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Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights: China Attacks Western Norms as a Cold War Debate Re-ignites in Geneva

Beyond geopolitical and material confrontations, an ideological battle dating back to the Cold War is being re-ignited over the universality of human rights and their implementation.

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Western countries concerned about what they see as Beijing’s renewed attempt to curtail the independence of the Office of the UN Human Rights Chief

Our exclusive story today reveals how China is using the moment to try to restrict both the independence and the mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, de facto using the multilateral system itself to hollow it out from within.

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A year after the Bachelet report on China’s repression of the Uyghurs, how to deal with Beijing’s human rights violations? Volker Türk’s arduous task in a fast-shifting geopolitical landscape

The Wrong BRICS Expansion

The Wrong BRICS Expansion

Daron Acemoglu | In many ways, the enlargement represents a major lost opportunity. The world does not need more countries to fall under Chinese and Russian influence. It needs a genuinely independent third grouping to provide a counterweight against both the China-Russia axis and US power.

Chinese aid and local corruption

Chinese aid and local corruption

Considering the mounting criticisms concerning Chinese aid practices, the present paper investigates whether Chinese aid projects fuel local-level corruption in Africa.

How China Lends

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How China Lends

China is the world’s largest official creditor, but we lack basic facts about the terms and conditions of its lending. Very few contracts between Chinese lenders and their government borrowers have ever been published or studied.

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What Do the BRICS Want? Co-existence or Cooperation?

DANIEL WARNER | China is not calling for a total overhaul of the international system but for a different type of multilateralism, not dominated by Western powers, yet one within the basic tenets of the principles of the UN Charter established by the West.

Reports of the death of the WTO are premature—or are they?

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Reports of the death of the WTO are premature—or are they?

Exclusive: The current global system is broken, Brazil’s foreign policy czar tells The Geneva Observer

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Exclusive: The current global system is broken, Brazil’s foreign policy czar tells The Geneva Observer

#142 THE G|O BRIEFING, JUNE 15, 2023

Acrimonious disputes over LGBTQ rights rock the ILC—and are here to stay | China resumes construction of the future, literally, figuratively, and with Geneva on the map | Switzerland celebrates a successful first-ever Security Council presidency

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