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UN Agencies Seek to Globalize Human Right to a Healthy Environment
August 16, 2019
The UNEP and UN Human Rights Office have agreed to cooperate in pressuring national governments to accept the human right to a healthy environment, thereby promoting its global recognition.
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Scientists Seek UN Regulation of Biodiversity in Ocean “Twilight Zone”
August 15, 2019
Oceanographer Mark Abbott and marine biologist Chris Scholin call on governments participating in a UN meeting next week on global ocean governance to provide for the international regulation of biodiversity in the “twilight zone” beneath the sunlit surface waters of the oceans.
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UN Agent Pushes France to Repatriate IS Members
August 13, 2019
Citing “serious structural problems” in the Iraqi legal system, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions Agnes Callamard is calling on the French government to repatriate seven French nationals to prevent their execution over their membership in the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group.
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UN Rights Chief Criticizes US Sanctions on Maduro Regime
August 12, 2019
Highlighting her office’s focus on controversial economic and social rights, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has criticized the US government’s imposition of new sanctions on the Maduro regime in Venezuela, warning they will “exacerbate” the ongoing economic crisis for Venezuelans.
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UN Agents: US Must Take Action on “Hate Speech”
August 09, 2019
According to the New York Daily News, UN human rights mandate holders are demanding that the US government “take swift and decisive action” to limit “hate speech, intolerance, bigotry and racism,” citing their connection to fatal attacks such as the mass shootings that occurred over the past weekend in El Paso and Dayton.
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