Sentences with phrase «human rights benefit»

Speaking of Pussy Riot, Madonna's all up in Pussy Riot and here are some shots of her with her grill in a toque speaking at the Human Rights benefit the other night... as I type this I'm watching the Sochi Opening Ceremony right now where athletes are not supposed to be gay.

Not exact matches

Benefiting from Beijing's large direct investments, Greece blocked last June an EU statement at the United Nations about China's repressive human rights policies.

«The «feel good» language about mutually beneficial cooperation is intended to benefit autocratic states at the expense of people whose human rights and fundamental freedoms we are all obligated as states to respect,» Mack said.

He points out that New Zealand — a country that places a high value on human rights, rule of law and democracy, as Canada does — has benefited enormously under a free - trade agreement with China.

He said he would accept the inclusion of «sexual orientation» in the Canadian Human Rights Act if it were «clearly defined, but not if it were used as a precedent for further benefits like marital status,» the magazine stated.

Let me briefly mention a few steps that could be taken to increase the economy's potential over time — immigration policies that attract workers with scarce skills to the United States; education policies and job retraining programs that build and replenish human capital; spending on infrastructure to remove bottlenecks; tax simplification and the elimination of tax policies that distort investment and saving decisions; regulatory policies that are attentive to costs and benefits and that emphasize getting the incentives right.

On April 12, 2018, the Appeal Court disagreed with the Human Rights Board of Inquiry's decision that denial of coverage for the medical marijuana under his health benefits plan was discriminatory in Canadian Elevator Industry Welfare Trust Fund v. Skinner.

How can Canada successfully engage China and other Asian powers in a human rights dialogue that benefits their citizens?

A Canada - China FTA with clear and enforceable rules on these and other issues can help ensure that trade with China benefits Canadians and honours Canada's commitments to human rights.

For years, trade and justice activists have proposed renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement to address some of the deal's most damaging features: for example, by removing the anti-democratic investor - state dispute settlement provisions of Chapter 11, linking trade benefits to genuine protections for human and labour rights (all the more important given the deteriorating democratic situation in Mexico), and establishing a continent - wide strategy for auto investment and production. We were always told that renegotiating NAFTA was a pipe dream: it would not be possible to open the text and get all three countries on board with reforms, no matter how legitimate the concerns.

Once we leave human values for the benefits of artificial intelligence, we've already lost the human standard by which we might set it right.

What I've written is for the benefit of others who actually give a damn about personal freedoms and human rights.

If you need a government contract, sanctioned by the government and granted by the government to make sure you are not discriminated against — for rights to make decisions in a hospital or to pass on your SS benefits or for other human rights — work towards that kind of thing.

Human beings should lead moral lives not to please some invisible being in the sky, but because it is the right thing to do and our society will benefit from it.

The Founding Fathers were leery of any notion of «rights» that were derived solely from «human» invention, because they saw the shortcomings AS WELL as the benefits of Enlightenment thought in Europe.

Hungary and Greece have benefited from Chinese funding; both have gone out of their way to block EU statements on China's human rights record.

Under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) which provides for trade benefits for developing countries, the USA has withdrawn or threatened to withdraw preferences from some countries that violate human rights.

There is no conclusive evidence that GMOs benefit or hinder human health or the environment, but we feel that consumers have the right - to - know about the use of GMOs in the foods that they select for their families.

The credit goes partly to the researchers whose studies have shown a myriad of benefits to human milk, and partly to activists who have fought admirably for better pumping rights and hospital policies, doggedly working to make breastfeeding the norm.

As a human rights instrument, the International Code provides governments with a very specific set of policies to benefit a particular target population; in this case pregnant women and new mothers.

Breastfeeding a matter of human rights, say UN experts, urging action on formula milk GENEVA (22 November 2016)-- Breastfeeding is a human rights issue for babies and mothers and should be protected and promoted for the benefit of both,...

He was reporting to the parliamentary committee on human rights a week after it emerged HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has lost two computer discs containing personal information of child benefit claimants.

«If the government had been clear from the beginning and sold the benefit of human rights consistently for the last ten years we wouldn't have had to listen to some of the nonsense of the last few months.»

Because taking them in may involve more costs than benefits, states are permitted to reallocate refugees to safe third countries — countries where their human rights will be securely protected.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) used the case of Jayson and Charlotte Carmichael, who successfully challenged the bedroom tax at the Supreme Court, to prevent other people from relying on the Human Rights Act when appealing against benefits decisions at the first tier tribunal.

From the Commission on Human Rights, documents and records being sought included records of any complaints filed against ten (10) developers or landlords, who stand to benefit from the proposed BQX project.

While the US routinely funds human rights abusers, although the law allows it if there are greater benefits than risks, which is sometimes interpreted as an open license, I can find only one example of the US ever breaking this part of the law, and it is currently under consideration of cutting off aid to them (Porfirio Lobo in Honduras).

According to the legal practitioner and human rights activist, what matters is the intention to serve and not the financial benefits.

We aim to bring long - lasting positive change to the communities where we work, respecting human rights, bringing economic benefits and looking after the environment.

:: Urgently pay Edo State pensioners over 42 months outstanding pension benefits and entitlements from the over N29bn Paris Club refunds received by your government and meant for the payment of pension arrears and gratuities;:: Adopt a human rights policy of guaranteeing regular payment of pension benefits and entitlements so that pensioners and their families can live decently;:: Recognize the human rights of Edo State pensioners and ensure their full and effective enjoyment of those rights, as well as provide them with information to enable them to claim their rights;:: Treat all pensioners in Edo State as individuals with humanity and dignity and respect and promote their higher standard of living and improve economic and social conditions for all pensioners;:: Provide Edo State pensioners with proper support and assistance to alleviate their plight, including by ensuring informal, community - based and recreation - oriented programs for pensioners to help develop their sense of self - reliance and independence;:: Reduce opportunities for corruption in the spending of the Paris Club refunds

The organization asked Obaseki to «spend the Paris Club refunds to pay all outstanding pension benefits within 14 days of the receipt and / or publication of this letter, failing which SERAP will institute appropriate international and regional legal proceedings to compel your state to discharge its constitutional and international human rights obligations to Edo pensioners.

No matter how you look at it — whether it's the economic benefits, the security benefits, or the human benefits — this action is the right thing to do, and I am proud to continue bringing much - needed reform to the justice system.»

Questions - Heathrow peak times, Gangmasters Licensing Authority, disability benefits, household food waste Legislation - welfare reform bill Short debate - human rights and political situation in Saudi Arabia

«David Cameron and George Osborne, meanwhile, say don't worry: immigration can be slashed, human rights redrawn, taxes lowered, the NHS protected, and we can have all the benefits of being in Europe while opting out of the bits we don't like.

STRANEK finds worrying possibilities of «conflict of interest» in the deal, consequent to which a petition has been presented to Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) stating that the Minister for Finance, Mr. Ofori - Attah, «has attempted to promote a private, personal interest for himself or for some family members and business associates and the promotion of the private interest has resulted in, or was intended to result in, or appears to have resulted in, or has the potential to result in an interference with the objective exercise of his duties and an improper benefit or an advantage by virtue of his position», necessitating a call for an investigation into the bond deal.

If the government is successful, it could prevent people from relying on the Human Rights Act to appeal against benefits decisions at the first tier tribunal, a route commonly used by many families to change decisions.

Thrashing around in a ferment, pincered by both Lib Dems and Ukip, Cameron proclaims he will not lurch rightwards, as he sends out his ministers to do just that — on immigration, benefits, tax cuts and human rights.

Ben Bradshaw has said the new Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill - which the leader of the Catholic church in Scotland has called «a monstrous attack on human rights» - would be «to the potential benefit of many people in this country&raHuman Fertilisation and Embryology Bill - which the leader of the Catholic church in Scotland has called «a monstrous attack on human rights» - would be «to the potential benefit of many people in this country&rahuman rights» - would be «to the potential benefit of many people in this country».

They are vehemently Eurosceptic, calling for withdrawal from both the EU and the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR), oppose foreign aid, want to limit the number of EU immigrants coming to the UK and agree that immigrants should have to wait at least five years before receiving state benefits.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats are launching their campaign promoting the benefits of the Human Rights Act in advancing LGBT + rRights Act in advancing LGBT + rightsrights.

According to the Human Rights Campaign, she voted against the repealing of «Don't Ask, Don't Tell» legislation, opposed legislation that would grant equal tax treatment for employer - provided health coverage for domestic partners, opposed legislation to grant same - sex partners of U.S. citizens and permanent residents the same immigration benefits of married couples and opposed legislation to permit state Medicaid programs to cover low - income, HIV - positive Americans before they develop AIDS.

The government has demanded an apology from a UN official who described a change to housing benefit as an abuse of people's human rights.

The government has demanded an apology from a UN official who described a change to housing benefit as an abuse of people's human rights and recommended that the policy be suspended.

The Coalition is also pursuing a joint initiative to help realize the human right to «the benefits of scientific progress.»

The right of all people to benefit from scientific progress is spurring new research by science and human rights practitioners and informing organizations how to secure those benefits, according to presenters at a AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition Meeting, held July 27 - 28 in Washinhuman rights practitioners and informing organizations how to secure those benefits, according to presenters at a AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition Meeting, held July 27 - 28 in Washirights practitioners and informing organizations how to secure those benefits, according to presenters at a AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition Meeting, held July 27 - 28 in WashinHuman Rights Coalition Meeting, held July 27 - 28 in WashiRights Coalition Meeting, held July 27 - 28 in Washington.

The Program is committed to advancing the human right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications, engaging scientists, engineers and their professional associations in human rights efforts, monitoring and enhancing assessment of emerging human rights issues related to science and technology, and furthering the use of science and technology in support of human rights through a variety of projects, activities and publications.

The Program carries out its mission by engaging individual scientists and scientific associations in human rights efforts; applying scientific tools and technologies to enhance human rights work; bringing human rights standards to the conduct of science; and promoting the human right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress.»

The scientific role in this area grew out of the 1948 adoption by the United Nations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, particularly its Article 27 which stated that «everyone has the right freely to participate... and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.»

The Program is committed to promoting high standards for the practice of science and engineering; advancing the human right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications; engaging scientists, engineers and their professional associations in human rights efforts; monitoring and enhancing assessment of emerging ethical, legal, and human rights issues related to science and technology; furthering the use of science and technology in support of human rights; and initiating activities to address the impact of developments at the intersection of science, technology, and law.

On April 16, the AAAS Board of Directors adopted a statement on the Human Right to the Benefits of Scientific Progress