International Organizations

NGO: Guantanamo Bay Order Violates International Law

February 08, 2018

Amnesty International has published a report asserting that US President Donald Trump's executive order reversing plans to close the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay and preparing for prisoner transfers to the facility violates US obligations under international human rights law.
HRW Criticizes Praise for China from UN, Governments

February 08, 2018

Sophie Richardson of Human Rights Watch criticizes international organizations like the UN Human Rights Council, Western governments, and businesses for engaging with, and even praising, the authoritarian, single-party regime of China without taking a principled stand on the country's broad lack of recognition of democratic values and individual rights.
ICRC Reviews Use of "Autonomous" Weapons Systems

February 08, 2018

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has published a paper reviewing the application of international humanitarian law to the use of so-called "autonomous" weapons systems and indicating some level of human control over the targeting and attacking process is necessary to comply with global rules of warfare.
Commentary Points to Flaws in UN Firearms Regulation

February 08, 2018

Ted Bromund of the Heritage Foundation writes that UN efforts to regulate the arms trade is only serving to hamper legitimate trade of weapons and ammunition to countries like the US - including the US government - with little impact on less-than-scrupulous companies and countries that pay no attention to provisions limiting trade in firearms and ammunition.
NGO Seeks Investigation of Cities' Climate Statements

February 08, 2018

The Competitive Enterprise Institute has requested that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigate four California local governments that have filed lawsuits against energy companies for statements in their bond offerings contradicting what they say are clear sea-level and other impacts of global warming on their communities.