The new model provides quantitative assessments of the probability of an outbreak and the potential
numbers of human victims when key parameter values can be specified.
Not exact matches
The U.S. government cites reduced
numbers of death - squad
victims as «proof»
of its commitment to
human rights in El Salvador and the success
of that commitment.
This reliance may explain why
humans give less weight to
human life as the
number of potential
victims goes up.
According to data collected by the U.S. Department
of Health and
Human Services, the estimated
number of victims of abuse or neglect per 1,000 children in the national population dropped from 13 to 12 between 2001 and 2004.
This is so because in addition to the theological reasons given by Pope Francis recently: (a) it is a problem mostly caused by some nations and people emitting high - levels
of greenhouse gases (ghg) in one part
of the world who are harming or threatening tens
of millions
of living people and countless
numbers of future generations throughout the world who include some
of the world's poorest people who have done little to cause the problem, (b) the harms to many
of the world's most vulnerable
victims of climate change are potentially catastrophic, (c) many people most at risk from climate change often can't protect themselves by petitioning their governments; their best hope is that those causing the problem will see that justice requires them to greatly lower their ghg emissions, (d) to protect the world's most vulnerable people nations must limit their ghg emissions to levels that constitute their fair share
of safe global emissions, and, (e) climate change is preventing some people from enjoying the most basic
human rights including rights to life and security among others.
This is so because: (a) it is a problem mostly caused by some nations and people emitting high - levels
of greenhouse gases (ghg) in one part
of the world who are harming or threatening tens
of millions
of living people and countless
numbers of future generations throughout the world who include some
of the world's poorest people who have done little to cause the problem, (b) the harms to many
of the world's most vulnerable
victims of climate change are potentially catastrophic, (c) many people most at risk from climate change often can't protect themselves by petitioning their governments; their best hope is that those causing the problem will see that justice requires them to greatly lower their ghg emissions, (d) to protect the world's most vulnerable people nations must limit their ghg emissions to levels that constitute their fair share
of safe global emissions, and, (e) climate change is preventing some people from enjoying the most basic
human rights including rights to life and security among others.
This shell game
of numbers and statistics is meant to blame the
victim and deflect attention away from Canada's continued inaction to address this crisis which the United Nations has called a «grave violation»
of our basic
human rights.
Sally has provided technical assistance, trainings, and facilitation to groups on local, state, and national levels and has co-authored a
number of publications including The U Visa: Obtaining Status for Immigrant
Victims of Crime (ILRC), The VAWA Manual: Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrants (ILRC), Immigration Benchbook for Juvenile and Family Court Judges (ILRC), and Application
of Protection Remedies for
Victims of Domestic Abuse,
Human Trafficking, and Crime under U.S. Law to Persons Physically Present in the U.S. Territories (Family Violence Prevention Fund).