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UN Agent Outlines "Human Right" to Environmental Protection
August 05, 2015
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment John Knox writes that governments have "substantive obligations" to build legal frameworks to protect people against infringement of their "human right" to a healthy environment, and calls for countries to take human rights into account in negotiating a new UN climate accord later in 2015.
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ICANN Publishes Proposal for Shift in Internet Governance
August 04, 2015
The Guardian reports that the nonprofit internet management organization the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") has published a proposal that would shift oversight responsibilities of its work from the US government to ICANN, an oversight committee, and a review process that would not include governments or inter-governmental organizations.
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UN Members Agree to Broad Sustainability Agenda
August 03, 2015
As the UN Secretary-General's Chef de Cabinet Susana Malcorra punctuated negotiations over the UN Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs") by noting "the sheer size, the depth and the complexity of this agenda," UN member states agreed to a comprehensive agenda of SDGs that cover poverty, inequality, climate change, and other targets, to be formally adopted in September.
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China Think Tank Calls for G20 Global Economic Governance
August 03, 2015
The official Chinese press agency Xinhua reports that the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University of China has called for the Group of 20 ("G20") countries to establish a "global economic coordination system" in order to map out a global plan for economic growth and development.
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Experts Seek US Congress Veto Power on Global Internet Deal
July 31, 2015
Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation and Paul Rosenzweig of Red Branch Consulting write that the US Congress should pass legislation granting it a veto over any potential deal transferring oversight of internet functions from the US Department of Commerce to a multilateral body where authoritarian governments may push internet controls.
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