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UN Rights Observer Warns Ghana on "Social Protection"
June 06, 2018
Illustrating the embrace by the UN human rights apparatus of the economic, social, and cultural rights agenda, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Philip Alston has warned Ghana that, without prioritizing "social protection" and reducing wealth inequality, it will fail to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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UN Agent Seeks Rights Standards for Online Companies
June 06, 2018
Lawyer Evelyn Douek analyzes a report of UN Special Rapporteur on the freedom of expression David Kaye promoting global human rights standards as a "common vocabulary" for social-media companies to use in their exchanges with governments that wish to restrict the views expressed on their platforms.
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NGOs Seek Business Support for New Global Labor Accord
June 06, 2018
Upon the expiration of the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety, signed by global clothing brands following a fatal factory collapse in 2013, a group of nongovernmental organizations and global unions is pushing brands to sign on to a 2018 "transitional" accord that could open them to legal action for failing to push for worker safety in their supply chains.
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NGO: Spain Violated Health Rights Through "Austerity"
June 05, 2018
In a recent report, Amnesty International accused the Spanish government of violations of the international human rights agenda by pushing through "austerity" measures making access to healthcare more expensive and called on government authorities to perform a human rights impact assessment to determine how health policy reforms had affected the right to health.
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UN Rights Chief: World Bank Must "Marry" Rights, Economics
June 05, 2018
Human Rights Watch has published an article applauding UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein for demanding at a meeting of World Bank economists that they "marry human rights and economics" by coordinating with UN human rights observers and prioritizing the global rights agenda in the institution's project financing.
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