International Organizations

  • Report Shows UN Failure to Address Peacekeeper Abuse

    October 20, 2017

    The Associated Press has released a report detailing the UN’s lack of effective response to widespread allegations of sexual abuse committed by UN peacekeepers, stating that “the U.N. failed to meet many of its pledges to stop the abuse or help victims.”

  • British PM Threatens to Cut UN Funding

    October 20, 2017

    Sky News reports that UK Prime Minister Theresa May has called for UN reform and announced that 30 percent of the UK’s annual contributions to UN agencies will be “conditional on their ability to show they are efficient and transparent.”

  • UN Agents Call for Mongolian Anti-torture Monitor

    October 20, 2017

    Members of the UN Human Rights Council’s Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture urged Mongolian officials to comply with international law by establishing a “fully independent national monitoring body” to protect against human rights violations in places of detention.

  • Observer Calls for BRICS Global Governance Leadership

    October 19, 2017

    Paul Steele of the International Institute for Environment and Development calls on the BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - to ramp up their "outward-looking development and environment agendas" to help build institutions of global governance that lead to a "fairer, more sustainable world."

  • UN Committee Warns UK on Disability Rights

    October 19, 2017

    Providing fodder for opposition politicians in the country to warn of the detriments of "austerity," the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recently issued a report accusing the UK government of mistreating disabled people in a range of contexts including the education system and welfare benefits.

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