Book Review Ends in “French Republic v Joseph Weiler”
This story is really too fanciful to believe, but it is nevertheless true. The European Union Jean Monnet Chaired Professor at NYU, Joseph Weiler, just faced a criminal trial in…
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More on US hearing on UN funding
Colum Lynch’s blog at Foreign Policy recapped Tuesday’s Congressional hearing on UN reform and funding: Ros-Lehtinen’s funding proposal echoed a similar plan put forward by John R. Bolton, the former…
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New Head of US House Foreign Affairs Committee Wants UN Funding Slashed
Yesterday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee held a briefing titled, “The United Nations: Urgent Problems that Need Congressional Action.” Facing a huge deficit, Republican took aim at UN funding. Though…
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UN Women Sets Agenda for Next 100 Days
Executive director of UN Women, Ms. Michelle Bachelet, addressed the Executive Board of UN Women yesterday, announcing her vision for the organization as well as her plan for the next…
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Global Fund faces corruption charges
The Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria was stung with charges of a massive corruption scandal yesterday. A “$21.7 billion health fund championed by the rich and famous…
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Philadephia’s Women’s Medical Society – “a criminal enterprise, motivated by greed.”
Pro-abortion lobbies like NARAL, Center for Reproductive Rights and IPPF routinely argue that abortion must be legalised in order to guarantee that it is “safe”. But what is the sad…
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Homosexuals try to crush Christian B&B
I don’t mean to always keep returning to the same subject – but you definitely should follow this link to find out about the perverse effects of “anti-discrimination laws” that…
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UN Youth Conference to be held in Paris?
Despite paying a lot of lip service to the invaluable input of youth into the work of the UN, months have gone by and still nothing has been decided on…
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Ban v. The Anti-communists
UN secretary general Ban ki-Moon wants to meet with the new conservative majority in the U.S. Congress to blunt the imminent blow to UN funding. He will have to convince…
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UK Petitioners collect signatures against controversial “Equality Law”
In a recent post, we reported the decision by the Bristol County Court to convict the owners of a small B&B in Cornwalle to pay £ 3.600 in damages to…
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New York Times laments better protection for unborn children…
Across Country, Lawmakers Push Abortion Curbs By ERIK ECKHOLM Published: January 21, 2011
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Map Compares US States with Countries By GDP and Population
Here’s a welcome and interesting distraction for a Friday.This map from The Economist shows countries in place of state names for comparison sake.Did you know Texas has a similar GDP…
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Was UNFPA really cleared of the one-child scandal?
Has the UN Population Fund been exonerated from accusations of complicity in China’s coercive abortions and sterilizations? The recently-resigned UNFPA executive director says so, and blames the “religious right” for…
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European Human Rights Court: No Right to Assisted Suicide
In today’s Chamber judgment in the case of Haas v. Switzerland (application no. 31322/07), which is not final, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held, unanimously, that there is…
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Abortion is about sovereignty
The UN abortion agenda is not just a pro-life issue, it is a threat to national sovereignty. This is what we have been telling our friends in the conservative movement…
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How “Antidiscrimination Laws” Undermine the Freedom of Citizens
In a recent post, we have briefly reported that a court in the UK has awarded £1800 each to a homosexual couple who were denied a room with a double…
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LGBTQ Youth Say Don’t Throw the Stone
An international lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, and queer youth organization recently announced a winner for their World AIDS Day poster contest. The poster bespeaks the use of Christian imagery in…
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Former Tiananmen Square Leader Speaks Out Against Chinese One-Child Policy
“Imagine of your two beautiful children, you’re only allowed to have one, the other has to be put to death.” This was the direct plea from Chai Ling to President…
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Can Christians Run Their Businesses According to Their Beliefs in UK?
Another story out of the UK that uncovers the reality of anti-discrimination laws based on sexual orientation. A UK judge today awarded £1800 each to a homosexual couple who were…
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Examining UNFPA’s Record of Promoting Abortion
This post continues a series this week on Turtle Bay and Beyond where we scrutinize some of the statements made by former UN Population Fund head Thoraya Obaid in a…
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The Beginning of a Busy Week in Geneva…
The Committee on the Rights of the Child has begun its 56th session this week in Geneva, Switzerland. The nations of Afghanistan, Belarus, Denmark, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mexico, New…
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UNFPA Head Never Asked Us to Meet with Her
My colleagues and I will be posting all this week on the remarkable interview that Thoraya Obaid gave to the Huffington Post about her ten years as head of the…
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Abortion and the Holocaust: why the comparison is inappropriate
In a recent post we informed about a decision by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) according which a comparison between abortion and the Nazi Holocaust (“then: Holocaust –…
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Former UNFPA Director Talks About “Religious Right”, Republicans and the Holy See
The Huffington Post just published a new interview with the newly-departed former head of UNFPA, Thoraya Obaid. During her tenure as UNFPA director, Obaid voiced her support of China’s population…
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European Human Rights Court: Germany is allowed to prohibit comparison between Abortion and the Holocaust
Last week the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued a decision on the application of Hoffer and Annen vs. Germany (Applications nos. 397/07 and 2322/07), a case concerning the…
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