Sentences with phrase «as a human right in»

After she graduates, Brooks will spend the summer working at the Strategic Data Project at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard, and she hopes to continue to explore the freedom of movement as a human right in the context of expanding globalization.

Ellen provides advice to employers and employees in plain English on all aspects of employment law including: drafting and reviewing employment contracts, workplace policies, termination provisions, non-competition clauses and restrictive covenants, wrongful and constructive dismissal litigation, employment standards, workplace investigations, occupational health and safety issues as well as human rights in the workplace.

In addition to crime - fighting keyboards and cats, recent developments include Ohio's proposed DNA testing and retention law (The StandDown Texas Project has a nice roundup of media coverage) and an update on the status of the Crime and Security Act 2010, which, as Human Rights in Ireland describes, tightens DNA retention requirements in the UK, but only up to a point.

Thus development is cast not only as a human right in itself, it is also defined by reference to its capacity as a process to realise all other human rights.

Not exact matches

«Another factor is companies [that punish protesting employees] could be viewed as retaliating against political statements, which in some jurisdictions are protected under the human rights legislation, and that can get really hairy.

These findings — though not unique among the countries surveyed by Pew — could raise potential human rights alarm bells as both countries begin the long process of rebuilding their systems of jurisprudence in the wake of the U.S. exit.

Anna Borshchevskaya, an Ira Weiner fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, writes in The Hill that the coup attempt will force Erdogan and Putin toward a closer relationship as Turkey moves further away from the West and its demands for human rights and open democracy.

Yet Saudi Arabia is not without its critics, who lament its poor record on human rights, draconian executions of political prisoners and military intervention in the civil war in Yemen, a conflict that has caused a humanitarian disaster in the country and one which is seen as a proxy war between the kingdom and its regional rival, Iran.

Or leave it in the ground and get it from some other place that doesn't have as good environmental, labour, and human rights standards.

Or, as Christine Bader describes in her book The Evolution of a Corporate Idealist: When Girl Meets Oil, corporations including her former employers at BP may well be «advancing human rights in some ways while compromising them in others.»

As I argue in a forthcoming paper in the Georgetown Law Journal, there are cases in which we should think not in terms of the rights the corporation should enjoy, but in terms of the appropriate limits to be placed on the corporation, understood as a tool for achieving human objectiveAs I argue in a forthcoming paper in the Georgetown Law Journal, there are cases in which we should think not in terms of the rights the corporation should enjoy, but in terms of the appropriate limits to be placed on the corporation, understood as a tool for achieving human objectiveas a tool for achieving human objectives.

But sometimes — as when important human rights are on the line — helping in this way is going to have to stay out of reach.

Doing business in a country that faces allegations of human rights abuses such as Eritrea carries with it a certain amount of reputational risk.

«How do you feel about your involvement in a country that has been described as the North Korea of Africa with respect to human rights violations?»

In a non-union environment, employers can dump employees any time, for virtually any reason as long as it doesn't violate human rights laws.

Had the founding fathers been joined by the founding mothers, perhaps they might have enshrined this human right in the charter — as lots of other nations have done — but it's important to acknowledge that, in the U.S. Constitution, no such explicit right is specified.

That might seem like a huge stroke of luck for any company, but Johansson signed on after controversially severing her ties as an ambassador with human rights and aid organization Oxfam, which has long opposed Israeli settlement in the West Bank.

Yet, just months ago, a Jokowi victory appeared almost a sure thing — holding an almost 40 % lead over Prabowo, a candidate not allowed in the U.S. for past human rights violations and who, as the former son - in - law of Suharto, the Indonesian dictator overthrown 16 years ago, is certainly among the nation's entrenched powers.

At least 12 air strikes hit Latakia's northern countryside as pro-government forces clashed with fighters from al Qaeda's Nusra Front and Turkmen insurgents in the Jabal Akrad and Jabal Turkman areas, the British - based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

The West has long ostracized Lukashenko, who has described himself as the «last dictator in Europe», over his human rights record and his clampdown on political dissent, and has imposed economic sanctions on some Belarussian officials and companies.

As a long - serving UN high commissioner for human rights, she framed crimes against humanity in strikingly personal terms.

«If the president wants to make an immediate impact on Venezuela to stop these human rights abuses and restore the situation, he's got the ability to,» Hamm told Bloomberg in an interview in his capacity as head of the Domestic Energy Producers Alliance.

«Nearly one in five job ads for China's 2018 national civil service called for «men only» or «men preferred,» while major companies like Alibaba have published recruitment ads promising applicants «beautiful girls» as co-workers,» Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch, said.

As Lookout and Citizen Lab, an academic team in Toronto, reported in blog posts, the Pegasus discovery came after a human rights activist forwarded a screenshot of a suspicious link he had received via text message.

In fact, as the boot camp was wrapping up, China was throwing more than 100 human rights lawyers and activists into prison on allegations of organizing illegal paid protests.

Jolie's film is based on the memoirs of human rights activist Loung Ung, who fled her childhood home in Cambodia during a deadly four - year Communist regime, known as the Khmer Rouge years.

Section 3 reasserts that human beings do have rights, and that nothing in Section 2 can be construed as limiting those rights.

Abzug's push for Women's Equality Day was, in fact, far more symbolic than many of the more concrete policies she made a reality in her six years in Congress, not to mention in the two decades prior to her election, which she spent as a lawyer fighting for human rights and civil rights.

Organizations such as the Human Rights Campaign are now hoping for a repeat of what happened in Georgia.

(If you expand your definition of «dirty» to include resources from countries that abuse human rights, disregard labour standards or fund terrorist organizations, as conservative commentator Ezra Levant does in his new tome, Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada's Oil Sands, the range of options shrinks even more.)

As the US was rising to its power and glory during the 19 th Century, we had a horrible civil war, 15 depressions [Yes, with a D.], few human rights, little rule of law, periodic massacres in the streets, etc., etc. yet we still became the most successful country in the 20 th Century.

One of those officials, Tom Malinowski, who stepped down as President Barack Obama's assistant secretary of state for human rights on January 19, corroborated those reports in an interview on Friday.

First Cobalt says the acquisition will help it position itself as a North American - focused cobalt company, as buyers of the metal look to diversify from a widespread reliance on production in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where human rights groups have raised concerns of child labour in mining operations.

Restoration of relations would be the latest phase in a normalization process, which is expected to move slowly because of lingering problems over issues such as Cuba's human rights record.

The companies join gay - rights and human rights groups as well as the American Civil Liberties Union in attacking the law over its broad language, which could be used by business owners to use religious objections to deny same - sex couples wedding.

A government source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Harper intends to raise human rights concerns in a «frank dialogue» with the Chinese leadership — an issue the source described as a «delicate balance.»

On the social front, companies are looking to uphold human rights in their supply chains, combating such horrors as human trafficking and child labor.

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.

In 10 years, faculty (as far as I know) have never drilled,» wrote Robin Kirk, faculty co-chair of the Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute, in a February tweeIn 10 years, faculty (as far as I know) have never drilled,» wrote Robin Kirk, faculty co-chair of the Duke Human Rights Center at the Franklin Humanities Institute, in a February tweein a February tweet.

As blame fell to Facebook for Trump's election, word of Facebook prototyping a censorship tool for operating in China escaped, triggering questions about its respect for human rights and free speech.

Zakaria wasn't suggesting ceding Western values and beliefs — but rather recognizing that prevailing attitudes on such issues as the environment, human rights, and social affairs are different in many parts of Asia than those that hold sway in the West.

Founded by former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 1997, the organization trains and mentors women leaders as agents of transformative change in economic development, human rights and political participation.

The advantages of slavery by debt over «chattel» slavery — ownership of humans as a property right — were set out in an infamous document called the Hazard Circular, reportedly circulated by British banking interests among their American banking counterparts during the American Civil War.

«The European sense of privacy as a fundamental human right has been codified in law for a long time,» Michelle De Mooy, the director for privacy and data at the Center for Democracy & Technology.

Since his last re-election, Clarke has openly supported Republican causes on local and national right - wing media outlets; proudly trumpets on official Milwaukee County letterhead his 2013 award from the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, whose leader suggested using women and children as human shields during Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's standoff with federal agents; accused Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele of having «penis envy» and being on heroin when crafting the county budget and needing to be drug tested; blasted Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers for being «soft on crime»; provided minimal protection for President Obama during his 2012 visit; employs former Scott Walker spokeswoman Fran McLaughlin, who was given criminal immunity over her role in Walker's mixing of campaign and county business; and created pro-gun public service announcements.

But if the Saudis seek a closer ally in China, they may find Beijing as a more convenient global strategic partner, because China is more likely to turn a blind eye to Riyadh's poor human and women's rights record, Mr. Holland argues in his article.

The Roundtables generated multiple policy recommendations on issues such as standard setting; monitoring and enforcement, expanding the role of women in trade policy and practice, and linking trade treaties with human rights protection.

2016.12.05 RBC businesses in the US recognized as «Best Place to Work for LGBT + Equality» by the Human Rights Campaign Seventh year the company achieved 100 percent on Corporate Equality Index...

MaRS Discovery District («MaRS») supports the full inclusion of persons with disabilities as set out in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Ontario Human Rights Code, the 2001 Ontarians with Disabilities Act (ODA) and the 2005 Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).

As Canada moves forward to manage and expand relationships in Asia, we have an important opportunity to bring balance and consistency to our engagement on human rights.