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UN Agent Says Man’s Deportation from Israel Would Be “War Crime”
August 07, 2019
The UN Special Rapporteur charged with pointing out alleged human rights violations committed by Israel, Michael Lynk, has accused Israel of attempting to commit a war crime by trying to deport a photojournalist born in Algeria to Jordan using secret evidence related to national security considerations.
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NGO Criticizes UN for Failing to Put US, Israel on Watchlist
August 07, 2019
The nongovernmental organization Human Rights Watch has accused the UN Secretary-General of “shortchanging” children by not including countries including Israel and the US among serious violators of children’s human rights in armed conflict.
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NGOs Target Overseas Finance by Export Credit Agencies
August 07, 2019
The Bankwatch Network has published a blog entry calling for greater government oversight of export credit agencies, which the NGO coalition warns are stepping into spaces left by global development banks by facilitating investments in infrastructure projects in “politically volatile countries.”
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Posner: Conservatives Seek to Redefine Human Rights
August 01, 2019
University of Chicago Law Professor Eric Posner writes that the US State Department’s Commission on Unalienable Rights signals the rise of a conservative movement that will challenge the predominant conception of the global human rights agenda by redefining it in terms of a Christian worldview.
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UNESCO Project Builds Education Around Climate Change
August 01, 2019
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has released a video highlighting its global pilot project encouraging schools “to make climate change a priority in every part of school life.”