Sentences with phrase «as a human rights expert»

He served as a human rights expert on the 2005 US Congressional Task Force on the United Nations and as an informal advisor to Andrew Mitchell MP, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development.

Not exact matches

«The International Association of Genocide Scholars, over 200 members of Congress, and over 70 human rights experts and organizations, spanning the nation's religious and political spectrum, have raised their voices that the treatment of these communities by ISIS meets even the strictest definition of genocide under international law, and must be treated as such,» said Kirsten Evans, executive director of In Defense of Christians (IDC).

That, or something very like it, is certainly the conclusion that Aidan O'Neill QC - described in a Telegraph report as an expert on religious freedom and human rights - appears to have come to.

Christian legal group ADF International has filed an expert brief with the European Court of Human Rights in support of the man known as A.A. (anonymised for security reasons).

Also, in January 2012, they published another report by their head of research Robert Broadhurst which claimed that the UK loses three quarters of its human rights cases in the European courts, which was covered widely in the tabloids but dismissed by experts as «misleading» (the real figure is closer to one out of 50).

The human rights experts said though some local and national figures, as well as some media representatives had publicly denounced any form of hate speech and incitement, other officials still needed to follow suit.

The first speaker, Inga Winkler, is an expert on the legal aspects of the human rights to water and sanitation, having served as the legal adviser to the UN Special Rapporteur on those rights, and as a consultant for various international organizations and NGOs including the European Parliament, the UN Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, and the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rrights to water and sanitation, having served as the legal adviser to the UN Special Rapporteur on those rights, and as a consultant for various international organizations and NGOs including the European Parliament, the UN Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, and the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rrights, and as a consultant for various international organizations and NGOs including the European Parliament, the UN Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, and the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural RightsRights.

Torero got involved in the Ayotzinapa case at the request of a group of five independent experts (known in Mexico as the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts, or GIEI) convened by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to examine both the disappearances and how Mexico's AG has handled the investiexperts (known in Mexico as the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts, or GIEI) convened by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to examine both the disappearances and how Mexico's AG has handled the investiExperts, or GIEI) convened by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to examine both the disappearances and how Mexico's AG has handled the investigation.

There's Nakia (Lupita Nyong» o), Black Panther's precocious ex-girlfriend and human rights advocate, his friend W'Kabi (Get Out's Daniel Kaluuya), The Walking Dead's Danai Gurira as a fierce general, T'Challa's sister and chief technology expert Shuri (Letitia Wright), and the list goes on.

As a result, Somalia women and girls face what the UN's independent expert on human rights in Somalia refers to as «double victimization»As a result, Somalia women and girls face what the UN's independent expert on human rights in Somalia refers to as «double victimization»as «double victimization».

HLS SALDF was proud to host leaders in the animal protection movement, such as Ingrid Newkirk, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), who spoke about history's progress toward recognizing groups as deserving of rights, and experts in the field of animal law such as Carter Dillard, ALDF director of litigation, who spoke on Animal Rights, Human Rights, and the Future of our Prights, and experts in the field of animal law such as Carter Dillard, ALDF director of litigation, who spoke on Animal Rights, Human Rights, and the Future of our PRights, Human Rights, and the Future of our PRights, and the Future of our Planet.

For experts to continue to widely share and consensually - validate the thinking that understanding the dynamics of human population numbers does not matter, that the human population problem is not about numbers, or that human population dynamics have so dizzying an array of variables as not to be suitable for scientific investigation, seems not quite right.

Unlike the requirements in its previous legislation, the Minister can designate countries as «safe» without consulting experts on human rights.

The UN's Fifth Committee will decide how much money is provided to finance the work of human rights experts who investigate human rights violations in Burundi, Iran, Syria, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Belarus as well as violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans persons.

Within the past decade, banking and insurance companies have hired historical legal experts and spent a lot of time litigation over the US Federal Court system's power to issue equitable remedies such as the Mareva injunction and equitable liens to seize assets in federal litigation; the Alien Torts Act which has been used by international human rights organizations had its breadth restricted by use of 18th century views of the «law of nations» requiring recourse to historic writers like Hugo Grotius, and even administrative law has come under assault by dissents of Justice Thomas arguing that the «Chevron» doctrine of deference to agency interpretations of their own statutes should be set aside as being incompatible with the understanding of the American separation of powers doctrine as it was understood at the time of the country's founding.

[13] When read in the context that Professor St. Lewis had agreed to undertake a review of the SAC report which alleged systemic racism in the academic fraud process and that she was providing her evaluation of that report as a lawyer, law professor and expert in the field of Human Rights and Research, the words in their natural and ordinary meaning would more than likely be considered defamatory by the ordinary fair - minded individual.

I'll be joined by Amnesty International's Alex Neve, Amir Attaran from the University of Ottawa's law school, the Globe and Mail's Paul Koring, and Dennis Edney, Khadr's Canadian lawyer, as well as a focus group of 15 expert human rights activists, lawyers, academics, politicians and former public service workers.

She is an expert in international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law, and she has taught these subjects as an adjunct professor at the American University Washington College of Law.

[17] There is no indication that the Commission made a serious effort (or, indeed, any effort at all) to obtain input from experts with respect to other «competing interests,» such as those of economic policy, human rights, competition, consumer affairs... [18] Without obtaining that input, it is difficult to understand how the Commission could take those interests into account in a meaningful way.

On November 9, 2006, human rights experts from many countries met in Yogyakarkta, Indonesia to address the abuse of human rights of LBGT people around the world, and adopted what is known as the Yogyarkata Principles (Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of International Human Rights Law in relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identhuman rights experts from many countries met in Yogyakarkta, Indonesia to address the abuse of human rights of LBGT people around the world, and adopted what is known as the Yogyarkata Principles (Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of International Human Rights Law in relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Idenrights experts from many countries met in Yogyakarkta, Indonesia to address the abuse of human rights of LBGT people around the world, and adopted what is known as the Yogyarkata Principles (Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of International Human Rights Law in relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identhuman rights of LBGT people around the world, and adopted what is known as the Yogyarkata Principles (Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of International Human Rights Law in relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Idenrights of LBGT people around the world, and adopted what is known as the Yogyarkata Principles (Yogyakarta Principles on the Application of International Human Rights Law in relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender IdentHuman Rights Law in relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender IdenRights Law in relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity).

Civil Liberties & Human Rights: He is «an expert on the ECHR as it applies to commercial, investigatory and tax matters.

Representation of 17 international jurists and human rights experts as amici curiae: Sosa v. Alvarez - Machain, 542 U.S. 692 (2004)

Born 1950; lawyer (1974 - 80); law degree from the University of Athens (1973); diploma of advanced studies (DEA) in labour law from the University of Paris II, Panthéon - Sorbonne (1977); national expert with the Legal Service of the Commission of the European Communities (1988 - 1990), then Principal Administrator in Directorate General V (Employment, Industrial Relations, Social Affairs)(1990 - 1994); Junior Officer, Junior Member and, since 1999, Member of the Greek Council of State; Associate Member of the Superior Special Court of Greece; Member of the Central Legislative Drafting Committee of Greece (1996 - 98); Director of the Legal Service in the General Secretariat of the Greek Government (1996 - 1998); Judge at the General Court of the European Union (1998 to 2010, President of Chamber from 2004 to 2010); Member of the Supreme Council for Administrative Justice (2011 - 2012); Member of the Special Court for Disputes relating to the Remuneration of Judges and of the Special Court for Actions against Judges (2013 - 2014); Member of the Advisory Panel of Experts on Candidates for Election as Judge to the European Court of Human Rights (2014 - 2015); Member of the Committee responsible for giving an Opinion on Candidates» Suitability to perform the Duties of Judge at the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (2012 - 2015); Lecturer in European Law at the National School for the Judiciary (1995 - 1996 and 2012 - 2015); Judge at the Court of Justice since 7 October 2015.

The successful candidate is likely to be an individual who has a strong intellectual and social curiosity in the area of labour, employment and human rights law; possesses the ability to identify and analyze current trends and developments, and to interview leading practitioners and experts in the field; displays strong verbal and written communication skills; enjoys work that is creative as well as analytical; exhibits, to a marked degree, energy and humour; and can work quickly and accurately while maintaining a sense of humour under pressure.

After three years of informal CCW experts meetings as well as discussions in the Human Rights Council, states have a large amount of information at their disposal to begin to craft national policies.

Guest speaker artificial intelligence expert Professor Stuart Russell of UC Berkeley addressed the briefing as did Steve Goose and Mary Wareham from campaign co-founder Human Rights Watch.

The report by Heyns, who addressed the 2014 experts meeting and issued a 2013 report calling for a moratorium on autonomous weapons systems, recommends that the Human Rights Council «remain seized» with the issue and «make its voice heard as the international debate unfolds.»

The 2014 experts meeting concentrated on the role played by autonomous weapons systems in situations of armed conflict in part because their possible use in law enforcement and other situations is seen as a matter better suited to the Human Rights Council.

Human rights experts for the U.N. have cited hate speech on Facebook as a means by which people have proliferated anti-Rohingya propaganda, worsening the divide between the two religious groups.

This has been highlighted by both human rights experts like the UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous peoples rights [15] and in the report reviewing the Intervention [16] as the crucial link missing from the Intervention for it to meets its policy goals.

108 M Praag, C Van Walt, «Report to the International Conference of Experts held in Barcelona from 21 - 27 November 1998», The Implementation of the Right to Self - Determination, as a contribution to conflict prevention, UNESCO, Division of Human Rights, Democracy and Peace, UNESCO, Centre of Catalonia.

This series of «down - to - earth and practical talks given by experts», held in the sober environment of Burt Hall, next to St George's cathedral, included titles such as: Sex in Marriage... «Human Reproduction» Rights and Obligations of Husband and Wife Happily Ever After?