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Warsaw Summit Explores Global Standards on NHRIs
December 12, 2016
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the Council of Europe, and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights recently hosted a meeting in Warsaw on best practices in implementing standards on the independence of national human rights institutions (NHRIs) to further the global human rights agenda.
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OSCE Trains Authorities on "Gender-Sensitive" Laws
December 12, 2016
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights recently hosted a "study visit" in Vienna for officials from Belarus on "institutionalizing gender analysis" in lawmaking and regulatory processes to ensure that national and local rules are appropriately "gender-sensitive."
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OSCE Promotes "Gender Mainstreaming" in Communications
December 09, 2016
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) recently held a workshop in Ukraine on how government officials must use "gender mainstreaming" in their communications to avoid terms that "devalue and silence women and other non-dominant groups" and instead become change agents for gender equality.
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WTO Panel Rules Against US Aerospace Tax Incentives
December 09, 2016
A panel of the World Trade Organization recently found, in a proceeding triggered by EU officials, that certain tax incentives offered by the US State of Washington to the aerospace industry violate global trade rules.
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World Bank Outlines Urban Climate Strategy
December 09, 2016
At the recent UN climate change summit in Marrakesh, Morocco, the World Bank touted its broad focus in funding urban projects whose aim is to reduce the impacts of global warming, including by fostering "climate resilience" in cities and pushing local officials to make "climate-smart investments."
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