Sentences with phrase «from human rights»

The land grab scenario, they say, would mean that: «Aside from human rights violations becoming commonplace, employment would decline, production would fade and imports would rise, leading to high levels of food insecurity... This scenario would rank poorly from both an economic and a legal point of view.»

There are two main issues to be considered in assessing any given SRA from a human rights perspective: the community's participation in it's development and the content.

From a human rights perspective, it is essential that all Australians enjoy the same opportunity to access and use these services.

The over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, concerns about juvenile detention, and the harsh treatment of people with disabilities within prisons are among Australia's «serious unresolved human rights problems», according to the latest annual report from Human Rights Watch.

The purpose of the workshop was to consider current developments in setting benchmarks, identifying performance indicators and developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks for addressing Indigenous disadvantage from a human rights perspective.

What is significant from a human rights perspective is that the form in which native title is recognised by the common law gives Indigenous law and culture adequate protection so that it can be fully enjoyed to the same extent as non-Indigenous interests.

Developing the skills to apply human rights in different situations and address problems from a human rights perspective involves being able to understand human rights on a practical level and adopt human rights perspectives and behaviour.

The Workshop raised a number of serious concerns from a human rights perspective about the development of indicators and benchmarks in respect of Indigenous disadvantage in Australia.

These submissions first outline the human rights principles relevant to the Review, and then focus on the particular areas in the Report of concern from a human rights perspective.

The second, and more difficult, issue that arises in relation to the recognition of Aboriginal Customary Law from a human rights perspective is determining how to resolve apparent conflicts between human rights standards and Aboriginal Customary Law.

From a human rights perspective there are serious issues in the Taskforce Paper that still need to be addressed.

[89] From a human rights perspective, there can be no justification for a discriminatory distinction between the continuation of freehold title in such circumstances and the continuation of native title in circumstances involving no «fundamental, total or absolute» inconsistency reflecting the intention of the Crown to remove all connection of the Aboriginal people from the land in question.

Both documents identify, from a human rights perspective, the key issues that must be addressed to improve Indigenous health.

Principles relating to the making of Shared Responsibility Agreements from a human rights perspective are set out in Chapter 3 of this report and apply to the making of agreements relating to health issues.

From a human rights perspective, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people must be assured of the opportunity to participate effectively in all aspects of policy development and service delivery that impact upon them.

However, from a human rights perspective, I am concerned about the disproportionate impact the Healthy Welfare Card and Work for the Dole scheme may have on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

The questions that we must ask from a human rights perspective are first, is the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people closing?

The Miriuwung Gajerrong decision makes clear the operation of the native title system and in many respects is disappointing from a human rights perspective.

Ensuring the test for extinguishment of native title is an objective test is not a concern from a human rights perspective.

From a human rights perspective, there is a danger that Indigenous peoples» right to effective participation may be compromised where the body is not representative.

[55] The failure of the NTA to proscribe the extinguishment of native title outside of the NTA is a concern from a human rights perspective and is discussed further at pages 65 - 69 of this Report.

The extinguishment of native title raises many concerns from a human rights perspective.

This disadvantage can not be divorced from human rights.

From a human rights perspective the extinguishment of native title as it occurs in the Australian legal system gives rise to a number of concerns.

Addressing health from a human rights perspective is a clear example of how practical human rights can be.

From a human rights perspective I have serious concerns with the operation and effect of these mechanisms.

The following day saw the release of a yet another report from the Human Rights Commission showing high rates of distress among children who had been held in offshore immigration detention.

Ireland About Blog News from the Human Rights Unit in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

In evaluating the PJC's response to this question it is important to bear in mind that from a human rights perspective, the fundamental concern is that individuals or groups are not discriminated against on the basis of their race.

From a human rights perspective, it is essential that the organizations whose function is to ensure the recognition and protection of native title and the participation of native title parties in economic development of their land are properly funded.

This requires that all efforts be made to overcome the disadvantage faced by Indigenous peoples; to facilitate Indigenous participation in such efforts and to promote Indigenous governance; to put in place stronger mechanisms to prevent future breaches of the human rights of Indigenous Australians; and to ensure increased accountability of governments for policy making, from a human rights perspective.

This reasoning can be criticised from a human rights perspective in three ways.

From a human rights perspective, two factors must direct any reform of the native title and land rights systems.

The Workshop raised a number of serious concerns from a human rights perspective about the current development of indicators and benchmarks in respect of Indigenous disadvantage.

Chapter 1 evaluates, from a human rights perspective, key themes of the federal government's approach to Indigenous affairs.

From a human rights perspective, leadership particularly on the part of governments and the private sector, is regarded as essential to drive the legal and policy changes that can facilitate the development of a human rights culture across society.

Thus it can be seen that, from a human rights perspective and based on international law, corporate responsibility in relation to such activities is not a matter of choice, but an imperative.

Following from these human rights standards the negotiation of native title agreements should encompass the following principles:

Ireland About Blog News from the Human Rights Unit in the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

HR compliance was a burning topic in 2016 as employers raced to understand the implications of OHSA Amendments under Bill 132 and significant increase of awards from human rights violations by employers.

In late June 2014, Kane discussed the campaign's concerns over the lack of gender diversity in diplomatic meetings, experts groups, publications, and media coverage relating to autonomous weapons in a meeting with Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams of the Nobel Women's Initiative and campaign coordinator Mary Wareham from Human Rights Watch.

On Tuesday, 28 May 2013, Steve Goose from Human Rights Watch and Peter Asaro from the International Committee on Robot Arms Control explained the campaign's objectives and its views on the UN report during a press conference and side event.

Mary Wareham from Human Rights Watch, global coordinator of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, also spoke at the Ottawa events.

The first, a November 19 report from Human Rights Watch and the Harvard Law School Human Rights Clinic, calls for an international ban on killer robots.

In January, Steve Goose and Ken Roth from Human Rights Watch talked with AI experts at the annual conference of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence in Austin, Texas and at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland respectively, while ICRAC's Heather Roff presented on autonomous weapons at a conference in Puerto Rico for prominent scientists and AI researchers from industry and academia.

Brooks v. Total Credit Recovery Limited, a decision from the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario examined words, their etymology, and their impact in the workplace.

Restoring the Balance: Lessons from the Human Rights Appeal of Mihaly v Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta 2016 ABQB 6

We achieved a top score in the Corporate Equality Index, earning us the title of «2017 Best Place to work for LGBT Equality» from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

I realized yesterday that if one selects a number of databases on CanLII from the Database Search screen (e.g., all decisions from labour and employment tribunals or all decisions from human rights tribunals), the resulting URL when clicking on «Search» with a «blank» search is a stable URL that can be sent to a user or linked on an intranet to, in essence, create a customized «global» database search... [more]

For 2018, the Day of the Endangered Lawyer is focused on Egypt, in light of widespread credible reports from human rights organisations that Egyptian authorities are «rapidly taking concrete steps to shut down the last critical voices in the country's human rights community.»