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UN Observers Criticize French Treatment of “Yellow Vests”
February 20, 2019
A group of UN human rights mandate holders has “denounced” France’s treatment of the “yellow vest” protesters opposing the government’s environmental and labor rights reforms, asserting that arrests, searches, and excessive use of force by police are threatening the right to protest in the country.
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Lawyers: Australian Drug Treatment Law Violates UN Treaty Rights
February 20, 2019
Human rights lawyers from Monash University in Melbourne have warned that a South Australian government proposal to give youth courts the authority to require the detention of minors for mandatory drug or alcohol treatment violates Australia’s UN treaty obligations to respect due process and children’s rights.
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NGO Encourages Sovereign Bond Investor Activism in EU
February 20, 2019
The International Federation for Human Rights has published a ranking of the human rights performance of EU member states to encourage sovereign bond investors to take this performance into account and to influence EU governments to improve their respect for a broad range of human rights.
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NGO Demands Rights-Based Approach to AI Regulation
February 20, 2019
Nongovernmental organization Article 19 has criticized a report of the European Commission’s High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for relying on voluntary corporate efforts to ensure the ethical future use of AI, calling instead for a regulatory approach requiring the performance of “human rights impact assessments.”
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China Gains from Waning US Influence at UN
February 15, 2019
Foreign Policy reports that experts on US foreign affairs view the UN Secretary-General’s appointment of a Chinese diplomat as UN envoy to the African Great Lakes region in spite of objections from US officials as an example of the potentially problematic impacts of waning US influence in the international organization.
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