UNFPA: Reproductive Health and Family Planning Theatrics in Yemen…Literally
Recently, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) organized “theatrical and art performances raising awareness on reproductive health” in Yemen. The theatrics were put on by the Reproductive Health Project at the…
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A Response to “The SCOTUS, same-sex ‘marriage,’ and International Law”
In a post earlier this week, J.C. von Krempach appears to argue that the use of foreign law in a U.S. Supreme Court decision defining “marriage” is not “really something…
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EU intrudes into domestic issues, no suprise there…
David Quinn, our friend in Ireland, who runs the influential Iona Institute, is reporting that the EU is funding a Dublin conference calling for same-sex adoption. EU types are always…
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Bad News for the ICC
Kevin Jon Heller promotes a new book over at Opinio Juris that looks fantastic. Fact-Finding Without Facts: The Uncertain Evidentiary Foundations of International Criminal Convictions, is published by Cambridge University…
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Should the U.S. Change its Relationship with the ICC?
The Federalist Society recently sponsored an excellent and informative panel discussion: “The International Criminal Court After Kampala: Should the United States Change its Relationship with the ICC?” Note the remarks…
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The SCOTUS, same-sex “marriage”, and International Law: Two Considerations
” One author of this blog has voiced concern over the possibility that the SCOTUS, when deciding on the conformity of Prop8 with the US Constitution, might make reference to…
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Senators Seek To Abolish Mexico City Policy Permanently
Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved an amendment to permanently repeal the Mexico City Policy, which prohibited organizations who performed or promoted abortion, from receiving US funding. Thoroughly despised…
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More Bad News for Ban Ki-moon
In a previous post, Terry McKeegan discussed an insider memo from Inga-Britt Ahlenius, the outgoing chief of the U.N.’s anti-corruption investigations division. This memo was described as a “stinging rebuke”…
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Who is Sexting Africa’s Children?
There is a new European and American campaign to push contraception and abortion on Africa’s children – through their cell phones. It’s called “m4RH” or “Mobile for Reproductive Health,” and you…
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Are they coming for our daughters?
The UN just announced the Year of Youth or some such thing which will culminate in a global conference on youth. We have reported on this extensively in the Friday…
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Kenyans Pass Constitution: A Sad Day for the Unborn
Today Kenyans voted to adopt a new constitution, with 67% in favor. Kenyan Christian leaders urged citizens not to be swayed by bribes and to vote against the constitution, stating…
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Predicting Kennedy
At today’s Daily Dish, Andrew Sullivan asks, “What Will Justice Kennedy Do?” and links to another post by Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight, in which Silver surmises that, when yesterday’s decision…
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More on Ginsberg
Duncan Hollis at Opinio Juris cites the same speech wherein Ginsberg suggested that Judges could also cite legal blogs in their decisions. “Judges in the United States, after all, are…
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Justice Ginsberg on Foreign Law
The increasingly indispensable Ed Whelan of the Ethics and Public Policy Center has an interesting blog post at National Review’s Bench Memos on a recent speech by Supreme Court Justice…
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Monogamy and Human Rights
Canada is apparently considering a review of its laws prohibiting polygamy. The good news is that it has evoked a brief supporting monogamy by an anthropologist from the University of…
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The hypocrisy of US “No” to a “right” to water
For decades, advocates of creating broad new social and economic rights have tried to create international human rights to water, food, health and housing using novel interpretations of UN treaties….
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Obama to Kenyans: Vote Yes to Constitution and Money and a Personal Visit Will Follow
As an organization working on social policy at the United Nations, there are constant reports of strong-arming and funding threats made behind the scenes to pressure developing countries into accepting…
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Germany: Constitutional Court protects freedom of speech for Pro-Life Activists
The German Constitutional Court has adopted a landmark judgment upholding the right of pro-life activists to name and shame medical practitioners practising abortions. Cease and desist orders issued by a lower instance of the…
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AIDS 2010 Vienna: The Wrong Answer to the Condom Question
Last week, UNAIDS held their annual AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010) in Vienna, Austria. In one of the Featured Stories published on the UNAIDS website, Y-PEER, a youth education program of…
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Expert says MDGs Divert Funds from Real Development Needs
Anyone following the MDG Review should be interested in this short interview with Andrew Natsios, Georgetown professor and former USAID chief. Evidence shows that countries are now diverting funds from…
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IPPF Campaign Targets UN Talks on Maternal Health
Delegations are mired in negotiations at UN headquarters this week and next to finalize the document for the high level meeting on the Millennium Development Goals that will take place…
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Latin American leaders promote abortion, secularism
Last week’s meeting of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Regional Conference on Women produced an outcome document that abortion advocates could only dream of passing…
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Outgoing Under Secretary General Slams Ban Ki-moon’s Leadership
For such a high-profile post, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has not garnered nearly as much media attention in his nearly 4 year stint as many of his predecessors. Which…
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Women Deliver Push Reproductive Health on Africa
This week delegates from African Union member states meet to take part in this years African Union Summit. Many are keeping a watchful eye on this years Summit because this…
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US President lauds Homosexual Rights NGO at UN
The BP oil disaster seemingly stemmed, and the recession in full swing, President Obama took time out of his busy vacation schedule today to issue a statement regarding an apparently…
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