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US Withholds More Funding from UNRWA
January 24, 2018
The Times of Israel reports that the US State Department has announced its withdrawal of $45 million more in funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) days after the US withheld $65 million as it undergoes a "fundamental re-examination" of its contributions to the agency charged with financing institutions for Palestinian refugees.
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NGOs Counter UN Claims of Declining Sex Abuse in CAR
January 24, 2018
USA Today reports that human rights groups are countering claims by UN officials that the number of sex-abuse allegations against UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic (CAR) is falling and are calling for the UN to establish an independent tribunal to evaluate such abuse claims.
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NGO Criticizes EU on Rights Protection
January 24, 2018
As part of its 643-page review of human rights practices in countries around the world, Human Rights Watch warned that EU institutions and the bloc's member states are treating the global human rights agenda as an "optional extra" in areas like migration and combating terrorism, paving the way for the rise of "anti-rights governments."
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Commission Warns US on Deportation of El Salvadoreans
January 22, 2018
Telesur reports that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has warned that the US could be violating its international human rights obligations by following through with the Trump Administration's decision to revoke Temporary Protected Status for thousands of El Salvadoreans who came to the US after two powerful earthquakes in their home country in 2001.
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Academic Seeks More Flexible Methods of Rights Enforcement
January 22, 2018
Professor Alexander Betts of the University of Oxford argues that the UN system has become "toothless" in an increasingly "illiberal" world and that civil society and governments must invent new, "adaptive" ways to bypass the traditional methods of human rights blaming-and-shaming to hold countries to account for their abuses.
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