Sentences with phrase «basic equal rights»

Borders are invisible when it comes to basic equal rights.

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Our country is not fighting over the basic things...healthcare - everyone country wide has it; equal rights - everyone country wide has them.
The social right's embrace of war while opposing not just equal rights but basic environmental protections and science did not bode well.
Equal weight has also been given to the acceptance of basic rights and freedoms, as well as positive reinforcement of ethically acceptable behavior though rote and example, all though childhood and early adulthood.
All citizens must have basic rights to life and liberty, and political rights to the vote and to equal protection under the law.
Speech can be regulated only when it directly conflicts with other constitutional conditions of the democratic process — for instance, freedom of religion and assembly, equal protection under the law, and basic rights to life and liberty.
I believe that all human beings are equal, with the same basic rights.
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 rRights (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 rightsrights.
Right now, basic human rights are threatened in Washington, D.C.: health care, education, jobs, the environment, and equal citizenship,» she said in a press release Monday.
Instead, basic liberties for Rawls consist only in civic and political freedoms, such as a right to equal political voice, and personal freedoms, such as freedoms of movement and occupational choice and freedom to hold personal property.
Kennedy's life has been devoted to equal justice — to the promotion and protection of basic rights — and to the preservation of the rule of law.
After 12 weeks in a job agency workers will get the right to equal treatment with permanent staff on pay, holidays and other basic conditions.
The programme also included a number of previously announced measures, such as giving agency workers equal rights on pay, holidays and basic conditions, and introducing a binding commitment to abolish child poverty by 2020.
It was a clueless, uninformed remark that did a disservice to black people who have fought for centuries for equal justice and basic human rights,» wrote the clergy members.
It's time for him to take a stand on the basic civil right of equal treatment under the law.
Does he support equal rights, or is he in lock - step with the Conservative Party's opposition to basic civil rights
1.4 by 2030 ensure that all men and women, particularly the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership, and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology, and financial services including microfinance
«At - risk children, who are not presently in quality pre-kindergarten educational programs, are being denied their fundamental constitutional right to receive the equal opportunity to a sound basic education.»
«Wisconsin students have a fundamental right to an equal opportunity to a sound basic education that will equip students for their roles as citizens and enable them to succeed economically and personally.»
The Court also holds that «Wisconsin students have a fundamental right to an equal opportunity to a sound basic education... that will equip students for their roles as citizens and enable them to succeed economically and personally.»
Jackson's determination that the Constitution must be amended to include a right to an equal education for all, to Rev. Jackson's concern that parents need to do more and demand more, to corporate reform's attack on teachers unions and the very basics of public education.
And whereas a vision properly motivated - which recognizes others» desire for and equal right to happiness and to be free of suffering - can lead to wonders, when divorced from basic human feeling the potential for destruction can not be overestimated.
In support of animal welfare, Scully, a journalist and former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, contends that the important thing is not insisting upon equal rights for animals but in treating them with basic respect and dignity.
In each series he applied a different system of change to each of twenty - four possible combinations of a square divided into four equal parts, each containing one of the four basic types of lines LeWitt used (vertical, horizontal, diagonal left, and diagonal right).
Situated on a site in Montgomery, Alabama where enslaved people were once warehoused, the museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice are part of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.
The latter point I emphasize in boldface is the same basic point that Teya Ryan made about how equal - side reporting does no more confuse the public, causing them to have no idea which side is right.
Their work lives could be so much better if they would just stand up for basic fairness and equal rights, the same as their female counterparts.
But such clients, prevented from enjoying the basic rights and benefits of this society, epitomize the fight for equal justice.
LAFLA is the first place thousands of people who struggle to survive in poverty turn for help in confronting barriers to equal justice, equal opportunity and, too often, basic human rights.
Since 1 October 2011, agency workers have enjoyed equal treatment rights under the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (AWR), the most significant of which — relating to basic working and employment conditions, including pay — ...
The right to equal treatment for agency workers under the Directive could only extend to basic working conditions, such as hours and pay.
But more important than the assistance the ABA offers to solo and small firm attorneys, Klein stressed the importance of attorneys from all firms stepping up to help the ABA advocate for the most basic judicial rightequal access to justice.
Some of the basic rights that we now take for granted — pregnancy and maternity rights, part - time workers» rights, equal pay for work of equal value — are all at risk if the UK becomes a low regulation economy.
We secure basic needs, protect and preserve legal rights, provide equal access to justice and seek fairness and dignity for our clients.
About: Nassau Suffolk Law Services (NSLS) is dedicated to providing equal access to basic human rights and services through provision of high quality legal representation, public information and community advocacy training to ensure that low income, disabled and disadvantaged individuals have equal access to the civil justice system on Long Island.
Drawing inspiration from international black civil rights movements in North America, South Africa and the United States, Sol brought the same spirit of civil rights activism to Australia, fighting for equal rights for First Nations Australians... At a time when First Nations people were denied the same basic civil services such as access to the mainstream legal and medical system, Sol worked to ensure First Nations people had their own Aboriginal controlled services to fill the gap.
Based on the home's basic facts Not all listings are created equal, nor do the public records get it right every time.
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