Sentences with phrase «human rights efforts»

Science and Human Rights Report Sign Up The Program is committed to advancing the human right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications, engaging scientists, engineers and their professional associations in human rights efforts, monitoring and enhancing assessment of...

Through a wide variety of projects, SRHRL has shown its commitment to promoting high standards for the practice of science and engineering, monitoring and enhancing assessment of emerging ethical and legal issues related to science and technology, engaging scientists, engineers and their professional associations in human rights efforts, and furthering the use of science and technology in support of human rights.

Members interested in this area of work aim to strengthen communication between the scientific, engineering and health communities and human rights organizations to identify human rights efforts that could benefit from scientific approaches, tools and technologies, and then assist in making these accessible to human rights practitioners.

The High Commissioner heads OHCHR and spearheads the United Nations» human rights efforts.

The Program is committed to promoting high standards for the practice of science and engineering; advancing the human right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications; engaging scientists, engineers and their professional associations in human rights efforts; monitoring and enhancing assessment of emerging ethical, legal, and human rights issues related to science and technology; furthering the use of science and technology in support of human rights; and initiating activities to address the impact of developments at the intersection of science, technology, and law.

The Program carries out its mission by engaging individual scientists and scientific associations in human rights efforts; applying scientific tools and technologies to enhance human rights work; bringing human rights standards to the conduct of science; and promoting the human right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress.»

Members interested in this area of work aim to identify, compile and develop resources and create opportunities for exchange in order to establish a stronger foundation for productive, collaborative human rights efforts, and contribute to the professional development of science, engineering and health teachers and human rights educators.

The Program is committed to advancing the human right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications, engaging scientists, engineers and their professional associations in human rights efforts, monitoring and enhancing assessment of emerging human rights issues related to science and technology, and furthering the use of science and technology in support of human rights through a variety of projects, activities and publications.

The guidelines note that «abortion has once again become a focal point of human rights efforts.»

Not exact matches

Privacy and human rights groups have been concerned about the security of Tor following revelations in the Guardian, New York Times and ProPublica about widespread NSA efforts to undermine privacy and security software.

Two lawyers who have never met can nevertheless combine efforts to defend a complete stranger because they both believe in the existence of laws, justice, human rights — and the money paid out in fees.

Yesterday's decision in Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC, the U.S. Supreme Court's third major decision involving the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), continues a trend of reining in human rights activists» efforts to police private businesses» overseas conduct through ATS litigation.

Revisions to China's tax system reflect the government's efforts to redress human rights issues of income disparity.

However, Mr. Browder expressed hope that she would also support his international efforts to have Canada adopt a U.S. - style Magnitsky Act to punish Russian human - rights abusers.

Today, special envoy for North Korean human rights issues Robert King and a group of U.S. diplomats will leave for Pyongyang in an effort to secure the release of an...

Today, special envoy for North Korean human rights issues Robert King and a group of U.S. diplomats will leave for Pyongyang in an effort to secure the release of an imprisoned American missionary.

I agree with L.Nielsen's sentiment that you are «almost there» — close to realising that this is the only life you have and that all your effort should be directed at living it well for it's own sake, close to realising that you are strong enough as an individual to face the world without the psychological crutch you call god, close to realising that you are a good human being in your own right, close to realising that your own successes, failures, loves and fears are yours and yours alone, not attibutable to an imaginary creator.

Witness their efforts to preserve and enhance the earth and the earth's resources, to take action against oppression, to demand human rights, just treatment for all, and an end to war.»

By the time Pope Benedict XVI addressed the U.N. General Assembly on the sixtieth anniversary of the UDHR in 2008, opportunistic uses of human rights were in full swing, prompting the pope to announce, «Efforts need to be redoubled in the face of pressure to reinterpret the foundations of the Declaration and to compromise its inner unity so as to facilitate a move away from the protection of human dignity towards the satisfaction of simple interests, often particular interests.»

The proper course, it seems to me, is for church leaders and people of good will to make every effort to connect the human - rights project to an affirmation of the essential interplay between individual rights and democratic values.

Efforts to promote such changes in the guise of human rights are correctly condemned as egregious instances of «cultural imperialism» by which elites of certain rich nations, not least of the United States, attempt to impose their values on the rest of the world.

«The World Conference on Human Rights urges Governments, institutions, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to intensify their efforts for the protection and promotion of human rights of women and the girl - child&raHuman Rights urges Governments, institutions, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to intensify their efforts for the protection and promotion of human rights of women and the girl - child&rRights urges Governments, institutions, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to intensify their efforts for the protection and promotion of human rights of women and the girl - child&rahuman rights of women and the girl - child&rrights of women and the girl - child».

In my judgment, the «Social Principles» of the United Methodists, the «Statement on Economic Justice» of the Lutheran Church in America, the «Statement on Human Rights» of the United Church of Christ, and the World Council of Churches» themes of «Justice, Sustainability and Participation» are models of such efforts.

The respected human rights group Americas Watch has on numerous occasions condemned U.S. government efforts to distort the human rights record of both the Nicaraguan government and the U.S - backed contras.

As he makes clear, for the most part those dealings were ham «fisted, especially when it came to Washington's efforts to establish abortion as a «human right» in international law.

If they financially support an effort to deny a group of human beings a basic human right, one that the Declaration of Independence declared to be «inalienable» (the pursuit of happiness), then yes, they are in point of fact spreading hate.

Whether or not some efforts are «counterproductive»» and the law of unintended consequences is always hard at work» it is a great and necessary thing, and a thing necessary to American greatness, that this country be the champion of human rights, and of religious freedom in particular.

The hard thing would be to manage these efforts without maiming art, treading on human rights, and repeating all the imbalances of some past reformations of manners.

We hope that you find this a worthy cause and join the efforts in creating awareness about the struggle to have human rights defenders partake in the OIC's Independent Permanent Human Rights Commishuman rights defenders partake in the OIC's Independent Permanent Human Rights Commirights defenders partake in the OIC's Independent Permanent Human Rights CommisHuman Rights CommiRights Commission.

Maybe I'm too cynical, but the best sense I can make of the administrations decisions requires me to presuppose the predominance of (1) dreamy human rights internationalism, and (2) cynical efforts to keep the Middle East out of domestic politics by doing whatever it takes to kick the various cans down the road.

Human rights are expected to be looked after by the general growth process in the economy, without a direct effort to bring about a better redistribution of incomes and wealth.

What I'm really going to do is to rid the gene pool of its 10,000 worst contributors, in an effort to speed up the evolution of the human race (yes: I made the system automatic, so that I didn't have to bother diddling with it at every moment: Darwin was right, but the process turned out slower than I expected, and I got bored, hence the urge to speed things up a tad).

Report author and SCIAF Policy Officer Jo O'Neill said: «Despite efforts to tackle irresponsible businesses by governments, human rights and environmental abuses continue to take place, and all over the world human rights defenders continue to be threatened and killed.

A major part of the problem is that though Immanuel Kant wrote about dignity in the 18th century and the word was in use even earlier, strong efforts to elucidate and work with it have not been made (as have been made for, say, the notion of human rights, the subject of innumerable books, essays and court cases).

A third error lay in putting the emphasis on human effort to bring about the kingdom, whereas God alone, by his kingly power, will bring it to pass when in his divine wisdom the season is right.

And it's not hard to imagine the Father of the Constitution and Bill of Rights taking deep satisfaction from the public career of a fellow - Virginian, a man of integrity who bent every effort to defend human rights, especially for the defensRights taking deep satisfaction from the public career of a fellow - Virginian, a man of integrity who bent every effort to defend human rights, especially for the defensrights, especially for the defenseless.

I can not support such a meager effort, in particular from a company with such a long track record of disregard for labor and human rights, environmental protection, honesty in labeling and marketing, and other unethical business practices.

PepsiCo today reported continued progress in the company's efforts to strengthen its palm oil supply chain, including new steps taken to promote human rights, responsible land use and supplier transparency.

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This excerpt focuses on the premature cutting of the umbilical, the extreme trauma of hospital birth, the tendency of humans to recreate patterns of trauma throughout life in an effort to create resolution, and the need to generate LOVING imprints — right from the moment of conception, through pregnancy, birth and beyond.

Baby Milk Action press release 10 June 2014 Baby Milk Action is today joining colleagues around the world calling on governments to support international efforts to strengthen international law, thereby better protecting people from human rights abuses caused by corporate activities.

Reverse Trick - or - Treating is an initiative launched by the human rights organization Global Exchange in cooperation with Fair Trade company Equal Exchange and is a collaborative effort of countless children, youth, and adults supported by institutions including nonprofit organizations, faith - based organizations, Fair Trade companies, and schools.

The Ministry has disbanded a number of witch camps, particularly, in the three northern regions as part of efforts to end human right abuses.

The Human Rights Coaltion's Campaign for New York Marriage continues with this video starring actor / actress Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon, who are the first couple to record a pro-same sex marriage missive for the effort.

Second, supporting any UN military efforts sets the precedent that such actions could be used on them in the future for such reasons as their nuclear weapons development or severe human rights violations.

The Supreme Court of Ghana on Tuesday ignored an order made by the African Court for Human and People's Rights to halt efforts to retrieve 51.2 million cedis wrongfully paid to Alfred Agbesi Woyome.

A bipartisan congressional effort, ignoring White House objections, produced a bill Saturday to impose sweeping sanctions against Russia for meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential race and its human rights violations.

This month, the Internet Advocacy Roundtable is piping in some of the key players in these efforts from the Human Rights Campaign, which has spearheaded much of the national effort, and from the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which successfully challenged California's Prop 8 in federal court.

Former NYC Mayors David Dinkins and Ed Koch have signed on to the Human Rights Campaign's New Yorkers for Marriage Equality effort, recording separate Web videos in which they profess their support for letting same - sex couple legally wed in the Empire State.

Efforts to replace the Human Rights Act with a British bill of rights just resulted in a few guffaws from Clarke and Nick Rights Act with a British bill of rights just resulted in a few guffaws from Clarke and Nick rights just resulted in a few guffaws from Clarke and Nick Clegg.