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UN Committee Points to Racism as Cause of Gaza Deaths
May 16, 2018
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has issued a statement decrying the killing by Israeli forces of Palestinian "demonstrators" in Gaza, in the context of the 50-year "occupation" of Palestinian territory and a "rise of racist hate speech and incitement to racist violence against Palestinians" by Israeli government officials.
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World Bank Prioritizes "Social Safety Nets" in Combating Inequality
May 16, 2018
A recent report from the World Bank lauds "social safety nets," including cash transfer programs and social pensions, as important tools in limiting poverty and economic inequality and pushes for more cooperation with international development organizations to reduce "gaps" in these programs.
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UN Agent Opposes Prosecution of Catalan Leaders
May 16, 2018
UN Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression David Kaye has called on the Spanish government not to pursue charges of rebellion against leaders of the Catalonia separation movement, warning of his concern that criminal charges for speech that does not include incitement to violence could violate the global right to freedom of expression.
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ICRC Seeks Limits to Autonomy in Weapons
May 15, 2018
In a recent presentation to the Group of Governmental Experts on "Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems," the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) calls for a "human-centred" international approach to limiting the autonomy of weapons and asserts that a fully autonomous weapons system would, by its nature, violate international humanitarian law.
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Rieff: ICC and R2P Are "Unworkable" for Current World
May 15, 2018
Author David Rieff illustrates the sustained ebb in the legitimacy of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the "responsibility to protect" (R2P) doctrine as a microcosm of a broader global trend in which regimes such as China and Russia, and "populist" Western governments, disregard the human rights movement and move toward authoritarianism.
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