How can @WorldBank present policies purporting to ‘safeguard’ the poor & vulnerable w/o a commitment to human rights? https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/10/08/world-bank-dont-slight-rights-annual-meetings …

Two words; ‘human rights’ are missing from @WorldBank draft social & environmental safeguard policies. Appalling. https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/10/08/world-bank-dont-slight-rights-annual-meetings …

You can now follow our colleagues from #UNCITRAL, the @UN Commission on International Trade Law, on @LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/uncitral …

Only just seen this: End of mission statement #China by UN Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt https://shar.es/1uHCoM 

8 hrs ·

8 hrs · 

„Bao Zhuoxun should be free to go to school in the U.S. His disappearance is my worst nightmare,“ says Fengsuo ZHou, a Tiananmem leader who’s involved in rescuing Bao, the 16-year-old son of detained Chinese HumanRights lawyer Wang Yu.

Teen Son of Detained Chinese Himan Rights Lawyer ‪#‎WangYu‬ „Taken Away“ From Myanmar Guesthouse. Mongla, the city where he was abducted on the Chinese-Burmese border, is in a military zone controlled by former Chinese citizen Lin Xianming and his son Lin Daode of the 815 Army, but China’s currency, the yuan, circulates freely there, and there are close economic ties, as well as cross-border postal services.

16-year-old son of detained human rights lawyer Wang Yu’s son is said to disappear in Burma (Myanmar), New York Times reports. 更新:北ä維權律師 ‪#‎王宇‬ 的兒子 ‪#‎包卓軒‬ 和 兩名 ‪#‎維權ä士‬ ‪#‎唐志順‬ 、‪#‎幸清賢‬ 據報在 ‪#‎緬甸‬ 邊境的勐拉市被帶走。幸清賢在四川成都的家在10月8日被內蒙古和成都公安抄家。包卓軒在內蒙古興安盟烏蘭浩特市的姥姥ä彥春失聯


An insightful timely piece on China’s economy.

The days of China relying on export manufacturing and infrastructure construction as drivers of economic growth are gone.
NYTIMES.COM|BY CH
NNYTIMES.COM|BY CHRIS 

VACANCY: Asylum Seeker Support Worker to work with LGBT asylum seekers & refugees at @UKLGIG. Closing Date: 19 Oct http://uklgig.org.uk/?page_id=790 

Glencore supprime 1500 emplois http://www.letemps.ch/economie/2015/10/09/glencore-supprime-1500-emplois … via @letemps

News Lens: IMF must focus on finding the best leader irrespective of region http://on.ft.com/1GAqWtf 

Bretton Woods Proj. ‏@brettonwoodspr  Oct 7

News Lens: World Bank lands in trouble with India http://bit.ly/1OlDKdh 

Bretton Woods Proj. ‏@brettonwoodspr  Oct 7

News Lens: World Bank head opens case over capital http://on.ft.com/1LxXVWF 

Bretton Woods Proj. ‏@brettonwoodspr  Oct 7

News Lens: India’s Raghuram Rajan urges IMF and World Bank reforms http://on.ft.com/1L5WuJu 

Bretton Woods Proj. ‏@brettonwoodspr  Oct 6

News Lens: What are the World Bank safeguards? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGJd1uFRDJo …

Bretton Woods Proj. ‏@brettonwoodspr

News Lens: What are the World Bank safeguards? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGJd1uFRDJo …