Sentences with phrase «of human protection»

More broadly, today there remain many states that continue to fear the implications of recognizing the imperative of human protection, as they believe it might undermine the cherished principle of state sovereignty.

Not exact matches

The suits by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Human Rights Campaign, filed in federal courts in Baltimore and Seattle, claim Trump's plan violates the Equal Protection clause of the Constitution.

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services are also impacted by the orders, which were reportedly handed down this week, and include a prohibition against some of the agencies posting on social media.

That is defensible only if one is certain that the baseline level of possible robotic error in civilian protection exceeds that baseline level of human error... I, for one, would not bet against the possibility that for some military applications, we will some day come to see mere human judgment as guaranteeing an unacceptable level of indiscriminate and disproportionate violence.

But if the workplace is the definite cause, then employees are entitled to protection under the Canadian Human Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability.

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday released a list of toxic chemicals that will be the first reviewed under a recently enacted law that gives regulators increased authority to ban substances shown to endanger human health.

She is comfortable shooting the breeze about the fine points of intellectual - property protection, the structure of the human cortex, and the future of the music industry, punctuating all of it frequently with an infectious laugh.

As expert Jessica Shortall pointed out in her excellent piece for «The Atlantic», we do a better job of legislating protections for newborn kittens and puppies than we do for human infants.

Reading Pierre Trudeau's remarks today, I'm struck by his foresight on issues like protection of fragile Arctic landscapes, and the capability of humans to push our species and others into extinction.

«As things shift downwards, the degree to which the government will be tested is the degree to which the government has prepared for the inevitable downturn and built upon the natural and human assets of the province, in order to provide some protection from that downturn.»

Looking ahead: The Environmental Protection Agency, under its new management, decided to issue new talking points to staffers instructing them to disperse doubt when talking about human activity being a cause of climate change.

Since his last re-election, Clarke has openly supported Republican causes on local and national right - wing media outlets; proudly trumpets on official Milwaukee County letterhead his 2013 award from the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, whose leader suggested using women and children as human shields during Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's standoff with federal agents; accused Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele of having «penis envy» and being on heroin when crafting the county budget and needing to be drug tested; blasted Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers for being «soft on crime»; provided minimal protection for President Obama during his 2012 visit; employs former Scott Walker spokeswoman Fran McLaughlin, who was given criminal immunity over her role in Walker's mixing of campaign and county business; and created pro-gun public service announcements.

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The Roundtables generated multiple policy recommendations on issues such as standard setting; monitoring and enforcement, expanding the role of women in trade policy and practice, and linking trade treaties with human rights protection.

The law was rejected by privacy advocates such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), which he wrote after the adoption of the law, «is the final encoded legal act allows you protection of private life worldwide, and violates human rights.»

Opinion surveys conducted by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada reveal that Canadians are concerned about human rights protection while also being committed to expanding business opportunities.

Though Canada has similar governance under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, the EU GDPR shows unique promise in allowing technology to complement existing procedures, while ensuring security remains in the hands of humans.

Whereas many animal charities draw funds primarily from within the movement (e.g., from other animal advocates and animal charities), GFI is seeking to reach potential donors whose primary interests are in environmental protection, the sustainability of the global food system, and human health.

We outline how to get the data and treat the data once it's sourced using the Association of Internet Researchers» (AoIR) guiding principles of human dignity, autonomy, protection, safety, maximum benefit and minimum harm [1].

Prior to launching Pillar, Cindy worked on searches for a number of high profile clients including Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Emeril Lagasse Foundation, U.S. Naval War College, Nantucket Athenaeum, Kellogg School of Management, Institute of Human Virology, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and World Animal Protection.

For years, trade and justice activists have proposed renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement to address some of the deal's most damaging features: for example, by removing the anti-democratic investor - state dispute settlement provisions of Chapter 11, linking trade benefits to genuine protections for human and labour rights (all the more important given the deteriorating democratic situation in Mexico), and establishing a continent - wide strategy for auto investment and production. We were always told that renegotiating NAFTA was a pipe dream: it would not be possible to open the text and get all three countries on board with reforms, no matter how legitimate the concerns.

«The freedom of lawyers to defend their clients without facing harassment and intimidation is of paramount importance in ensuring the protection and promotion of human rights.

And without the protection of the basic right to stay alive, aren't all other human rights sort of arbitrary?

That is a must, for our protection of those of us whom are civil human beings.

The archbishop also asserted that laws are based upon certain principles: «the pursuit of the common good through respect for the natural law, the dignity of the human person, the inviolability of innocent life from conception to natural death, the sanctity of marriage, justice for the poor, protection of minors, and so on.»

The «softer» language of equal protection, however, can not mask the fact that precious little room is left for states to assert their traditional interest in protecting human life.

So that means that it is God is responsible for those women being guilty of murder according to «Sanct.ity of Human Life Act: H.R. 212» which says that life starts at fertilization and guarantees that life full protection under the law.

Brennan's pursuit of amending the Constitution through interpretation by unelected officials would cause him, among other things, to vote repeatedly to strike away the legal protections that a world dead and gone had traditionally afforded unborn human beings.

Noting that two generations of Catholic leaders, including popes, have regarded human rights as important for the building of humane societies and have employed rights discourse themselves as a «bridge language» supporting the protection of human dignity, Reno declares that it is time for the Catholic Church «to rethink its enthusiasm for human rights.»

We deeply admire your profound commitment and bold witness to the sanctity of human life in all stages and conditions and to the protection of the poor, the weak, and the vulnerable from womb to tomb.

When the U.S. Muslim community sounds out LOUD and CLEAR, without equivocation, and immediately against all forms of terrorism, including all aggressive religious intolerance for human rights, women's right, children, equal protection under the law, the respect for other religions to coexist, the right to free speech, and the ability to separate church from state, IF THEY FINALLY DO THAT AND LOUDLY, then we will begin to feel comfortable that they are truly embracing American ideals and here to join us, not to oppose, defy, or undermine what we hold dear.

By the time Pope Benedict XVI addressed the U.N. General Assembly on the sixtieth anniversary of the UDHR in 2008, opportunistic uses of human rights were in full swing, prompting the pope to announce, «Efforts need to be redoubled in the face of pressure to reinterpret the foundations of the Declaration and to compromise its inner unity so as to facilitate a move away from the protection of human dignity towards the satisfaction of simple interests, often particular interests.»

With no objective moral standards, one can be most certain that even the worst of human atrocities can eventually be viewed with legal protection.

Tillerson added: «The protection of these groups - and others who are targets of violent extremism - remains a human rights priority for the Trump Administration.»

This «moral reading» of the Constitution calls on judges to act as moral philosophers: «equal protection of the laws» should mean what best promotes «equal concern and respect» for all humans; «liberty» in the «due process» clause should mean autonomy in matters important to personal development, and so forth.

Denying the divine origins of the human person, our government has withdrawn the law's protection from unborn children in the womb» the most absolutely innocent and defenseless members of our human family.

And he made human fathers and he gives us the example of good fathers so we can understand the kind of secure relationship of love and protection he offers to us.»

If abortion and related life issues are in fact the great civil - rights issues of our time» in that they test whether the state may arbitrarily deny the protection of the law to certain members of the human community» then Griswold eventually led to a situation in which the Democratic and Republican positions on civil rights flipped, with members of today's Democratic party playing the role that its Southern intransigents played during the glory days of the American civil - rights movement.

But adult humans must make moral decisions, they can not govern this world wisely based on the instincts pf territory protection and expansion, slaying the offspring of others to make sure ours thrive, fighting, freezing, fleeing, fretting, or withdrawing into a fantasy world where we alone make decisions.

First, it is not only the Judeo - Christian ethic that provides a foundation for the protection of human life.

As a world leader for freedom and the protection of basic human rights, the United States should take every opportunity to advocate for people — including Americans here at home — to think, believe, and act according to their religious belief whether they belong to a minority or majority religion in their nation.»

The new Egyptian constitution is stronger on human rights protections and provides for the construction and renovation of Christian churches, according to the IRF report.

The Code of Federal Regulations (49 CFR Part II) sets forth federal policy for the protection of human subjects in medical experimentation, mandating the establishment of an institutional review board (IRB) in each hospital in which human subjects are used for experimentation.

Respect for human rights requires the protection of the communities and associations by which a culture of human dignity either flourishes or dies.

For this reason the legend must be told in such a way that two things are apparent: how the saint was so holy that he controlled his surroundings; and how his life, from infancy, was under divine guidance and protection and hence was lifted out, by God Himself, from the mass of human misfortune.

«The World Conference on Human Rights urges Governments, institutions, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to intensify their efforts for the protection and promotion of human rights of women and the girl - child&raHuman Rights urges Governments, institutions, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to intensify their efforts for the protection and promotion of human rights of women and the girl - child&rahuman rights of women and the girl - child».

«As rightly observed in the article Overlapping International and European Laws: «Environmental protection has become a fertile source of laws, international, European and national, since the U.N. sponsored the Stockholm Conference of 1972 and its Declaration on, and Action Programme for the Human Environment.

The protection of human rights is the business not just of the state but of «every individual and organ of society» (Preamble).

Georgetown law professor Drinan fills a gap in the literature with this concise, readable survey of the evolution of human rights protection from the late 1940s to the present.

«The protection and improvement of the human environment is a major issue which affects the well - being of people and economic development throughout the world; it is the urgent desire of the people of the whole world and the duty of all Governments.