Sentences with phrase «rights council voted»

Baby Milk Action welcomes the fact the UN Human Rights Council voted to set up a working group to draft a Treaty to hold corporations accountable for human rights abuses as it states its experience has shown the Global Compact to be «worse than useless».

Our campaign action this week was successful as the UN Human Rights Council voted on 26 June to start drafting a treaty on stopping human rights abuses by transnational corporations.

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Assange and his attorney said Britain's vote to leave the European Union could complicate his situation by limiting his ability to appeal to the European Court of Justice or the Council of Europe, a European human rights body.

We believe in one share one vote as a fundamental right of shareholders,» says Ann Yerger, the council's executive director.

This would importantly include stripping Poland of its voting rights at the European Council, and thus disable Warsaw to decide on EU legislation until the new rules are abandoned.

Even the UN Security Council, which offers to its members the «best way to protect their own sovereign rights and national interests» by exercising the veto power, counts the votes of an absent member as an abstention.

The same is true in Sweden, where the Swedish parliament voted 271 to 20 to condemn a resolution passed by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe that supported the right of conscientious objection for physicians.

Right to vote * for ALCI Council and on items relevant to the Association's purpose, goals and functioning

Residents of LeFrak City in Queens are suing the NYC Board of Elections, saying their right to vote is being denied by the board moving a polling site away from the hotbed of support for convicted felon and NYC Council candidate Hiram Monserrate.

Asked if Romania risks the same sanctions as Poland, which could eventually lead to Warsaw losing its voting rights in the EU Council, President Klaus Iohannis said: «That risk exists».

Club members voted to endorse McDuffie, another longtime LGBT rights supporter, for re-election to the Ward 5 Council seat by unanimous voice vote.

Kavanagh joined City Councilmember Rory Lancman, Congressmember Hakeem Jeffries, Jarret Berg of the New York Democratic Lawyers Council, and other public officials and organizations concerned about voting rights, to call upon New Yorkers, especially attorneys, to help ensure that all eligible voters can cast their ballots without the kind of intimidation and voter suppression activities that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been inciting in recent days.

Only yesterday, the Christian Council of Ghana capped months of protestations against the practice of homosexuality with a strongly worded message against the practice and courting Ghanaians not to vote for any politician who believes in the rights of homosexuals.

Gay rights activists slammed Michael Blake, a Bronx assemblyman who is a vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee, for making a $ 1,000 donation to state Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr.'s NYC Council run because Diaz Sr. voted «no» on same - sex marriage.

the Council, acting by a qualified majority, may decide to suspend certain of the rights deriving from the application of the Treaties to the Member State in question, including the voting rights of the representative of the government of that Member State in the Council.

Today the council will cast a vote indicating whether they think she's on the right track.

Surely one day the real story of the term limits debacle will be written, and it will be full of luscious details: the assurance to Christine Quinn that she will be crowned the first female mayor in 2013; the Committee Chairs that were passed around like so many lollipops at a birthday party (Mr. Bloomberg of course in the role of scary clown); the allocation of special funds to right - voting Council members.Basically, a register of threats and bribes and blame - passing that rivals anything else in the history of shady municipal dealmaking.

The two chief sponsors of the Right to Know Act are renewing a call to hold a vote on the set of bills tabled by City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito last month after she reached an agreement with outgoing police commissioner Bill Bratton to adopt the rules administratively at the department.

China and Russia were joined by Cuba in voting against a strong resolution criticising Syria at the UN's human rights council in Geneva - but as their votes did not have a veto power the resolution was passed.

Council Speaker Christine Quinn said «every voter must be given equal opportunity to exercise their right to vote.»

Implying that support for a bill to ban horse - carriages is waning, Mayor Bill de Blasio told animal rights activists today to «go get the votes in the City Council.»

Labour, with councils and organisations such as Bite the Ballot, must ensure that people keep their right to vote.

The D.C. Council overwhelmingly approved a bill yesterday to recognize same - sex marriages performed elsewhere, in a vote that followed a sharp exchange between an openly gay member and a civil rights champion and set off shouts of reproach from local ministers.

NYC Council President Melissa Mark - Viverito wants to grant voting rights to non-citizens — including, perhaps, illegal immigrants — in all municipal elections.

Also at 11 a.m., public defender organizations urge NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito to call for vote on Right to Know Act, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

by Adeline Sire A New York City Council hearing reviewed a proposal that would give legal immigrants the right to vote.

As for the Right to Know Act, which the Council has been heavily criticized for not bringing for a vote, Mark - Viverito suggested that it could still be resolved in within the current legislative session, which has two stated meetings remaining.

Jarret Berg, Executive Director of the New York Democratic Lawyers Council (NYDLC) said: «The premise of our democracy is that Americans have the fundamental right to participate in the election of its leaders, but today, millions of busy New Yorkers lack real opportunities to vote because they are restricted to voting on one workday from one assigned location.

Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms

Two sponsors are renewing a call for a vote on the Right to Know Act, which was tabled by NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito after she agreed to let outgoing NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton adopt the rules administratively.

He blamed the SDP all the time, basically h reckoned if the SDP didn't exist, those who voted for a centre party that wanted democratization of unions, the right to buy council homes, Multilateralismand staying in the EU, would have not voted SDP, but voted for a party with completely different views

Last week, the Common Council's Finance Committee voted 3 - 2 against the sales tax agreement their mayor had negotiated, with some members reserving the right to vote the other way when it comes to the floor at regular session on June 7.

I am hopeful that the developer will sit down with my office to negotiate this issue and others prior to the City Council's upcoming vote on the project, and I will continue to stand up and do what is right for the people of The Bronx,» said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr..

After serving on the City Council, Diaz was elected to the State Senate in 2002, voting against every major LGBTQ rights initiative right up to opposing GENDA, the transgender rights bill, this year in a key committee vote.

But even then, it would take weeks for the Right to Know Act to get a vote, and Mark - Viverito would have ample opportunity to try to dissuade and coerce Council members from supporting it.

After the grand council upheld that ruling Dominic Grieve, who was then shadow attorney general, said it would be «ludicrous» to give prisoners the right to vote.

The Oswego Common Council is expected to vote tonight on a resolution taking away Brookfield Renewable Power's right to regulate an area of the Oswego River near a hydropower dam it operates.

NY1 VIDEO: Lawmakers, including City Council Member Daniel Dromm, and immigration rights groups are rallying to extend voting rights to non-citizens in Jackson Heights.

Civil Rights Lawyer Norman Siegel would come in a distant second with 15 % of the vote, and City Council Members Bill de Blasio and Eric Gioia would take home 9 % and 4 %, respectively.

She raised the ire last month of anti-police brutality activists by nixing a council vote on legislation requiring police to identify themselves via business cards in stops and notify those they search on their right to refuse.

Inez Barron is known for her advocacy on police brutality issues, and was among the Council members who voted against the Right to Know Act, a package of police reform bills that were revised as part of a compromise with de Blasio, Mark - Viverito and the NYPD.

«The right to vote is a bedrock of our democracy, unfortunately our own New York City Board of Elections too often makes it harder for us to exercise those fundamental rights,» said City Council Member Dan Garodnick at Friday's news conference.

Mark - Viverito came into office vowing a more democratic approach to Council proceedings, but has come under fire for blocking a vote on a pair of controversial police reform bills called the Right to Know Act.

Members of the Citizens Council on Women's Education (ccwe), a project of the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education, also endorsed the civil - rights act of 1984 — the measure tabled by the Senate last week — and urged participants to vote against legislators who failed to back that and other legislation affecting equity in education.

Today, the Boston City Council voted unanimously in favor of Docket 0592 — a resolution supporting the effort of charter school educators and staff to exercise their right to collective bargaining and the formation of unions.

Regular member is entitled to a vote on all action items presented before the Hispanic Council at any Hispanic Council General Membership, in person, and the right to hold any office or committee position.

The nationwide battle over so - called «puppy mills» made its way to Carlsbad Tuesday night, where the City Council voted 3 - 1 to ban pet stores from selling dogs or cats after intense lobbying by a variety of animal rights groups.

GROVE CITY, Ohio (WCMH)-- Animal rights supporters packed the Grove City council chambers Monday, hoping city leaders would vote to ban pet stores from selling dogs and cats from «high volume breeders.»

In 1985, for example, expelled right - wing members of the PUP founded the Belizean Popular Party, which received less than 1 percent of the vote in the 1986 Belize City Council elections.

Participate in PEFC's annual General Assembly as a member of PEFC Council with full voting rights