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UN Rapporteur Demands Prosecution of CIA Interrogators
December 10, 2014
UN Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson has called on the Obama Administration to prosecute Central Intelligence Agency ("CIA") interrogators and former administration officials for the torture alleged in a U.S. Senate report on the CIA's detention and interrogation program.
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Academic Seeks Use of Development Goals in Global Governance
December 10, 2014
In a recent article, Professor Thomas Biersteker explains how the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals can best achieve global governance.
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UN Agent Criticizes British Migration Policy
December 10, 2014
UN Special Rapporteur for migrant rights François Crépeau has condemned the U.K.'s policy to reduce participation in Mediterranean search and rescue missions in order to disincentivize dangerous sea crossings and has generally criticized policies advanced by the U.K. Independence Party as "not cool."
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UN Warns of Gap in "Climate Fund"
December 10, 2014
The UN Environment Programme has called for hundreds of billions of dollars in additional funding for "climate change adaptation measures" in developing countries.
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UN Rapporteurs Criticize U.S. Police Practices
December 10, 2014
A group of UN Special Rapporteurs has expressed alarm over "legitimate concerns" within the African-American community regarding recent killings by police officers in the U.S., and has called for a review of all laws in the country that could have a discriminatory impact on African Americans.
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UN Agent Calls on World Bank to Push Human Rights Agenda
December 03, 2014
In a recent op-ed, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Philip Alston chastised the World Bank for failing to politicize its approach to development by promoting the UN's economic, social, and cultural rights agenda.
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UN Agents Seek U.S. Release of CIA Detention Report
December 03, 2014
A group of UN special rapporteurs has published a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama calling for him to release, despite opposition from the Central Intelligence Agency ("CIA"), a report from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on CIA interrogation procedures in the years following the September 11 terrorist attacks.
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UN Assists Argentina in Avoidance of Debt
December 03, 2014
Brett Schaefer and Terry Miller of The Heritage Foundation write that, by sparking UN proposals for a global sovereign debt restructuring mechanism, the Government of Argentina is seeking to avoid responsibility for its decision to default on its sovereign debt.
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Report Finds Disproportionate Scandinavian Influence at UN
December 03, 2014
A new study indicates that Scandinavian countries have disproportionate staffing and administrative influence within the UN Secretariat as compared to traditional world powers such as the U.S.
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UN Official Calls for U.S. Review of "Institutionalized Discrimination"
November 26, 2014
Following a grand jury's decision not to indict a police officer who fatally shot a suspect in Ferguson, Missouri, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has called for a U.S. review of "institutionalized discrimination" against African-Americans across all levels of U.S. law enforcement.
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