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Recognition of this shortcoming in the MDGs has brought an increasing awareness of the importance of working to reverse growing economic inequalities through the post-2015 framework, and a key element of this must be actively working to dismantle discrimination.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/20/joint-letter-and-submission-president-kim-re-world-bank-safeguards-review">Joint Letter and Submission to President Kim Re. World Bank Safeguards Review</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 20, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Given the fundamental importance of safeguards in helping countries develop in a sustainable manner, we believe that the Safeguards review provides a critical opportunity to strengthen the Bank’s development model. The Bank should strive to be a standard-setter among development institutions, and this review provides an opportunity to lead a race to the top in establishing strong and effective safeguards.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/21/egypt-forced-eviction-military-leaves-one-dead">Egypt: Forced Eviction by Military Leaves One Dead</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 21, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Military prosecutors should immediately refer to the civilian judiciary 25 civilians arrested on November 18, 2012, during an attempted forced eviction by the military police that left one of the inhabitants dead. Civilian prosecutors should investigate the excessive use of force by the military police, in particular the lethal shooting, and prosecute any members of the military responsible for unlawful use of force.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/11/08/joint-letter-president-kim-world-bank-group-should-commit-human-rights">Joint Letter to President Kim: World Bank Group Should Commit to Human Rights</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Nov 8, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>We write to congratulate you on your appointment as president of the World Bank Group (WBG). In this position, you have the opportunity to provide global leadership in the pursuit of poverty eradication and sustainable development. We were pleased to hear in your recent remarks to the United Nations that restoring the World Bank’s role in the international system is a priority for your future work. To achieve this goal, it will be essential to ensure that the WBG fully upholds human rights and acts consistently with international human rights law.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/10/11/world-bank-support-development-force">World Bank Support for “Development” by Force</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Oct 11, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Ethiopia remains in much need of development aid, particularly in the areas of food security, health, and education. But donors need to hold true to their own policies to ensure that they don’t fund harmful projects, directly or indirectly.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/10/08/bangladesh-tanneries-harm-workers-poison-communities">Bangladesh: Tanneries Harm Workers, Poison Communities</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Oct 8, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Workers in many leather tanneries in the Hazaribagh neighborhood of Dhaka, the Bangladesh capital, including children as young as 11, become ill because of exposure to hazardous chemicals and are injured in horrific workplace accidents, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The tanneries, which export hundreds of millions of dollars in leather for luxury goods throughout the world, spew pollutants into surrounding communities.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/10/03/un-human-rights-council-interactive-dialogue-independent-expert-sudan">UN Human Rights Council: Interactive Dialogue With the Independent Expert on Sudan</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Oct 3, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch deeply regrets that the shift of the mandate of the Independent Expert on Sudan from Item 4 to Item 10 was used by the Sudanese authorities to restrict the ability of the mandate holder to monitor the human rights situation in the country and to prevent the identification of human rights violations and abuses.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/09/27/letter-hh-sheikh-sabah-iv-al-ahmad-al-sabah-treatment-bidun">Letter to HH Sheikh Sabah IV Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on Treatment of the Bidun</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Sep 27, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/09/21/un-human-rights-council-adoption-outcome-south-africas-upr">UN Human Rights Council: Adoption of the Outcome of South Africa's UPR</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Sep 20, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch welcomes the UPR report on South Africa, which includes important recommendations concerning South Africa’s full compliance with international human rights law, the progressive realization of economic and social rights, protecting freedom of expression, and upholding women’s rights and the rights of vulnerable groups.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/08/11/sochi-olympics-have-ugly-side">Sochi Olympics have an ugly side</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Aug 10, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>As the London Olympics wind down, preparations are full speed ahead for the next Games — in Sochi, Russia, the host city for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Yet while athletes and fans the world over are celebrating summer sport triumphs, few in Sochi are feeling the Olympic glow.</p></div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/news-all/671">more documents on this topic »</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="clear-block"><a href="#header" class="back-to-top">Back to top</a></div> <div class="nav"> <a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/about">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/contact-us">Contact Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130122154744/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130122154744/https://secure.hrw.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.8370149/k.2592/Donate__Help_Defend_Human_Rights/apps/ka/sd/donorcustom.asp?msource=n">Donate</a></div> </div> <div class="footer-blocks clear-block"> <div id="block-views-hrw_footer-block_1" class="clear-block block block-views"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="view view-hrw-footer view-id-hrw_footer view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-9"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-body"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch<br/> 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor<br/> New York, NY 10118-3299<br/> USA<br/> Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700<br/> <br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - Global Offices</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130122154744/http://ff.hrw.org/">Film Festival</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/en/about/jobs">Employment</a></strong></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-tic-5" class="clear-block block block-tic"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="col-left clear-block"><strong class="vocab-header"><a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first first"><a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/africa">Africa</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/americas">Americas</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/asia">Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li> <li class=""><a href="/web/20130122154744/http://www.hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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