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Rights Observers Call for "Equality Bodies" Across Europe
May 04, 2018
Representatives of the Council of Europe, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) issued a joint statement calling on European governments to strengthen the protection of individuals against racism through "effective and independent equality bodies" focused on preventing racism and "intolerance."
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UN Group Criticizes "Structural Racism" of UK Police
May 02, 2018
A group of UN human rights mandate holders has identified "structural racism" within UK law enforcement institutions, as evidenced by the alleged use of excessive, disproportionate force against racial minorities and the climate of "impunity" created by the lack of a successful prosecution for a death in police custody.
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UN Rights Observers Oppose Polish Abortion Bill
April 26, 2018
A group of UN human rights mandate holders has called on the Polish Parliament to reject legislation prohibiting abortions in the case of a severe fetal anomaly, warning that restricting access to abortion in this way would violate the country's obligations to uphold women's "sexual and reproductive health rights" and to prevent "cruel and inhuman treatment."
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OECD Pushes Australia to Ramp up Development Aid
April 26, 2018
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published a report calling on the Government of Australia to increase its development aid budget to match its "active global engagement" for small island states and disaster-risk reduction.
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UN Panel Decries Impacts of Humanity on Biodiversity
April 26, 2018
AP reports that the UN's Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem recently released four regional reports on biodiversity concluding that global wealth and overcrowding are "undermining well-being across the planet" by contributing to climate change and producing a "lonelier" world with fewer species of plants and animals.
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