Sentences with phrase «other violation of the human rights»

Amnesty International has added its voice to the growing demand within Colombia for an end to mass arrests, torture of political prisoners, repression of labor organizations and other violations of human rights.

An employer's failure to have an EPL policy in place can lead to exposure to a variety of applications from employees, including damages for discrimination and other violation of the Human Rights Code.

Not exact matches

His argument is basically that Canada's oil is ethically preferable to the oil produced in other places, considering especially places with serious histories of human rights violations.

CARACAS Rogue Venezuelan helicopter pilot Oscar Perez was killed in a police operation on Monday along with six other anti-government militants, the interior minister said on Tuesday, spurring opposition complaints of human rights violations.

When claims to rights are severed from the just requirements of morality and the common good, the inevitable result is a distorted understanding of human rights that all too often leads to the violation of the rights of others.

The United States has consistently accused the Sandinistas of persecuting religion and of other serious violations of human rights.

Other human rights violations that affect everyone, like a lack of food and mobility through the social classes, also affect women and young girls more harshly, often leading them into prostitution just so they can afford basic necessities.

However, in the rural areas in the northeast and the north, there is a totally different world where people suffer from economic deprivation and environmental destruction - in other words, all kinds of human rights violations.

He had been defending the rights of religious minorities and other victims of human rights violations.

Even if we can not know the answer to all of society's ills, even if we can not pretend to know how to solve the problems of crime and drugs and inflation and poverty, we can still proclaim that it is obviously and unquestionably a moral wrong to maintain a penal system based on vengeance instead of rehabilitation; to allow human rights violations to go unchallenged (on either side of the iron curtain); to waste vast quantities of food and resources while others are malnourished and sick and poor; or to allow so many children in our own midst to go through childhood unwanted and unloved and even abused.

Every year, the State Department issues the «Trafficking in Persons Report,» a document that tracks human trafficking, slavery, the use of child soldiers and other human rights violations across the world.

A good many of our readers have probably received such counsel - whether the question be abortion, euthanasia, the genocidal murder of Christians in the Sudan, human rights violations in China, or some other matter worthy of obsession.

In a personal dissent, which no other member of the court joined, the Russian judge, Dmitry Dedov, argued that mandatory priestly celibacy was itself a human rights violation the court should not tolerate.

But the owner has a history of human rights violations or got their money of the misery of others.

Nestle also is notorious for many other human rights violations, outlined beautifully by Annie of PhD in Parenting.

«Council reaffirms the strong condemnation by the AU of all act of violence, committed by whomsoever, as well as of human rights abuses, including killings, extra-judicial executions, violations of the physical integrity of persons, acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman and / or degrading treatment, and arbitrary arrests and illegal detentions, violations of the freedom of the press and freedom of expression and the prevalence of impunity,» the AU said.

«There are serious allegations of violations and abuses of international human rights law and humanitarian law against Nigerians and other African women, men and children in Libya with absolute impunity.

«SERAP also considers the amendments to amount to «legislative rascality», as they are not legitimate exercise of legislative power, and if allowed can exacerbate extreme poverty and violations of the right to an adequate standard of living of Nigerians and other human rights.»

«Civil society groups have play a key role in holding government and parliaments accountable but without a strong civil society in Nigeria, the problem of high - level official corruption and other cases of violations of human rights would go unaddressed, and perpetrators would continue to enjoy impunity.»

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has called on the Nigerian Armed Forces and other security agencies to evolve measures to end violation of the right...

Prof. Dankofa, among other things, in suit KDH / KAD / 236 / 2018 is praying the court to «declare that the action of the respondents (Kaduna State Government and Kaduna Geographic Information Service, KADGIS) in arrogating to themselves the power to punitively sanction the Applicants (Hunkuyi and his Company, Muna Investment Ltd) property, even if the Applicants were purportedly in default of payment of either ground rent or land use charge or for any other reason constitute a gross violation of Applicant Fundamental Human Right guaranteed under section 43 (1) and 46 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and therefore illegal, unconstitutional, null and void.»

This primer focuses on equipping scientific and engineering societies, as well as other scientifically - oriented organizations, with the tools to effectively develop processes and procedures to address human rights issues, particularly responding to allegations of human rights violations.

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Katsanis and her coauthor Joyce Kim, also of Duke University, note that although DNA is a powerful forensic tool that has great potential to identify and protect victims of human trafficking and other human - rights violations, many people fear the use of DNA against them and worry that authorities could use victims» DNA to control private information concerning citizens.

The Committee concerns itself with violations of and threats to the scientific freedom and human rights of statisticians and other scientists throughout the world.

The US, United Kingdom (UK), France, and other Western countries manipulate the doctrines of human rights and good governance to suit their economic interest and national priorities but not to suit vulnerable and voiceless humanity in Africa.41 Their support for the RPF remains unwavering despite numerous reports of human rights violations which predates the Rwandan genocide and which triggered genocide and led to the destabilisation of the Great Lakes region.

Another sense of assurance customers get is the pledge by both companies that they offer conflict - free diamonds — meaning, they will not sell diamonds that come from an area of the world known for human rights violations, environmental destruction or rebel - backed war zones, among other crimes.

Regardless of the unbounded ethical duties derived from imperfect obligations, if the climate change causing activities of some people are violating the human rights of others by interfering with life, health, or basic security, among other things, protected by human rights, a case can be made that those who can make reductions in GHG emissions targets that are nevertheless interfering with the rights of others should take steps to prevent human rights violations even if they are complying with just allocations.

Yes, human rights law addresses the kinds of violations enacted by toxic fracking practices — as others have rightly argued in this discussion.

Ten years ago the Canadian government launched a public inquiry to look into whether the actions of Canadian officials had contributed to the torture and other grave human rights violations that a Canadian citizen, Maher Arar, had experienced while he was illegally imprisoned in Syria for a year in 2002 and 2003.

If you are facing adverse treatment due to a physical or mental disability, or other human rights violation, contact the offices of Guelph employment lawyer Peter McSherry.

Expert witness Juan Mendez, a professor of human rights and international law at the Washington College of Law of the American University in Washington, D.C., and a former United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, testified that the Mandela Rules represent an objective standard for determining whether a person has been subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment; and, he said, «there has been quite a solid consensus that anything beyond 15 days is in violation of international standards... even with mitigating circumstances.»

Exceptional revocation cases that raise complex issues of fact and law, such as those involving war crimes and crimes against humanity, as well as cases regarding security, other human or international rights violations and organized criminality, would instead be decided by the federal court.

Following Schrenk, employers may face a greater risk of liability for human rights violations, involving a wider range of potential complainants, if their employees are «integral» to the work or workplace of other individuals.

From 1994 to 1996, he was appointed as Special Counselor to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the investigation and prosecution of human rights violations, war crimes and other human rights projects in Rwanda and the former YugoslHuman Rights in the investigation and prosecution of human rights violations, war crimes and other human rights projects in Rwanda and the former YugosRights in the investigation and prosecution of human rights violations, war crimes and other human rights projects in Rwanda and the former Yugoslhuman rights violations, war crimes and other human rights projects in Rwanda and the former Yugosrights violations, war crimes and other human rights projects in Rwanda and the former Yugoslhuman rights projects in Rwanda and the former Yugosrights projects in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.

In addition to advising clients when responding to allegations of human rights and other legal violations, we represent them in legal proceedings as well as assist with conducting internal investigations.

«It's a good thing provided it defends all cases of religious persecution, not just those that are bothering domestic constituencies at home, and that it doesn't ignore other human - rights violations, which usually accompany religious persecution, like limits on freedom of the press, denial of democratic rights and persecution.»

These courageous lawyers have often eschewed more lucrative and less controversial roles and instead chose to help people forced from their homes, religious believers facing persecution and many other victims of human rights violations.

The impact on employees consists of the potential loss of privacy; the inconvenience that may result from the CBSA questioning and searching employees suspected of being involved in illegal activities; potential violations of their charter and human rights due to discriminatory action with how suspected employees are selected for searches among others; and possibly other issues.

OFAC is the US Treasury Department, which is responsible for economic and trade sanctions against countries and individuals accused by the US authorities of involvement in terrorism, drug trafficking, human rights violations, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, transnational organized crime and other unlawful activities.

Otherwise, not only do we risk violations of the right to privacy, but we also undermine our right to freedom of expression, the right to information, freedom of movement and association, and the full exercise of all other human rights.

Our mission is to mobilize communities to combat genocide and other egregious violations of human rights around the world.

[1] It focuses on the meaning of reparations in international law, and examples of the responses of other governments to gross violations of human rights.

Students identify and investigate human rights dimensions in current and historical issues and events, develop an increasingly complex understanding of human rights principles, recognise human rights violations and build skills, behaviour and attitudes to address human rights concerns and respect human rights in all aspects of their lives and relationships with others.