Sentences with phrase «considered by civil society»

Given the business community's lack of support for adequate cost - effective federal market - based policies, this route should be seriously considered by civil society and state governments.

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In redefining marriage and the family, the state not only embarks on an unprecedented expansion of its powers into realms heretofore considered prior to or outside its reach, and not only does it usurp functions and prerogatives once performed by intermediary associations within civil society, it also exercises these powers by tacitly redefining what the human being is and committing the nation to a decidedly post-Christian (and ultimately post-human) anthropology and philosophy of nature.

The petition copied to Mr Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption reads in part: «SERAP considers these amendments to be in bad faith, patently an abuse of legislative powers, politically biased, and demonstrably unjustified in a democratic and representative society governed by the rule of law, and incompatible with the country's international human rights obligations and commitments particularly the UN Convention against Corruption, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the African Charter on Human and Peoples» Rights, which Nigeria has ratified.»

[19] The party is also considering a list led by a member of civil society or the left who has «not ceded to the liberal temptation», with Christiane Taubira considered as a possibility to fill this role.

The issue of pre-charge detention became a symbolic battle between civil liberties activists and the Home Office under Labour, with many observers noting that the government had effectively scrapped habeas corpus, considered by many constitutional historians to be the foundation of a free society.

«We have seen how cities and states can overcome complex challenges by taking an approach that considers a broad range of sustainability principles covering human rights, labour standards, environment and anti-corruption, and then working with business and civil society to find lasting solutions.»

The standard of political and moral performance required to consider should be the following: 1) increase of solidarity among the inhabitants of the country; 2) increase in the practice of social justice by organs of government and civil society; 3) increase in the distribution of income and wealth among the population; 4) increase of measures to preserve and care for nature; 5) increase in policies for integral development of education in accordance with the highest human values; 6) advances in the realization of the collective will of the citizens; 7) improvement of political institutions; 8) success in combating corruption measured by its reduction; 9) increase in the exercise of citizenship with the effective participation of citizens in government decisions and fight for expansion of their rights; and 10) increase of contribution of public and private organizations to the political, economic, social and environmental development of the country.

In an unusual turn against its citizens, and despite being widely considered «free» in terms of civil liberties by independent watchdog organization Freedom House, the Australian state joins the ranks of countries that have shown a worrying trend in the suppression of civil society and peaceful action.

The role of civil society in climate policy was a central issue in Bonn as negotiators and NGOs considered practical approaches to ensure that climate policies are informed by indigenous knowledge and promote gender equality.

Recognizing this shortcoming, policy - makers, researchers and civil society actors have begun to consider and enact a new suite of complementary policies and actions that aim to phase down fossil fuels in a more comprehensive way — by also limiting fossil fuel extraction.

Considering this massive power imbalance and the general change of the moral views by society (which are also motivated by the situation sex workers where in), the courts changed their opinion on prostitution and § 138 BGB and, suddenly, prostitution was legal the eyes of German civil law.

This is the first time that the annual meeting of world leaders from government, business, and civil society has considered the challenges posed by weapons systems that select targets -LSB-...]