Sentences with phrase «as a human rights lawyer»

As human rights lawyers, independent writers, journalists, and Tiananmen survivors joined us aboard our vessel, our community of faith also became a thorn in the regime's side.

(Tangent: I spent most of college and law school working on progressive, feminist, anti-racist issues and worked as a human rights lawyer before moving into the world of food.)

Many of those attacks have been based on Khan's work as a human rights lawyer, when he represented (in his own words) some «pretty unsavoury characters».

Already Khan's record both as an MP and as a human rights lawyer have been trawled through for possible lines of attack.

Speaking at the event, paramount chief of the area, Oblempong Nii Kojo Ababio, said the reason for honouring Nana Akufo - Addo with the stool was because of his sterling career as a human rights lawyer who stood for the rule of law and advocated for the rights of the ordinary Ghanaian.

«The chiefs and village heads ran to me as a human rights lawyer.

He was DPP, the head of the Crown Prosecution Service, for five years to 2013 after a career as a human rights lawyer.

There is idealism at the center (not just Hoffman but also Rachel McAdams as a human rights lawyer) surrounded by realpolitik pressure and compromise.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

John Warwick Montgomery, a lawyer and philosopher as well as theologian, provides perhaps the most comprehensive argument by a conservative in his recent book Human Rights and Human Dignity: An Apologetic for the Transcendent Perspective (Zondervan, 1986) He concludes that rights derived from the inerrant teachings of the Bible give authority to the rights set forth in the Universal Declaration, even exceeding its claims in significantRights and Human Dignity: An Apologetic for the Transcendent Perspective (Zondervan, 1986) He concludes that rights derived from the inerrant teachings of the Bible give authority to the rights set forth in the Universal Declaration, even exceeding its claims in significantrights derived from the inerrant teachings of the Bible give authority to the rights set forth in the Universal Declaration, even exceeding its claims in significantrights set forth in the Universal Declaration, even exceeding its claims in significant ways.

Lere Olayinka, media aide to Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has mocked President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing human rights lawyer Festus Keyamo, as his campaign spokesman...

The human rights lawyer had asked the court to restrain the FederalGovernment of Nigeria, the EFCC and all other authorities from recognizing Magu as the chairman of EFCC, either in acting or substantive capacity.

The son of Pakistani immigrants, Khan trained in the law and made his name as a human - rights lawyer before becoming chairman of Liberty.

The defendant, in the suit filed on his behalf by a human rights lawyer, Mr Ebun Olu - Adegboruwa, joined the EFCC and the Attorney - General of the Federation as respondents.

The organisations also backed the call on the President to step aside and go on another medical vacation to look after his health as canvassed by human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), and other activists.

After training as a solicitor he specialised in human rights law and set up the firm Christian Khan with fellow lawyer Louise Christian.

A lawyer and human rights activist, Mr. Jiti Ogunye, viewed open letters as a means of expressing criticisms and suggestions to the government by the citizens, adding that they were a good way of holding the government accountable.

Sadiq Khan was a former radical human rights lawyer and doing a good job as shadow secretary for justice when he also became shadow minister for London, and responsible for running the general election campaign in London.

The general consensus, as championed by renowned human rights lawyer Femi Falana SAN, seems to be that the decision represents a significant setback for the effective and fair administration of justice in the country, and President Muhammadu Buhari administration's approach to the «campaign against corruption.»

The General Legal Council (GLC) has detailed the basis upon which it sanctioned human rights lawyer, Francis Xavier - Sosu, barring him from practicing as a lawyer for three years.

It is no longer news that the much hyped human right activist, lawyer cum demonstrator turned flagbearer of the liberalist oriented New Patriotic Party Nana Addo has exposed himself as a dictator who can not repent and has broken all bad records set by his forerunners.

President John Mahama came under heavy attacks by members of the NDC following his appointment of the then human rights lawyer as a minister of state.

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Lagos and human rights lawyer, Mr. Festus Keyamo as Campaign Spokesman.

A Civil Society Organisation, Conscience Nigeria, has advised lawyer / human rights activist, Festus Keyamo, not to be distracted in his appointment as the Director, Strategic...

Even back in 1997, when he was elected after 17 years as a practising lawyer, Grieve's maiden speech was about the ECHR, which was shortly to be incorporated into British law through the Human Rights Act — a step he fully supported.

Kerry Kennedy has spent her life crusading for human rights, as a lawyer and as the president of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rihuman rights, as a lawyer and as the president of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rrights, as a lawyer and as the president of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human RiHuman RightsRights.

Since taking over from the rather more liberal, Kenneth Clarke Grayling has attacked human rights as «political correctness», proposed dramatic restrictions to the right of individuals to challenge the state through judicial review, imposed significant restrictions on access to lawyers with no - win no - fee cases, moved the government back on to the course of building more (and bigger) prisons — despite the evidence against them — and is set on dramatically privatising up to 70 % of the probation service ceding state responsibility for offenders to commercial enterprises.

Human right lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has urged the Senate to withdraw the appeal it filed against the judgment of a Federal High Court, which declared the suspension of Senator Ovie Omo - Agege as illegal.

Human righted lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to disarm the herdsmen as a way of ending the incessant violent clashes between...

Femi Falana, Human right activist and constitutional lawyer, has thrown his weight behind the third force movement of former President Olusegun Obasanjo known as Coalition for...

Ace lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana has slammed the federal government for parading all Nigerians as jokers.

The Court, according to counsel to the plaintiff, Inibehe Effiong, a Lagos based human rights lawyer, was to established whether Luke and his security aides had fallen foul of the law, against his client and sought damages amounting to N100million as well as additional N400million as exemplary damages.

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has described the National Assembly's attempts to reorder the 2019 elections sequence as illegal Falana says reordering of election sequence...

A lawyer and human rights activist, Ebun - Olu Adegboruwa, had urged the Court to forthwith, restrain Magu, from parading himself as acting chairman of the commission.

McKinnon's lawyers had argued that sending him to the US would breach his human rights, be an abuse of the English court process and should be barred as his extradition was sought «for the purpose of prosecuting him on account of his nationality or political opinions».

Composed of field testimonies and hidden camera footage, the film also features interviews with Haiti's Ambassador to the United States, Ambassador Raymond Joseph, the U.S. Department of States» Ambassador John Miller from the Office of Human Trafficking, renowned anthropologist and sugar historian Sidney Mintz, Carol Pier from Human Rights Watch, Public Interest Attorneys Bill Quigley as well as Greg Schell, and a number of activists from the field including human rights lawyer Noemi Mendez, Colette Lespinase of G.A.R.R. Haiti [Organization for Refugees and the Repatriated] and missionaries Pierre Ruquoy and Father Christopher HarHuman Trafficking, renowned anthropologist and sugar historian Sidney Mintz, Carol Pier from Human Rights Watch, Public Interest Attorneys Bill Quigley as well as Greg Schell, and a number of activists from the field including human rights lawyer Noemi Mendez, Colette Lespinase of G.A.R.R. Haiti [Organization for Refugees and the Repatriated] and missionaries Pierre Ruquoy and Father Christopher HarHuman Rights Watch, Public Interest Attorneys Bill Quigley as well as Greg Schell, and a number of activists from the field including human rights lawyer Noemi Mendez, Colette Lespinase of G.A.R.R. Haiti [Organization for Refugees and the Repatriated] and missionaries Pierre Ruquoy and Father Christopher HaRights Watch, Public Interest Attorneys Bill Quigley as well as Greg Schell, and a number of activists from the field including human rights lawyer Noemi Mendez, Colette Lespinase of G.A.R.R. Haiti [Organization for Refugees and the Repatriated] and missionaries Pierre Ruquoy and Father Christopher Harhuman rights lawyer Noemi Mendez, Colette Lespinase of G.A.R.R. Haiti [Organization for Refugees and the Repatriated] and missionaries Pierre Ruquoy and Father Christopher Harights lawyer Noemi Mendez, Colette Lespinase of G.A.R.R. Haiti [Organization for Refugees and the Repatriated] and missionaries Pierre Ruquoy and Father Christopher Hartley.

The lawyer representing Brown's suit in New York pro bono is Jay Lefkowitz, a senior partner at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis who previously worked as former President George W. Bush's deputy assistant for domestic policy and special envoy for human rights in North Korea.

So far as Derek understood it, the site should have been cleaned up years ago but it had got mired in political horse - trading until, about a decade ago, Charlie Salliaq had dismissed the old legal team and called on the services of Sonia Gutierrez, a prominent human rights lawyer specializing in aboriginal land claims.

The racially discriminatory potential of employment credit checks is the key reason that civil rights organizations such as the NAACP, the National Council of La Raza, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under Law have publicly opposed the use of employment credit checks.13 In general, civil rights law mandates that employers justify the appropriateness of an employment practice if it creates a disparate impact on a group historically subject to workplace discriminrights organizations such as the NAACP, the National Council of La Raza, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under Law have publicly opposed the use of employment credit checks.13 In general, civil rights law mandates that employers justify the appropriateness of an employment practice if it creates a disparate impact on a group historically subject to workplace discriminRights, and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under Law have publicly opposed the use of employment credit checks.13 In general, civil rights law mandates that employers justify the appropriateness of an employment practice if it creates a disparate impact on a group historically subject to workplace discriminRights under Law have publicly opposed the use of employment credit checks.13 In general, civil rights law mandates that employers justify the appropriateness of an employment practice if it creates a disparate impact on a group historically subject to workplace discriminrights law mandates that employers justify the appropriateness of an employment practice if it creates a disparate impact on a group historically subject to workplace discrimination.

After working as an investment banker for Goldman, Sachs in New York, he pursued a legal career first in financial regulation and then as an international human rights lawyer.

She also holds a postgraduate degree in Human Rights and Democratic Transition from the University of Chile, and she graduated as a lawyer with honours, from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA).

Since last year, lawyers for the defendants from various governmental organizations have attempted to get the case dismissed on various grounds, including the question of whether minors can defend their constitutional rights like adults, as well as asserting that climate change is not caused by humans.

Pillay also says there is also work ahead for corporate and commercial lawyers, as well as human rights and civil liberties lawyers, regarding bundled agreements between Canada and the United States.

As a Manitoba lawyer with an interest in human rights issues, I'm disappointed that her voice won't be heard on the topic for the next while.

Have law societies considered educating lawyers only in areas of law such as human rights, landlord and tenant or other narrow areas of law so not only could their education be cheaper but the ability to operate without the expectation to know everything though limiting can also be liberating and effective?

The Wall Street Journal notes that the current protests in Libya began outside Benghazi's courthouse on Feb. 15, after security forces arrested a human - rights lawyer and two relatives of people who were among the estimated 1,200 prisoners killed in a 1996 uprising that has become known as the «Abu Salim massacre.»

a special responsibility to respect the requirements of human rights laws in force in Ontario and, specifically, to honour the obligation not to discriminate on the grounds of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, record of offences (as defined in the Ontario Human Rights Code), marital status, family status, or disability with respect to professional employment of other lawyers, articled students, or any other person or in professional dealings with other licensees or any other person [emphasis adhuman rights laws in force in Ontario and, specifically, to honour the obligation not to discriminate on the grounds of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, record of offences (as defined in the Ontario Human Rights Code), marital status, family status, or disability with respect to professional employment of other lawyers, articled students, or any other person or in professional dealings with other licensees or any other person [emphasis arights laws in force in Ontario and, specifically, to honour the obligation not to discriminate on the grounds of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, record of offences (as defined in the Ontario Human Rights Code), marital status, family status, or disability with respect to professional employment of other lawyers, articled students, or any other person or in professional dealings with other licensees or any other person [emphasis adHuman Rights Code), marital status, family status, or disability with respect to professional employment of other lawyers, articled students, or any other person or in professional dealings with other licensees or any other person [emphasis aRights Code), marital status, family status, or disability with respect to professional employment of other lawyers, articled students, or any other person or in professional dealings with other licensees or any other person [emphasis added].

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Working primarily as a litigation lawyer, Mike assists employers with discipline and policy grievances, claims arising from alleged wrongful dismissals, discipline and terminations, human rights violations, workers compensation issues, and employment standards complaints.