US, Israel on Watchlist

August 07, 2019

The nongovernmental organization Human Rights Watch has accused the UN Secretary-General of “shortchanging” children by not including countries including Israel and the US among serious violators of children’s human rights in armed conflict.
Posner: Conservatives Seek to Redefine Human Rights

August 01, 2019

University of Chicago Law Professor Eric Posner writes that the US State Department’s Commission on Unalienable Rights signals the rise of a conservative movement that will challenge the predominant conception of the global human rights agenda by redefining it in terms of a Christian worldview.
Podesta Calls for New Legal Regime for “Climate Migrants”

July 26, 2019

John Podesta of the Center for American Progress argues that global governance institutions must develop an adequate legal framework to account for hundreds of millions of “climate migrants” displaced by extreme weather events brought on by global warming in the near future.
Academic Calls for Reconciliation of Trade, Climate Goals

July 25, 2019

James Bacchus of the University of Central Florida writes that governments must negotiate the definition of “climate measures” that are permissible under global trade rules when pursued by countries to mitigate or adapt to global warming as a key factor in the success of the Paris climate accord.
Paper Warns of Upheaval in Global Governance System

June 26, 2019

United Nations University Rector David Malone and Rohinton Medhora of the Centre for International Governance Innovation lament that the global governance system is experiencing an upheaval at a time when an explosion of new technologies requires greater multilateral cooperation.
Think Tank Leader Seeks Demise of State-Centered Global Governance

June 13, 2019

Dr. Robin Niblett CMG of Chatham House argues that the “brittle” state-centered global governance system is crumbling and should give way to a more “inclusive approach” relying on the transnational cooperation of civil society, cities, regions, and multinational corporations to promote common policy goals.
ICRC Issues Guidance on Use of AI in Armed Conflicts

June 12, 2019

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has published a paper considering the legal obligations involved in the use of artificial intelligence technology in armed conflicts and in humanitarian action, finding a need for human control in AI applications that could pose risks to human life.
NGO Paper Offers Roadmap for UN Reforms on Refugees

June 12, 2019

The Centre for International Governance Innovation’s World Refugee Council has published a paper offering a roadmap for UN reforms to enhance responsibility-sharing across, and outside of, the UN system to resolve the global refugee crisis.
ISO Revises Global Standard for Electoral Bodies

June 12, 2019

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has highlighted its footprint in electoral processes by announcing an updated standard for “international best practice” for the effective management of elections, including guidance on voter registration, vote counting, and resolution of electoral disputes.
NGO Gives US Poor Rating on Human Rights Compliance

June 10, 2019

The Human Rights Measurement Initiative, a nongovernmental organization based in New Zealand, has released its assessment of adherence by 19 countries to the global human rights agenda, finding the US in particular scored poorly on such norms as preventing extrajudicial killings and torture, as well as the rights to food and to health.