Sentences with phrase «accountability on human rights»

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Effective Supply Chain Accountability: Investor Guidance on Implementation of The California Transparency in Supply Chains Act and Beyond identifies good corporate practices to ensure corporate compliance with the law, the business case for compliance, shareholder expectations, and the elements of a comprehensive human rights due diligence framework.

The report also included recommendations on the rights of migrants and refugees, accountability for Canadian corporations operating in other countries, and the infringement of human rights in the name of security and counter-terrorism.

Policy initiatives on transparency and government accountability, along with formal (albeit belated) responses to injustices in Wukan and other rural communities indicate a willingness to redress human rights issues involving abuses of political authority.

To that end, the most successful and durable governance models will be those that balance between the ever - present tensions between the three attributes of human nature (emotionality, amorality and egoism), on the one hand, and the nine human dignity needs (reason, security, human rights, accountability, transparency, justice, opportunity, innovation, inclusiveness), on the other.

A human rights advocacy group, Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project, on Sunday described as unjustified the threat of legal action against it by a former governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Frights advocacy group, Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project, on Sunday described as unjustified the threat of legal action against it by a former governor of Ekiti State, Kayode FRights and Accountability Project, on Sunday described as unjustified the threat of legal action against it by a former governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi.

Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned Professor Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights asking him to «use your good offices and position to urgently request the National Assembly of Nigeria, specifically the Senate, to withdraw amendments to the Code of Conduct Bureau and Code of Conduct Tribunal Act which if passed into law would seriously weaken the act, undermine the fight against corruption in the country, exacerbate extreme poverty and violations of internationally recognized human rights.&Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned Professor Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights asking him to «use your good offices and position to urgently request the National Assembly of Nigeria, specifically the Senate, to withdraw amendments to the Code of Conduct Bureau and Code of Conduct Tribunal Act which if passed into law would seriously weaken the act, undermine the fight against corruption in the country, exacerbate extreme poverty and violations of internationally recognized human rights.&rHuman Rights asking him to «use your good offices and position to urgently request the National Assembly of Nigeria, specifically the Senate, to withdraw amendments to the Code of Conduct Bureau and Code of Conduct Tribunal Act which if passed into law would seriously weaken the act, undermine the fight against corruption in the country, exacerbate extreme poverty and violations of internationally recognized human rights.&Rights asking him to «use your good offices and position to urgently request the National Assembly of Nigeria, specifically the Senate, to withdraw amendments to the Code of Conduct Bureau and Code of Conduct Tribunal Act which if passed into law would seriously weaken the act, undermine the fight against corruption in the country, exacerbate extreme poverty and violations of internationally recognized human rights.&rhuman rights.&rights.»

«SERAP fears that the overbearing bill would inhibit and obstruct the ability of Nigerians to work collectively through local and international organizations on any human rights, transparency and accountability research or advocacy that may be deemed contrary to «the national interest» of Nigeria, or not «consistent with the programmes of government.»

Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned the Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples» Rights requesting «the urgent intervention of...

The Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, Mr Michel Forst, over alleged intimidation, harassment and unfair treatment of the acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu by the Nigeria SRights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, Mr Michel Forst, over alleged intimidation, harassment and unfair treatment of the acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu by the Nigeria Srights defenders, Mr Michel Forst, over alleged intimidation, harassment and unfair treatment of the acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu by the Nigeria Senate.

A human rights group, Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has told President Muhammadu Buhari to speak to Nigerians on the recovered $ 43.4 m, N23m and # 27,000 (N13bn) in order to clear the controversy surrounding the ownership of the rights group, Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has told President Muhammadu Buhari to speak to Nigerians on the recovered $ 43.4 m, N23m and # 27,000 (N13bn) in order to clear the controversy surrounding the ownership of the Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has told President Muhammadu Buhari to speak to Nigerians on the recovered $ 43.4 m, N23m and # 27,000 (N13bn) in order to clear the controversy surrounding the ownership of the funds.

Senator Mark Kirk & Marco Rubio introduced Iran Human Rights Accountability Act of 2014, not only to crack down on Iranian human rights abusers, including Khamenei and President Rouhani, but also to support the Iranian people's hopes one day to have a democHuman Rights Accountability Act of 2014, not only to crack down on Iranian human rights abusers, including Khamenei and President Rouhani, but also to support the Iranian people's hopes one day to have a demoRights Accountability Act of 2014, not only to crack down on Iranian human rights abusers, including Khamenei and President Rouhani, but also to support the Iranian people's hopes one day to have a demochuman rights abusers, including Khamenei and President Rouhani, but also to support the Iranian people's hopes one day to have a demorights abusers, including Khamenei and President Rouhani, but also to support the Iranian people's hopes one day to have a democracy.

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 30 other organizations sent a letter to U.S. Senators opposing the possible rolling back of accountability regulations.

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WASHINGTON — Today, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and 30 organizations listed below released the following statement regarding draft accountability regulations for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) issued by the Department of Education in May: «The regulations the Department proposed in May are a good first step towards ensuring that all... Read More

«The more than one million organizations and the one hundred million individuals who actively work towards ecological sustainability, economic justice, human rights, and political accountability work on issues that are systemically interconnected and intertwined.

Nevertheless, there doesn't appear to be much hope with the current Conservative Government and, for a government which rode to power under the banner of accountability, their record on human rights and international justice issues is particularly disturbing.

The Clinic uses international human rights laws and norms, domestic law and policy, and multidimensional strategies, such as community organizing, political activism, and global networking, to draw attention to human rights violations, develop practical solutions to those problems, and promote accountability on the part of state and non-state actors.

More recently, a coalition of Canadian human rights, development, labour and faith groups, the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability, has launched a campaign for strengthened corporate accountability, OpeAccountability, has launched a campaign for strengthened corporate accountability, Opeaccountability, Open for Justice.

On August 4, 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) entered into a settlement agreement with Advocate Health Care Center (Advocate) in which Advocate agreed to pay $ 5.5 million to settle multiple violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

He has also spoken on human rights and military accountability at a conference organised by the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers in the Churchill War Rooms in London.

The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights («UNGPs») is a global standard for action and accountability against which the conduct of both states and business entities should be assessed.

This view is shared by the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples who has recommended that the reports of the Social Justice Commissioner «should be given greater attention in government administration to promote a higher level of accountability and sensitivity to human rights commitments».

My recommendations, reproduced in full on page 9, encapsulated a human rights based approach to ending the Indigenous health crisis — one that utilises targets and benchmarks to not only provide an end in sight, but also to ensure accountability for achieving the goal of health equality.

Further, the Campaign was the subject of a case study in Dr Helen Potts» (Human Rights Centre, University of Essex) landmark publication, Accountability and the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health; [8] and also referred to in the World Health Organisation's Commission on the Social Determinants of Health's final report, Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health, a title that echoed the name of the Campaign.