Spotlight on Sovereignty
Cameron Pushes for Reform of European Court of Human Rights
HUMAN RIGHTS, LAW & JUSTICE, SOCIETY & CULTURE, DIPLOMACY
January 31, 2012
British Prime Minister declares: "once-in-a-generation chance" of improving the way Europeans advance the cause of human rights.
State Department Appoints Members of Advisory Panel on OECD Guidelines
ECONOMICS, CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP, FINANCE & TRADE
January 30, 2012
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.
ECHR Rejects Romania's Attempt to Thwart Church Clergy Labor Union
HUMAN RIGHTS, LAW & JUSTICE, SOCIETY & CULTURE
January 30, 2012
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.
UN Intervention Agenda Marks 2012 as "Year of Prevention"
HUMAN RIGHTS, LAW & JUSTICE, SOCIETY & CULTURE
January 30, 2012
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.
UN and EU Spend 5.3 Million Euros on "Climate Smart" Farming
ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH, SUSTAINABILITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, LAW & JUSTICE
January 25, 2012
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.
UNESCO Promotes Economic Rights Litigation Agenda
HUMAN RIGHTS, LAW & JUSTICE, SOCIETY & CULTURE
January 25, 2012
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.
Obama Administration Tries to "Fix" United Nations
HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIETY & CULTURE, DIPLOMACY
January 25, 2012
In a recent speech to the Council on Foreign Relations, Ambassador Joseph Torsella, the Obama administration'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.
HR Groups Petition UN on Business & Human Rights
ECONOMICS, CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP, HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIETY & CULTURE
January 25, 2012
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.
IMF Official Offers Vision for IMF-Asia Cooperation
January 21, 2012
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.
OSCE Official Lectures U.S. on Detention Practices
HUMAN RIGHTS, LAW & JUSTICE, HOMELAND SECURITY & TERRORISM
January 21, 2012
Janez Lenarcic, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), has expressed regret over the U.S. Congress' 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.
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