Sentences with phrase «equality of treatment in»

NIP seeks to promote justice and equality of treatment in all areas of immigration law, the criminal justice system, and social policies related to immigration.

Not exact matches

«A lot of companies talk about «making the world a better place» but I feel like Etsy is one of the few which actually takes into account issues like sustainability, equality, humane treatment, etc. in all of its business decisions.»

Christian does not equal Republican; frankly social liberals are more in line with the Gospel in regard to social equality and treatment of the poor and widowed.

I find it interesting that the day after you wrote about the evil treatment of ministers in the United Methodist Church who are in favor of marriage equality in the church, you wrote this blog on how women could affect equality within the church.

Although he recognizes that the shift in recent years from strict, no - aid separationism to an equal - treatment - of - religion model has produced some good results (upholding school vouchers, for example), he insists that neutrality and equality are not enough.

In each case the response of Jesus to these practices indicates that he sanctioned equality of treatment for men and women because God created man and woman to be one flesh (Matt.

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.

Two people cash have differing opinions on abortion, h0m0s3xuality, capital punishment, women's rights, race equality, the treatment of children, animals, and the environment, plus a host of other topics, and still be justified in calling themselves «Christian».

Paradoxically, labor unions have gone further than any other group in America, not excepting the churches, to witness against racial injustice and try to secure equality of treatment.

Safeguarding the health of expectant and nursing mothers and protecting them from job discrimination is a precondition for achieving genuine equality of opportunity and treatment for men and women at work and enabling workers to raise families in conditions of security.

«What they describe as discrimination and marginalisation of Christians is in fact the proper upholding of human rights and equalities law and principles — principles which protect all people against unfair treatment — and we are pleased that the court has recognised this.

Commenting on the report by Women and Equalities Commission, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «The latest report from the Women and Equalities Commission sadly reflects and confirms the issues and concerns the NASUWT has been raising with Government and employers about the treatment of women teachers for some time.

We're seeking to appeal to women who genuinely believe in gender equality, rather than relentless special treatment for women and girls regardless of the cost to men and boys.

«Stonewall boasts that its stated purpose is to «promote equality,» yet it is ignoring the unequal treatment of LGBT people in this bill.

In pursuit of that environment, the AAS is committed to the philosophy of equality of opportunity and treatment for all members, regardless of gender, gender identity or expression, race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion or religious belief, age, marital status, sexual orientation, disabilities, veteran status, or any other reason not related to scientific merit.

Otherwise, the decision to implement cessation clause will result in the violation of a number of fundamental rights, including the right to life, to equality, to human dignity and to freedom from ill - treatment and torture; all lies at the heart of the 1951 Refugee Convention, human rights law, and constitutional frameworks.

He calls for «diversity in approach at the service of equality» and summarizes with a simple equation: «diversity in people + appropriate treatment for each = diversity in approach.»

Why isn't Julius able to extend his quest for equality to women, acknowledging the hypocrisy in his treatment of Monica?

(a) Each teacher shall endeavor to impress upon the minds of the pupils the principles of morality, truth, justice, patriotism, and a true comprehension of the rights, duties, and dignity of American citizenship, and the meaning of equality and human dignity, including the promotion of harmonious relations, kindness toward domestic pets and the humane treatment of living creatures, to teach them to avoid idleness, profanity, and falsehood, and to instruct them in manners and morals and the principles of a free government.

The Fund for Women's Equality, a 501 (c)(3) charitable organization, promotes legal and lived equality in the United States by increasing public understanding of the need for comprehensive, fair and equal treatment of women and girls under the law and the need to end sex inequality in all its forms.

Then follows «mental health of leftist activists», an extensive section on bias in social psychology and nmore general problems being addressed by the Heterodox Academy effort, the sociology of single - parenting, studies involving race / gender with IQ, personality, intellectual abilities and differences in interest, genetics and human evolution, enforced gender equality, scientific socialism, eugenics and the zero - population - growth movement, misguided environmentalism, and finally, a bit about climate change, rapidly followed by the «food police» and «diet wars», and then returning to a treatment of the Climate Wars.

This means, in effect, that aliens who are subject to expulsion can not claim an entitlement to remain in the territory of a contracting state in order to benefit from the equality of treatment as to respect for their family life that they would receive there which would be denied to them in the receiving state.

While the Supreme Court of Canada permitted freedom of religion to trump equality for gays and lesbians in the B.C. College of Teachers case, it did agree with the college that the covenant created «unfavourable differential treatment» towards gays and lesbians.

Additionally, in order for the measure to be compatible with the principle of equality of treatment, the restrictive measure should not exclusively be applicable to persons benefiting from a subsidiary protection status, which, according to AG Cruz Villalon, should also be assessed by the national court.

Generally, using an SLP should not raise major tax issues in the UK, since specific legislation has been enacted to preserve equality of treatment betweenScotland and England in respect of, for example, computation of partnership profits (Income and Corporation Taxes Act [ICTA] 1988, section 111 [1]-RRB-; capital gains (TCGA 1992, section 59 [1][a]-RRB-; relevant investments (Income Tax Act [ITA] 2007, section 856); and accrued income [ITA 2007, section 675 [3]-RRB-.

«The available record raises questions about Judge Roberts's view of the role of federal courts in ensuring equality of treatment for women and protecting women's rights.

HC had submitted that her exclusion from entitlement (by three statutory instruments)(i) involved unlawful discrimination against her and / or her children; (ii) breached the EU Charter, arts 24 and 34 (requiring equal treatment); and (iii) breached the PSED, as there was insufficient recognition of the effects on women and children in the defendants» equality analysis and statements.

He also has experience of dealing with such issues in the health sector, and has advised on matters such as the compatibility with Convention rights and equalities legislation of policies for the treatment of funding.

The source of the authority to demand these things lies in the inhering norms of commerce and any legal order for dispute resolution: good faith, equality and fair treatment.

Even if this does not happen, it is to be hoped that a single equality Act, which is likely to be one of the options canvassed in the green paper, will be able to iron out the anomalies that have already arisen between the treatment of the three older discrimination strands in this context.

Our lawsuit claims that the new law violates sections 6 (mobility rights), 7 (protection of life, liberty and security of the person), 11 (h) and (i)(procedural protections for individuals who have been charged with an offence), 12 (protection from cruel and unusual treatment or punishment) and 15 (equality rights) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and are not justifiable in a free and democratic society.

From Melinda Gates throwing her weight behind improving gender equality in computer science, to a viral blog post about the treatment of female employees at a well - known Silicon Valley giant, the recent news is indicative of the wider situation: For women in the industry, it is one step forward, one step back.

This understanding of what differences in treatment are permissible has been termed «substantive equality».

To secure equality of treatment, advancement, qualifications and status of cultural diversity in multicultural counseling and guidance work.

It is only fair to share in the richness of the land with the idea of equality in the treatment of Aboriginal people.

A legislated Bill of Rights could, for example, include protections such as guarantees against arbitrary detention; requirements for proportionality in sentencing offenders and the right to a fair trial; guarantees of equality before the law and non-discrimination; prohibitions of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment; and so forth.

(12) In considering each of these provisions the differential treatment of native title holders, whose interests are subordinate to the interests of non-Indigenous title holders, is permitted under a substantive equality test, if the objectives of the provisions are «legitimate».

The justification for the withdrawal of special measures is that they have done their job; they have broken the cycle of discrimination and the target group is no longer in need of special treatment; substantial equality has been achieved.

equality does not mean identical treatment, and there will be circumstances in which the recognition of distinct characteristics of Indigenous culture will be legitimate and non-discriminatory;

Traditionally, racial equality was conceived of in terms of equality and, in that respect, the spirit of equality would lie in sameness and identical treatment, however, international law recognises that in some circumstances, positive discrimination towards certain racial groups may be necessary.

While the formal equality plus special measures approach to equality demonstrated in Gerhardy v Brown can be seen to reflect a notion of equality which seeks to bring Aboriginal people up to the same level as and assimilate with non-Indigenous people, it at least ensures that invidious differential treatment is outlawed.

In particular, States have an obligation in article 5 of ICERD to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination and to guarantee the right of everyone to equality before the law, including in the enjoyment of the right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other organs administering justice, [17] the right to freedom of religion [18], and the right to own property alone as well as in association with otherIn particular, States have an obligation in article 5 of ICERD to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination and to guarantee the right of everyone to equality before the law, including in the enjoyment of the right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other organs administering justice, [17] the right to freedom of religion [18], and the right to own property alone as well as in association with otherin article 5 of ICERD to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination and to guarantee the right of everyone to equality before the law, including in the enjoyment of the right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other organs administering justice, [17] the right to freedom of religion [18], and the right to own property alone as well as in association with otherin the enjoyment of the right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other organs administering justice, [17] the right to freedom of religion [18], and the right to own property alone as well as in association with otherin association with others.

That is, society needs to ensure «substantive equality» (where all groups have equal opportunity to enjoy human rights) rather than just «formal equality» (where equal treatment of all can result in some groups having less opportunity because of relevant differences).

(a) the guarantees of equality before the law and racial non-discrimination [34] in article 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights («ICCPR») and articles 2 and 5 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination («CERD»), in particular the obligation in article 5 of CERD to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination and to guarantee the right of everyone to equality before the law, including in the enjoyment of (a) the right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other organs administering justice, (d)(v) the right to own property alone as well as in association with others [35], and (d)(vii) the right to freedom of religion [36];

Finally, respect for human rights obligations, especially the right of indigenous communities «to practice and revitalise their cultural traditions and customs» [74] and to equality before the law, including in the enjoyment of the right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other organs administering justice [75], calls for the development of principles which address the unique evidentiary issues involved in native title litigation, including the reality of claims based substantially upon orally - transmitted traditions, the lack of written records of indigenous laws and customs, the «unsceptical» receipt of uncorroborated historical evidence incapable of being tested under cross-examination, and the epistemological, ideological and cultural limitations of historical assessments of traditional laws and customs by non-indigenous commentators.

The NTER in its original application was not subject to the RDA — the federal legislation designed to ensure equality of treatment of all people regardless of their race.

Our effective participation in decision making that effects us has been confirmed as essential to ensuring non-discriminatory treatment and equality before the law, and recognises the cultural distinctiveness and diversity of Indigenous peoples.

Judge Tanaka of the International Court of Justice stated, in the South West Africa case, that «The principle of equality before the law does not mean the absolute equality, namely the equal treatment of men without regard to the individual, concrete circumstances, but it means the relative equality, namely the principles to treat equally what are equal and unequally what are unequal... To treat unequal matters differently according to their inequality is not only permitted but required», (1966) ICJ Rep 6, pp303 - 305.

They explore values such as universality (for example they consider when it is ok to curtail particular rights of individuals or groups of individuals, such as prisoners freedom of movement) and explore equality and non-discrimination (for example understanding that equal treatment and equality are not always the same thing such as in situations where it is necessary to put in place affirmative action or quotas to bring about equality between men and women).

The government's explanation of their obligation to provide equality is ambiguous, as it does not acknowledge that there may be circumstances in which such differential treatment is required.