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UN Body Seeks Lower Bar for "Customary" Law
December 05, 2016
Stefano Gennarini reports that US officials and others are warning against an attempt by the UN's International Law Commission to loosen the definition of "customary international law" to bind states to transnational legal principles that are not universally accepted or practiced.
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NGOs Push Rights-Based Approach to Global Warming
December 05, 2016
An article from Human Rights Watch outlines how nongovernmental organizations participating in the recent UN climate summit in Marrakesh, Morocco, are succeeding in pressuring governments to include in their negotiations on combating climate change the integration of the global human rights agenda in national climate actions.
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ILO, Russia Sign Deal on Labor, "Social Protection"
December 02, 2016
The UN's International Labour Organization and the Russian government have signed a Programme of Cooperation for 2017-2020 under which Russian authorities have agreed to expand "social protection" schemes and promote global labor standards in their country.
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OECD Mayors Initiative Launches "Inclusive Growth" Plan
December 02, 2016
Meeting in Paris, a group of 50 mayors from around the world participating in the OECD Champion Mayors for Inclusive Growth Initiative launched a "comprehensive," global action plan to reduce income inequality and ensure that economic growth in urban areas is sufficiently "inclusive."
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Oxfam Criticizes "Climate Finance" Failure in Marrakesh
December 02, 2016
The nongovernmental organization Oxfam criticized developed countries participating in the UN's recent climate change summit in Marrakesh, Morocco, for declining to specifically identify funds set for redistribution to poor countries to go toward "adaptation" efforts to help people in these countries endure the impacts of global warming.
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