Society & Culture
Cameron Pushes for Reform of European Court of Human Rights
January 31, 2012
British Prime Minister declares: "once-in-a-generation chance" of improving the way Europeans advance the cause of human rights.ECHR Rejects Romania's Attempt to Thwart Church Clergy Labor Union
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.Greece Angry over Germany's Proposal of Domestic Budget Overseer
January 30, 2012
Greece's finance minister Evangelos Venizelos has rejected a German plan for the euro zone to impose a budget overseer on to Athens in return for a new 130-billion euro bailout, saying it would improperly force his country to choose between financial assistance and national dignity.UN Intervention Agenda Marks 2012 as "Year of Prevention"
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.Hungary's Orban Responds to Criticism of EU "Left"
January 30, 2012
At a European Parliament session held in Strasbourg last week, Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban defended legal and constitutional actions taken by his controlling political party.UN Human Rights Denounces Failure to Close Guantanamo Prison
January 29, 2012
Last week, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, criticized the Obama Administration for its failure to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and for having "entrenched a system of arbitrary detention," in violation of international law.HR Groups Petition UN on Business & Human Rights
January 25, 2012
On January 20, the Federalist Society observed the first public exchange of stakeholders with the UN Working Group on Human Rights and Transnational Corporation and Other Business Enterprises in Geneva.Obama Administration Tries to "Fix" United Nations
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."UNESCO Promotes Economic Rights Litigation Agenda
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.EC Starts "Accelerated" Infringement Proceedings Against Hungary
January 25, 2012
The European Commission has started legal action against Hungary over legislation that came into force at the beginning of the year under Hungary's new constitution.A JOINT PROGRAM OF
