Sentences with phrase «most fundamental human rights»

The first and most fundamental human right is the right to life, or, to be more precise, the right of an innocent person not to be deliberately killed, whether by public authority or private license.

You protected my father when he was defenceless, but my son is more powerless than my father was and has no voice, yet you are seriously contemplating siding with those who would deprive him of the most fundamental human right of all.

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In Francis Coralic Mullin (1981 S. C. 746), Bhagwati J. observed: «The fundamental right to life... is the most precious human right and... forms the arc of all other rights».

We have moved from a place in which human rights have been guaranteed by virtue of some understanding of transcendent derivation, to a dispensation in which even the most fundamental rights are to be regarded as existing at the whim of the electorate.

John Paul II wrote in the apostolic exhortation Christifideles Laici: «The common outcry, which is justly made on behalf of human rights — for example, the right to health, to home, to work, to family, to culture — is false and illusory if the right to life, the most basic and fundamental right and the condition of all other personal rights, is notdefended with maximum determination.»

On what other great question of human rights, in this case the most fundamental right, which is the right to be protected from willful killing, does Cafardi say «the battle is over - permanently»?

So the court will hear cases involving violations of humans rights depicted in Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms from most of the countries in the Europe, regardless of their relationship with trights depicted in Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms from most of the countries in the Europe, regardless of their relationship with tRights and Fundamental Freedoms from most of the countries in the Europe, regardless of their relationship with the EU.

All these developments, and in particular the drive under the WTO regime to make access to food mainly dependent upon market mechanisms, are a threat to food security - the most fundamental of all human rights.

Unfortunately, at this formative stage in their lives one viewpoint is pushed to the fore on campus, and that's the opinion that euthanasia, abortion, embryonic stem cell research and a host of other practices which strip humans of their most fundamental right are good things.

The first and most urgent obligation of law and government is to protect the fundamental rights of every human being within their jurisdiction.

«There is much cant about protecting the rights of children but, as Pope John Paul II said, the right of a child to be brought up under one roof by its natural parents should be seen as one of the most fundamental of all human rights.

This appalling rate of food insecurity shows that our Federal and state governments are in breach of their obligations to ensure that all Australians, and especially the most disadvantaged, enjoy the fundamental human right to adequate and culturally appropriate food, guaranteed by Article 10 of the United Nations Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

It is hoped the Summit will agree then on the complete and rapid eradication of hunger so that every human being on Earth can enjoy the most fundamental of all human rights - the «right to food» and thus to decent life.

It's a matter of personal conviction, predicated on a belief in the sanctity of life, and that the right to life is the most fundamental of human rights.

It is also to enhance unity and solidarity between all African states and most importantly is to promote, protect and respect for fundamental human rights, which includes rights to live and freedom of movements.

Since the right to life is the most fundamental right of all human beings, termination of an unwanted pregnancy is tantamount to murder.

I am a spiritualist who believes women and children are the ones who suffer most when the basic fundamental human rights are not adhered to in a country, and for the Rawlings family to have fought for the welfare of women and children all these years, Ghanaian women and the youth must learn from their moral life and the kind of unity in their marriage, and practice it,» Mama Destiny noted.

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It is a fundamental, national human rights issue; one of the most profoundly important that we face.

No balancing exercise can, therefore, be carried out between the third applicant's concrete right to conscientious objection, which is one of the most fundamental rights inherent in the human person — a right which is not given by the Convention but is recognised and protected by it — and a legitimate State or public authority policy which seeks to protect rights in the abstract.

One of the most fundamental of human rights is the right to participate in the making of the laws that govern you; and the basic right behind that is the right to vote.

The Administrative Council plays a key role in the «reign of terror» that tries to discourage EPO staff, including judges, from fighting for basic human rights and one of the most fundamental values of the civilized world: judicial independence.

The Supreme Court's judgment last week in Kennedy v The Charity Commission [2014] UKSC 20 is the latest in a series of decisions — including, most notably, R (HS2 Action Alliance Ltd) v Secretary of State for Transport [2014] UKSC 3 (see this post) and Osborn v Parole Board [2013] UKSC 61 (see this post)-- in which the Court has placed very specific emphasis on the common law, as opposed to the Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Convention on Human Rights, as a source of fundamental rights and vRights Act 1998 and the European Convention on Human Rights, as a source of fundamental rights and vRights, as a source of fundamental rights and vrights and values.

However, because the prohibition on such discrimination is a fundamental principle of human rights law, such discrimination can only be permitted in the most compelling circumstances.»

In different ways, they both point to the need for Australia's climate change response to protect fundamental human rights, especially the rights of those who are the most vulnerable.

The right to live free from discrimination is a fundamental human right that most Australians take for granted.