Sentences with phrase «impact on human rights»

Given the complexity of the NT intervention measures and their potential to negatively impact on the human rights of Indigenous peoples, it is essential for transparent monitoring and evaluation processes to be set in place and for regular review to take place.

This includes a requirement to report on the operation of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) and its impact on the human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, in particular their rights to land, waters and resources.

While no momentous improvements were made, many of the changes over the year will impact on the human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

One of the key questions in this regard that should be of concern to all of us is whether these new technologies of warfare would be compliant with the rules of International Humanitarian Law, including those of distinction, proportionality and military necessity, as well as their potential impact on human rights.

The Relentless «Eye» Local Surveillance: Its Impact on Human Rights and Its Relationship to National and International Surveillance (Center for Media Justice and others)

For South Africa, a key question that should be of concern to all of us is whether these new technologies would be compliant with the rules of international humanitarian law, including those of distinction, proportionality and military necessity, as well as their potential impact on human rights.

The LUMA Foundation is also pleased to present a symposium titled «The Human Snapshot,» which brings together many of today's leading thinkers to discuss the effect of the photographic image, its distribution through new media, and its impact on human rights.

The indicated counter-terrorism legislation, has made impact on traditional structure and nature of legal principles, especially when it starts dealing with the impact on human rights.

(ENTIRE BOOK) A highlighting of globalization's impact on human rights, assessing it in the light of ethical theological considerations and helping the churches to identify concerns that address the adverse impact of globalization and the search for alternatives.

The main objectives of this Consultation were to analyze globalization and its impact on human rights; to study ethical and theological considerations with regard to globalization; to search for alternative development paradigms; to study the policies of developed nations on development and trade policies in the context of globalization; to gain inputs on the experiences of indigenous people, workers and farmers who are affected by globalization; to consider the response of the Churches to the challenges posed by globalization and to study and identify concerns that the Asian churches can take up in order to address the adverse impact of globalization in the Asian context.

Christian Council of Asia focused on these concerns during an international consultation on «Globalization and its Impact on Human Rights» held under the auspices of the Cluster III programme units of the Council.

, Globalisation and Its Impact on Human Rights, CCA, Hong Kong.

More than 170 leading artists and figures in Britain's art world have also written an open letter protesting the relationship, calling the BP logo «a stain on the Tate's international reputation» and corporate sponsorship a means by which companies can gain «social legitimacy» to distract the public «from their impacts on human rights, the environment and the global climate.»

«We know that child care has complex and wide - ranging impacts on the human rights of women, and particularly marginalized women,» says Kasari Govender, Executive Director of West Coast LEAF.

In my Native Title Report 2007, I voiced my concerns over the impacts on the human rights of Indigenous peoples under the amendments to the native title system as enacted in 2007.

These cases highlight how the Native Title Act and other legislation impacts on the human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Not exact matches

«If the president wants to make an immediate impact on Venezuela to stop these human rights abuses and restore the situation, he's got the ability to,» Hamm told Bloomberg in an interview in his capacity as head of the Domestic Energy Producers Alliance.

Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

Zooming in on climate change, Proxy Preview highlights one new shareholder proposal «that raises questions about transporting oil and gas by train and several taking up different angles on deforestation that connect ecological and human rights impacts.»

These concerns include the impact on our trade relationship, enhanced rights of investors, environmental impacts and China's poor record on labour and human rights.

He came in saying if we just dialogued enough with China, N. Korea and Iran that that would have a significant impact on those regimes for human rights and peace because they would see our point and be persuaded to agree.

Those questions involve the nature of the PRC regime; the doctrine and canon law of the Church; the impact of such an agreement on Vatican diplomacy in promoting human rights; and the Church's twenty - first - century mission in China.

The Programme of Action is comprehensive and seeks to build and strengthen «adequate national structures which have a direct impact on the overall observance of human rights and the maintenance of the rule of law.

The crucifying impact of sin on the whole human race will inevitably have a devastating impact upon the sacred humanity of Christ precisely because he is - by right, vocation and very ontology - ourfinal and plenary union with God.

Movements such as de-colonization, the rise of Communism — especially the expulsion of missionaries from China by the Communists — and the attempt to vindicate Human Rights culminating in the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) have direct and indirect impact on mission understanding.

It is in the context of a general improvement of the situation that we reflect on the impact of globalization on human rights.

Quakers in Britain told Premier it believes the arms trade has a devastating impact on peace, security and human rights.

Many also have raised questions about the impact of globalization on the condition of women, on gender issues, on questions of migration, and as we are going to be discussing in this Consultation on the situation of human rights.

You've got to love Daily Mail's feigned interest in human rights laws and their impact on society as they are clearly only interested in being able to unearth the footballer in question so as to sell newspapers and get people on their bigoted website.

This comparison looks at how the two systems impact on five factors: • the positive or negative involvement of fathers in children's and women's lives • wider attitudes about the roles and responsibilities of fathers • equality between women and men and their human rights • the child's right to know his or her natural parents • practicability

Breastfeeding is a lifeline for infants and young children in emergencies, has zero environmental impact, and States have a human rights obligation to ensure that mothers are enabled to make an informed decision on infant feeding, free of conflicts of interests.

To begin, the UN special rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights, Ben Emmerson, announced in late January the launch of an investigation into the «civilian impact» and «human rights implications» of drone attacks and other targeted killings by the U.S. and other states.

«The devastating human impact of these events underscores that, nine years into the conflict, measures to protect Afghan civilians effectively and to minimize the impact of the conflict on basic human rights are more urgent than ever,» UNAMA's director of human rights Georgette Gagnon said.

Indeed, one justice minister admitted that the cuts were made urgently and without time for research, in fundamental contradiction to what international human rights law and standards require, which is a thorough assessment of the likely impact on people and their human rights prior to the introduction of retrogressive austerity measures.

On his website, Nicodemo lists five major issues that impact his district, including getting state funding for Yonkers schools, stricter gun laws, human and LGBT rights, education and fighting for unions and organized labor.

BK Reader article on BP Adams co-hosting a town hall led by State Senator Hamilton on the impact of President - elect Trump on Brooklynites» civil rights and human rights.

The United Nations on Tuesday Match 20, 2018, called on Turkey to end its 18 - month - old state of emergency, saying that the routine extension of emergency powers has resulted in «profound» human rights violations against hundreds of thousands of people and may have lasting impact on the country's socio - economic fabric.

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.

«This is the sort of thing you could possibly have got away with in China in the 1950s but the impact on London, the impact on the city, the environmental cost, the whole human rights, legal challenges that will inevitably ensue will be so great that I don't think it's deliverable.»

«Under no circumstances therefore should any preferential concession be considered in any collaboration which impacts on the Ghanaian Sovereignty and Human Rights.

American Political Science Association (APSA): The Section on Human Rights was established to encourage scholarship and facilitate exchange of data and research findings on all components of human rights (e.g., civil, political, economic, social, cultural, environmental), their relationship, determinants and consequences of human rights policies, structure and influence of human rights organizations, development, implementation, impact on international conventions, and changes in the international human rights reHuman Rights was established to encourage scholarship and facilitate exchange of data and research findings on all components of human rights (e.g., civil, political, economic, social, cultural, environmental), their relationship, determinants and consequences of human rights policies, structure and influence of human rights organizations, development, implementation, impact on international conventions, and changes in the international human rights rRights was established to encourage scholarship and facilitate exchange of data and research findings on all components of human rights (e.g., civil, political, economic, social, cultural, environmental), their relationship, determinants and consequences of human rights policies, structure and influence of human rights organizations, development, implementation, impact on international conventions, and changes in the international human rights rehuman rights (e.g., civil, political, economic, social, cultural, environmental), their relationship, determinants and consequences of human rights policies, structure and influence of human rights organizations, development, implementation, impact on international conventions, and changes in the international human rights rrights (e.g., civil, political, economic, social, cultural, environmental), their relationship, determinants and consequences of human rights policies, structure and influence of human rights organizations, development, implementation, impact on international conventions, and changes in the international human rights rehuman rights policies, structure and influence of human rights organizations, development, implementation, impact on international conventions, and changes in the international human rights rrights policies, structure and influence of human rights organizations, development, implementation, impact on international conventions, and changes in the international human rights rehuman rights organizations, development, implementation, impact on international conventions, and changes in the international human rights rrights organizations, development, implementation, impact on international conventions, and changes in the international human rights rehuman rights rrights regime.

A smart phone application to de-escalate tensions during traffic stops, a voting machine to give the disabled an accessible way to cast a ballot and a community - based research project to test the impact of mining on the Hopi Navajo Reservation's groundwater provide snapshots of practicing science through the lens of human rights, presentations at an American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting showed.

The vote will have little direct impact on human embryonic stem cell research, but the potential threat to reproductive technology and abortion rights is more immediate

Carbon nanotubes (left), quantum dots (inside cells, right), and nanoparticles show promise for many uses, but little is known about their impact on human health and the environment.

Choosing the right approach is vital as the scale of human impact on the planet becomes so large that scientists are calling this new epoch in Earth's history the Anthropocene (when human activity alters global climate and ecosystems).

In light of studies of prisoners of war and the impact of sensory and social deprivation on the brain, does such punishment qualify as cruel and unusual punishment according to the U.S. Constitution and national and international human rights conventions?

I'm interested in invasive species, not just for the dramatic impacts they can have on human and natural systems in their own right, but because, in the game of global change, they are #winning.

We believe that menstrual hygiene is a girls» rights issue because of its impact on multiple human rights of women and girls including the right to sanitation, health, education, employment and dignity.

Globally, the recognition of Human Rights» importance is increasing, which positively impacts on the legal mechanisms guaranteeing their protection.

Increase target women knowledge about gender issues and human rights with improvement in their skills to advocate their rights and to participate in decision making, it will also has impact the children through the work with teachers and within schools - as well as the whole community through public event community mobilization and so on.