Sentences with phrase «basic dignity of all people»

The problem is not that many Americans have come to reject the concept of the basic dignity of all people; it is that they are increasingly losing faith in democratic institutions and the rule of law.

Not exact matches

Theologies were written to suggest that non-white people did not bear the image of God like white people did and were therefore not worthy of basic human dignity.

If the pro-life side truly wins a basic point, for example, by persuading people of the dignity of every human person» then that principle will begin to inform other life issues.

A conservative pundit criticizes the statement because it also affirms that «the Catholic Church teaches emphatically that individuals and society must respect the basic human dignity of all persons, including those with a homosexual orientation.»

On quite a different note than the Malaysian prime minister, South Korean President Kim Dae Jung has written that the Universal Declaration «reflects basic respect for the dignity of people, and Asian nations should take the lead in implementing it.»

Likewise, Section 4 of the report Poverty and Development says that «the present articulation of human rights is a secular formation of the spiritual notion of the dignity inherent to each person, and thus has its grounding in the basic principles of all religions.»

A person persistently deprived of basic material needs and political rights is also a person deprived of much of his or her soul - self respect, dignity and will.

When people lose their respect for others, and stop believing that all people have basic human dignity and value, the freedom of speech can become a curse.

Persons of faith should be deeply concerned about the current surveillance flap not because privacy is an absolute end in itself but rather because it points to and safeguards something else even more basic and fundamental, namely, human dignity.

The British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) has led in this call and all the signatories to the letter to David Cameron and Nick Clegg are united around a fundamental belief in the equal dignity of all people and the legal protection of basic human rights.

But what could be more hateful than denying one group of people the same basic human rights dignities that we allow everyone else?

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Within this perspective, Paul Weis describes refugees as «a vessel on the open sea, not sailing under any flag ’23 while Hannah Arendt observed that refugees are without rights because each nation - state has primary obligation to protect the rights, interests and expectations of its own citizens first, no matter where they are.24 However, both international and national refugee laws are adopted with the sole aim to ensure entitlement of the basic rights, proclaimed under a range of human rights conventions.25 Under these conventions, respect for human dignity of each and every human person is underlined as a foundation to freedom, justice and peace.

The important factors of safety, technology and economics, as well as basic dignity, must be considered in determining the extent to which disabled persons can be accommodated.

COPOH will submit that the right to choose who will assist oneself in dressing, bathing and toileting («basic dignity») and the right to privacy in relation to personal dignity is a basic right accorded to all human beings and protected as part of «security of the person» under s. 7 of the Charter.

The quintessential concern of the human rights enterprise is to raise to a status of dignity and equality each powerless person — persons who for reasons such as law, poverty, race, religion or gender are unable to achieve dignity, fairness, basic equality and justice...

It has cast doubts on the integrity of many individuals, and ultimately has denied Indigenous people basic human dignity and decency.

Shelter House provides basic needs, dignity and comfort to people living in poverty and stimulates action to address the root causes of homelessness.