Sentences with phrase «for human rights»

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo has launched the 70th anniversary celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with a call on all to ensure that the fight for the protection and respect for human rights remains a constant one.

The report, dubbed «Smaller, Safer, Fairer: A roadmap to closing Rikers Island,» lays out a plan to first reduce the current inmate population and then shutter the facility on the island between Queens and the Bronx that has been called a «black hole for human rights.»

The county's administrative code calls for Human Rights Commission members to have three - year terms.

She claims to be a great advocate for human rights — but former employees tell The Post that behind closed doors, Kerry Kennedy is a monster who's driving her father's legacy into the ground.

«The continued detention of the leader of the Shiite Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Ibrahim El - Zakzaky, is another case of shameful disregard for human rights and due process.

The Ashanti Regional Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Brogya Genfi, has said he will file a joinder application should Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta drag the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to court over its findings on the issuance of the $ 2.25 billion bond.

Continuing Usman said, «Having appealed and given the terrorists final warning, we would like to state that from now on troops within bounds of respect for human rights and rules of engagement, we shall continue to decisively deal with Boko Haram terrorists until they are defeated.

The organisation also dragged the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El - Rufai and the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Burutai before the ICC while also demanding that the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, and the Emir of Zaria, Shehu Idris, be probed for human rights violation and crimes against humanity.

Agbekoya from inception was established to fight for human rights.

«Marriage equality did not play an influential, even modest, role in the outcome of this special election,» said Brian Ellner, a senior strategist for the Human Rights Campaign, which seeks equality.

The UK condemns other countries for human rights abuses but what is worse than condemning someone to death?

«Since 1992 we have blazed the trail of a return to constitutional rule and democratic governance and have become the champions of the rule and respect for human rights.

«The fight for international human rights should be given to Chinese citizens... Liu Xiaobo has been one of the foremost fighters for human rights and a symbol of it.»

Since independence in 1957, Ghanaians experienced rule of Law, Good governance, respect for human rights, freedom of speech and real economic development from 2001 to 2008 when the destiny of country was in the hands of the New Patriotic Party under the leadership of Ex-Former President, His Excellency John Agyekum Kuffour.

The one - day forum was led by the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), whose acting Commissioner, Mr Richard Quayson, said «we have by our actions or inaction allowed corruption to take over our lives.»

If this bill is passed into law, good governance, the rule of law and respect for human rights of Nigerians would become a farce in the country.By gagging civil society from criticising the National Assembly and the government, the bill will undercut the rule of law, shrink civic space, and expose vulnerable Nigerians to greater level of injustice and repression.»

After meeting in secret the Norwegian committee considering the prize granted it to Mr Liu as a «symbol» of all those struggling for human rights against China's ruling Communist party.

The petition copied to Mr Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption reads in part: «SERAP considers these amendments to be in bad faith, patently an abuse of legislative powers, politically biased, and demonstrably unjustified in a democratic and representative society governed by the rule of law, and incompatible with the country's international human rights obligations and commitments particularly the UN Convention against Corruption, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the African Charter on Human and Peoples» Rights, which Nigeria has ratified.»

But for the sake of all our kids, no matter where they were born, we need to make sure that it is a future guided by respect for human rights.

He now campaigns for human rights in the country, and is based in London.You can follow him on Twitter here.

«We support the CCB and the CCT but we must make sure that in doing their work, there must be fairness and respect for human rights.

Meanwhile, Chairman, Warri - Ijaw Peace Monitoring Group, WIPMG, Chief Patrick Bigha, Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative, IPDI, National Association of Izon - Ebe Law Students, NAILS and Foundation for Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Crusade, FHRACC, have warned those fanning the embers of ethnic discord over the pipelines vandalization to desist.

Hours before Monday's attack, the UN high commissioner for human rights questioned the measures being taken by Egypt's government to combat jihadism.

Many male refugees, like me, had to leave their countries because they stood up for human rights, including rights for women.

«Russian warplanes have since last night been carrying out heavy air strikes on the Jabal Akrad and Jabal Turkman regions» in the north of the province, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights chief Rami Abdel Rahman said.

We will continue to press for access for human rights monitors.

We strongly support the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in calling for a full and transparent investigation in to reports of attacks on Libya citizens.

The Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR) is an independent National Human Rights Institution established by an act of Danish Parliament in 1987 and modeled in accordance with the UN Paris Principles.

Youth For Human Rights Africa, (YoHRA) yesterday, 8th of August, 2017 began the training of Human Rights Ambassadors in it's office in Dzorwulu, Accra.

A number of witnesses were to testify in favor of a marriage equality plank in the platform: Marc Solomon, national campaign director for Freedom to Marry; Allison Herwitt, legislative director for the Human Rights Campaign; Army Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan, a lesbian New Hampshire guardsman with stage - four incurable breast cancer and a plaintiff in Servicemembers Legal Defense Network's lawsuit against the Defense of Marriage Act; Michael Macleod - Ball, the American Civil Liberties Union's chief of staff for the Washington Legislative Office; and Aaron Zellhoefer, a gay delegate to the Democratic National Convention representing the National Stonewall Democrats.

Buhari should press the summit to request the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the African Commission on Human and Peoples» Rights to urgently dispatch humanitarian teams to Libya to help those trapped there to leave the country in a safe and humane manner.»

French foreign minister Alain Juppé said: «We must not be afraid of the Arab Spring because it embodies universal values - dignity, freedom, respect for human rights, the right of people to choose their own leaders.»

The hell that is Rikers Island would be a target for human rights groups if they ever looked in their own backyard.

North Korea, which has been criticised for its human rights record, has previously used detained Americans to extract high - profile visits from the US, with which it has no formal diplomatic relations.

We seek to build respect for human rights into our practice.

Within days of condemning the «communist regime in Vietnam» for its human rights abuses, an Orange County Republican lawmaker packed his bags for an eight - day junket to China, which is engaging in «the most severe attack on government critics since the 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square.»

The Robert F. Kennedy organization stepped in, saying that «teenagers should not be locked up on Rikers Island solely because their families can't afford to pay bail,» according to Wade McMullen, managing attorney for the human rights group.

It is widely assumed that the three ministers, Grieve as attorney - general, Clarke as a senior cabinet minister, and Green, as a justice minister with party responsibility for human rights, had blocked such radical surgery.

I endeavour to live up to his legacy on this and am keenly aware that the current government has a scary disregard for human rights both here and around the world.

he delegation of Parliamentarians included Lord Stewart Wood, former foreign policy adviser to both Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband, then Shadow Minister for Human Rights Andy Slaughter, Shadow Minister for International Development Imran Hussain, current Shadow Justice Secretary Richard Burgon MP, current Shadow Transport Secretary Andy McDonald MP and Wes Streeting MP.

The delegation of Parliamentarians included Lord Stewart Wood, former foreign policy adviser to both Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband, Shadow Minister for Human Rights Andy Slaughter, Shadow Minister for International Development Imran Hussain, Richard Burgon MP, Andy McDonald MP and Wes Streeting MP.

According to him, the comment puts Ghana in bad light in terms of respect for human rights.

This is NOT how you treat people who are protesting for Human Rights.

The delegation of Parliamentarians included Lord Stewart Wood, former foreign policy adviser to both Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband, then Shadow Minister for Human Rights Andy Slaughter, Shadow Minister for International Development Imran Hussain, current Shadow Justice Secretary Richard Burgon MP, current Shadow Transport Secretary Andy McDonald MP and Wes Streeting MP.

'' [Cuomo's] team kept everyone together and on task,» said Brian Ellner, spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign.

I called the Division for Human Rights and they hadn't heard about it.

That is why David Cameron and I have urged the National Transitional Council to exercise restraint and respect for human rights.

The report, produced in consultation with a number of businesses and NGOs, including Amnesty International, Verité, Engineers Against Poverty and the Institute for Human Rights and Business, examines the root causes of slavery, and sets out priority actions for moving the industry towards greater transparency.

Lord Lester's two private members» bills on making the European Human Rights Convention enforceable in British courts became the model for the Human Rights Act (HRA).

Navi Pillay, UN high commissioner for human rights, issued a statement recently calling for Guantanamo's closure, adding that its existence is a breach of international law.