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UN Observer Calls for International Action Against Israel
June 26, 2019
UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk, whose mandate centers on alleged human rights violations committed by Israel in “occupied” territories, has criticized Israeli and US politicians for proposing that Israel annex parts or all of the West Bank and has called on the “international community” to consider “remedies and countermeasures” to hold Israel accountable.
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Paper Warns of Upheaval in Global Governance System
June 26, 2019
United Nations University Rector David Malone and Rohinton Medhora of the Centre for International Governance Innovation lament that the global governance system is experiencing an upheaval at a time when an explosion of new technologies requires greater multilateral cooperation.
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NGO Pushes Switzerland on Due Diligence in Agricultural Trade
June 26, 2019
Investigative nongovernmental organization Public Eye has called on the Swiss government to play a larger role, through regulation of and the imposition of human rights due diligence mandates on traders of agricultural products in Switzerland, to address human rights issues in global agricultural supply chains.
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Schaefer Opposes US Look at Rejoining UN Tourism Body
June 25, 2019
Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation writes that the US State Department should halt its consideration of rejoining the UN’s World Tourism Organization because it would “squander” American tax dollars without any benefits in American prestige or economic activity.
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UN Observer Warns of “Climate Apartheid”
June 25, 2019
UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Philip Alston has issued a report warning of a coming “climate apartheid” in which only the rich can escape the impacts of global warming and calling for a “deep social and economic transformation” to avoid associated threats to democracy and the rule of law.
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