International Organizations

UN Security Council Adopts Resolution Renewing Sanctions against Central African Republic (January 22, 2015)

Author: 
Monica Moyo

On January 22, 2015, acting under chapter VII of the UN Charter, the United Nations Security Council adopted a

UN Human Rights Experts Urge Member States to Emphasize Human Rights Standards and Accountability in Post-2015 Development Goals (January 18, 2015)

Author: 
Monica Moyo

On January 18, 2015, the chairpersons of the ten human rights treaty bodies released a

UN Security Council Formally Condemns Escalating Boko Haram Attacks (January 19, 2015)

Author: 
Amy Morello

On January 19, 2015 the United Nations Security Council (the Council) issued a Presidential Statement

European Commission’s New Rules make Cross-Border Judgments Automatically Enforceable across European Union (January 12, 2015)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On January 10, 2015, new rules from the European Commission entered into force that allow cross-border enforceable judgments in civil and commercial matters to be automatically enforceable across a

IACHR Presents Report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in British Columbia, Canada (January 12, 2015)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On January 12, 2015 the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) presented a report

UN Releases Report on War Crimes in the Central African Republic (January 9, 2015)

Author: 
Amy Morello

On January 9, 2015, the UN International Commission of Inquiry on the Central African Republic released a rep

UN Releases Report on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Libya (December 23, 2014)

Author: 
Amy Morello

On December 23, 2014, the UN Human Rights Office and the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) released a joint

UN General Assembly Adopts Resolution on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (December 18, 2014)

Author: 
Amy Morello

On December 18, 2014 the UN General Assembly adopted a resol