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Iran Joins Board of UN Women
April 15, 2015
UN Watch reports that following the decision of the U.S. and EU not to offer any alternative candidates for the position, the UN Economic and Social Council elected Iran to the Executive Board of UN Women, whose purpose is to pursue women's rights around the world.
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AI: Ireland Will Adopt Economic, Social, Cultural Rights Protocol
April 15, 2015
Amnesty International ("AI") has praised the Irish Government for its announcement that it will adopt the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, which establishes a mechanism for individual complaints regarding nontraditional rights.
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NGOs Push World Bank on Human Rights Agenda
April 15, 2015
As the World Bank begins its spring meetings in Washington, D.C., a group of nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") have called on the World Bank President to integrate the global human rights agenda in the development bank's environmental and social policies.
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HRW: French Surveillance Measure Violates International Law
April 15, 2015
Human Rights Watch ("HRW") argues that draft legislation under consideration in the French National Assembly that would broaden government surveillance authority and require private companies to retain user data would violate French obligations under international human rights law.
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Ericsson Adopts NGO Human Rights Reporting Framework
April 15, 2015
A "Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Report" from communications company Ericsson claims to be the first such report in its sector to follow the UN Guiding Principles Reporting Framework, created by the nongovernmental organization ("NGO") Shift and Mazars to push corporate human rights reporting.
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