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UN Agent Criticizes US Relations with Indian Tribes
March 08, 2017
UN Special Rapporteur Victoria Tauli-Corpuz has criticized the US federal government for a "lack of good faith involvement" in consulting Native American tribes on energy and development projects such as the Dakota Access pipeline project in North Dakota.
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UN Agent Calls on Tunisia to Improve "Social Rights"
March 02, 2017
At the end of his visit to Tunisia, UN Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky called for the country's government to focus on fulfilling economic, social, and cultural human rights by promoting "socially inclusive growth" in its economic policy, in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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NGO Criticizes UNHCR Approach to Refugee Returns
March 02, 2017
Bill Frelick of Human Rights Watch calls on the UN's refugee agency (UNHCR) to refuse to cooperate with governments in returning asylum seekers to their countries of origin when these countries present such dangers as natural disasters and armed conflicts.
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UN Report Calls for Labor Rights to Reduce Inequality
March 02, 2017
A report from the UN's International Labour Organization and the European Commission points to "centralized or highly coordinated collective bargaining systems" and high minimum wages as the best ways in which European governments can reduce income inequality.
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US Considers Withdrawing from UNHRC
March 01, 2017
Politico reports that, according to sources in contact with the US State Department, officials within the Trump Administration are considering withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) over the body's anti-Israel bias and its inclusion of regimes widely considered to be human rights violators.
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