Sentences with phrase «standards principles of equality»

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I believe, on the contrary, that it is a matter of the greatest importance to make clear the true implications of the negation of sexual difference and to debate publicly what is at stake rather than falling back on principles, such as equality, that flatter those who set themselves up as their standard bearers, even though the way these principles are invoked to justify the homosexual - marriage agenda does not stand up to critical scrutiny.

In those countries where it remains, international safeguards aim to ensure legality and fair trial, principles of equality and consistency, and minimum standards of protection for vulnerable groups, as well as entailing imposition only for the most serious crimes.

I am hoping that the court «s role in this case will strike at the very existence of an absolute immunity under two guiding principles: equality under the law (especially when the alleged wrong has been committed by a person who should be held to the highest standards of conduct in exercising a public trust; and any infringement of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms constitutes «improper purpose» aimed at gaining a private collateral advantage.

The Law Society has attempted to characterize equality, diversity, and inclusion in its Statement of Principles as simply a set of behavioural «standards or criteria.»

The principle of substantive equality and its corresponding protection of difference, is a requirement of the basic equality standard, not just an additional «special measure» tacked onto formal equality - as Dr Sarah Pritchard has stated:

In this chapter the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commissioner, Dr Bill Jonas expresses concern that the minimum standards which the Commonwealth presently applies to state - based native title regimes do not incorporate the human rights of Indigenous people as expressed through the principles of equality and effective participation (p49).

[16] This is the principle of «relative» or «substantive» equality, [17] which is acknowledged by the Australian government as the international standard required under ICERD.