Sentences with phrase «economic rights of the citizens»

The body said it has «consistently expressed concern that incidents of high level corruption and impunity of perpetrators is deepening poverty in the country, contributing to the systematic violations of internationally recognised social and economic rights of the citizens, including the rights to food, health, and education»

Not exact matches

But by the mid-1990s, Surve, like many of his comrades, grew frustrated by the huge economic disparities that existed in South Africa, even though its progressive constitution afforded all citizens equal rights.

In his foreword to Venkatesh's book, Wilson speaks of the rights denied to American citizens to «basic economic welfare and security.»

But while I agree with them on many economic policies, I flatly refuse to vote for anyone in bed with the fundamentalists who are campaigning to take away the rights of their fellow citizens.

The council called on the new government to «restore constitutional order and affirm citizens» political, economic and other fundamental rights and freedoms» and to assert «the territorial integrity of Ukraine, whose independence is a gift from God and is valued by our entire nation, which is why we have no right to allow for its separation, as this would be a sin before God and future generations.»

«In all democracies, viable opposition is recommended for stability and growth of society, but the APC in is seeking to decimate opposition so foist its dictatorial agenda of installing one party state without economic direction and where the rights of the citizens are trampled under - foot.

«Instead of respecting the right of citizens in every state to make the laws they wish regarding marriage, and instead of focusing on the serious economic problems confronting our state and our nation, Kirsten Gillibrand has chosen to focus on a national campaign pledging to, in her words, «take this fight all across the country,» in an effort to impose her own personal social agenda.»

The Economic Community of West African States offers citizens in the region common rights to work and reside across its 16 member states.

Mike, perhaps rather than reading a couple of fringe blogs by right - libertarians (and even those don't hold the opinions you're attributing to them, but often talk about alternative economic ideas like a citizens» income) who are about as representative of mainstream Liberal Democrat thought as Tony Benn is of Labour, you should look at sites like http://socialliberal.net/, which more or less represents the mainstream of the party.

Professor of International Law and Jurisprudence, University of Lagos, Akin Oyebode is set to deliver a paper on the Strategic Dialogue on Mobilizing the Citizens to Demand Anti-Corruption Reforms and an End to Impunity for Grand Corruption in Nigeria being organized by Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) in collaboration with the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).

And we've pushed the government to act to guarantee the rights of EU citizens living here and of UK citizens who have made their homes elsewhere in Europe; to ensure a transition period on the existing terms; to minimise disruption and avoid an economic cliff edge; to avoid any return to a hard border in Northern Ireland; and to guarantee Parliament a meaningful vote on the final deal.

The Citizens Advocacy for Social and Economic Rights (CASER) has called on Pastor Enoch Adeboye to rescind his resignation as the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).

The town has been hit hard by the economic decline of recent years, and the two consummate sales executives see McKinley's citizens as likely to accept their company's offer - for drilling rights to their properties - as much - needed relief.

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.

At the same time Chinese citizens are increasingly rights - conscious and challenging the authorities over livelihood issues, land seizures, forced evictions, abuses of power by corrupt cadres, discrimination, and economic inequalities.

Just like the job - seeking EU citizen who lost his / her worker status, the Citizenship Directive itself provides for the economically inactive in his first three months of residence a «gradual system -LSB-...] which seeks to safeguard the right of residence and access to social assistance», taking into consideration «various factors characterising the individual situation of each applicant for social assistance and, in particular, the duration of the exercise of any economic activity» (paras 46 - 48).

Before the adoption of the Citizens Directive in 2004, the right to remain in the host Member State after having performed economic activity there was regulated in different legal instruments for employed and self - employed persons (Regulation 1251/70 and Directive 75/34 respectively).

Hence the Court's assessment boils down to the question whether the Directive makes a distinction in the treatment of employed and self - employed Union citizens when granting a right to remain after a year of economic activity under article 7 (3)(b).

In the likely scenario of «freezing» the currently applicable rights at a certain «specified date», the judgment might very well protect a significant number of self - employed EU citizens who have worked for more than a year at that date but have ceased their economic activity.

It now encompasses the right of an EU citizen to reside in another Member State, even where there is no discernible economic or social benefit to the host Member State (§ 89 - 90).

Rights of entry and residence are conferred on EU citizens and their family members by Directive 2004 / 38 / EC («the Citizenship Directive»), as implemented in the UK by the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 («the Regulations»).

Maugham said that, without this power, the UK would be forced to take whatever deal Brexit Secretary David Davis managed to achieve or leave with no deal on important economic and social issues, including access for British firms to the single market, and the rights of British citizens living, travelling or wishing to retire in Europe.

52 However, the mere fact that it might appear desirable, for economic reasons or in order to preserve the family unit in the territory of the Union, for members of a family consisting of third country nationals and a Union citizen who is a minor to be able to reside with that citizen in the territory of the Union in the Member State of which he is a national is not sufficient in itself to support the view that the Union citizen would be forced to leave the territory of the Union if such a right of residence were not granted (see, to that effect, Dereci and Others, paragraph 68).

The European Economic Act 2006 states that an EU citizen has a right to reside in the UK for an initial period of 3 months.

The GDPR also brings a new set of «digital rights» for EU citizens in an age of an increase of the economic value of personal data in the digital economy.

The New South Wales Parliamentary Committee report which led to the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 (NSW) recommended that the New South Wales Parliament guarantee Aboriginal citizens the rights of self - determination in respect of their social, economic, political and cultural afRights Act 1983 (NSW) recommended that the New South Wales Parliament guarantee Aboriginal citizens the rights of self - determination in respect of their social, economic, political and cultural afrights of self - determination in respect of their social, economic, political and cultural affairs.

Chapter 4 puts the case that the process for developing the NIC Principles is not consistent with Australia's obligations to ensure the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of its citizens.

«The CFPB tramples on the fundamental economic rights of American citizens, taking away their choices and opportunities... The resignation of the Bureau's director is an excellent opportunity to enact desperately needed reforms.»