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UN Observer Critiques French Disability Rights Policies
December 07, 2017
UN Special Rapporteur Catalina Devandas has warned France that it must close all "residential institutions" for persons with disabilities and move to "community-based services" to comply with its international human rights obligations requiring "the full inclusion of all people with disabilities in society."
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UN Agent: "Torture" Includes Arbitrary Force by Police
December 07, 2017
In a recent report to the UN General Assembly, UN Special Rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer asserted that governments' international human rights obligations against "torture" are triggered by any "unnecessary, excessive or otherwise arbitrary use of force by law enforcement officials," whether inside or outside of prison.
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OECD Pushes UK to Maintain Close EU Links
December 07, 2017
In a report published in October, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) called for UK authorities to maintain "the closest economic relationship with the European Union," including through the trade of goods and services and the movement of labor, in Brexit negotiations to keep the country's economy afloat in the coming years.
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NGOs Seek IMF Focus on Economic Equality
December 07, 2017
A group of nongovernmental organizations has produced a report demanding that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) include in its country-by-country analysis and advice a more-comprehensive focus on policies that aim to reduce economic inequality.
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EU Council Celebrates Boost in "Climate Finance"
December 07, 2017
The Council of the EU recently announced that EU contributions to "climate finance" in the form of funding to projects in developing countries aimed at limiting the impacts of climate change in line with the UN's Paris climate deal reached €20.2 billion in the year 2016.
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