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US State Department Seeks "Re-funding" of UNESCO
January 04, 2016
According to The Washington Free Beacon, the US State Department is seeking Senate support for a measure permitting the US once again to fund the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") after the Obama Administration was legally required to de-fund UNESCO in 2011 due to the organization's admission of Palestine as a member.
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Slaughter: Climate Deal Signals New Approach to Global Governance
December 30, 2015
Author and former president of the American Society of International Law Anne-Marie Slaughter writes that the approach of the UN climate pact agreed in Paris, involving non-binding national commitments and a "conglomeration" of stakeholders, is part of a 21st-century strategy for implementing global governance.
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UN Working Group: US Is Failing to Guarantee Women's Rights
December 30, 2015
Following a ten-day visit to the US, the UN Working Group on discrimination against women in law and practice has warned that political "polarization" and the obstacle of federalism in the US has threatened the government's ability to protect women's human rights and the access of women to the "exercise of their reproductive rights."
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HRW Offers Cautious Praise for Climate Pact's "Rights" Recognition
December 30, 2015
Katharina Rall of Human Rights Watch ("HRW") praises the recent UN climate agreement for language asserting that "human rights" are at stake in limiting the impact of global warming and calls on activists to serve as "watchdogs" in the implementation of the pact to ensure that such rights are respected.
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Oxfam: UN Climate Deal Is Not Enough
December 30, 2015
Illustrating the dissatisfaction of activist groups with non-binding international agreements on environmental policy, the nongovernmental organization Oxfam has published an article asserting that the global climate-change deal agreed at a recent UN conference in Paris does not accomplish enough to limit or contain the catastrophic effects of global warming.
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