Sentences with phrase «on civil society also»

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He mentioned the company's plan to hire «dozens» of Burmese language content reviewers as the first part of a three - pronged approach in Myanmar, also noting a partnership with civil society groups to identify hate figures in the country rather than focusing on removing individual pieces of content.

It is no coincidence that the American political scientist who has written most extensively on Ibero - Latin corporatism, Howard Wiarda, also wrote an exasperated book aimed at would - be exporters of American - style democracy called Civil Society, which would better have been called Against Civil Society as Tocqueville Understood It.

Madison's implicit assumption, and that of the entire tradition of religious toleration until the last few decades, however, was that religious diversity and conflict would involve competing sects that differ on some important questions of doctrine and practice but nonetheless share in common a basic Judeo - Christian orientation that is also, in very broad terms, our society's implicit civil religion.

In redefining marriage and the family, the state not only embarks on an unprecedented expansion of its powers into realms heretofore considered prior to or outside its reach, and not only does it usurp functions and prerogatives once performed by intermediary associations within civil society, it also exercises these powers by tacitly redefining what the human being is and committing the nation to a decidedly post-Christian (and ultimately post-human) anthropology and philosophy of nature.

As a matter of fact, from a neo-liberal perspective, strengthening civil society can also mean destroying the State, on the pretext of privatisation to strengthen.

Civil society, if it is to survive, needs to find some new philosophico - religious basis: a conceptuality drawing on the past, certainly, but also looking toward a very different human future.

Also, statutory bodies take on lobbying roles using government money to identify specific elements of civil society and give the artificial prominence.

Speaking at a colloquium on Peaceful Election in Accra, Dr. Chambas also called on civil society, religious leaders and traditional authorities to assume their role in this national endeavour.

But the stark truth is that the bill is not about regulation: it's crackdown on civil society, and it's driven partly by the National Assembly's obsession with control but also by self - protection.

Mr Copson spoke about how, increasingly, advocates of Bishops have also built their case on the position of the Church of England as our largest NGO — a civil society group with a branch in every community.

Also, the biggest liberal concerns about Islamist practices and abuses involve matters that can only be implemented with majority control of the government (e.g. excessive use of corporal punishment in the criminal justice system), but which are much less harmful to non-Muslims, at least, when Muslims can only enforce their ideologies on co-religionists and can only do so via institutions of civil society rather than institutions of coercive government control.

SERAP also urged the Special Rapporteurs to «prevail on the Acting President Professor Yemi Osinbajo to decline to sign the bill into law; and on the House of Representatives and the Senate to exercise their legislative powers for good governance, and ensure a safe and enabling environment for civil society organizations both in practice and rhetoric, in line with the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) and the government's international human rights obligations and commitments.»

Again, when then President Mahama called on all citizens including Political Parties, Religious Organisations, Civil Society Organizations, etc., to help contribute to a National Economic Discourse, Nana Addo did not only boycott — he also encouraged his party members and Members of Parliament not to attend.

Reacting to the development, a civil society organisation, the Civil Society Network Against Corruption, condemned Okorocha for not only directing an Imo monarch to confer a traditional title on Zuma, but also unveiling a «giant» statue of the South African leader «in a conspicuous place in Owerri.&rcivil society organisation, the Civil Society Network Against Corruption, condemned Okorocha for not only directing an Imo monarch to confer a traditional title on Zuma, but also unveiling a «giant» statue of the South African leader «in a conspicuous place in Owerri.society organisation, the Civil Society Network Against Corruption, condemned Okorocha for not only directing an Imo monarch to confer a traditional title on Zuma, but also unveiling a «giant» statue of the South African leader «in a conspicuous place in Owerri.&rCivil Society Network Against Corruption, condemned Okorocha for not only directing an Imo monarch to confer a traditional title on Zuma, but also unveiling a «giant» statue of the South African leader «in a conspicuous place in Owerri.Society Network Against Corruption, condemned Okorocha for not only directing an Imo monarch to confer a traditional title on Zuma, but also unveiling a «giant» statue of the South African leader «in a conspicuous place in Owerri.»

«Also on the committee are Abudu Aladoja from the Nigerian Bar Association, and Mrs. Comfort David from the Civil Society Organization.

Speaking before an impressive audience of politicians and civil society organisations at the Stakeholder Meeting held at the Women Development Centre, Awka on 14th November, Prof. Yakubu also described as untrue another allegation that sensitive materials for the election had already been delivered to the state and «compromised.»

So while the Electoral Reform Society and other civil society groups are rightly campaigning for people to cast their votes on May 3, it is also recognised that change is desperately needed to spread the use of a proportional system across the United KSociety and other civil society groups are rightly campaigning for people to cast their votes on May 3, it is also recognised that change is desperately needed to spread the use of a proportional system across the United Ksociety groups are rightly campaigning for people to cast their votes on May 3, it is also recognised that change is desperately needed to spread the use of a proportional system across the United Kingdom.

The CoW also addressed amended draft resolutions on: the strategic plan for migratory species 2015 - 23 (UNEP / CMS / COP11 / CRP1); the programme of work on climate change and migratory species (UNEP / CMS / COP11 / CRP2); and enhancing the relationship between the CMS family and civil society (UNEP / CMS / COP11 / CRP3).

He acts also as external evaluator for a number of public institutions and private companies at the national and international level on issues of civil society, peacebuilding, and governance.

We also leveraged government - wide opportunities to engage with civil society about our draft Plan and held a Twitter Town Hall to solicit feedback on this Plan.

On a national level, KEI is a member of the United States Reading Rights Coalition, which is concerned about efforts to disable text - to - speech functions in ebook readers, KEI also provides technical assistance to governments and civil society on reading disabilities projects, including the analysis and amendment of national copyright lawOn a national level, KEI is a member of the United States Reading Rights Coalition, which is concerned about efforts to disable text - to - speech functions in ebook readers, KEI also provides technical assistance to governments and civil society on reading disabilities projects, including the analysis and amendment of national copyright lawon reading disabilities projects, including the analysis and amendment of national copyright laws.

On their part, civil society should embrace not only their rights but also their responsibilities.

We value the useful exchange of views both between member countries and also business and civil society participants and acknowledge the role that further exchanges of this nature can play in supporting action on climate change and the UNFCCC process.

Participants are mostly made up of timber and construction companies, with a number of civil society organisations also on the list.

According to Paulo Moutinho, from the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazí» nia, IPAM), an NGO also participating in the process, this construction model of Principles and Criteria, based on effective civil society participation, will surely be able to be adopted by other countries.

The climate denial countermovement has also blocked critical reflection on and serious debate about climate change through other strategies which seek to promote the idea that civil society will be better off if climate change policies are not adopted.

Civil society has also urged that NDCs be required to include information on how countries are able to ensure that the key principles and obligations in the Paris Agreement are protected.

The main land use item we followed was APA item 3 (c), which was also the hot topic among land - focused civil society because of it's impact on how parties under the Paris Agreement account for their emissions by sources (deforestation, agriculture) and removals by sinks (forests, agriculture) from the land sector in their NDCs.

«It also distorts the facts while we and our industry partners are working with government and civil society on real solutions.»

Civil society also called the SBSTA to empower women and farmers and enhance their knowledge while contributing to mitigate climate change, and requested the SBTA to expand dialogue on agriculture and food security and provide substantial funding to respond to the need of farmers.

See e.g. Maxeiner, supra n. 1, at 44 (arguing that a globalized legal education is no longer subject to the cultural barriers that were once dominant in society, allowing students to focus on the legal cultures that they will likely encounter in an increasingly globalized economy); see also James E. Pfander, Book Review, (reviewing Thomas Main, Global Issues in Civil Procedure (Thomson / West 2006)-RRB-(describing the case for globalized Civil Procedure courses by emphasizing how such an approach would lead to a greater understanding of American procedure).

We also advise civil society clients on economic and social rights, such as communities «rights requiring protection in relation to the extractive industries..

Mr. O'Sullivan is also correct to imply that, in a justice system where the content is based in part on «judicial civil precedent», on judges providing new solutions to new problems created by changes in society, a reduction in the number of decided cases, precedents, could be a problem.

States also encouraged Canada to publish the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review, and to consult with civil society on how best to implement the recommendations.

Considering this massive power imbalance and the general change of the moral views by society (which are also motivated by the situation sex workers where in), the courts changed their opinion on prostitution and § 138 BGB and, suddenly, prostitution was legal the eyes of German civil law.