Sentences with phrase «human rights judgments»

14:20 - justice secretary Ken Clarke, before joint committee on human rights, on: government's human rights policy and human rights judgments
Tuesday 2.30 pm - Sir Nicolas Bratza, President of the European Court of Human Rights and Erik Fribergh, Registrar of the Court, speak in front of the Joint Committee on Human Rights on the subject «Human Rights Judgments.
In an interview with the Church of Ireland Gazette, he also blamed negative attitudes towards the EU on recent European human rights judgments which he supported, saying: «The fact is, of course, we have absorbed the European Convention on Human Rights into British law anyway, so it is not as if there is some sinister global tyranny forcing us, he said.
The document from the Equality and Human Rights Commission follows the European Court of Human Rights judgment in four cases about religious rights in the workplace, one of which found that an employee suffered a breach of her right to religious freedom for being told not to wear a cross at work.
The recent European Court of Human Rights judgment in Barbulescu confirms what many UK employers already practise, but with a twist.

Not exact matches

If God is as the Calvinist insists, then they are right: we mere humans can not question God's judgment or challenge His choices from eternity past to choose some for redemption and others for reprobation.
In my judgment, the «Social Principles» of the United Methodists, the «Statement on Economic Justice» of the Lutheran Church in America, the «Statement on Human Rights» of the United Church of Christ, and the World Council of Churches» themes of «Justice, Sustainability and Participation» are models of such efforts.
Exalting human rights as the epitome of social responsibility short - circuits collective judgment and stymies action for the sake of the common good.
The more prophetic forms of Christianity that press toward human rights and social justice are precisely those most under attack by non-Christian militants at local levels, and many activists want to bring judgment against these religions.
In political and social thought, no Christian has ever written a more profound defense of the democratic idea and its component parts, such as the dignity of the person, the sharp distinction between society and the state, the role of practical wisdom, the common good, the transcendent anchoring of human rights, transcendent judgment upon societies, and the interplay of goodness and evil in human individuals and institutions.
European nations routinely comply with judgments of the European Court of Human Rights.
So in case what has been expounded here is correct, in case there is no incommensurability in a human life, and what there is of the incommensurable is only such by an accident from which no consequences can be drawn, in so far as existence is regarded in terms of the idea, Hegel is right; but he is not right in talking about faith or in allowing Abraham to be regarded as the father of it; for by the latter he has pronounced judgment both upon Abraham and upon faith.
Humans participate in this, but due to our rebellion against God, came under His judgment, and unable to make right judgments on our own, and so our role in God's justice is limited.
Means the Irish courts should use the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights when making decisions about cases in Ireland
There should be no violation of human rights against our Students while we expect an immediate implementation of the judgment in all schools across the state.»
'' «This judgment is a victory for all those who believe that homeless people are human beings with rights rather than simply an eyesore to be eliminated,» a spokesperson for NELMA said.
Delivering judgment on Tuesday, Justice John Tsoho, in giving the EFCC a go - ahead to continue and conclude its ongoing investigations, struck out the fundamental human rights enforcement suit filed by the former First Lady against the anti-graft agency.
The judgment of the ECHR in the Hirst case flies in the face of the original wording and purpose of the European convention on human rights, in which it was clearly intended that each signatory should have latitude in making decisions on the electoral franchise in that country.
HOR / FHC / 97 / 2014, a Fundamental Human Right case, after hearing it to conclusion and adjourned same for judgment to the 8th June, 2015.
Businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome has filed a fresh case at the African Court on Human and People's Rights after expressing dissatisfaction about the ruling of the International Chamber of Commerce on the GHc 51 million judgment debt paid wrongfully to him by the government of Ghana.
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), on Tuesday asked the Federal Government to emulate the culture of obedience to court's order exhibited by the Senate's compliance with the court judgment on Senator Omo Agege.
Fourthly, it is also germane that the Security Services had made it clear in March 2005, through a report from the Intelligence and Security Committee, that «they operated a culture that respected human rights and that coercive interrogation techniques were alien to the Services» general ethics, methodology and training» (paragraph 9 of the first judgment), indeed they «denied that [they] knew of any ill - treatment of detainees interviewed by them whilst detained by or on behalf of the [US] Government» (paragraph 44 (ii) of the fourth judgment).
«The Hirst judgment says that article 3 of protocol 1 of the European convention on human rights obliges this House to give some prisoners the vote; as we have heard, it also gives rise to financial compensation to some prisoners who have been denied that right.
There will never be unanimity on all these judgments, precisely because it is so difficult to balance the competing parts of the convention on human rights and the competing interests involved.
During Justice Questions yesterday, the issue of votes for prisoners was raised on the back of the recent judgment from the European Court of Human Rights.
Human right lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has urged the Senate to withdraw the appeal it filed against the judgment of a Federal High Court, which declared the suspension of Senator Ovie Omo - Agege as illegal.
Human right lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has urged the Senate to withdraw the appeal it filed against the judgment of a Federal High Court, which declared...
The High Court in Accra, Human Rights Division, presided over by His Lordship Justice Anthony K. Yeboah, will today [Monday] deliver judgment on the case filed by five citizens over the delayed implementation of the Representation of the People Amendment Act also known as the ROPAA law, 2006 [Act 699].
Woyome proceeded to the African Court on Human and Peoples» Rights in November 2017 when government began a valuation of his properties in an attempt to retrieve GHC51 million wrongfully paid to him in a judgment debt.
Ghana's Supreme Court has rejected the order by the African Court of Human and People's Rights in Tanzania, asking it to halt proceedings leading to the retrieval of the Ghc51 million judgment debt wrongfully paid to businessman Alfred Woyome.
The material in these two lessons reminds students of the importance of living in a democracy whose institutions safeguard civil and human rights and whose citizens are capable of making informed judgments, not only on behalf of themselves but on behalf of a larger community.
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Of the judgment summons procedure of Brooke LJ (at [44]-RRB- summarised the Court's view thus: «The Human Rights Act 1998 has now been in force for just over 2 months, and it is already clear that the introduction of a code setting out modern international standards of fairness is doing work of considerable value in shining light into some of the dustier corners of our law.
In her recent entry on this blog, Prof. Capaldo criticised the judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU in Taricco II by arguing that there exists, in international law (or what the author calls «global law»), a fundamental human right to policies that criminalise tax fraud.
58 It is apparent, furthermore, from the case - law of the European Court of Human Rights that the right to a fair trial, guaranteed by Article 6 (1) of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, signed at Rome on 4 November 1950, which corresponds to the second paragraph of Article 47 of the Charter, does not preclude «summons by public notice», provided that the rights of those concerned are properly protected (see Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Nunes Dias v Portugal [2003], Reports of Judgments and Decisions 2003 Rights that the right to a fair trial, guaranteed by Article 6 (1) of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, signed at Rome on 4 November 1950, which corresponds to the second paragraph of Article 47 of the Charter, does not preclude «summons by public notice», provided that the rights of those concerned are properly protected (see Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Nunes Dias v Portugal [2003], Reports of Judgments and Decisions 2003 Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, signed at Rome on 4 November 1950, which corresponds to the second paragraph of Article 47 of the Charter, does not preclude «summons by public notice», provided that the rights of those concerned are properly protected (see Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Nunes Dias v Portugal [2003], Reports of Judgments and Decisions 2003 rights of those concerned are properly protected (see Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Nunes Dias v Portugal [2003], Reports of Judgments and Decisions 2003 Rights in Nunes Dias v Portugal [2003], Reports of Judgments and Decisions 2003 - VI).
The Ontario Human Rights Commission wouldn't proceed with a similar complaints against the magazine (neither would the Canadian Human Rights Commission), but in an odd twist, while the Ontario commission's press release said it wasn't within its jurisdiction to deal with the contents of magazine articles, it cast judgment anyway, saying it «strongly condemns the Islamophobic portrayal of Muslims, Arabs, South Asians and indeed any racialized community in the media, such as the Maclean's article and others like them, as being inconsistent
This is the main reason why this is a huge judgment in the field of asylum law: it goes into the concept of persecution, and the role that human rights play in defining the refugee.
Pannone LLP partner, Richard Scorer, says: «The Supreme Court's decision to overturn the Court of Appeal judgment and to artificially restrict the human rights of British soldiers in this way, implying that the moment they step out of their base their human rights «end», seems partly at least to be due to a misconception that human rights would get in the way in the heat of battle and affect «life and death» decision making.
The judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal to the effect that the Canadian Human Rights Act «is not sufficiently comprehensive to include the effect of indirect discrimination» i.e. «discrimination in which there is neither discriminatory intention or motivation or differential treatment», is a matter of grave concern to COPOH.
The judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal to the effect that the Canadian Human Rights Act «is not sufficiently comprehensive to include the effect of indirect discrimination» i.e. «discrimination in which there is neither discriminatory intention or motivation or differential treatment», is a matter of grave concern to the Association.
Parrillo v Italy (application no. 46470 / 11) Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights, [2015] ECHR 755 (27 August 2015)-- read judgment
This judgment has also come along at a time when the European Court of Human Rights» decision is awaited in the four conjoined cases of Ladele, Eweida, Macfarlane and Chaplin, all of which involve issues of religious freedom and two of which involve the same potential conflict between the right not to be discriminated against on grounds of sexual orientation and the right to religious freedom (see our posts here, here and here).
«The blog's goal is to provide legal news about incoming and pending applications, decisions, judgments and resolutions regarding the French Republic at the European Court of Human Rights
The judgment, in Mosley v. the United Kingdom, stated that there had been no violation of Article 8 (right to protection of private and family life) of the European Convention on Human Rights in a story about his participation in a sordid, but not illegal, sado - masochistic party.
This was suggested, for instance, by Judge Malinverni of the European Court of Human Rights in the Nada judgment of September 2012, in which he proposed «a distinction between the Charter itself, as the primary legislation of the United Nations, and the Security Council resolutions, which, although binding (Article 25), may be regarded more as secondary or subordinate UN legislation».
The majority judgment accorded no deference to the College of Teachers by constructing the College decision as one concerning human rights, an area firmly within the judiciary's traditional territory.
On July 1, 2014, in a final judgment that can not be appealed, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the case of S.A.S v. France (application no. 43835 / 11), validated French Law no. 2010 - 1192, which prohibits concealment of one's face in all places open to the public in France and found that the law does not violate the applicant's rights under the European Convention on Human RRights (ECHR) in the case of S.A.S v. France (application no. 43835 / 11), validated French Law no. 2010 - 1192, which prohibits concealment of one's face in all places open to the public in France and found that the law does not violate the applicant's rights under the European Convention on Human Rrights under the European Convention on Human RightsRights.
Several landmark judgments of the European Court of Human Rights have helped to significantly strengthen the rule of law and democracy across the European continent.
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Under Art 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, an «independent and impartial tribunal established by law» is one which hears the evidence itself, makes decisions itself and writes its own judgments.
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