Transnational Bodies

CIGI Report Claims IMF Overreach in Funding for Ukraine

October 08, 2014

The Centre for International Governance Innovation ("CIGI") has released a report arguing that the International Monetary Fund ("IMF") stretched its own standards in providing funding for the Ukrainian Government and "is not fully equipped to deal effectively" with the problems of this country.
OSCE Promotes International Standards on Judging

October 01, 2014

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") has released a publication containing "international standards" for judicial independence and efficiency, including legal opinions by the European Court of Human Rights and other multinational bodies.
China Builds Institutions of Global Governance

September 24, 2014

An article in The Economist observes that Chinese attempts to build multigovernmental institutions based on regional security and economic cooperation is an attempt to challenge the West by building "a new world order."
Paper Calls for New Structure of Global Financial Governance

September 24, 2014

Malcolm Knight calls for reform of the global governance of finance by creating a structure that includes a board of executives implementing international financial policy and a "universal" international financial institution that makes policy recommendations to member governments.
OSCE Sends "Tolerance" Mission to Denmark

September 17, 2014

A mission from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ("OSCE") recently visited Denmark to investigate potential problems such as intolerance, xenophobia, and discrimination in the country.
Development Banks Pledge Increased Funding on Global Warming

September 17, 2014

The world's international development banks have announced a future expansion of their efforts to redistribute funding to developing nations, which argue they need the extra finance in order to combat global warming.
OECD Proposes Global Tax Rules

September 17, 2014

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") has released a set of recommendations calling for a global set of tax rules that would seek to prevent businesses from using separate tax regimes to retain a greater proportion of their earnings.
Goldin Calls for "Top-Down" Global Governance

September 10, 2014

Ian Goldin of Oxford University argues that in light of risks generated by globalization, the world needs a "top-down" structure of international cooperation and supranational governance to combat a variety of ills, from financial system failure to climate change.
OSCE Pushes Ukrainian Judges to Apply ECHR Case Law

September 03, 2014

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") held two summer schools for Ukrainian judges for the purposes of educating them on implementing the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights and the holdings of the European Court of Human Rights ("ECHR").
Bylaw Proposal Threatens Internet Body's Independence

August 27, 2014

In a recent article, Paul Rosenzweig, Brett Schaefer, and James Gattuso warn that a proposed bylaw from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which has authority over the internet's naming function, would give authoritarian governments substantial power to steer internet governance.