Sentences with phrase «detention laws»

I am not aware of any complaint being made under, or by reference to, the Racial Discrimination Act in relation to either the Western Australian or the Northern Territory mandatory detention laws.

[137] In relation to the mandatory sentencing / detention laws in the Northern Territory and Western Australia, the government stated that:

While it is not the Commonwealth's role to defend the legislation of any particular State or Territory, the Commonwealth regards the Committee's comments in relation to mandatory detention laws as inappropriate.

The Rapporteur asked further, in relation to mandatory detention laws in the Northern Territory and Western Australia:

If mandatory detention laws are discriminatory, they are lawfully so within the domestic legal system.

The mandatory detention laws in the Northern Territory and Western Australia do not allow for a right of appeal against the sentence, if the sentence should equate with the minimum permitted, and is therefore in breach of the ICCPR.

Mandatory detention laws cut judges out of the equation and effectively incarcerate people without a fair hearing, without taking the full range of circumstances in to account and fly in the face of the democratic concept of «separation of powers».

The report calls on the Commonwealth government to repeal the mandatory detention laws of WA and the NT, given that those governments have chosen not to do so.

But the concerns are nevertheless very real and longstanding, ranging from the alarmingly high and entrenched levels of violence experienced by Indigenous women to punitive new immigration detention laws; from the failure to tackle homelessness in the country to national security practices that

But the concerns are nevertheless very real and longstanding, ranging from the alarmingly high and entrenched levels of violence experienced by Indigenous women to punitive new immigration detention laws; from the failure to tackle homelessness in the country to national security practices that... [more]

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Under the law, within 72 hours of their capture, children from Central America must be transferred from immigration detention to the custody of the Department of Health & Human Services.

That law was filed after lawmakers, touring South Florida detention centers in reaction to the Herald investigation, declared conditions to be «deplorable.»

On May 16, 2012, in response to a lawsuit filed by journalist Chris Hedges, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Wolf and others, [16] United States District Judge Katherine B. Forrest ruled the indefinite detention section of the law (1021) likely violates the 1st and 5th Amendments and issued a preliminary injunction preventing the US government from enforcing it.

So if we are supposed to learn morality from God, does this means that those international laws against torture and indefinite detention are not necessary?

Among them are life, liberty, security of person, freedom from slavery and from torture and inhumane treatment; equality before the law; the right to judicial remedies for wrongs; freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention; fair trials and due process of law, including the presumption of innocence; privacy; freedom of movement; equal rights in marriage; freedoms of speech, press, assembly and association; and free elections.

This implies protection against torture, cruel inhuman and degrading treatment and against arbitrary treatment in the form of arrest, detention or exile on grounds not established by law.

An unlikely prophet, Desmond Tutu brought the Christian gospel into a real world of slums, pass laws, detentions and deferred hopes.

An unlikely prophet, he brought the Christian gospel into a real world of slums, past laws, detentions and deferred hopes.

My way of approaching the issue of whether to facilitate, conduct, or defend enhanced interrogation, he says, «is to urge that decisions about the detention and interrogation of such prisoner be made according to the codes of those professionals involved in the process... rather than, say, according to the law of the United States.»

Ministers have previously acknowledged flaws in the system, which was introduced under the Terrorism Act 2005 after the law lords ruled the indefinite detention of terror suspects without charge at Belmarsh prison was unlawful.

Human Rights Watch reports claim that while West African forces helped restore security in these crises, which took place over a decade ago, they were also complicit in serious violations of international humanitarian law, including looting, harassment, and arbitrary detention of civilians, as well as — in the case of Sierra Leone — summary executions of suspected rebels.

But Adegboyega Adeniyi, justice of the Abuja court, on Wednesday, held that the EFCC did not breach any law by holding him, stressing that the detention was not illegal since it was backed by an order of court.

In a celebrated case brought by a group of civil libertarians to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1942, Chief Justice Robert Jackson, against the strong argument of civil libertarians on the issues of «interrogation without the due process of law» and prolonged detention of suspects, gave his famous ruling that the United States «Constitution is not a suicide pact».

For example, China's Public Security Bureaus are granted such vague and wide - ranging powers to sentence individuals to re-education through labour that it is often difficult to make the case that an instance of detention was in clear violation of the law.

* A declaration that the detention of the applicant by EFCC on January 5, 2016 at an unknown location, without access to his lawyers, family and doctors, constitutes a flagrant violation of the applicant's fundamental rights guaranteed under sections 33, 34, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 and Articles 4, 5, 6, 12, & 14 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, and is ultra vires, null and void and unconstitutional.

Wu's application triggered that law, and after months in detention, the young man was on course to be returned to China — a country he had not seen since he was 5.

«The Erosion of Civil Liberties: Pre-charge Detention and Counter-Terror laws», The Police Journal

His father - in - law, Saeed Siddiqui, hosted the petition to «achieve the immediate transfer of Shaker Aamer to the UK from continuing indefinite detention in Guantanamo Bay».

New York State must repeal existing marijuana laws as many other states have done, otherwise New Yorkers will still be subjected to biased enforcement and needless loss of access to student loans, subsidized housing and other public benefits, and, for non-citizens, the risk of detention and deportation.»

Ozekhome also pointed out that the continuing detention of Suswam without recourse to Court or due process of law constitutes a violation of his fundamental human rights guaranteed under Section 35 (1)(c) and (4) and 44 (1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and is therefore illegal and unconstitutional.

Critics say the city law shields undocumented aliens who commit serious offenses, including sexual abuse, prescription drug sales, bribery, money laundering, harassment, grand larceny and drunk driving, from federal detention and deportation.

It is, therefore wrong for anyone to claim that some of the incidents are motivated by religion, ethnicity, tribalism and elitism when we are living witnesses to the fact that Sheik Ibrahim El - Zakzaky of Islamic Movement of Nigeria and Sambo Dasuki, the former National Security Adviser are both Muslims and Northerners, who have been in detention for more than two years against all conventional laws and court orders.

This was in reference to anti-terrorism laws and in particular the extension to pre-trial detention, that is perceived by many to be an infringement of habeas corpus established in Magna Carta.

He ruled that the detention of foreign terror suspects without charge breached their human rights, said Britain's decision to invade Iraq breached international law and was a committed and outspoken defender of the Human Rights Act.

The de Blasio administration is looking to take over a state - run detention center in Brooklyn as it pushes to get teenagers out of Rikers Island by next year, as required by the new Raise the Age law.

There is no evidence that the BTA has used or advocated violence during the recent protests and the NASUWT believes that their arrest and detention is a deliberate attempt by the authorities to undermine the ability of a legitimate trade union to organise and a contravention of international human rights law.

«There is no need, under the law, to continue to keep her in detention except to humiliate her; because the offence is a bailable one,» Onigbanjo said.

I recall Daves support for Blair bloodbath in Iraq, NHS Privatisation, Detention without trial, Rendition, Torture and Anti Union Laws

On - topic questions included the timing of the effectiveness of the laws signed today and when ICE will close it's office on Rikers Island, how many people currently on Rikers Island will be covered by these laws, details of Carlos Rodriguez (who was held on Rikers Island for eight months on an ICE detainer) path to this country and his thoughts during his eight month detention, what Mayor de Blasio would like to see the federal government do about immigration and what he will do absent such action, what he would tell Republicans who think his approach is a dangerous precedent, de Blasio and Melissa Mark - Viverito's positions on municipal IDs and voting rights for non-citizens, the number of people arrested on misdemeanors and then subject to ICE detainers and whether persons arrested on felony charges must first go through the justice system before being subject to an ICE detainer.

We strongly call on the Federal Government to respect rule of law and allow Sambo Dasuki to enjoy his bails, except if the intention of government is to kill him in detention.

The Sultan Ibrahim Dasuki Progressive Association (SIDPA), for and on behalf of the entire members of Sultan Dasuki family, wish to request the Federal Government, under the leadership of Muhammadu Buhari, to respect the rule of law in the case of our son, brother and cousin and the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd) to release him from detention

The new laws, which have now come into effect, give teachers the right to break up fights in school, as well as issue after - school or weekend detentions without parents» consent.

The final straw was Gov. David Paterson's surprise announcement to close a half - dozen upstate youth detention facilities, a move which violates cooperative labor - management activities, may in fact violate state law and could lead to loss of jobs.

Although he described his detention as an «experience» Anyidoho said Ghanaians should allow the laws and security agencies to work...

Although he described his detention as an «experience» Anyidoho said Ghanaians should allow the laws and security agencies to work without hindrances.

Even players who attempt to avoid trouble with the law can be sent to an immigration detention center for minor infractions — a possibility confronted by legal as well as illegal U.S. immigrants.

A small group of members has been meeting to discuss the School to Deportation Pipeline, how immigrant and undocumented youth in schools can face immigration consequences such as detention and deportation when law enforcement are allowed in and around schools or involved in school discipline related matters.

Americans for Immigrant Justice Non-profit law firm that champions the rights of unaccompanied immigrant children; advocates for survivors of trafficking and domestic violence; serves as a watchdog on immigration detention practices and policies; and speaks for immigrant groups who have particular and compelling claims to justice.

She is currently conducting mixed - methods research on: 1) the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, 2) immigration detention, deportation, and the intersections of immigration and criminal law, and 3) Legally vulnerable workers including noncitizens and individuals with criminal records.

Sam attended law school at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was the Managing Editor of the California Law Review, Associate Editor of the Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law, and a volunteer teacher at a juvenile detention centlaw school at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was the Managing Editor of the California Law Review, Associate Editor of the Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law, and a volunteer teacher at a juvenile detention centLaw Review, Associate Editor of the Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law, and a volunteer teacher at a juvenile detention centLaw, and a volunteer teacher at a juvenile detention center.