Sentences with phrase «authority on human rights»

I'm sure you can show that this is against YOUR ideology but your ideology is not the god given authority on human rights.

Heping was among more than 300 people arrested during a crackdown which began in July 2015 by Chinese authorities on human rights lawyers and activists.

Not exact matches

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.

«We condemn Iran's continued violation of the universal right of freedom of religion and we call on the Iranian authorities to respect Mr. Abedini's human rights and release him,» U.S. State Department spokesman Darby Holladay said in written statement.

Modernity's emphasis on secularism involves three elements - a) the desacralisation of nature which produced a nature devoid of spirits preparing the way for its scientific analysis and technological control and use; b) desacralisation of society and state by liberating them from the control of established authority and laws of religion which often gave spiritual sanction to social inequality and stifled freedom of reason and conscience of persons; it was necessary to affirm freedom and equality as fundamental rights of all persons and to enable common action in politics and society by adherents of all religions and none in a religiously pluralistic society; and c) an abandonment of an eternally fixed sacred order of human society enabling ordering of secular social affairs on the basis of rational discussion.

Liberalism — a respect for human or natural rights; limits on the scope and power of public authority; state neutrality on fundamental questions of,....

DV goes on to insist that civil legislation must give legal protection to human embryos: «The inalienable rights of the person must be recognised and respected by civil society and the political authority,» and these include «every human being's right to life and physical integrity from the moment of conception until natural death».

I've listened to my sisters grieve over how they never knew how to say no when they were approached by sexual predators, because they didn't know they had the basic human right to do so after being taught things like first - time obedience and assuming the best about those in authority no matter what (because God put them in authority, so they have inside info on God's will).

Both Douthat and his opponents don't quite see that the very idea of human rights depend on personal freedom from dependence on both nature and personal authority.

Concentrating on current problem, Popieluszko always took note of the largest issues involved such as the nature of authority and government, justice and the fundamental human right to freedom and believed that the root cause of the problems of Poland was the exclusion of God from its socio - political life and in the governing process.

Legislation and government should not have the authority to breach human rights — particularly in the face of obstetric experts who know better and, even more importantly, in the face of a woman and her family who have made an informed decision on how and where they want their baby to be born.

IBFAN exerts pressure on national authorities to fulfil their obligations under international agreements and human rights treaties.

«The Human Rights Act and the European convention on human rights have been instrumental in preventing local authorities from snooping on law - abiding families, in removing innocent people from the national DNA database, in preventing rapists from cross-examining their victims in court, in defending the rights of parents to have a say in the medical treatment of their children, in holding local authorities to account where they have failed to protect children from abuse, in protecting the anonymity of journalists» sources, and in upholding the rights of elderly married couples to be cared for together in care homes.&rHuman Rights Act and the European convention on human rights have been instrumental in preventing local authorities from snooping on law - abiding families, in removing innocent people from the national DNA database, in preventing rapists from cross-examining their victims in court, in defending the rights of parents to have a say in the medical treatment of their children, in holding local authorities to account where they have failed to protect children from abuse, in protecting the anonymity of journalists» sources, and in upholding the rights of elderly married couples to be cared for together in care homes.&Rights Act and the European convention on human rights have been instrumental in preventing local authorities from snooping on law - abiding families, in removing innocent people from the national DNA database, in preventing rapists from cross-examining their victims in court, in defending the rights of parents to have a say in the medical treatment of their children, in holding local authorities to account where they have failed to protect children from abuse, in protecting the anonymity of journalists» sources, and in upholding the rights of elderly married couples to be cared for together in care homes.&rhuman rights have been instrumental in preventing local authorities from snooping on law - abiding families, in removing innocent people from the national DNA database, in preventing rapists from cross-examining their victims in court, in defending the rights of parents to have a say in the medical treatment of their children, in holding local authorities to account where they have failed to protect children from abuse, in protecting the anonymity of journalists» sources, and in upholding the rights of elderly married couples to be cared for together in care homes.&rights have been instrumental in preventing local authorities from snooping on law - abiding families, in removing innocent people from the national DNA database, in preventing rapists from cross-examining their victims in court, in defending the rights of parents to have a say in the medical treatment of their children, in holding local authorities to account where they have failed to protect children from abuse, in protecting the anonymity of journalists» sources, and in upholding the rights of elderly married couples to be cared for together in care homes.&rights of parents to have a say in the medical treatment of their children, in holding local authorities to account where they have failed to protect children from abuse, in protecting the anonymity of journalists» sources, and in upholding the rights of elderly married couples to be cared for together in care homes.&rights of elderly married couples to be cared for together in care homes.»

Borough President Adams got a $ 2,270 gift from the repressive regime of Azerbaijan — whose authorities have been on a crusade against human - rights activists, jailing journalists, political activists, and human rights defenders — when he took a free trip to the Central Asian nation on their dime in August 2016, according to newly released city records.

Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye has written and published journals on several topics including politics In Ghana 1982 - 1992, culture, conflict and traditional Authority in Africa: a Ghanaian perspective in the Political economy of peace and security in Africa, human rights in Africa in the new global order: a dilemma as well as civil society and the domestic policy environment in Ghana.

Ben Rogers spoke movingly about Burma and confirmed his reputation as the party's leading authority on global human rights issues.

He's campaigning on the motto «Stop Wasting Our Money,» and proposes capping public - sector salaries at $ 100,000 a year and eliminating various state agencies such as the Thruway Authority, the Division of Human Rights, and the Office of Homeland Security.

Grieve's exit has cleared the way for the Conservative party to clash more directly with the European court of human rights as he had cautioned over defying the Strasbourg authority on issues like prisoner voting.

Gloriously ignorant of this simple fact, and relying entirely on the authority of Virchow and Ivanhoe (which by p. 156 has become a «large body of evidence»), Lubenow goes right ahead and proposes that not only Neandertalers but even Homo erectus were modern human beings deformed by rickets!

The right to education was first entrenched in the article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) of 1948 (10) and was given effect by article 13 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social Cultural Rights (ICESCR) of 1966 (11) so as to attain a binding authority.

The National Tribute to Ninoy Aquino was organized by the authorities of the Manila International Airport, in cooperation with the Philippine Commission on Human Rights, ATOM / Spirit of EDSA / Kalampagin Konsiyensyang Kinakalawang, and UNESCO DREAM Center of the Philippines.

The District - government - affiliated agencies with representatives serving on the Task Force are the Office of Human Rights, the Metropolitan Police Department, D.C. Public Schools (DCPS), Office of the State Superintendent of Education, the Mayor's Office on GLBT Affairs, Department of Parks and Recreation, Department of Health, D.C. Public Charter School Board, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the D.C. Public Library, Department of Mental Health, Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, Office of Disability Rights, University of the District of Columbia, and Child and Family Services Administration.

Plus: Ai Weiwei urges West to tackle China on human rights Uruguayan authorities censor artist's depiction of former president in the nude Paul Kasmin Gallery chosen to represent legacy of Lee Krasner and Kristen Shepherd appointed director of Museum of Fine Arts St Petersburg

Although this case was brought under the Federal legislation, the Canadian Human Rights Act (the «Act»), the principles of law are transferrable to the individual provincial human rights contexts, including Ontario, and this case should be viewed as the leading authority on the protected ground of family status with respect to child care obligatHuman Rights Act (the «Act»), the principles of law are transferrable to the individual provincial human rights contexts, including Ontario, and this case should be viewed as the leading authority on the protected ground of family status with respect to child care obligaRights Act (the «Act»), the principles of law are transferrable to the individual provincial human rights contexts, including Ontario, and this case should be viewed as the leading authority on the protected ground of family status with respect to child care obligathuman rights contexts, including Ontario, and this case should be viewed as the leading authority on the protected ground of family status with respect to child care obligarights contexts, including Ontario, and this case should be viewed as the leading authority on the protected ground of family status with respect to child care obligations.

He is frequently instructed by local authorities, housing associations and tenants on cases concerning human rights and equality issues.

However, the Human Rights Act 1998 has come to the rescue of potential litigants of NHS organisations by a recent preliminary decision of the Court of Appeal on the duty of health authorities to prevent suicide in Savage v South Essex Partnership NHSFT [2007] EWCA Civ 1375, [2007] All ER (D) 316 (Dec).

And yes, I say their agenda since, according to NDP public safety critic Randall Garrison, Conservative Party members voted a few years ago at their annual convention in favour of a resolution to eliminate the human rights commission's authority to «regulate, receive, investigate or adjudicate complaints» dealing with hate speech on the Internet.

In YL it was held, by a majority of 3 — 2, that independent care homes that accommodate persons on behalf of local authorities are not, in so doing, caught by the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998).

He noted (among other things) the decision of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Carson v United Kingdom [2010] ECHR 338, (2010) 51 EHRR 13 where (referring to its 2006 decision in Stec and others v UK (2006) 43 EHRR 1017, [2006] All ER (D) 215 (Apr)-RRB-, the court said: «Because of their direct knowledge of their society and its needs, the national authorities are in principle better placed than the international judge to appreciate what is in the public interest on social or economic grounds, and the court will generally respect the legislature's policy choice unless it is «manifestly without reasonable foundation».

She sought judicial review of the authority's decision, relying on Art 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

The three dominant themes in 2008 cases where PIL was invoked were as follows: UK / EU law implementation of UNSC resolutions concerning freezing of alleged terrorist assets (sanctions cases); the acts / omissions of UK authorities in Iraq / Afghanistan viewed in the context of PIL and provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and Human Rights Act 1998 (Iraq / Afghanistan related cases); and state / diplomatic immunity in the context of civil proceedings and / or attempts to enforce arbitration awards against assets of State entities in the UK (Civil immunity cases).

Benches of nine justices sat in five cases: Norris v Government of the USA [2010] UKHL 9, on extradition to the USA; R (Smith) v Oxfordshire Assistant Deputy Coroner [2010] UKHL 29, on whether the Human Rights Act applies to soldiers serving abroad; Granatino v Radamacher [2010] UKHL 42, on the validity of pre-nuptial agreements; Manchester CC v Pinnock [2010] UKHL 45, on the power of housing authorities to evict tenants; and R v Chaytor [2010] UKHL 52, on the immunity of MPs from prosecution.

The written submissions of the intervenors address (a) background on anonymity and its importance to a democratic society (b) international and domestic legal authorities that advocate for protecting anonymous speech under human rights standards and (c) general data retention obligations and how they interfere with anonymity and the rights of privacy and freedom of expression.

The statutory charge: The Suesspicious Minds blog featured this piece on human rights claims and the legal aid statutory charge, following the judgment in P v A Local Authority, which found that the statutory charge did not apply to compensation awarded in separate proceedings.

• Acting for Leicester City Council in R (on the application of Jewish Human Rights watch) v Leicester City Council [2016] EWHC 1512 (Admin), a challenge to the adoption of motions by the defendant local authorities expressing support for the boycott of Israel (led by Andrew Sharland);

The Commission said, in effect, that the absolute exemption to disclosure at section 32 (2) of FOIA was the end of the story, while Kennedy argued that Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights imposed a positive obligation of disclosure on public authorities, particularly when the requester was a «public watchdog» like the press, and that s32 (2) should be read down accordingly to require disclosure in the circumstances (I paraphrase).

In cases where the local authority have breached a European Convention 1950 right (eg taking a child away in breach of respect for family life: HRA 1998 and Art 8; as happened in CZ (Human Rights Claim: Costs)[2017] EWFC 11, [2017] All ER (D) 146 (Feb), Cobb J) the parties may go on to claim a declaration that a local authority have acted unlawfully (HRA 1998, ss 6 and 7) and that they be paid damages (s 8 (1)-RRB-.

Those approached for disclosure must be aware of their obligations to facilitate a fair trial under the provisions of Art 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, especially if the third party is a local authority, which will require those tasked for disclosure of documentation to act reasonably in all the circumstances of the application.

The management and allocation of housing stock by a housing trust which is a registered social landlord under the Housing Act 1996, including decisions concerning the termination of a tenancy, is a function of a public nature, with the effect that the registered social landlord is to regarded as a public authority for the purposes of s 6 (3)(b) of the Human Rights Act 1998 and so is amenable to judicial review on conventional public law grounds in respect of its performance of that function.

West Coast LEAF intervened in this case, in which the Court was called upon to decide whether a human rights complaint should proceed in situations where the complainant and the respondent are employees of different companies on the same construction site, and the respondent is not in a position of authority over the work of the complainant.

According to Sahrawi NGOs, on January 21, Moroccan authorities removed six Norwegian activists from international political and human rights organizations from Western Sahara.

The UK Parliament's Joint Committee On Human Rights has changed its mind (an earlier report adopted a wait - and - see litigation - focused approach) and now urges a legislative clarification of the meaning of public authority.

Human rights issues arise regularly in most of Paul's areas of practice and he has considerable experience of advising on them, both from the perspective of the individual and the public authority.

[121] See, e.g. Commission on Human Rights, Resolution 2001/62, April 25, 2001, para. 6 (allegations of torture and ill - treatment «should be promptly and impartially examined by the competent national authority»).

As a litigator, he has focused on judicial review work since 1993, challenging the unfair exercise and abuse of power by public authorities, human rights breaches and discrimination.

The key points in the court's decision were as follows: (i) It referred to the High Court's decision in R (AW) v Croydon LBC [2005] EWHC 2950 (Admin), [2005] All ER (D) 251 (Dec) which held that where the fresh grounds for asylum were «manifestly nothing of the sort» then a local authority considering whether an applicant's human rights required accommodation to be provided could in limited cases ignore the purported new claim and operate on the assumption that there is no impediment to the individual leaving the UK.

However, the requirement to disclose relevant documents in litigation or to public authorities is limited by Legal Professional Privilege (LPP), which has long been established in the common law and, more recently, as a fundamental human right protected by the right to privacy under Art 8 of the European Convention on Human Rihuman right protected by the right to privacy under Art 8 of the European Convention on Human RiHuman Rights.

For 2018, the Day of the Endangered Lawyer is focused on Egypt, in light of widespread credible reports from human rights organisations that Egyptian authorities are «rapidly taking concrete steps to shut down the last critical voices in the country's human rights community.»

Section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998) applies not only when a public authority acts within the UK but also when it acts within the jurisdiction of the UK for purposes of Art 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the Convention) but outside the territory of the UK.

The entitlement, confirmed in Article 1 of the First Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights, that «every natural or legal person is entitled to the peaceful enjoyment of his possessions» is a factor which a planning authority may take into consideration in an application for planning permission for the erection of a telecommunications mast on the land of another...»