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<title><![CDATA[Cameron Pushes for Reform of European Court of Human Rights]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/cameron-pushes-for-reform-of-european-court-of-human-rights</link>
<description><![CDATA[British Prime Minister declares: "once-in-a-generation chance" of improving the way Europeans advance the cause of human rights.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UN Intervention Agenda Marks 2012 as "Year of Prevention"]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/un-intervention-agenda-marks-2012-as-year-of-prevention-2</link>
<description><![CDATA[Calling on United Nations member states to make the "Responsibility to Protect" doctrine "a living reality for peoples of the world," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon views States as having a "moral responsibility" to intervene in domestic matters when a country is failing to adequately protect its citizens from harm. To read more, click here.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[State Department Appoints Members of Advisory Panel on OECD Guidelines]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/state-department-appoints-members-of-advisory-panel-on-oecd-guidelines</link>
<description><![CDATA[The State Department has appointed representatives from business, labor, civil society, academia to serve on a Stakeholder Advisory Board on the U.S. National Contact Point for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. To read more, click here.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ECHR Rejects Romania's Attempt to Thwart Church Clergy Labor Union]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/echr-rejects-romanias-attempt-to-thwart-church-clergy-labor-union</link>
<description><![CDATA[The European Court of Human Rights has decided that Romania violated the free-association rights of clergy in the Romanian Orthodox Church who, over the objection of Church officials, wanted to organize. To read more, click here.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UN and EU Spend 5.3 Million Euros on "Climate Smart" Farming]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/un-and-eu-spend-53-million-euros-on-climate-smart-farming</link>
<description><![CDATA[The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization and the European Commission are partnering to help developing countries transition to a "climate-smart" approach to agriculture that they claim better resists climate change and reduces carbon emissions. To read more, click here.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNESCO Promotes Economic Rights Litigation Agenda]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/unesco-promotes-economic-rights-litigation-agenda</link>
<description><![CDATA[A new UNESCO manual, "Empowering the Poor: through Human Rights Litigation," is a guidebook for NGOs on how to bring lawsuits to realize a broad range of vague economic, social and cultural rights, including the rights to education, adequate food and housing, safe drinking water, and the enjoyment of the benefits of scientific progress. To read more, click here.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Obama Administration Tries to "Fix" United Nations]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/obama-administration-tries-to-fix-united-nations</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a recent speech to the Council on Foreign Relations, Ambassador Joseph Torsella, the Obama administration&#39;s point man for UN management reform, explained what the United States is doing to fix the UN, which President Obama believes is both "flawed" and "indispensable." To read more, click here.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[HR Groups Petition UN on Business & Human Rights]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/hr-groups-petition-un-on-business--human-rights</link>
<description><![CDATA[The United Nations Working Group on Human Rights and Transnational Corporation and Other Business Enterprises held its first public, informal exchange with stakeholders at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on January 20 and the Federalist Society was there as an observer.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[IMF Official Offers Vision for IMF-Asia Cooperation]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/imf-official-offers-vision-for-imfasia-cooperation</link>
<description><![CDATA[In a recent speech in Hong Kong, David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, explained his vision for how Asia and the IMF can work together to "ensure stability and prosperity for the region and for the world." To read more, click here.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OSCE Official Lectures U.S. on Detention Practices]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/osce-official-lectures-us-on-detention-practices</link>
<description><![CDATA[Janez Lenarcic, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), has expressed regret over the U.S. Congress&#39; passage of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which permits the indefinite detention of terrorist suspects without a trial. To read more, click here.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Brazil Stock Exchange Recommends Sustainability Reporting]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/brazil-stock-exchange-recommends-sustainability-reporting</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Brazilian Stock Exchange is recommending that its listed companies publish a regular sustainability report, which would require them to report on financial, environmental, social, and corporate governance ("ESG") issues. To read more, click here.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UN, OECD, and World Bank to Shape Economic and Environmental Strategies]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/un-oecd-and-world-bank-to-shape-economic-and-environmental-strategies</link>
<description><![CDATA[In an attempt to steer developing countries into "green growth" strategies, the Global Green Growth Institute, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the United Nations Environment Programme, and the World Bank, are implementing a Green Growth Knowledge Platform to influence local, national, and global economic and environmental policy-making around the world. To read more, click here.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Officials Draft Outcome Document for Sustainable Development Conference]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/officials-draft-outcome-document-for-sustainable-development-conference</link>
<description><![CDATA[A draft outcome document, which will be considered by Member States at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June, proposes international agreements on a wide range of issues, including green economic policy, sustainable development, energy, ocean management, education, and gender equality. To read more, click here.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WEF Chief Says Capitalism "No Longer Fits"]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/wef-chief-says-capitalism-no-longer-fits</link>
<description><![CDATA[As the next edition of the World Economic Forum opens in Davos, Switzerland, WEF founder and chairman, Klaus Schwab, told the media that established systems of governance and business are in urgent need of a radical overhaul. To read more, click here.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/wef-chief-says-capitalism-no-longer-fits</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[U.N. Secretariat Faces "Crisis of Confidence"]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/un-secretariat-faces-crisis-of-confidence</link>
<description><![CDATA[Facing scores of criticism about the lack of transparency and accountability of his 43,700-member Secretariat, the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is considering a series of new proposals to effect change in those areas. To read more, click here.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/un-secretariat-faces-crisis-of-confidence</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[UN General Assembly Adopts Resolutions on Wide Range of Issues]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/un-general-assembly-adopts-resolutions-on-wide-range-of-issues</link>
<description><![CDATA[The 63 resolutions recently adopted by the UN General Assembly a third Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure and a new text on combating intolerance, negative stereotyping, stigmatization, discrimination, and incitement to violence against persons, based on religion or belief. To read more, click here.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[EPA Pursues Radical Sustainable Development Agenda]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/epa-pursues-radical-sustainable-development-agenda</link>
<description><![CDATA[A Fox News report details how the EPA is pursuing a sustainable development agenda to "fulfill the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations." To read more, click here.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New UN Working Group Pursues Global Governance of Business]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/new-un-working-group-pursues-global-governance-of-business</link>
<description><![CDATA[The UN Working Group on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises was launched in November 2011 by the UN Human Rights Council to identify and promote good practices and lessons learned on the implementation of the UN Framework and Guiding Principles on business and human rights.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ecuadorian Appellate Court Rejects Chevron Appeal]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/ecuadorian-appellate-court-rejects-chevron-appeal</link>
<description><![CDATA[An appellate decision issued by a panel of three judges in the Provincial Court of Justice of Sucumbios in Lago Agrio, Ecuador has upheld an $18 billion trial court judgment that, if upheld on further appeal, would hold Chevron Corp. responsible for damages relating to the alleged spilling of chemicals in the Amazon River basin by a predecessor company more than 20 years ago. To read more, click here.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/ecuadorian-appellate-court-rejects-chevron-appeal</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Leading Indian Industrialist Criticizes World Economic Forum]]></title>
<link>http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/leading-indian-industrialist-criticizes-world-economic-forum</link>
<description><![CDATA[Top Indian industrialist, Rajiv Bajaj, mocked the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday, saying the annual power bash in the Swiss Alps was the source of half the world&#39;s problems. To read more, click here.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:00:00 EST</pubDate>
<guid>http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/leading-indian-industrialist-criticizes-world-economic-forum</guid>
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