Sentences with phrase «instances of abuse against»

Domestic violence in the LGBT community, plus instances of abuse against men in heterosexual relationships, need to be taken seriously.

Not exact matches

But allegations of sexual abuse related to BJU and the school's response have been ongoing at least since 2010, when former board member and former Trinity Baptist Church pastor Chuck Phelps was accused of helping to «cover up repeated instances of sexual abuse committed more than a decade earlier by an older male parishioner against his step - daughter.»

It would cost to take a stand against these very prominent leaders, despite the fact that the situation we were dealing with is widely recognized as one of the worst, if not the worst, instances of evangelical cover - up of sexual abuse.

Even Paul, in at least one instance, claimed his rights as a Roman citizen against the abuses of officials.

In our view, the murders were entirely in keeping with Salvador's ten - year civil war... Those responsible for almost every other instance of egregious abuse against Salvadoran citizens still enjoy absolute immunity.

The limited national exposure most instances of sex abuse get works against broad, cultural penetration.

Poloncarz added, «This task force will serve as a strong deterrent against local providers» taking advantage of the system and, in instances when we identify waste, fraud or abuse, we now will have the ability to actually recover improper or illegal payments made to these providers.

In addition to serving as a strong deterrent against local providers» taking advantage of the system, in instances when we identify waste, fraud or abuse, we now will have the ability to recover improper or illegal payments made to these providers.

It focuses on the individual decisions of women instead of on the actual issues that prevent them from disclosing all of the instances in which they were discriminated against, harassed, abused and exploited by men.

This Hub discusses instances of threat, intimidation, abuse and libel directed against climate scientists and spokespersons.

D&I represented Suomen Numeropalvelu (SNOY), a national provider of wholesale telephone directory information, against allegations of abuse through unjustified refusal to provide directory information to Eniro for purposes of free internet distribution in all administrative instances.

Oberg then demonstrates how such criteria could be applied to some actual examples of legislative initiatives — for instance, the Environmental Crimes Directive, the Market Abuse Crimes Directive, the (at the time of writing the book) proposed «PIF» Directive (i.e. on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by criminal law), which meanwhile has been adopted — and demonstrates how sometimes the legislative initiatives and proposals would have failed his proposed testing.

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When asked earlier this week about the Government's intended response to last year's Senate Committee Inquiry that uncovered appalling instances of violence, abuse and neglect against people with disability, a spokeswoman for the Federal Social Services Minister said the Government was taking the inquiry's findings and recommendations into account, as it developed a quality framework for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).