Sentences with phrase «human rights face»

The campaign asserts that women fighting for human rights and particularly focusing on women's human rights face specific violations in the course of their work because of their sex and gender.

So, human rights faces a pincer attack.

Not exact matches

Doing business in a country that faces allegations of human rights abuses such as Eritrea carries with it a certain amount of reputational risk.

The nature of the human being is that when you turn the page, you automatically glance at the right - facing page first.

That bill is now facing pressure from the Human Rights Campaign with backing from companies including IBM and Bank of America.

New World Health Organization director - general Tedros Ghebreyesus announced in a recent speech that Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe — who has faced allegations of human rights violations and «crimes against humanity» — would be a «goodwill ambassador» to the global health agency.

Marine life faces continued threats, but the recovery of the shark population is a sign that humans are doing something right.

Big losers will include our cultural institutions, including the CBC and the Canada Council who will likely face further devastating cuts, as well as human rights, international development and arts organizations who were funded historically by the Canadian government (some of whom had already lost funding under the minority Conservative government).

As a result, users still lack the information they need to make informed choices to assess the privacy and human rights risks they face when using a particular service.

Without enhanced due diligence requirements in place Canadian companies face a high risk of causing or contributing to human rights abuses.

The protest will highlight ongoing human rights abuses faced by the agricultural workers in Mexico who pick tomatoes for the chain.

The heat of this side of the coin has started reaching another side where startups and SMBs are also facing equal challenges while hunting right human assets and to deliver the quality solution to their clients and users.

«The freedom of lawyers to defend their clients without facing harassment and intimidation is of paramount importance in ensuring the protection and promotion of human rights.

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.

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.»

This enemy — with no concept of human rights — threw the rule book out on fighting, and our soldiers had to face that.

The openhearted observer of Islam in the West can discern the shape of hope in the increasing willingness of people of the two faiths to come together for dialogue and consultation on the mutual problems they face; in the reevaluation of Islam forced upon Muslims by their minority status in many places; and in the development of the concept of international law and universal human rights.

He pointed out that the human rights ordinance «had brought the community's conservative churches face to face with the problem of homosexuality for the first time.»

The judge in the case has faced sanctions by the European Union «because of his harsh sentences for those on trial for exercising a fundamental human right,» the center said.

The only devotion to human rights that can be trusted is a long - distance devotion that has pondered the bloody face of our age.

According to Nina Shea, who directs the Center for Religious Freedom at the Hudson Institute, «They are facing genocide by ISIS... the worst human rights violation of all.

In fact, looking around the world today, the most hopeful sign I see is the human rights movement, which operates from the unprovable and, on its face, improbable moral conviction that all humans are equal and that no human should be abused by any other for any reason whatsoever.

No human being can say the right words or do the right thing in what you are facing.

CSW has been advocating on behalf of Christian human rights lawyer #NguyenVanDai since 2007, due to the discrimination, harassment and violence that he has faced a the hands of the #Vietnamese government for his work.

Trevor Phillips, chairman of the UK's Equality and Human Rights Commission, told The Telegraph that Christians do face discrimination but that politically motivated faith groups often blow it out of proportion.

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«Employees who face work requirements incompatible with their faith, and have the option of resigning and seeking alternative employment, can not claim for a breach of Article 9» of the European Convention on Human Rights, Britain will argue.

It will not stand neutral in the face of genocide or human rights abuses....

«Reports of violence and human rights atrocities from North Korea are pervasive, while the situation faced by Christians in Afghanistan may be underestimated.

By human adequacy I mean its capacity for dealing with the larger questions of right and wrong, good and bad, which people face In their quest for a satisfying, happy life.

A journalist and human rights activist, Karman has spoken out against the tyranny of President Ali Abdullah Saleh for years, but has recently become the face of the 2011 Yemeni uprising by organizing weekly protests and sit - ins around the capital.

We recognize the challenges faced within the supply chain, including ethical sourcing, compliance, advancing human rights and reducing environmental impacts.

thanks for the sensible comment fatboy yep i know i do get that they do nt really mean it, but i just cant come to terms with that, i do nt really expect civilised culture in a sport but generally from the people in the world, yep you are right about the real world, maybe thats the reason it annoys me extremely, i mean look our world is rotten to the core, the human mindset is terrible when it faces danger or problems for himself, and maybe thats the reason i just want football to stay as just as an entertainment industry but when i see that people even here let the words flow in any kind of way just because the are frustrated, i really cant come to terms with it, i really love black humor and some akbs react angrily when some fans tell some wheelchair jokes or for example on the post from admin where one could write jokes about wenger, some were really awesome, but when people cant control their emotion after a game and abuse other people it just irritates me as hell cause i really think that thats one of the big problems in the world..

Legislation and government should not have the authority to breach human rights — particularly in the face of obstetric experts who know better and, even more importantly, in the face of a woman and her family who have made an informed decision on how and where they want their baby to be born.

«Unlike the many documentaries that have exposed this problem over the years, this movie will not only entertain, but will reach many more people at a very personal level — showing the pressure on those who work for these transnational corporations and the realities we face in our work when trying to stop human rights abuses.

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It was recently forced to adapt its whites - only membership policy while facing legal action from the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

It also accepted the Home Office's argument that sending the man back was not in breach of human rights law, which state that a person can not be sent to a place where they may face torture or ill - treatment.

The European Court of Human Rights rejected his argument that he would face inhumane conditions across the Atlantic.

As Mr. Hague rightly pointed out, Sweden is a vibrant democracy, with a strong human rights record; this fact should provide some assurances to Assange and his supporters about the kind of treatment he might face.

As Swedish officials have argued, their own legislation, along with their obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, stipulate that they can not extradite an individual to a country where he / she might face the death penalty.

The mechanics of your question are somewhat nonsensical at face, but giving an honest treatment to your phrasing of»... human right to health care» above (I understand that you did not phrase it within the epistemological framework of methodological individualism, so I want to treat your words fairly) the only way in which this phrase can make any sense at all without introducing a crime is:

As Latin American governments face fiscal crises, and Europe withdraws funding, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights is likely to come under increasing pressure.

The countless difficulties facing Kenya's Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC), created as part of the KNDR process to investigate gross human rights violations and historical injustices, is a testament to this fact.

The judgment of the ECHR in the Hirst case flies in the face of the original wording and purpose of the European convention on human rights, in which it was clearly intended that each signatory should have latitude in making decisions on the electoral franchise in that country.

With its fragmented supply chains, opaque procurement processes and high demand for migrant labour, the construction sector faces a unique set of challenges in tackling human rights abuses.

Dutchess County Legislator Barbara Jeter - Jackson, who represents the City of Poughkeepsie, said, «Having a Dutchess County Human Rights Commission provides our residents an opportunity to be heard and assisted when they believe facing issues of discrimination or injustice.

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has faced UKIP leader Nigel Farage in a debate about the EU - with human rights legislation, and its impact on the UK's criminal justice system, just one issue that the men had very different opinions on.

The Foreign Office is extremely keen to take Ali's evidence, write it up in their Human Rights Report and use that to sell the caring - and - sharing face of the UK government, especially to gay voters.

The European court of human rights announced yesterday that Hamza can be deported to face fresh charges in the US once his sentence for inciting racial hatred comes to an end here in the UK.