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UN Rights Office Seeks More Funding for IACHR
June 09, 2016
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has expressed alarm at reports of a funding crisis at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and its potential impacts on the promotion by the IACHR of the UN's broad human rights agenda.
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AI Calls on UNHRC to Push Abortion Decriminalization
June 09, 2016
Amnesty International has published a statement to the UN Human Rights Council calling on the body to pressure governments around the world to reform criminal laws "punishing women's and girls' sexual and reproductive choices," including those prohibiting abortion.
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NGO Seeks Tougher International Line on Eastern Europe
June 09, 2016
The Foreign Policy Centre has produced a report seeking to explain why some international organizations, including the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, take what it views as a non-critical stance on countries from the former Soviet Union and calling on governments to better scrutinize their foreign delegations to prevent corruption and "capture."
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Article: EU Investment Court Fails to Resolve ISDS Concerns
June 09, 2016
David Schneiderman of the Centre for International Governance Innovation writes that the permanent investment court proposed to replace the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism in the Canada-EU trade agreement will still threaten governments' ability to regulate health, safety, and the environment on behalf of their citizens.
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Regional Development Banks Sign Cooperation Framework
June 09, 2016
The European Investment Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank have signed an agreement deepening collaboration between the two development institutions, including on "tackling" global warming and promoting sustainable development initiatives.
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