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Internally displaced Somalis at a feeding centre in Dobley, Lower Juba region.

Disabled workers at a chalk factory in Ghana's capital, Accra.

The Speaker's ruling relating to the Supreme Court's notice to the Speaker and the members of the Parliamentary Select Committee does not in any way prohibits the constitutional right of the Court to entertain and to determine the Reference made by the Court of Appeal for a specific question relating to the scope of Article 107 (3) of the Constitution. Since the issue mooted is of utmost importance, various aspects relating to it should be reflected upon on the basis of constitutional principles and logic.

Vulnerable Afghan families line up to receive winter supplies in Dahsabz, a suburb of Kabul.

The view from the historic Santa Justa Lift looking towards Pedro IV Square in Lisbon, Portugal, 2 March 2006.

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, during a conference on digital freedom, The Hague, 9 December 2011.

UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova, has designated Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu from South Africa as laureate of the 2012 UNESCO/Bilbao Prize for the Promotion of a Culture of Human Rights. Archbishop Desmond Tutu was selected by an International Jury in recognition of his exceptional contribution to building a universal culture of human rights at the national, regional and international levels.

Pakistan’s judges should cease using their contempt of court powers to prevent the media from airing programming critical of the judiciary, Human Rights Watch said.

Compelling evidence has emerged that an airstrike using cluster bombs on the town of Deir al-`Assafeer near Damascus killed at least 11 children and wounded others on November 25, 2012. The Syrian government should immediately cease its use of this highly dangerous weapon, which has been banned by most nations.