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UN Committee Links Migrant Deaths to EU Restrictions
April 29, 2016
A UN Committee on the protection of the rights of migrants has published a press release linking the recent deaths of approximately 500 migrants from African countries in the Mediterranean Sea to the lack of safe migratory routes and calling on EU countries to reverse measures that "restrict and criminalize" the ability of migrants to cross their borders.
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EU-Canada Deal Faces Obstacles in Romania, Belgium
April 29, 2016
Economy Watch reports that the governments of Romania, due to visa waiver restrictions on Romanian nationals, and Wallonia, a region in Belgium that is seeking further "guarantees" under the agreement, have refused to give their consent to the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement ("CETA") agreed among negotiators in 2014.
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UN Agent Fears Narrowing "Civil Society" Space in UK
April 28, 2016
UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Maina Kiai has issued a report following his monitoring visit to the UK on his apprehension that the country, through laws ranging from those countering "extremist" groups to those decreasing government money in lobbying, is seeking to narrow the operational space for civil society.
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UN Agent: Climate Commitments Fail to Uphold Human Rights
April 28, 2016
While praising the inclusion of language in the recent UN climate deal linking climate change and human rights, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment John Knox warns that current commitments to reduce greenhouse gases under the deal will fail to sufficiently reduce global warming and therefore do not uphold the human rights obligations of the states.
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Article: Global Economic Governance Requires Strong IMF
April 28, 2016
James Boughton of the Centre for International Governance Innovation ("CIGI") writes that the governments must focus their development of systematic global governance of monetary policy and the economy in a strengthened and more independent International Monetary Fund ("IMF").
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