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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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The worrisome rise of transnational repression—Geneva and other UN host cities are concerned

Exclusive: Showdown between Workers and Employers at the ILO: Workers and 36 Member States are asking the Governing Body to call upon the International Court of Justice to rule on the right to strike; Employers are accusing the ILO of partiality

Exclusive: Showdown between Workers and Employers at the ILO: Workers and 36 Member States are asking the Governing Body to call upon the International Court of Justice to rule on the right to strike; Employers are accusing the ILO of partiality

Is the “right to strike” a fundamental labour right or not? Long-simmering and acrimonious discord on this question is boiling over at the International Labour Organization (ILO). The G|O can reveal that with the support of 36 Governments, a request by the Organization’s Workers’ Group to call upon

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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.

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Remembering Sergio Vieira de Mello

20 years ago, the bomb that changed the UN’s history

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‘First-class’ and tech-savvy: Switzerland pops the champagne for the end of its first-ever Security Council presidency

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How to deal with the Taliban: the UN's Afghan Headache | Global Leadership: US approval dips, but so does China's and Russia's | Worries about the estrangement of France and Germany

How to deal with the Taliban: the UN's Afghan Headache | Global leadership: Approval of US dips, but so do China and Russia | Worries about the estrangement of France and Germany

Putting Putin and Company in the Dock

Putting Putin and Company in the Dock

Gordon Brown | "Putin’s crime of aggression can and must be tried sooner rather than later."

#113 The G|O Briefing, October 13, 2022

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The conundrum of balancing state sovereignty with international obligations

Daniel Warner | "The controversy over the OHCHR report and its delay is an excellent case study of the tension between state sovereignty and universal norms."

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