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FIFA, UN Agree Gender Equality Partnership
June 10, 2019
UN Women and the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) have signed a memorandum of understanding in which they agree to work together to ease access to soccer for women, to use sporting events to combat discrimination, and “to disseminate diverse sports content to promote gender equality.”
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UN Official Labels US Abortion Restrictions “Torture”
June 05, 2019
In a recent interview, the UN’s Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kate Gilmore referred to new state restrictions on abortion in the US as “torture” and “gender-based violence against women.”
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UN Commission Pushes Asia on SDG Contributions
June 05, 2019
The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, which the UN “informally” refers to as a “regional parliament,” focused its recent conference on the vast region’s contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and responses to the global “climate emergency.”
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Committee Chair: OSCE Must Promote SDGs to Advance Security
June 05, 2019
The Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s economic and environmental committee Nilza de Sena has called for the OSCE to promote the UN’s comprehensive social and environmental targets contained in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a means to advance security across Europe.
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OSCE Office Reviews Draft Austrian Law on Online “Responsibility”
June 05, 2019
In a recent legal review of a draft Austrian Law on Diligence and Responsibility Online, the Office of the Media Freedom Representative of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) expressed concern with potential chilling effects of mandates on service providers to perform “quasi-law-enforcement” functions with regard to content.
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