United Nations: Agreement on Illegal Fishing
(July 22, 2016) In a July 1, 2016, statement, the Director-General of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), José Graziano da Silva, lauded an agreement on illegal fishing which, although...
View ArticleUnited Nations: Report on Debt Bondage
(Sept. 26, 2016) On September 15, 2016, Urmila Bhoola, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, presented a report on slavery in the modern world, in particular debt...
View ArticleUN: Call to Include Human Rights Provisions in Trade Agreements and Dispute...
(Sept. 27, 2016) On September 13, 2016, the United Nations Independent Expert on the Promotion of a Democratic and Equitable International Order, Alfred de Zayas, called for all future trade agreements...
View ArticleUnited Nations: Ban on Trade in African Grey Parrots
(Oct. 4, 2016) The United Nations has effectively banned trade in the African grey parrot by placing it on a priority list of endangered species under the Convention on International Trade in...
View ArticleUnited Nations: Latin American and African Countries Join International...
(Dec. 2, 2016) In October 2016, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) announced that ten countries in Latin America and Africa will participate in a UNODC program aimed at combatting...
View ArticleUnited States: Conventions Proposed by U.N. Commission on International Trade...
(Feb. 14, 2017) On November 16, 2016, the U.S. State Department’s Advisory Committee on Private International Law held its annual meeting to discuss ongoing work involving the negotiation and drafting...
View ArticleUnited Nations/World Bank: Updated Partnership Framework to Reduce Human...
(Apr. 28, 2017) On April 22, 2017, the United Nations and the World Bank signed a partnership framework aimed at “building resilience for the most vulnerable people by reducing poverty, promoting...
View ArticleUnited Nations: Draft Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons
(June 1, 2017) On May 22, 2017, a United Nations panel released a draft of a treaty that would ban all use of nuclear weapons. The prohibition would extend to all production, acquisition, transfer, or...
View ArticleUnited Nations/North Korea: Additional Sanctions Adopted
(June 7, 2017) On June 2, 2017, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2356 (2017), sponsored by the United States, “to extend the number of individuals and entities...
View ArticleUnited Nations: Treaty on Mercury to Come into Force
(June 7, 2017) On May 19, 2017, the United Nations announced that the Minamata Convention on Mercury will become effective on August 16, 2017. The Convention has been signed by 128 countries and now...
View ArticleUnited Nations: Treaty Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons
(Oct. 5, 2017) On July 7, 2017, the United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading Towards Their Total Elimination, meeting in New York,...
View ArticleUnited Nations: Rights Office Concerned About Arrests of LGBT Individuals
(Oct. 31, 2017) On October 13, 2017, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) held a press briefing in Geneva, Switzerland, expressing concern about the arrests of...
View ArticleUN: Call to Include Human Rights Provisions in Trade Agreements and Dispute...
(Sept. 27, 2016) On September 13, 2016, the United Nations Independent Expert on the Promotion of a Democratic and Equitable International Order, Alfred de Zayas, called for all future trade agreements...
View ArticleUnited Nations: Ban on Trade in African Grey Parrots
(Oct. 4, 2016) The United Nations has effectively banned trade in the African grey parrot by placing it on a priority list of endangered species under the Convention on International Trade in...
View ArticleUnited Nations: Latin American and African Countries Join International...
(Dec. 2, 2016) In October 2016, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) announced that ten countries in Latin America and Africa will participate in a UNODC program aimed at combatting...
View ArticleUnited States: Conventions Proposed by U.N. Commission on International Trade...
(Feb. 14, 2017) On November 16, 2016, the U.S. State Department’s Advisory Committee on Private International Law held its annual meeting to discuss ongoing work involving the negotiation and drafting...
View ArticleUnited Nations/World Bank: Updated Partnership Framework to Reduce Human...
(Apr. 28, 2017) On April 22, 2017, the United Nations and the World Bank signed a partnership framework aimed at “building resilience for the most vulnerable people by reducing poverty, promoting...
View ArticleUnited Nations: Draft Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons
(June 1, 2017) On May 22, 2017, a United Nations panel released a draft of a treaty that would ban all use of nuclear weapons. The prohibition would extend to all production, acquisition, transfer, or...
View ArticleUnited Nations/North Korea: Additional Sanctions Adopted
(June 7, 2017) On June 2, 2017, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2356 (2017), sponsored by the United States, “to extend the number of individuals and entities...
View ArticleUnited Nations: Treaty on Mercury to Come into Force
(June 7, 2017) On May 19, 2017, the United Nations announced that the Minamata Convention on Mercury will become effective on August 16, 2017. The Convention has been signed by 128 countries and now...
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