Sentences with phrase «discussion on human rights»

What are the reasons for this reluctance to engage in a discussion on human rights?

An earlier version of this paper was drafted for and presented at the refugee roundtable discussion on Human Rights, Protection and Challenges Faced in South Africa, organised by the Agency for Refugee Education, Skills, Training & Advocacy (ARESTA), facilitated by the Embassy of the United States of America in Cape Town, South Africa 23rd October 2014.

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The Roundtables provided opportunities for feedback and discussion with stakeholders in the Asia - Pacific community (Vancouver); the business community (Toronto); and the policy community (Ottawa) on the results of a seven - year policy research program on coordinating trade policy and human rights.

- Pursue the UN Commission of Inquiry's recommendation of referral to the International Criminal Court; - Thoroughly consider and instigate appropriate alternative justice mechanisms to compliment the International Criminal Court process; - Ensure that all discussions on the North Korea at the UN and the EU include human rights and especially the «orphaned right» of freedom of religion and belief: Article 18.

Duddington also provides discussion of the issue of conscience in contemporary society, citing a number of high - proile cases in which the state has intervened on issues of religious conscience and human rights.

The issues implicit in these considerations require a longer discussion than the focus here on the question of human rights allows.

Modernity's emphasis on secularism involves three elements - a) the desacralisation of nature which produced a nature devoid of spirits preparing the way for its scientific analysis and technological control and use; b) desacralisation of society and state by liberating them from the control of established authority and laws of religion which often gave spiritual sanction to social inequality and stifled freedom of reason and conscience of persons; it was necessary to affirm freedom and equality as fundamental rights of all persons and to enable common action in politics and society by adherents of all religions and none in a religiously pluralistic society; and c) an abandonment of an eternally fixed sacred order of human society enabling ordering of secular social affairs on the basis of rational discussion.

Several African and Latin American countries, dependent on Chinese investment, are increasingly willing to side with the Communist Party in UN discussions of human rights.

As a result, in the discussion on the locus of human rights the individual and the community can not be separated.

On Hardball, Mike Barnicle had a discussion with Maggie Gallagher, President of NOM, and Joe Solmonese of the Human Rights Campaign.

February 15, 2017: Science, Technology and Human Rights Colloquium, New Jersey Institute of Technology February 25, 2016: «A Discussion on Science and Human Rights», hosted by NYU's Society for Undergraduate Neural Science

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The Coalition has created new human rights resources for science and engineering associations, tools for human rights organizations that seek to incorporate science and technology in their work, increased awareness of the opportunities for scientists and engineers to contribute to human rights, and advanced international discussions regarding the significance of the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications, as guaranteed in Article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rrights resources for science and engineering associations, tools for human rights organizations that seek to incorporate science and technology in their work, increased awareness of the opportunities for scientists and engineers to contribute to human rights, and advanced international discussions regarding the significance of the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications, as guaranteed in Article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rrights organizations that seek to incorporate science and technology in their work, increased awareness of the opportunities for scientists and engineers to contribute to human rights, and advanced international discussions regarding the significance of the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications, as guaranteed in Article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rrights, and advanced international discussions regarding the significance of the right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications, as guaranteed in Article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural RightsRights.

Contributions include discussions on racial disparities in special education placements, the intersection of disability with other identity variables such as gender and sexuality; the exploitation of disabled bodies to generate resources for humanitarian projects; and suggestions for how a human rights framework can promote inclusivity and better health outcomes.

The Working Groups became discussion groups, which are hosted on the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition group on Trellis.

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FILM / VIDEO / PERFORMANCE promises to be the biggest, most ambitious exhibition of its kind to date; bringing together documentary, film, animation and performance, as well as live events and discussions on climate change, human rights and arts and disability.

This analytical document presents that OHCHR organized a panel discussion on the impacts of climate change on the right to health during the 31st Session of the Human Rights Council.

Chris Hitchens was really at heart one us he was a humanist always forward looking optomistic loved the triump of the human spirit (not a miserbalist control freaking climate alarmist) But mainly he loved all things Ameican (ecept the Clintons) He was this famous scruffy agnostic rather right centred carrassmatic interlectual a great writer and thinker (unlike his his great sibling interlectual rival his brother Peter without the scruffy or the agnostic) Peter and Chris were exactly like that other great brotherly partnership Niles and Frazer Underneath all that interlectual pomposity there was some mad vibe going on between them Imagine them smashing each other with sherry glasses over a discussion about Europe or something

The resolution called for one panel discussion on identifying challenges and ways forward towards the realization of all human rights for all, including the right to development, in particular those in vulnerable situations, as well as the measures and best practices to promote and protect human rights that can be adopted by States in addressing the adverse effects of climate change on the full and effective enjoyment of human rights, and another panel discussion on how climate change has had an adverse impact on States» efforts to progressively realize the right to food, and policies, lessons learned and good practices.

For example, people developed confidence in us and fully participated in group discussions focusing on human rights abuses in their communities.

Founder of the Human Rights Defense Center and editor of Prison Legal News, Paul Wright kicked off his part of the discussion with a staggering statistic — there are approximately eight million people incarcerated, on probation, or on parole in America today.

Wall LJ then turned to a discussion of European Convention on Human Rights issues.

The UK law reform and human rights organisation JUSTICE has produced a discussion paper outlining the issues involved in producing a British Bill of Rights (something that influential voices in Labour and the Conservatives have called for), including content (ECHR - plus, not ECHR - minus), amendability, enforcement and the process for reaching agreement on such an instrrights organisation JUSTICE has produced a discussion paper outlining the issues involved in producing a British Bill of Rights (something that influential voices in Labour and the Conservatives have called for), including content (ECHR - plus, not ECHR - minus), amendability, enforcement and the process for reaching agreement on such an instrRights (something that influential voices in Labour and the Conservatives have called for), including content (ECHR - plus, not ECHR - minus), amendability, enforcement and the process for reaching agreement on such an instrument.

We invite you to join a few of our Hicks Morley lawyers as they lead a lively presentation and discussion providing an update on the latest human rights and accommodation developments in this dynamic area of law.

Included are discussions of significant United States human rights statutes, international courts, listings of prominent human rights organizations, and information on the growth of class action / group litigation laws worldwide.

After the matter of «lethal autonomous robots» was first raised at the Human Rights Council in May 2013, nations agreed in November 2013 to a Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) discussion mandate to address questions relating to the emerging technology of «lethal autonomous weapons systems.»

The first multilateral discussion on fully autonomous weapons took place at the Human Rights Council in May 2013, but states have not proposed any work to address fully autonomous weapons in this forum.

New York About Blog Social Work Synergy (SWS) is a biweekly blog from the University at Buffalo School of Social Work, created to be a forum of information and discussion for you on trauma, human rights, trauma - informed care and practice, and related topics in social work.

I consider dialogue on these issues most valuable and it compliments my statutory function to promote discussion and awareness of Indigenous human rights.

Indigenous peoples have come into contact with human genome research predominantly as subjects of research in the Human Genome Diversity Project... The discussion of the ethics and legality of such research in the context of indigenous peoples should focus on issues of consent to becoming subjects in the HGDP, and of their possible rights to enjoy the benefits of the research, financial, medical and anthropologhuman genome research predominantly as subjects of research in the Human Genome Diversity Project... The discussion of the ethics and legality of such research in the context of indigenous peoples should focus on issues of consent to becoming subjects in the HGDP, and of their possible rights to enjoy the benefits of the research, financial, medical and anthropologHuman Genome Diversity Project... The discussion of the ethics and legality of such research in the context of indigenous peoples should focus on issues of consent to becoming subjects in the HGDP, and of their possible rights to enjoy the benefits of the research, financial, medical and anthropological.

[33] A clear example of this responsibility emerges from a discussion paper on Indigenous self - determination prepared for the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission, which asked a range of Victorian Aboriginal people what self - determination means to them.

The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) makes this submission to the Attorney - General's Department, providing comments on the Attorney - General's discussion paper on proposed minor native title amendments (the discussion paper).

In my previous report I set out findings from a national survey of traditional owners conducted by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission: the National Survey on Land, Sea and Economic Development.18 A number of the findings are important in this discussion of the native title system:

I am responding on behalf of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission to your invitation for submissions on the Government's Second Discussion Paper: Technical Amendments to the Native Title Act 1993, («the Second Discussion Paper»).

For discussion on the government's response to the CERD decision see Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Social Justice Report 2000, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Sydney, 2001, pp79 - 83; and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Native Title Report 2000, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Sydney, 2001, pp26 - 27.

[10] For an overview of this see: Australian Human Rights Commission 2013, Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples — Declaration Dialogue Series: Discussion Paper 1 - Giving Full Effect to the Declaration — A National Strategy (July 2013) p 8.

The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) makes this submission to the Australian Government, providing comments on the native title payments discussion paper, Optimising Benefits from Native Title Agreements.

The other functions of the Commissioner, namely to promote discussion and awareness of human rights; to undertake research and educational programs, and other programs, for the purpose of promoting respect for the human rights of Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders; and to examine enactments, and proposed enactments, for the purpose of ascertaining whether they recognise and protect the human rights of Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders, are also functions directly conferred on the Commissioner as opposed to the Commission.

[6] Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission to the Attorney - General and the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs on the Discussion Paper: Leading practice agreements: maximising outcomes from native title benefits (30 November 2010).

As the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner I have statutory functions to promote discussion and awareness of human rights in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, to report to the Commonwealth Government on the enjoyment and exercise of human rights by Indigenous Australians, and to recommend where necessary on the action that should be taken to ensure these rights are observed.