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UN Statement Urges Economic, Social Rights for Indigenous Peoples
August 17, 2017
Several UN officials have released a statement expressing concern over the lack of progress in realizing the economic, social, and cultural human rights of indigenous peoples 10 years after the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
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Lawyer: UN Inconsistent on “Right to Life”
August 17, 2017
Attorney Wesley Smith, writing in National Review Online, argues that the UN Human Rights Committee has applied a "relative and elastic" standard in its draft comment on the meaning of the “right to life” in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by saying that governments must not limit access to abortion or ban assisted suicide for terminally ill adults.
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WEF Pushes Government Clean Energy Investment
August 17, 2017
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has announced its support of the work of the "Mission Innovation" initiative, under which 22 governments and the EU pledged to double government "sustainable energy" investments by the year 2021, as part of WEF's efforts "to accelerate global clean energy innovation to address climate change."
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UN Agent Publishes Declaration on Right to "Solidarity"
August 17, 2017
Highlighting the comprehensive scope of the "rights" recognized by the UN human rights system, UN Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity Virginia Dandan has published a "draft declaration on the right to international solidarity" that pushes for countries to collaborate on "developing systems for a new international order."
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NGO: Fulfill Abortion "Rights" Under SDG Framework
August 17, 2017
The nongovernmental organization Amnesty International delivered an oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council in June calling on the body to push governments to contribute to the fulfillment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by recognizing women's "sexual and reproductive health" rights, which it interprets to include the right to an abortion.
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