Sentences with phrase «laws of a democratic society»

This applies not only to the protection of the rules of democracy, because, on the one hand, even the laws of a democratic society may be regarded by some as an unjustified limitation of their freedom, and, on the other, there may also be laws which wrongly restrict freedom even though they were promulgated according to the rules of democracy.

A Lagos - based human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, whose law firm was handling the matter, had said the actions of the security agency were against all known laws of a democratic society.

Not exact matches

We also agree today on many basic features of a democratic society: the right to vote, the right to due process of law, the right to free speech.

The same Americans are not in agreement on what that perception of reality should mean in terms of abortion law, but, if we believe in a society governed by democratic discourse and decision, that perception of reality and the consideration of its legal ramifications can not be ruled out of order.

Gross was involved in the project, which helped «implement activities in support of the rule of law and human rights, political competition, and consensus building, and to strengthen civil society in support of just and democratic governance in Cuba,» according to a statement from DAI President and CEO Jim Boomgard at the time of Gross» arrest.

17 Sept To Representatives of British Society in Westminster Hall: Allow me also to express my esteem for [your] Parliament... your common law tradition [etc., etc.]... Yet... if the moral principles underpinning the democratic process are themselves determined by nothing more solid than social consensus, then the fragility of the process becomes all too evident... [e.g. the credit crunch lacked] solid ethical foundations... [whereas the British - inspired] abolition of the slave trade [did not].

«The future of Burma must be peace, a peace based on respect for the dignity and rights of each member of society, respect for each ethnic group and its identity, respect for the rule of law, and respect for a democratic order that enables each individual and every group - none excluded - to offer its legitimate contribution to the common good,» he said.

When interpreting the Bill of Rights, a court, tribunal or forum must promote the values that underlie an open and democratic society based on human dignity, equality and freedom; must consider international law; and may consider foreign law.

Nevertheless the Christian doctrine of the relation between the ethics of Law and Grace, the Hindu concept of paramarthika and vyavaharika realms, the Islamic concept of shariat law versus the transcendent law, and the equivalent ones in secular ideologies like the Marxist idea of the present morality of class - war leading to the necessary love of the class-less society of the future need to be brought into the inter-faith dialogue to build up a common democratic political ethic for maintaining order and freedom with the continued struggle for social justice, and also a common civil morality within which diverse peoples may renew their different traditions of civil codLaw and Grace, the Hindu concept of paramarthika and vyavaharika realms, the Islamic concept of shariat law versus the transcendent law, and the equivalent ones in secular ideologies like the Marxist idea of the present morality of class - war leading to the necessary love of the class-less society of the future need to be brought into the inter-faith dialogue to build up a common democratic political ethic for maintaining order and freedom with the continued struggle for social justice, and also a common civil morality within which diverse peoples may renew their different traditions of civil codlaw versus the transcendent law, and the equivalent ones in secular ideologies like the Marxist idea of the present morality of class - war leading to the necessary love of the class-less society of the future need to be brought into the inter-faith dialogue to build up a common democratic political ethic for maintaining order and freedom with the continued struggle for social justice, and also a common civil morality within which diverse peoples may renew their different traditions of civil codlaw, and the equivalent ones in secular ideologies like the Marxist idea of the present morality of class - war leading to the necessary love of the class-less society of the future need to be brought into the inter-faith dialogue to build up a common democratic political ethic for maintaining order and freedom with the continued struggle for social justice, and also a common civil morality within which diverse peoples may renew their different traditions of civil codes.

Granted, the outcome may not be a sharply defined «civil religion» — one that could be universally recognized as such — but at the least it can be anticipated that some kind of «political religion» will be more likely to emerge in societies where legal structures take on meaning - bestowal qualities.6 Obviously such political religion can emerge in «totalitarian» as well as «democratic» societies, but in either setting it will be the law and not mere coercion that facilitates social development.

Even if the justices were able to see on the basis of the French achievement that the political divisions they fear from religious controversy are not inescapable in today's democratic society, their own need for consistency as they fashion the developing common law would still prevent them from reversing themselves soon enough to enable the American people to take effective official action to save nonpublic education.

... subject to such formalities, conditions, restrictions or penalties as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society, in the interests of national security, territorial integrity or public safety, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals,...

To commit citizens of Ghana to jail on account of what they have said at a time when democratic societies are moving away from such a practice would appear to roll back all the gains made since the repeal of the criminal libel law.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Ghana believes in the principles that democratic societies provide individuals with the best conditions for political liberty, personal freedom, equality of opportunity and economic development under the rule of law; and therefore being committed to advancing the social and political values on which democratic societies are founded, including the basic personal freedoms and human rights, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; in particular, the right of free speech, organization, assembly and non-violent dissent; the right to free elections and the freedom to organize effective parliamentary opposition to government; the right to a free and independent media; the right to religious belief; equality before the law; and individual opportunity and prosperity.

He affirmed that the Nigeria Police Force is the first defender of Democracy and all democratic institutions in Nigeria and will continue to do so.He stressed that the Nigeria Police Force owes no apology to any individual or groups in its effort to ensure preservation of law and order, supremacy of the law of the land, and make sure that all Nigerians are subject to the same law, no matter what their position is in the society.

The petition copied to Mr Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption reads in part: «SERAP considers these amendments to be in bad faith, patently an abuse of legislative powers, politically biased, and demonstrably unjustified in a democratic and representative society governed by the rule of law, and incompatible with the country's international human rights obligations and commitments particularly the UN Convention against Corruption, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the African Charter on Human and Peoples» Rights, which Nigeria has ratified.»

Without this safeguard injustice could occur even in democratic societies with strict adherence to rule of law.

This right to a remedy is one of the basic pillars of the rule of law and democratic society.

In a democratic society, this is meant to be the norm; it is an apostasy for government to ignore the provisions of the law and the necessary rules made to regulate matters.

The panel has received an unprecedented 32 designees from participating bar associations, law schools, and community groups, demonstrating the extensive outreach on behalf the Manhattan Democratic Party to the legal community and the vitality of the civil society surrounding the judiciary here in Manhattan.

By June 1965, a heavily Democratic Congress had either enacted or was about to enact a host of ambitious Great Society programs — an Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Medicare, Medicaid, a Voting Rights Act, reform of racist immigration law — that Johnson, a relentless advocate, had been urging upon it.

The truth about these crimes needs to be provided for the protection of victims of those crimes but also people and society (national and international) in general: the identity formation taking place in schools touches upon individual and collective (national) identities at the same time, the objectives of education under international human rights law demand putting a student, an individual, in the centre of the learning process to fully develop his personality and at the same time take into account the demands of democratic society in state and in the world — the world in which a person needs to manage and which needs good peaceful citizens.

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.

The right to buy and own property and for a rule of law to treat all citizens equally are the hallmarks of a civilized, democratic society no matter what it is called.

Because law societies are not accountable in fact (as distinguished from «in law»), to the political - democratic process, it is sadly true to have to say, «there are no economies - of - scale in the practice of law.»

This definition has been developed through case law into a multi-point test which states that the «belief» must be more than a mere viewpoint or opinion; it must attain a certain level of cogency, seriousness, cohesion and importance and it must be worthy of respect in a democratic society and not be incompatible with human dignity and / or conflict with the fundamental rights of others.

«Whereas it is of fundamental importance to a democratic society that its law be widely known and that its citizens have unimpeded access to that law;

It shows its preference for the more flexible common law «reasonable expectation of privacy» rule, which defines what (information) is and is not amenable to privacy protection based on what ought to be expected in a democratic society and in the full factual context.

The use of Letters Patent, a form of law making legislation with the accepted procedures of the rule of law, must conform to our Charter to be valid in a democratic society.

Lawyers can best gauge whether executive orders are running contrary to the rule of law in a democratic society if they «read and listen,» advised Anne Egeler, deputy solicitor general of Washington State, who was part of a Washington attorney general team that successfully challenged United States President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration.

The Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, holding that the common law definition of marriage offended the equality rights of gays and lesbians under s. 15 of the Charter in a manner that could not be justified in a free and democratic society.

With reference to the right to freedom of expression under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, McGrath J pointed to s 5 which renders all fundamental rights and freedoms subject to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.

This applies to legal aid as it does for court and tribunal fees because if ordinary members of the public do not have the practical means of resolving disputes, respect for the rule of law and our democratic society is liable to break down.»

It presages a law captured by the rhetoric of the right to freedom of expression without due regard to the value underlying the particular exercise of that right; a law in which, under the guise of the right to freedom of expression, the «right» to offend can be exercised without responsibility or restraint providing it does not cause a disruption or disturbance in the nature of public disorder; a law in which an impoverished amoral concept of «public order» is judicially ordained; a law in which the right to freedom of expression trumps — or tramples upon — other rights and values which are the vital rights and properties of a free and democratic society; a law to which any number of vulnerable individuals and minorities may be exposed to uncivil, and even odious, ethnic, sexist, homophobic, anti-Christian, anti-Semitic, and anti-Islamic taunts providing no public disorder results; a law in which good and decent people can be used as fodder to promote a cause or promote an action for which they are not responsible and over which they have no direct control; a law which demeans the dignity of the persons adversely affected by those asserting their right to freedom of expression in a disorderly or offensive manner; a law in which the mores or standards of society are set without regard to the reasonable expectations of citizens in a free and democratic society; and a law marked by a lack of empathy by the sensibilities, feelings and emotional frailties of people who can be deeply and genuinely affronted by language and behaviour that is beyond the pale in a civil and civilised society.

Indeed, if a law truly «runs afoul» of «society's basic values,» it would be reasonable to expect that society's disapproval would result in its abolition or amendment through the democratic process.

There shall be no interference by a public authority with the exercise of this right except such as is in accordance with the law and is necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security, public safety or the economic well - being of the country, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others.»

The clause says that the law can permit a limitation on freedom of speech if it can be justified as being a reasonable limit in a free and democratic society.

According to the Court's decision, the infringement is a reasonable limit prescribed by law that can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society under section 1 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Legal aid should be publicly funded and available to all members of a democratic society, particularly those who are vulnerable or disadvantaged, says a new report from The Law Society of British Cosociety, particularly those who are vulnerable or disadvantaged, says a new report from The Law Society of British CoSociety of British Columbia.

It noted the requirement under Article 9 (2) that any limitation placed upon that right must be prescribed by law and necessary in a democratic society in order to serve a legitimate aim, including the rights and freedoms of others, which could be invoked by the defendant in this case.

The order was justifiable under Article 10, since it was both prescribed by law and necessary in a democratic society in order to protect the integrity of the legal proceedings and A's article 3 rights [69]- [76].

The power of the social media, the news media, the pressure groups, and political parties in opposition, provide the great power of communication that can very quickly create demands that law societies be replaced with agencies that are more responsive to the democratic process.

In finding that the law's interference with a constitutionally protected right was not justified under section 1 of the Charter, which permits some infringements of the Charter, provided that the same can be shown to be «demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society», Justice Abella wrote this:

Mr. Clark's office is located in Toronto at the Criminal Law Offices on College Street, along with several other independent lawyers and firms not associated in business but sharing a common philosophy of how and why criminal defence counsel play a key role in guarding Canada's essential characteristic as a «free and democratic society».

And while reasonable people would not disagree with her basic comments about the importance of human rights, nor should we lose sight of the fact that rights can only flourish in a society that pays heed to its democratic institutions and the rule of law.

Taking into account the real challenges of law enforcement and national security agencies in the Internet age and the fundamental right to privacy that underpins our democratic society, and after careful study and extensive consultation this past summer, I have concluded that elements of the proposed legislation raise significant privacy concerns.

The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) is a national nonprofit that works with immigrants, community organizations, legal professionals, law enforcement, and policy makers to build a democratic society that values diversity and the rights of all people.

Public confidence in the courts is thus a prerequisite for the existence of the rule of law and a cornerstone of democratic civil society.

There is a «democratic disconnect» in that law societies» duty is to the public, but benchers are elected by the members of their law societies.

In a democratic society that honours the rule of law, independence of legal counsel from the state is particularly important.