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IACHR Recognizes Right to Same-Sex Marriage
January 11, 2018
The BBC reports that the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR), an arm of the Organization of American States that issues rulings on human rights issues in the region, has ruled that its members must recognize a right of same-sex couples to marry and rejected the establishment of a separate legal regime governing same-sex relationships.
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US Withholds Funds from UNRWA
January 10, 2018
The Los Angeles Times reports that, after US President Donald Trump threatened to cut off aid to the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which distributes aid to Palestinian institutions, for objecting to the US's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the US government did not make its latest scheduled payment to UNRWA.
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UN Refugee Office Objects to Israel's Migrant Relocation
January 10, 2018
Reuters reports that the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has objected to an Israeli plan to pay for a group of African migrants, whom Israel treats as having illegally entered the country to pursue economic opportunities, to return back to their home countries in sub-Saharan Africa, calling for Israel to develop "legal alternatives" to the relocation.
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OSCE Official Criticizes Latvian Expulsion of Reporter
January 09, 2018
The Baltic Review reports that the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Desir, responding to a demand from the Russian Foreign Ministry, has called on Latvia to rescind its decision to expel a Russian news reporter the Latvian government has deemed a threat to the country's national security.
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UNSC Demands Climate Action from Peacekeepers
January 09, 2018
In the midst of myriad global security threats and a sex-abuse scandal engulfing the UN peacekeeping system, the UN Security Council (UNSC) has announced in a press statement that UN peacekeeping forces "will continue to consider ways" to reduce their carbon footprint to comply with the UN's Paris climate accord of 2015.
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