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Governments, Businesses Launch Land-Oriented Climate Initiative
December 03, 2018
Climate activist organization WWF has applauded the launch at a recent summit of several business- and government-oriented initiatives aimed at achieving the targets of the UN’s Paris climate deal, including a business, government, and nonprofit platform called the “30x30 Challenge” seeking to ramp up action on climate issues related to land use.
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UN Works Toward Global Treaty on Marine Protection
November 30, 2018
Scientific American reports on efforts by the UN to extend its Convention on the Law of the Sea to provide global, legally binding protections for marine life from overfishing and to expand marine protected areas.
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UN Agents Condemn Israeli Ruling on Bedouin Village
November 30, 2018
In September, UN observers on human rights issues released a statement describing the “appalling” nature of an Israel High Court decision permitting the Israeli government to demolish a Palestinian Bedouin village, arguing the decision contravenes international human rights law and amounts to a “war crime.”
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UN Observers Warn of "Regression" on Abortion Rights
November 30, 2018
In September, a group of UN human rights mandate holders called on national governments to respect “international human rights norms” by allowing access to “safe and legal abortion” to protect women from a wide range of human rights abuses - including the violation of women’s rights against “torture and ill treatment.”
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US Official Discusses Rights Engagement After UNHRC Withdrawal
November 30, 2018
In remarks at the Heritage Foundation, Senior Advisor of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor at the US State Department Michael Kozak discusses the Department’s plans, following the US withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), to engage with countries and in international fora on pressing global human rights issues.
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