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The human rights and development groups called on President Jim Kim to make a firm commitment to respect, protect, and fulfill human rights in all of its activities.</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/20130430192728/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/19/world-bank-uphold-rights-end-poverty-economic-exclusion">World Bank: Uphold Rights to End Poverty, Economic Exclusion</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 19, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The World Bank Group should uphold human rights as it works to create a world free of poverty and economic exclusion, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the Group’s president, Dr. Jim Kim.</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/20130430192728/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/19/letter-president-kim-re-human-rights-agenda-world-bank">Letter to President Kim Re. a Human Rights Agenda for the World Bank</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 19, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch recognizes that the World Bank operates in countries and environments where there are many human rights challenges. A commitment to human rights would greatly enhance the impact of the Bank’s efforts to reduce poverty and promote inclusive and sustainable development.</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/20130430192728/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/18/polluting-tanneries-bangladesh-face-fines">Polluting Tanneries in Bangladesh Face Fines</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 18, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">For probably the first time, Bangladesh’s government has leveled pollution-related fines against two leather tanneries in Hazaribagh, a Dhaka neighborhood so polluted with waste from its roughly 150 tanneries that residents and workers are plagued by serious health problems.</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/20130430192728/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/18/universal-periodic-review-hrw-submission-bangladesh">Universal Periodic Review: HRW Submission on Bangladesh</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 18, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Bangladesh’s human rights situation has seen little improvement since its first UPR review in 2009. A key undertaking in the 2009 UPRwas to take a “zero tolerance” stand against abuses by security forces, and bring an end to impunity. Yet extrajudicial killings by the country’s security forces continue with impunity.</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/20130430192728/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/02/italy-leather-buyers-beware">Italy: Leather Buyers Beware</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Apr 2, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">(Barcelona) – Leather buyers at an international leather fair in Italy should only purchase leather goods from tanneries that comply with laws that protect the right to health and labor rights, Human Rights Watch said today as the fair opens in Bologna. Such compliance should include respecting both national and international environmental standards. Tanneries in the Hazaribagh area of the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, do not meet these criteria, Human Rights Watch said.</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/20130430192728/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/03/25/un-emphasize-rights-development-agenda">UN: Emphasize Rights in Development Agenda</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 25, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The United Nations Post-2015 Development Agenda should be grounded in human rights, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the UN High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.</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/20130430192728/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/03/24/letter-high-level-panel-eminent-persons-post-2015-development-agenda">Letter to the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mar 24, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch welcomes the High-level Panel’s efforts to advance a Post-2015 Development Agenda that seeks to learn from and build on the progress achieved through the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The Post-2015 consultations have revealed a strong international consensus for placing human rights at the center of the Post-2015 framework. 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Releasing the funds clears the way for at least 1,500 children in urgent need of life-saving medical treatment in northern Nigeria to receive care.</p></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/20130430192728/http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/21/mercury-convention-must-be-brought-life">Mercury Convention "Must Be Brought to Life"</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 21, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">This weekend, more than 140 governments agreed on the text for a new legally binding convention on mercury, a highly toxic metal. It has taken three years and many compromises to get here. 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