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Experts Call for Rejection of UN Internet Control
October 22, 2014
Brett Schaefer, Paul Rosenzweig, and James Gattuso write that the U.S. should reject the plan proposed by Russia and other countries to impose government control on the internet by placing it in the hands of the UN's International Telecommunications Union.
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Oxfam Ranks Companies on Social and Environmental Impacts
October 22, 2014
The nongovernmental organization Oxfam has released an updated "scorecard" of the ten largest food companies, rating them on the basis of their commitments to internationally developed social and environmental standards in their operations.
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UN Sends Agents to Detroit to Investigate Alleged Violation of "Right to Water"
October 15, 2014
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has announced that two rapporteurs appointed by the UN Human Rights Council will visit Detroit, Michigan to investigate the effect of city water shutoffs on the human rights of customers who did not pay their bills.
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UN Rapporteur: Debt-Collecting Hedge Funds Violate Human Rights
October 08, 2014
The UN Special Rapporteur charged with investigating the effects of sovereign debt collection on human rights has concluded that hedge funds that attempt to collect sovereign debt from developing countries "directly or indirectly" violate economic, social, and cultural rights.
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OECD Seeks End to "Under-taxing" Company Cars, Diesel
October 08, 2014
A study by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") calls for governments to cease "under-taxing" company cars and diesel fuel, pinning problems ranging from climate change to car accidents on tax policies for vehicles and fuel.
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