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UN Agents: Fulfill Human Rights Through SDGs
December 16, 2016
A group of UN human rights mandate holders has issued a statement calling for governments to fulfill their "political and financial commitments" to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to ensure that development benefits are "fairly distributed" around the world and to halt the deprivation of "economic, social, political, civil and cultural rights."
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UN Cholera Apology Meets Mixed Response
December 16, 2016
George Russell writes that UN mandate holder Philip Alston and other human rights advocates are asserting that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's apology for not taking sufficient steps to contain the recent cholera outbreak in Haiti, without taking responsibility for causing the outbreak, is not sufficient to remedy the suffering of the Haitian people during the disease's spread.
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UN Agency Pushes Asian Officials on "Decent" Work
December 16, 2016
The UN's International Labour Organization recently convened its 16th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting to place pressure on government officials from Asia, the Pacific, and the Middle East to implement the UN's "sustainable development" agenda by agreeing to promote "equity and decent work."
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EU Parliament Agrees to US Data Protection Deal
December 16, 2016
The European Parliament has voted in support of the EU-US Umbrella Agreement, a framework established to protect data transferred between the EU and the US for law enforcement purposes and which permits citizens in EU member states to seek redress in US courts in case of mishandling of their data.
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UNHRC Delegates Pay Respects to Castro
December 15, 2016
Patrick Goodenough writes that delegates to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), including the representative from UNHRC-member Cuba, stood for a minute of silence to honor former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro at a recent meeting.
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