The CERD Committee was
the first human rights committee established within the United Nations structure.
May 30: During
the first Human Rights Council debate on lethal autonomous robotics following the presentation of the report by the UN special rapporteur on extra-judicial killings, 20 nations speak for the first time on the matter.
The UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs first spoke publicly on the matter at
the first Human Rights Council debate on lethal autonomous robots on 30 May 2013.
«Bullying is a human rights issue, indeed it's often
the first human rights issue young people experience first - hand,» said Kerry Kennedy, president of the RFK Center.
So excited that
the first Human Rights in Childbirth Conference is underway in India.
Not exact matches
Prime Minister Stephen Harper spent the
first years of his mandate shunning China on
human -
rights grounds, but as the global economy has shifted he has become «Mr. Panda Man» — a reference to the PM's fawning over two cuddly Chinese ambassadors.
In 2000, Estonia became the
first country in the world to declare Internet access a basic
human right — much like food and shelter.
Sponsored by the
Human Rights Foundation, PutinCon was the
first event of its kind — a meeting of dissidents and journalists; of people who've been robbed by the Kremlin; of former soldiers who've seen too much; of prosecutors and politicians who know too much; of Russians and Europeans and Americans (North and South) who had enough of Putin's interference and violence.
The nature of the
human being is that when you turn the page, you automatically glance at the
right - facing page
first.
It was, ironically, the ghastly violence and horrible
human toll of the World War I that
first inspired such assertive calls, calls that characterized gay
rights movements around the world in the 20th century.
Venter, who created the
first synthetic
human cell back in 2010, feels the FDA hasn't found a way to serve the public in regard to genome data regulation — it barred 23andMe from offering genetic - risk assessments in 2013 before later reinstating the
right to offer limited genetic reports.
Apple has been given top marks by gay
rights advocacy group Human Rights Campaign in its annual every year since 2002 when it first
rights advocacy group
Human Rights Campaign in its annual every year since 2002 when it first
Rights Campaign in its annual every year since 2002 when it
first began.
In a written statement, the
Human Rights Campaign president said Cook expressed support for the three - state campaign when he
first learned about it.
Petz offers plenty of caveats about this one — consult your
human resources department
first, for one — but with the
right group of people, this can add some fun to the day.
Their «No Ceilings Full Participation Report» identifies the significant gains women have made and the challenges that remain in the 20 years since the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing — where then -
first lady Clinton called on the international community to ensure «women's
rights are
human rights.»
First Cobalt says the acquisition will help it position itself as a North American - focused cobalt company, as buyers of the metal look to diversify from a widespread reliance on production in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where
human rights groups have raised concerns of child labour in mining operations.
Right now, for the
first time in
human history, world currencies are free - floating, meaning they're not backed by anything tangible.
Last year, SNC - Lavalin defended the prison project, telling The Globe and Mail that the prison would be «the country's
first to be built according to international
human rights standards.»
He has been honored with the National Visibility Award from the
Human Rights Campaign after becoming the
first CEO of a major company to come out as openly gay.
Guiding Principles on Business and
Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations «Protect, Respect and Remedy» Framework establishes the first global set of business and human rights guidel
Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations «Protect, Respect and Remedy» Framework establishes the first global set of business and human rights guide
Rights: Implementing the United Nations «Protect, Respect and Remedy» Framework establishes the
first global set of business and
human rights guidel
human rights guide
rights guidelines.
Feelings run high, for example, around a key Canadian
Human Rights Tribunal ruling last year, which found that the federal government discriminates against
First Nations children by underfunding family services.
The report is yet another call to action for Canada to work with
First Nations as partners to realize our
human rights, including our Aboriginal and Treaty
rights.»
The UN
Human Rights Committee, which regularly reviews whether states are living up to their obligations under the binding International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, today made more than a dozen recommendations for fundamental changes in Canadian law and policy in respect to the treatment of
First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.
«Today's report shows that we need action now on our collective agenda for closing the
human rights gap,» said Assembly of
First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde.
Regarding
human rights, «religious investors are newly asking for an end to fees levied on migrant tobacco workers — although the voting outlook is uncertain — while three proposals on a set of fair employment principles for Israel - Palestine will go to votes for the
first time.»
Former California governor and Terminator movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger says he plans to sue the big oil companies for «
first degree murder», likening their actions to those of tobacco companies, and NGOs are suing Big Oil in the Philippines for violating the
human rights of typhoon victims.
RBC's Canadian and North American business strategy is founded on building strong and lasting relationships with our clients - «earning the
right to be our clients»
first choice» - and
human capital is our greatest asset in making this happen.
This is not the
first time that aid from abroad has rankled the
human -
rights groups that campaign against forced labour in the cotton fields.
Mexico - Daniela Rea, a Mexican journalist known for her searing chronicles of the violence gripping her country, was awarded the
first edition of the Breach - Valdez Prize in journalism and
human rights on Thursday.
Our
first woman Premier, young, a
human rights lawyer with international experience, and yet a reputation for sternness when needed.
Have either of you read any reports from organizations like Freedom House,
Human Rights First, Human Rights Watch, or Amnesty International about the human rights situation in Cuba?&r
Human Rights First, Human Rights Watch, or Amnesty International about the human rights situation in Cuba?&
Rights First,
Human Rights Watch, or Amnesty International about the human rights situation in Cuba?&r
Human Rights Watch, or Amnesty International about the human rights situation in Cuba?&
Rights Watch, or Amnesty International about the
human rights situation in Cuba?&r
human rights situation in Cuba?&
rights situation in Cuba?»
VICTORIA — New Democrat spokesperson for aboriginal relations and reconciliation, Scott Fraser, and New Democrat children and families spokesperson, Doug Donaldson, welcomed this week's decision by the Canadian
Human Rights Tribunal that the federal government discriminates against
First Nation children...
First, he would have to have existed, then be reborn as a
human, then killed as a
human to pay some ransom price he set on our heads for the sin of eating his fruit from the tree he happened to plant
right next to the hungry
humans he just made.
if the
first pair would nothave sinned they would still be here and all
human kind would know is the ways of almighty God and existing on a paradise earth — wich still is comming.the reason he didn't destroy Satan immediately is because he posed a Question as to almighty Gods
right to sovereignty..
a universalistic millennial civil religion, the meddlesome vision of democracy, peace, and
human rights that we live under today, «the
first global civil religion.»
Ventor just created the
first «artificial» life, that's
right humans now have the ability to produce life.
Those questions involve the nature of the PRC regime; the doctrine and canon law of the Church; the impact of such an agreement on Vatican diplomacy in promoting
human rights; and the Church's twenty -
first - century mission in China.
@whippstippler7 You have to ask the
right question
first: can God order you kill another
human now?
So much, in fact, that
First Things editor R. R. Reno announced in the May 2016 issue that he has become increasingly opposed to
human rights and pledged that «
First Things will never call for dialogue.»
The throw - weight of the Holy See, the papacy, and the Catholic Church in twenty -
first - century world affairs reflects the perception that the Church has become the world's preeminent institutional defender of basic
human rights — and thus the greatest bulwark, among the great world religions, to the freedom project around the globe.
And in reducing freedom of religion to «freedom of worship» in its political and diplomatic pronouncements, the United States can no longer invoke the
First Amendment and the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, thus weakening its ability to combat the international movement to criminalize religious speech.
He pointed out that the
human rights ordinance «had brought the community's conservative churches face to face with the problem of homosexuality for the
first time.»
A
first element is the unconditionality with which
human rights and
human dignity should be presented as values that take precedence over any state jurisdiction.
I must stress, as I sum up, that your very appellation, Christian Conference of Asia, obligates you to battle for the values of
human rights, global and Asian, for which Jesus, the
first spiritually non-violent but irrepressibly militant campaigner and founder gave his life.
Human Dignity,
Human Rights Michael Novak Copyright (c) 1999
First Things 97 (November 1999): 39 - 42.
Christian education is in the world and for the world... man must work out his salvation in the concrete situation in which God has placed him; not by protection but by contributing to the whole
human community of which he is an integral and inseparable part... parents, who have the
first and the inalienable
right and duty to educate their children, should enjoy true freedom in the choice of their schools, etc..»
(R. M. MacIver: The Modern State, pp. 103 - 104) It was the glory of Roman jurists in the early centuries A.D. that they
first conceived the jus gentium, the natural law of all peoples, as incorporating the duties and
rights which belonged to
human beings everywhere.
John XXIII
first broke ground with the encyclical Pacem in Terris (1963), which put
human rights at the center of Catholic social teaching as the necessary condition for
human dignity.
The belief that every
human person possesses unalienable
rights to liberty derives from a vision
first introduced into history by Judaism and then taught to Christianity.
The critical turning point was the 18th century: the age of
human rights and the
first democratic revolutions.