International Organizations

AI Seeks Abandonment of British Bill of Rights Plans

June 03, 2016

In a submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Amnesty International raises concerns that the introduction of a British Bill of Rights to replace the current UK Human Rights Act would violate Britain's international legal obligations and calls for the removal of restrictions on abortion in Northern Ireland.
Bosworth: G-7 Declines in Global Economic Governance

June 01, 2016

Prior to a recent meeting of leaders of the Group of 7 countries in Japan, Barry Bosworth of the Brookings Institution highlighted the declining role of the G-7 in governance of the global economy compared to more diversified groups, such as the G-20, that "can make greater claim to being representative of participating countries."
NGO Condemns UNHRC for Failure on Rights

May 25, 2016

In testimony at the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Executive Director of UN Watch Hillel Neuer asserted that the UN Human Rights Council has violated its charter by electing systemic human rights violators as members and targeting Israel for special scrutiny.
Ban Appoints Envoys on El Niño, Climate Change

May 25, 2016

Warning that climate change will exacerbate the effects of weather events in the future, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed as his Special Envoys on El Niño and Climate Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and a "climate justice" campaigner, and Macharia Kamau, a UN diplomat from Kenya.
UN Agents Praise UPR Support of Reproductive Rights

May 25, 2016

A group of officials from the UN Population Fund has published an article praising the rise in recommendations to governments on sexual and reproductive health rights, which they interpret to include abortion rights, under the UN's Universal Periodic Review process.