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Paper Pushes NHRIs to Advance Rights Through Development
June 10, 2015
A paper from the Danish Institute for Human Rights and the Center for Economic and Social Rights calls for national human rights institutions ("NHRIs") to use the UN's Sustainable Development Goals to advance the international agenda on nontraditional social and economic human rights.
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NGO: Climate Negotiations Must Respect Indigenous Rights
June 10, 2015
The Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Foundation recently held a working group at a climate change negotiation conference in Bonn, Germany, calling for these negotiations to include a focus on the effect of global warming on the human rights of indigenous peoples.
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NGOs Express Mixed Reaction to G7 Climate Pledge
June 10, 2015
The Guardian reports that some nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") are not satisfied with the pledge by leaders of the G7 group of countries at a recent summit to phase out carbon use by the end of the century, with some calling for an immediate limitation on long-term fossil fuel projects.
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Academic Seeks UN Scrutiny of Ireland on Economic Rights
June 10, 2015
Dr. Liam Thornton of University College Dublin argues that the UN Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights should "hold Ireland to account" for its record on these nontraditional rights as the country sought in recent years to respond to a financial crisis by cutting back expenditures on social programs.
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Schaefer: Freedom at Stake in Internet Governance Shift
June 09, 2015
Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation explains why the stakes are high for freedom of expression in recent negotiations over the potential transfer of oversight of the internet from private actors to a global governance body that could be influenced by authoritarian national governments.
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