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China Seeks More US Support for UN Climate Deal
June 17, 2016
China’s special representative on climate change, Xie Zhenhua, has called on the US to do more to support efforts to protect poor countries from the impacts of climate change under the UN deal on greenhouse gas emissions agreed in 2015 and to quickly bring the climate pact into force as the 2016 US presidential election approaches.
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OSCE Pushes States to Fulfill Election Recommendations
June 17, 2016
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has published a handbook for governments on how to comply with the recommendations of OSCE election observation missions in line with global standards on election policies.
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OSCE Holds Course for National Rights Institutions
June 17, 2016
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe recently held a National Human Rights Institutions Academy in Tbilisi, Georgia, to train representatives from NHRIs in the OSCE region on human rights monitoring and cooperating with nongovernmental organizations in their countries.
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UN Agents: Ireland Violates Rights of the Homeless
June 17, 2016
Asserting that homelessness is evidence that a government has failed to protect social and economic human rights, two UN human rights rapporteurs have blamed lack of housing assistance and "austerity" measures for problems with access to water and sanitation for homeless people in Cork, Ireland.
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UN Agent: EU Budget Policies Violate Rights
June 16, 2016
The UN Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, has accused the EU institutions of violating their international human rights obligations through budget requirements and loan conditions for member states, which he argues have violated the social and economic rights of Europeans.
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