Sentences with phrase «human rights boundaries»

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Opposition leaders and human rights groups have accused the PAP of gerrymandering and demanded more transparency in the boundary changes of constituencies.

We observe that evil has no boundaries — the very existence of torture, and the fact that human rights organisations believe that over 80 % of the world's governments practice some form of it, shows that humans are not just content to be a little bit evil, but are most willing to be CREATIVELY evil, concocting new ways to inflict pain and suffering onto others.

Despite obvious and continuing difficulties in enforcing human rights law, «there has been no more radical development in the whole history of international law than this bursting, as it were, of its traditional boundaries,» John Humphrey remarks in «The Revolution in the International Law of Human Rights» (Human Rights, Spring 1975, p.human rights law, «there has been no more radical development in the whole history of international law than this bursting, as it were, of its traditional boundaries,» John Humphrey remarks in «The Revolution in the International Law of Human Rights» (Human Rights, Spring 1975, prights law, «there has been no more radical development in the whole history of international law than this bursting, as it were, of its traditional boundaries,» John Humphrey remarks in «The Revolution in the International Law of Human Rights» (Human Rights, Spring 1975, p.Human Rights» (Human Rights, Spring 1975, pRights» (Human Rights, Spring 1975, p.Human Rights, Spring 1975, pRights, Spring 1975, p. 209)

Those familiar with the country believe that the answer is twofold: a rigorously negotiated constitution shaped around human rights and citizen participation in political decisions; and a Truth and Reconciliation Commission that walked the narrow boundary between exacting vengeance on the agents of the regime and granting them immunity.

The public consensus veers between sympathy for animal rights — although it is only some animals that are included, you do no hear much about the «rights» of insects and spiders, for example — and uncertainty about the moral boundaries surrounding human life and death — although, of course, outright murder is still regarded as a crime.

Perhaps the most important information to dwell on — as a supporter of Aja, as a mother, and as a concerned citizen — are your human rights in childbirth and how this case has the potential to clearly delineate that boundary between protection of mother and baby and your family's right to self determination and privacy.

The field of bioethics has addressed a broad swathe of human inquiry, ranging from debates over the boundaries of life (e.g. abortion, euthanasia), surrogacy, the allocation of scarce health care resources (e.g. organ donation, health care rationing) to the right to refuse medical care for religious or cultural reasons.

Such rhetoric reveals an ideology of human spaceflight — a set of beliefs about the nation's right to expand its boundaries, colonize other lands and exploit their resources.

Set your dog and their foster human (s) up for success with a welcome home session that will help establish the rules and boundaries that work best for their individual household, provide a framework for the transition to foster, and help both dog and human (s) get their new relationship started on the right foot.

Each of the grand black, white, and single tone triptychs represents a life threshold as well as a transition point — illegal or legitimate — a political or conceptual boundary, a zone where human rights -LSB-...]

Each of the grand black, white, and single tone triptychs represents a life threshold as well as a transition point — illegal or legitimate — a political or conceptual boundary, a zone where human rights are suspended.

He has particular expertise advising governments, corporations, and non-governmental organizations regarding international legal matters, including with respect to international boundary disputes, the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, investor - state disputes, international environmental law, and international human rights and humanitarian law.

This includes guidance on how to navigate the shifting boundaries between human rights hard and soft law.

Alexandra advises on a range of international law issues, including international commercial disputes, the application of investment protection treaties, land and maritime boundaries, sovereignty over territory, treaty drafting and interpretation, and international human rights law.

Furthermore, the cases brought to the European Court of Human Rights against a number of Eastern European states by our colleagues in the Mental Disability Advocacy Centre and referenced in the Cheshire West judgment, which include examples of treatment contrary to Art 3 of the Convention, demonstrate that abuse of disabled people in institutional settings knows no international boundaries.

Foley Hoag has been the counsel of choice for sovereign states on issues such as international treaties, international investment law and dispute resolution, delimitation of maritime and land boundaries, sovereign and diplomatic privileges and immunities, international environmental law, the use of force and the law of armed conflict, international trade and sanctions, and human rights.»

Human rights principles build a framework for economic and social development to occur within the cultural and political boundaries established by Indigenous peoples» traditional laws and customs.