Sentences with phrase «enforces victim rights»

WHO WE ARE: SurvJustice is a D.C. - based national not - for - profit organization that increases the prospect of justice for all survivors through effective legal assistance that enforces victim rights and holds both perpetrators and enablers of sexual violence accountable in campus, criminal and civil systems.

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However, where retained EU law does not adequately implement pre-exit Directives, the existing EU remedies which enable victims of other types of discrimination to enforce their rights will largely disappear.

While the law does provide accident victims the right to recover in many circumstances, that right must be enforced or it will be waived.

Often conspiracy to deprive someone of their civil rights is used as a federal offense when there is a state level acquittal, and it isn't impossible to imagine that happening in this case as the victim had a right to the protection of the laws, and the state had a right to enforce the criminal laws, which was deprived in a manner that could be called «under color of state law.»

Whether you were the victim of an unscrupulous business partner, injured through another's negligence or victimized as a result of sexual harassment or employment discrimination, you need an attorney that understands how to enforce your rights.

Notable mandates: Represented physicians involved in providing care to Ashley Smith during the 2013 coroner's inquest; acted for Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne in a defamation action against Ontario Progressive Conservative party leader Tim Hudak and energy critic Lisa MacLeod; in Wise v. Iran, acted for a Canadian victim of a suicide bombing (executed by individuals who received material support from Iran) who sought leave to intervene in ongoing proceedings commenced by United States plaintiffs in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice seeking orders recognizing the enforceability in Ontario of judgments they obtained from a U.S. court against Iran totaling about $ 370 million; in Khadr v. Edmonton Institution, acted as lead counsel for an intervener, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, to argue that in interpreting Omar Khadr's sentence for the purpose of enforcing it in Canada, Correctional Services Canada was obliged to consider Khadr's right to liberty and principles of fundamental justice; acted for a physician in a malpractice claim in Moore v. Getahun, a precedent - setting case about restrictions on communication between counsel and experts in preparation of expert reports.

Whether you were the victim of an unscrupulous business partner, injured through another's negligence or victimized as a result of sexual harassment or employment discrimination, you need an attorney that understands how to help you enforce your rights.

As an accident victim, you have certain rights; be sure to enforce them.

I would love to work with schools to draft effective regulations, empower educators to enforce the rules, and if necessary, help victims assert their rights online and in their schools.

Fellows and law students will provide legal services, outreach, and education to address legal needs resulting from human trafficking and a variety of civil legal issues arising from victimization, such as family law, education, employment, immigration, and consumer protection, as well as enforcing crime victims» rights.

Crime Victims Justice Corps, a new initiative designed to increase access to civil legal assistance and enforce the rights of crime victims, will mobilize 62 Fellows and 34 law students over the two - year Fellowship period, from June 2018 to MaVictims Justice Corps, a new initiative designed to increase access to civil legal assistance and enforce the rights of crime victims, will mobilize 62 Fellows and 34 law students over the two - year Fellowship period, from June 2018 to Mavictims, will mobilize 62 Fellows and 34 law students over the two - year Fellowship period, from June 2018 to May 2020.

Drawing upon some of the materials embedded in the social justice accounts of tort law, [16] Part IV clarifies why creating an intermediate retributive sanction under the right safeguards to the tort system is a superior way of punishing and preventing misconduct than strictly relying on compensatory damages, class actions for compensatory damages, extra-compensatory damages for victim - vindication, the criminal justice system as we know it, or even a privately enforced criminal justice system.

The alternative for the victim is to commence private proceedings to enforce their rights and seek recompense.