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World Bank Highlights Support for Mexican Climate Adaptation
August 03, 2018
Demonstrating the development institution’s policies embedding the global agenda against climate change in its funding decisions, the World Bank has published an article touting its financial support in partnership with the Global Environment Facility of a five-year project establishing climate change adaptation mechanisms in Mexico.
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UN Rights Observer Weighs Against Restrictive Migration Policies
August 03, 2018
A statement from UN human rights mandate holder Maria Grazia Giammarinaro pushes governments to end the “misuse” of anti-trafficking considerations to justify restrictive migration policies and warns of the potential impacts of “the current poisonous anti-migration political atmosphere.”
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UN, CoE Anti-Torture Bodies Enhance Collaboration
August 03, 2018
A UN Subcommittee and Council of Europe (CoE) Committee on torture prevention have agreed to strengthen cooperation and prevent duplication in their efforts to serve as international mechanisms for the enforcement of global standards on the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment.
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US Class Action Illustrates Risks of Disputed UN Findings
August 03, 2018
An article by Frank Lucas, member of the US House of Representatives, warning of the potential economic impacts of a US class-action ruling against agricultural company Monsanto illustrates the risks related to deference in domestic legal systems to disputed findings of unaccountable UN bodies, in this case the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
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India Disputes UN Findings on Anti-Trafficking Bill
August 03, 2018
Indian officials have rejected demands of UN human rights mandate holders for the revision of national legislation aiming to counter human trafficking, arguing that the legislation does not criminalize the actions of people who are unwillingly trafficked and only targets the trafficker with prosecution.
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