Sentences with phrase «human rights scheme»

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The Bible, as a unified collection of God's setting the world to rights over time through a specific covenant people, primarily located in one geo - political area, records only a thin slice of human experience in the grand scheme of things.

It also seemed to chime with Cameron's claims to be a «Liberal - Conservative»: «I'm Liberal because I believe in freedom and human rights, but Conservative — I'm sceptical of great schemes to remake the world.»

If the Law Lords rule the restrictions imposed by control orders violate the Human Rights Act, the government will be forced to modify or replace the scheme.

Human rights group Liberty has long claimed the scheme is «unfair» and «unsafe» and is calling on the House of Lords to condemn the system.

Our pilot scheme is training social workers to use the Human Rights Act in practice, from writing care plans to expressing concern about neglect

Casting Sheen, who has been a human - rights activist since before much the audience was born, and dressing Fields in a union t - shirt that recalls her Oscar ™ - winning turn as a union organizer leaves no doubt about where the filmmakers rank the working man and woman in the grand scheme of things, either.

To ensure that all members of the community are included, community empowerment education (CEE) schemes were run to increase public recognition of the importance of complying with laws, thereby reducing the incidences of human rights violations.

The black and gold color scheme is ever present and while the textures can look a little muddy, the environments are well realized and fit right in with what the look Human Revolution established.

WWF must make membership of the scheme conditional on companies following sustainable, ethical and legal practices and prohibit any company from participating if it continues to destroy natural forest, trade in illegal timber, or is involved in human rights abuses.

A third timber company, the Swiss - German Danzer Group, has a subsidiary which has been repeatedly involved in conflicts with local communities resulting in human rights abuses, including allegations of rapes and beatings by state forces, yet the Danzer Group continues to enjoy membership to the scheme.

Under the scheme's rules, companies may not be involved in illegal logging, human rights violations, or the destruction of valuable forests.

Unlike other jurisdictions which rely upon mandatory quota and affirmative action schemes to ensure more acceptable rates of employment amongst their handicapped citizens, Canadian governments have relied upon human rights legislation.

Last year, the Administrative Court held that the ECF scheme is unlawful as it gives rise to an unacceptable risk that people will not be able to obtain legal aid where required by the European Convention on Human Rights or under EU law.

The claimants did not challenge the decision to nationalise itself, rather the provisions of the compensation scheme which, they contended, breached their right to property under Art 1 of the First Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights.

Similarly, Indigenous peoples in developing countries have suffered grave human rights violations (including expulsion of traditional territories, forced relocation and the use of force to deny them access to resources needed for subsistence) under conservation schemes which purport to protect the forests, wildlife, or wilderness but not the people who have co-existed with them for centuries.

The categories that are exempt from the automatic deportation scheme are: (i) those who are presently exempt from deportation altogether; (ii) cases in which deportation would breach an individual's rights under the Human Rights Act 1998, the Refugee Convention, or the Community treaties; (iii) those individuals the secretary of state believes were under the age of 18 on the date on which they were convicted; (iv) those subject to extradition proceedings; and (v) those subject to mental health legislrights under the Human Rights Act 1998, the Refugee Convention, or the Community treaties; (iii) those individuals the secretary of state believes were under the age of 18 on the date on which they were convicted; (iv) those subject to extradition proceedings; and (v) those subject to mental health legislRights Act 1998, the Refugee Convention, or the Community treaties; (iii) those individuals the secretary of state believes were under the age of 18 on the date on which they were convicted; (iv) those subject to extradition proceedings; and (v) those subject to mental health legislation.

The explicit concern of the CCD is that, in increasing de jure access to human rights remedies in civil court actions, the decision in this case may have the consequence of sending a message that a civil action in court can fulfill the same role as an administrative action under the existing statutory schemes, and that de facto financial barriers to access do not matter.

Although some criticisms of the statutory human rights system may be valid, and some jurisdictions have less comprehensive schemes than others (for example, human rights commissions are absent from the legislative schemes of Nunavut and British Columbia), the fact remains that the statutory human rights system has the potential to serve the public interest in ways that a private law model of tort or contract litigation does not.

The Court of Appeal has unanimously dismissed a trade union test case alleging that the UK's legislative scheme governing trade union collective bargaining rights is not compliant with Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rrights is not compliant with Article 11 of the European Convention on Human RightsRights.

On February 1, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada held that the Quebec's workers» compensation board and tribunal must apply the Quebec Charter of human rights and freedoms when determining whether a return to work is possible under Quebec's workers» compensation scheme.

A punitive damage award is not available to an employee whose has suffered discrimination at the hands of his or her employer in breach of the Human Rights Code.2 Although discrimination cases occasional involve acts by an employer that are so malicious that it would normally attract an award of punitive damages, the Supreme Court of Canada held in Honda Canada Inc. v Keays3 that the Code is a comprehensive enforcement scheme the purpose of which is not to punish employers but to compensate employees.

Audrey has a commitment to the pro bono scheme in both her areas of practice in particular in matters involving breaches of Human Rights.

X Council - v - B (Emergency Protection Orders)[2004] EWHC 2015 (Fam), [2005] 1 FLR 341: Care — Human rights — Emergency protection orders — Care plans — Parental involvement in changes to care plan — Lacunae in EPO scheme.

A scheme for publicly funding fundamental human rights litigation must recognize that government resources are limited.

The bark of the scheme introduced by the APLR is likely to be louder than its bite and a smaller step towards the gender - neutral parental leave promoted by both the European Commission (EC) and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) than might appear at first sight.

As far as members of private sector schemes are concerned, the Human Rights Act 1998 does not apply although providers will no doubt wish to avoid running the gauntlet of operating schemes which discriminate unfairly on grounds of marital status.

But the scheme was found not to be in breach of the prohibition of forced labour in Art 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

The Senate record shows, therefore, that the schemes were disallowed because of concerns over their impact on Indigenous rights - an aim to observe international human rights.

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.

These matters, along with the establishment of a variety of Stolen Wages reparation schemes are considered in chapter 2, including the need for a human rights and evidenced based approach to economic participation.

The report discussed the importance of the statutory «right to negotiate» scheme to the protection of Indigenous human rights, and analysed problems in the practical operation of the scheme.

Review income management schemes to be compatible with human rights obligations, to be voluntary or appropriately targeted to achieve their stated purpose and to ensure that adequate protections are provided to protect the privacy of individuals in the handling of personal information;