Sentences with phrase «concerted opposition»

This article addresses a critical issue of human rights law: the authority of human rights tribunals to grant systemic remedies when faced with concerted opposition, particularly from government respondents.

But, forgive the momentary cynicism, much like futurist predictions that by 2030 we'll be entirely solar powered no problem (simple, easy) that seemingly overlook entirely inertia inherent in our politics, our economics and ourselves, let alone outright concerted opposition by polluting industries and the politicians profiting from this inertia, this latest UNEP calculation seems a bit simple.

Surely what the protocol needs is massive support in the face of the concerted opposition to it of the now nearly omnipotent oil lobby.

That there is still great resistance to the needed changes was shown by the concerted opposition on the part of American oil and automotive corporations to any significant agreement at Kyoto.

In the annals of the American labor movement, contested unionization campaigns are a common story, often involving downtrodden workers struggling against the concerted opposition of wealthy, powerful, even malign employers.