NGO Forum

ComputerWeekly.com published an article titled, “NGOs challenge UK and US mass surveillance in human rights court.” The article reads in part as follows;

“Ten human rights organisations from the UK, the US, Canada, Ireland and Hungary are challenging the lawfulness of mass surveillance by the UK and US governments in the European Court of Human Rights.

Privacy International and nine other human rights organisations have filed submissions to the court, in Strasbourg, in the first case to challenge the legality of surveillance programmes revealed by Edward Snowden.

OUPblog published the following article titled, A Cautionary tale from the history of NGOs.” The article reads in part as follows;

“The contemporary world features more than twenty thousand international NGOs in almost every field of human activity, including humanitarian assistance, environmental protection, human rights promotion, and technical standardization, amongst numerous other issues. These organizations include household names such as Amnesty International, Greenpeace, and Doctors Without Borders, as well as less well known but sizeable institutions such as the International Cooperative Alliance which claims to represent more than a billion people. Many of these organizations comprise of networks spanning every continent, and their resources in some cases exceed the development assistance budgets of several OECD countries. Given their considerable role in contemporary global affairs, the activities of international NGOs have become subject to growing scrutiny, especially in the wake of a wave of scandals in recent years.

Clean Technica published the following article titled, “European NGOs Set Out European Post-Brexit Aims.” The article reads in part as follows;

“A group of 10 leading European environmental NGOs have penned another open letter to key European leaders outlining their priorities and guidance for how the European Union should proceed in a post-Brexit world.

CNSNews.com posted an article titled, “Report: UN-Accredited NGOs Are Promoting Incitement, Violence Against Israel.” The article reads in part as follows;

“United Nations-accredited civil society groups are spreading messages of incitement, antisemitism and the promotion of terrorism against Israel, according to a new report due for release on Thursday.

In doing so, the report charges, the nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are violating the terms of their original accreditation with the world body – yet despite mandatory periodic reviews by the responsible U.N. committee, their status remains intact.