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Governments are to meet in Geneva beginning January 13, 2013, for a fifth and final round of talks for the treaty. Mercury is a toxic metal that attacks the central nervous system and is particularly harmful to children.</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/20130123023932/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/29/global-mercury-treaty-japan-s-chance-or-shame">The Global Mercury Treaty: Japan’s Chance or Shame</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 29, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Mercury is an ancient metal rich in history, cloaked with mystery and power. It is liquid at room temperature, with a beautiful silver hue. The metal is used in industrial production, in medical and cosmetic products, and in small-scale gold mining.</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/20130123023932/https://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-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/20130123023932/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/07/deadly-delays-nigerian-children">Deadly Delays for Nigerian Children</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 7, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">In June, two weeks after I returned from Nigeria, I got a message that another child had died from lead poisoning -the 11th in the same family. I could picture the scene: the child starts convulsing; his parents rush him two hours over barely passable terrain on the back of a motorbike to the nearest town for medical treatment. By the time they reach the clinic, a temporary ward specifically for lead poisoning set up in the wake of the epidemic, it is too late, and another young life has been taken by this preventable tragedy.</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/20130123023932/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/06/nigeria-death-stalking-lead-poisoned-children">Nigeria: Death Stalking Lead-Poisoned Children</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 6, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>The Nigerian government’s failure to produce promised funding to address the worst lead poisoning outbreak in modern history is leaving thousands of children to die or face lifelong disability, the Nigerian Youth Climate Action Network (NYCAN) and Human Rights Watch said today. The organizations opened a social media campaign on December 6, 2012, urging people to post comments to President Goodluck Jonathan’s official Facebook page, asking him why he has broken his promise to release funding for the cleanup of lead-contaminated areas in Zamfara State.</p></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/20130123023932/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/06/ask-nigeria-s-president-what-happened-4-million">Ask Nigeria’s President What Happened to $4 Million</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 6, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></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/20130123023932/https://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-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/20130123023932/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/09/10/pensateci-quando-comprate-la-pelle">Pensateci quando comprate la pelle</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Sep 10, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></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/20130123023932/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/07/13/ethiopia-kenya-world-bank-approves-controversial-loan">Ethiopia, Kenya: World Bank Approves Controversial Loan</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jul 12, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The World Bank undermined the rights of indigenous peoples and the environment with its approval on July 12, 2012, of a US$684 million loan. 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