Sentences with phrase «equal dignity of every person»

The British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) has led in this call and all the signatories to the letter to David Cameron and Nick Clegg are united around a fundamental belief in the equal dignity of all people and the legal protection of basic human rights.

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This policy describes how the Institute works with its employees to ensure that its activities respect the dignity, independence, integration and equal opportunity of persons with disabilities.

Carroll largely agrees with Wills on the concrete achievements of the council — especially its affirmation of the equal dignity of the entire people of God and its view of Judaism — but goes still further in interpreting its «spirit.»

Devoting several chapters to Vatican II and its aftermath, Wills locates the council's fundamental achievement in its conception of the church as the «people of God» in which the laity and hierarchy are equal in their baptismal dignity.

It is identical to racial issues: civil and church laws need to protect the truth about the equal dignity of all races because that truth allows us to treat others as persons.

One must make a reasoned decision about these truths, and in that sense the United Nations Charter and the Declaration reaffirm «faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, and in the equal rights of men and women.»

Because «each person has a more - or-less articulate conception of what gives value to life,» a government does not treat each person with equal respect and dignity if it prefers one conception of the good life to another.

An effort to make church a place where socioeconomic distinctions are broken down — where blue - collar and white - collar, rich and poor, are equal before their Creator — advances the double objective of building authentic communities and recognizing the dignity of every person.

It took me some time to gain my self - confidence, my own personal sense of dignity and worth and value, to be able to talk to whatever person was talking down to me as though I was their equal.

And because of this, every person has innate value and is worthy of equal dignity and respect — regardless of race, gender, wealth, ethnicity, immigration status, background or any other factor.

To reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and...

The principles of justice Rawls devised require that any person's «life plan» be accepted as equal in dignity to anyone else's.

This status is a far - reaching legal acknowledgment of the intimate relationship between two people, a relationship deemed by the State worthy of dignity in the community equal with all other marriages.

We are of the conviction the government strongly respects the inherent dignity and worth of all persons with disability and that you are committed to promoting our rights by responsibly and responsively supporting equal access to employment.

«Our faith traditions teach us that all people are children of God, deserving of love, dignity and equal treatment, and we the undersigned therefore believe that gay and lesbian New Yorkers in committed, loving relationships should be able to protect each other with the critical safety - net provided by civil marriage.

«Our faith traditions teach us that all people are children of God, deserving of love, dignity and equal treatment,» said the Rev. Tom Goodhue, executive director of the Long Island Council of Churches.

Learning institutions can help people understand that movement toward equal dignity may coincide with people becoming highly conscious of indignities — humiliations — inflicted either intentionally by direct mistreatment, or unwittingly through outdated practices, or systemically through obsolete social frames.

Education plays a crucial role in facilitating the transformation from traditional ranked honour - based arrangements of relationships — relationships that secured privileges of a few at the expense of many — to the new dignity - based arrangements that acknowledge and nurture the equal worth for all people.

We believe education is a civil right necessary to the dignity and freedom of the American people, and all children should have equal access to an education that maximizes his or her individual potential.

NSBA believes education is a civil right necessary to the dignity and freedom of the American people, and all children should have equal access to an education that maximizes his or her individual potential.

The AHRA recognizes the «fundamental principle that all persons are equal in dignity, rights and responsibilities without regard to race, religious beliefs, colour, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical disability, mental disability, age, ancestry, place of origin, marital status, source of income, family status or sexual orientation.»

The Endowment for Equal Justice protects people's safety, dignity and rights by providing a sustainable source of funding for civil legal services they could never afford on their own.

People with disabilities will be given an equal opportunity to obtain, use and benefit from The Globe and Mail's products and services in a way that is respectful of the dignity and independence of people with disabilities and in a manner which takes into account the person's disabPeople with disabilities will be given an equal opportunity to obtain, use and benefit from The Globe and Mail's products and services in a way that is respectful of the dignity and independence of people with disabilities and in a manner which takes into account the person's disabpeople with disabilities and in a manner which takes into account the person's disability.

Show that you believe every single person is deserving of respect, dignity, and equal rights under the law.

b) ensure that members of Indigenous peoples are free and equal in dignity and rights and free from any discrimination, in particular that based on Indigenous identity;

The goal of the National Strategic Framework is «to ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples enjoy a healthy life equal to that of the general population that is enriched by a strong living culture, dignity and justice».119

The failure to recognise native title before the Mabo decision in 1992 can be seen, as it was in that case, as the failure to give equal respect and dignity to the cultural identity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; to be racially discriminatory; and a violation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's human rights:

(b) ensure that members of indigenous peoples are free and equal in dignity and rights and free from any discrimination, in particular that based on indigenous origin or identity