International Organizations

Businesses Sign on to ILO Disability Charter

July 14, 2016

The International Labour Organization has announced that four new companies have signed on to its Global Business and Disability Network Charter, a pledge committing the companies "to promoting and including persons with disabilities" in their global operations, protecting persons with disabilities from discrimination, and expanding accessibility in workplaces.
Oxfam Scrutinizes Unilever Labor Rights Impact

July 14, 2016

Nongovernmental organization Oxfam and consumer goods company Unilever have collaborated on a report in which Oxfam reviews Unilever's impact on labor rights issues in Vietnam and calls for the company to improve its contributions to the business and human rights agenda.
AI Proposes Global System to Resettle Refugees

July 13, 2016

Amnesty International has published a document calling on governments to develop an international system to resettle all refugees meeting UN criteria through which countries would bind themselves to a standard determining the number of refugees for which they should be responsible.
OHCHR: SDGs Are Built on Human Rights Agenda

July 13, 2016

As the UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development held its first meeting since the adoption of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a statement calling on participants to wed their efforts to achieve the SDGs with the implementation of the broadly defined, global human rights agenda.
OSCE Declaration Covers Climate, Migrant Rights

July 13, 2016

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's Parliamentary Assembly recently adopted a wide-ranging 2016 Tbilisi Declaration, which includes calls for governments to implement the UN deal on limiting greenhouse gas emissions and to work toward an "inclusive approach" toward mass migration.