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The existing gaps in poverty reduction and the relevant strategies were discussed at a workshop on “Supporting Shared Prosperity with Strong Social Protection System” that was jointly hosted by UNICEF and the World Bank on 1 December, 2014.

People risking sea journeys across the Bay of Bengal often set sail at night.

A U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee staff member enters the committee's offices with a secure attache case on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on July 31, 2014.

All countries should suspend any forcible returns of Libyans and third country nationals to Libya as they may face serious harm if forced to return there.

The FBI is investigating whether the killing of a Muslim teenager outside a Somali mosque in Kansas City, Missouri, is a hate crime.

The entrance of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The 16th EU-NGO Human Rights Forum took place in Brussels on 4 and 5 December, bringing together hundreds of civil society organisations from across the globe, representatives from international and regional human rights mechanisms and from the EU institutions and Member States. The Forum is a joint venture between the European External Action Service, the European Commission, and the Human Rights & Democracy Network. The overarching theme for this year's Forum is Freedom of expression on line and offline, one of the key priorities of the EU Strategic Framework for Human Rights.

Women and girls form the vast majority of human trafficking victims, both in and outside the EU. On 2 December the EP's women's rights and civil liberties organised a meeting with UN and European Commission representatives to find out the latest about the situation in the world and the implementation of the EU's strategy to eradicate human trafficking.

Dramatic deterioration in the past decade has made Russia’s human rights landscape virtually unrecognizable, Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, said at a news conference in Moscow. Roth is on his first visit to the country since May 2005.