Society & Culture
World Bank, ILO Urge Governments to Enhance Social Protection Floors
May 1, 2012
Citing evidence that governments from around the globe used labor market interventions to limit the economic and social impacts of the crisis and spur employment, the International Labour Organization and the World Bank have called on remaining countries to take similar actions, including expanding the coverage of social insurance to all workers and Integrating and strengthening financial safety nets.COE Concerned About French Criminal Justice System
May 1, 2012
While commending France for reforms in its legal system, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) of the Council of Europe says that only a few of its long-standing concerns, including in the areas of police custody, prison matters and psychiatric care, had only been partly met by actions taken by the French authorities.Report Finds Fundamental Rights Principles are Increasingly Embedded in EU Policy-Making
May 1, 2012
The European Commission's second annual report on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights shows that EU institutions are increasingly incorporating the Charter principles into policies and court rulings.UN Human Rights Body Finds Against Denmark in Attack Case
May 1, 2012
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has ruled that Denmark failed to investigate the racist nature of a 2004 attack on an Iraqi family and called on the country, the court system of which dismissed the case, to review its policy and procedures on the prosecution of alleged racial discrimination or racially-motivated violence.IMF Countries Commit Billions for Global Financial Safety Net
April 27, 2012
The International Monetary Fund has doubled its lending capacity with almost half a trillion dollars ($430+ billion) in pledges from member countries and will use the multi-billion dollar "global safety net" to try to prevent the global fiscal crises from spreading."The Problem with European Human Rights," Mchangama and Rhodes, Wall Street Journal
April 25, 2012
Last week ministers from the Council of Europe met in Brighton to consider British proposals on reforming the European Court of Human rights.Trade Official Urges Bigger Role for UN in Global Economic Governance
April 25, 2012
At the thirteenth ministerial meeting of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD Secretary-General Supachai Panitchpakdi said that the United Nations must play an "increasingly prominent role" in governing a world economy still facing the global fiscal crises.Survey Reveals Majority of Britons Hold Negative Views of Human Rights Laws
April 25, 2012
A survey commissioned by the Policy Exchange think tank reveals that nearly three quarters of Britons think human rights laws have become a 'charter for criminals', a finding that comes in light of a recent European Court of Human Rights ruling forbidding the British government from sending a terrorist suspect back to Jordan.UN Business and Human Rights Working Group Issues First Report
April 25, 2012
The United Nations Working Group on Human Rights and Transnational Corporation and Other Business Enterprises reveals in its first report that it will pursue three work streams for promoting the UN's Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, including global dissemination, encouraging implementation, and embedding in global governance frameworks.UNESCO Seeks Return of U.S. Funding Through PR Campaign
April 24, 2012
Although the U.S. is forbidden to fund any U.N. agency that confers statehood on the Palestinians, Irina Bokova, Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has been traveling throughout the U.S. meeting with policymakers and trying to convince them to reinstate the funding her organization lost when it admitted the Palestinian Authority as a full member last year.A JOINT PROGRAM OF
