Sentences with phrase «humanitarian principles in»

The adoption of this Constitution lays the secure foundation for the people of South Africa to transcend the divisions and strife of the past, which generated gross violations of human rights, the transgression of humanitarian principles in violent conflicts and a legacy of hatred, fear, guilt and revenge.

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World Vision subscribes to the humanitarian principles of impartiality and neutrality and therefore rejects any involvement in any political, military or terrorist activities and maintains its independence as a humanitarian aid agency committed to serving the poor, especially children.

What was at stake here was even more than a humanitarian principle, because the animals were also mentioned (surely a concern not common to other peoples in the ancient Near East; cf. Deut.

Book Review: Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention: A Fresh Legal Approach Based on Fundamental Ethical Principles In International Law and World Religions.

Its conclusion should touch the nerve of every Christian's conscience: «A large proportion of mental patients at present, as in the past, are not treated in accordance with democratic, humanitarian, scientific, and therapeutic principles.

He has taken on the monumental task of rethinking the principles of humanitarian intervention within an ethical framework based upon «universal» religious tenets — universal because they are core values in all these religious traditions.

Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention: A Fresh Legal Approach Based on Fundamental Ethical Principles In International Law and World Religions.

See for example the 2000 Declaration of the South Summit by the G77 composed of about 130 member States [«We reject the so - called «right» of humanitarian intervention, which has no legal basis in the United Nations Charter or in the general principles of international law».

This has not been the previous practice, would be very limiting and would go beyond what international humanitarian law currently provides (unless one accepts the ICRC view in principle IX of its interpretive guidance on direct participation in hostilities see further discussion here).

Some of the objectives of the training as highlighted by the organizers include; to enlighten participants on the legal framework for international human right laws and humanitarian principles, to improve the capacity of law enforcement agents in identification, protection issues in Nigerian human right context, to build the capacity of participants to appreciate their roles in protecting the rights of the civilians.

Meanwhile, the National Human Right Commission (NHRC) in collaboration with The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has held a two days training programme tagged «Mainstreaming Human Rights, Humanitarian Principles and Civilians Protection in Counter Insurgency Operations in the North East» for Security Personnel within Yobe State, at the Gaats Hotel Damaturu.

«Despite everything, people in Britain are still willing to support a principled foreign policy with an emphasis on sorting out humanitarian disasters.»

Green Planet is a «not for profit» organization focused on the principles of researching projects that are commercially viable whilst providing humanitarian and environmental benefit to a world in need.

She gave five reasons in particular why the scope of the exclusion clause should not be limited to the offenses outlined in Article 1 FDCT: firstly the wording refers to acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the UN and is not limited to terrorist offenses; secondly, such an interpretation would be at odds with the Geneva Convention in light of which the Qualification Directive should be interpreted; thirdly, the Qualification Directive as an instrument of asylum and humanitarian law and the FDCT are qualitatively different and derive from different areas of law; fourthly, it would unduly restrict the application of the exclusion clause and finally, fifthly, the fact that the FDCT is an instrument of variable geometry with varying application across the Union would lead to problems if it were used as criteria in defining terms for the purposes of the application of the Qualification Directive.

As the International Court of Justice stated in the Nicaragua case, Article 1 of the four Geneva Conventions, whereby the contracting parties «undertake to respect and ensure respect» for the Conventions «in all circumstances», has become a «general principle -LSB-...] of humanitarian law to which the Conventions merely give specific expression.»

Stratas cites the SCC's recent decision in Kanthasamy v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration)(in which the court set aside the rejection of a humanitarian residency application) as a «baffling» case where the court flouted its own principle of «legislative supremacy» by ignoring Parliament's expressly stated intent that the Federal Court of Appeal should have the final say in the matter.

As with any new weapon, means or method of warfare, they must be capable of being used in accordance with international humanitarian law, in particular the principles of distinction, proportionality and precautions in attack.

According to the ethics council report, issues relating to autonomous weapons are relevant to the section 2a of the Fund's ethical guidelines, which state that the fund shall not be invested in companies which produce weapons that violate fundamental humanitarian principles through their normal use.

Asaro argues in favour of a ban on autonomous lethal weapons systems, based on a foundation of human rights and humanitarian principles that are not only moral, but legal.

In a NRK interview, he said the main question for the council is whether such weapons would violate fundamental humanitarian principles as well as conventions that Norway has ratified.

Ireland made its first public statement on the matter at the UN General Assembly in September 2013, stating that «our focus must always be to ensure respect for international humanitarian law and human rights,» principles that «must also apply to weapons which will be developed in the future, such as fully autonomous weapons systems.»

South Korea (18 October)-- «Third, the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) has played an instrumental role in bringing together states with various legitimate security concerns by taking into account both principles of International Humanitarian Law and military necessity in a balanced manner.