Sentences with phrase «as human rights»

She continues to serve as the Annual Gala Chair for New Endeavors by Women and on the gala committees for organizations such as the Human Rights Campaign, SMYAL, and Central Union Mission.

Specifically, it demonstrates how the Declaration can be applied as a human rights framework to guide the creation and maintenance of a culturally safe and secure environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities can reach their full potential.

The Australian Human Rights Commission (then known as the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission) commenced human rights training for community workers aiming to arrest family violence in Indigenous communities.

Students learn to recognise situations as human rights violations and identify how a situation would look different if human rights were respected.

NAWL and its local caucuses have lobbied on such matters as human rights, family law, tax law, pornography, reproductive choice, the sexual assault provisions in the Criminal Code and equality provisions under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

It demonstrates how the Declaration can be applied as a human rights framework to guide the creation and maintenance of an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities can reach their full potential.

I have worked in Indigenous affairs for all of my professional life and when I was approached about this position as Commissioner I was hesitant at first because I didn't see myself as a human rights activist.

The third pursued a career as a human rights activist and academic.

The Australian Human Rights Commission (formerly known as the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission) is an independent statutory organisation and reports to the Federal Parliament through the Attorney - General.

LGBTQ organizations such as the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), The Trevor Project, and Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)

We must redefine how we conceive of poverty so it is squarely addressed as a human rights issue.

With the winding up of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation the responsibility for maintaining the momentum of the reconciliation process has now spread to governments, Reconciliation Australia, institutions such as the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, and the general community.

Aram is also a Board Director for the Victorian AIDS Council and has a long history of advocacy on LGBTI rights and health issues in Australia and internationally — work for which he was recognised in 2015 as a Human Rights (Community) Award Finalist.

Critics include United Nations human rights treaty bodies such as the Human Rights Council and the Committee overseeing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

This requirement has been emphasised by the human rights treaty committees, such as the Human Rights Committee in relation to the application of Articles 1 and 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and also by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) in relation to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD).

Indigenous perspective is given some space (though not as much as human rights framework) under the notion of sustainable development and social responsibility principles.

A background screening policy is a living and breathing document that needs to be reviewed as human rights and privacy laws change.

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The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots supports a continuation of the CCW process and welcomes efforts in other fora, such as the Human Rights Council, as well as by international agencies such as the UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR).

It also recommended further deliberations on killer robots at the CCW and in other relevant fora, such as the Human Rights Council

The decision to begin work in the Convention on Conventional Weapons does not prevent work elsewhere, such as the Human Rights Council.

Several states including Brazil, Ireland and Sierra Leone said they see value in discussing the concerns raised by fully autonomous weapons in other fora such as the Human Rights Council.

During this past year, questions have arisen regarding the development and use of lethal fully autonomous weapons in forums such as the Human Rights Council.

In her first TV interview in the United States, Amal Clooney recently went on the Today show and was asked about the difficult work she does as a human rights attorney.

During his doctoral studies, Dr. Khoday also worked as a human rights researcher at McGill University's Social Equity and Diversity Education Office.

We appear before administrative tribunals on matters such as human rights, occupational health and safety, rights and interest arbitrations, labour board issues and workers» compensation.

In 2009, Canada's image as a human rights leader was severely undermined with the «detainee controversy» when the Canadian military transferred over 1,000 «Taliban» prisoners (2001 - 2011) to Afgan prisons to be subjected to abuse and torture.

Lawyer Monthly had the pleasure of speaking with Dr Katherine Theodotou earlier this month; Katherine is an impressive professional who has not only had significant impact in the legal industry, but also in her work as a human rights activist.

But, despite desirable recent constitutional advances such as the Human Rights Act 1998, there remains something uneasy at the heart of the government's relationship with the principles of the rule of law.

For the last ten years my research at Emory has focused on clinical studies through my pro bono work as a human rights attorney, representing immigrants and low income disenfranchised minority groups, and over the last six years as a part - time magistrate judge engaged in presiding over and supervising therapeutic criminal diversion programs designed to redress the traumatization of socially and economically marginalized minority young adults, whose socioeconomic condition contributed to their criminalization.

Employers who establish a criminal reference check policy must comply with privacy legislation, as well as human rights legislation and RCMP guidelines.

Katherine has been very active as a Human Rights activist in Iraq during the war.

The first group of claimants, known as the human rights (HR) claimants, argued that HuA 2004 infringed their rights under Arts 8 (respect for family life), 11 (right to peaceful assembly) and 14 (freedom from discrimination) of, and Art 1 of the First Protocol (peaceful enjoyment of possessions) to, the Convention.

In her impassioned lecture, Baroness Kennedy identified the theme of access to justice as common to both her work as a human rights advocate, and the commercial enterprise of third party litigation funding.

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.

He was also described by The Times as «a rising star of the Criminal Bar» and was shortlisted by Liberty, Justice and the Law Society as Human Rights Barrister of the Year in 2009.

tribunals could incorporate an investigative function through an independent agency, as human rights tribunals do with human rights commissions.»

As a religion, Apple is above Earthly trivialities such as human rights: render under Caesar, etc..

«In his first career, as a human rights activist, university professor and labour arbitrator, Bora Laskin used the law to make Canada a better place for workers, racial and ethnic minorities, and the disadvantaged.

Beyond core commercial areas, we are also trialing growth in related fields that readers find increasingly important, such as human rights, and corporate investigations.

It also tells you where to get help with special legal problems, such as human rights, employment, or tenancy issues.

Cases include Workplace Safety and Insurance claims, and related Canada Pension Plan claims, as well as human rights and civil matters.

In addition to an increasing comprehension of the impact that such toxic behaviours have on the parties involved and the workplace as a whole, provinces like Manitoba have legislation (such as The Human Rights Code and The Workplace Safety and Health Act) which specifically target those behaviours.

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.

On November 2, 2015, I'll be opening my own law office, and my practice will focus on helping workers in Ontario with their WSIB claims and appeals, and their related legal issues (such as human rights and employment law claims).

On 10 December 2016, internationally recognised as Human Rights Day in commemoration of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, we joined the British Institute for Human Rights and over 160 organisations in calling on the Prime Minister to drop the government's plan to «scrap» the Human Rights Act.

Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) v Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association (DVBIA) started as a human rights complaint against the DVBIA for their treatment of people who are homeless in the downtown core of Vancouver.

Increasingly, clients are turning to us for help with occupational health and safety matters under the OHSA, as well as human rights issues related to workplace conduct and terminations.

To be proactive, employers can take a number of steps, including appropriately vetting all candidates for employment, providing appropriate training to all employees, ensuring compliance with all legislation such as the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act and, if appropriate, putting in place appropriate policies and procedures such as human rights policies and procedures.

Her practice is focused on advising States in investor - State arbitrations and State - to - State disputes concerning mineral resources, environmental harm, territorial and maritime claims, as well as human rights.