Sentences with phrase «people achieve justice»
This means we have NO corporate clients, NO Government contracts and we also do not act on behalf of big employers — we specialize in helping regular people achieve justice against what might seem an insurmountable case or stacked odds not in their favor.
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(2) People who advocate the use of nonviolence as a force in society to achieve social justice, represented by Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., «scandalously» (I Cor.
To show how tyrannical any country that aimed at achieving perfect justice — even at the expense of family, friendship, and the self - consciousness of persons born to love other persons and die as particular persons — would be, Socrates turned the rulers into gods and most people into animals to be controlled.
The second question is related to the above: a «free market» baseline of justice is about procedure - how outcomes are arrived at, who is involved in making decisions, has rights over their own actions, how actions are agreed by parties etc. (or something like that) whereas equality is an outcome, that may or may not be achieved under various procedural arrangements, and may or may not be viewed as desirable by people who hold different views about what forms of society - specifications over who has what rights to do what to who.
«We in the court system will be relentless in our efforts to achieve and maintain excellence throughout our court system, giving the people of New York state the level of justice services they rightfully expect and which they rightfully deserve,» DiFiore said.
A broad and powerful coalition working together — LGBT and straight, upstate and downstate, Republican and Democrat, people of faith, business leaders, organized labor, people of color — this is how equality and justice will be achieved.
He noted that the essence of power is not the privileges it carries but what it can be used to achieve for the people over whom it is exercised, saying, It is imperative then that justice, fairness, kindness and pursuit of righteousness should be the purpose and pursuit of the throne.
«Reconciling the discrepancies in what people seek to achieve through punishment and what our sanctioning practices actually achieve is critical to improving the legitimacy of our justice system,» said Okimoto, who wasn't involved in the research.
Achieving gender equality, social justice, and environmental sustainability is not going to be achieved without people like you agitating for change, whether in your workplace, in politics, or more broadly in society.
And she doesn't stop there, meddling in people's lives in her effort to achieve a sense of justice.
This initiative will be dedicated to fighting the victimization of gays and lesbians worldwide and is the latest in Daniel Loeb's efforts to achieve progress and justice for L.G.B.T. people on a global scale.
We are going to do everything in our power to achieve some form of justice for her, and we are counting on the public's help to find the person responsible» said Sophie Gaillard, Lawyer and Campaigns Manager for the Montreal SPCA's Animal Advocacy Department.
In summary, a strong case can be made that the US emissions reduction commitment for 2025 of 26 % to 28 % clearly fails to pass minimum ethical scrutiny when one considers: (a) the 2007 IPCC report on which the US likely relied upon to establish a 80 % reduction target by 2050 also called for 25 % to 40 % reduction by developed countries by 2020, and (b) although reasonable people may disagree with what «equity» means under the UNFCCC, the US commitments can't be reconciled with any reasonable interpretation of what «equity» requires, (c) the United States has expressly acknowledged that its commitments are based upon what can be achieved under existing US law not on what is required of it as a mater of justice, (d) it is clear that more ambitious US commitments have been blocked by arguments that alleged unacceptable costs to the US economy, arguments which have ignored US responsibilities to those most vulnerable to climate change, and (e) it is virtually certain that the US commitments can not be construed to be a fair allocation of the remaining carbon budget that is available for the entire world to limit warming to 2 °C.
Social Justice and Environment Preservation (achieving the Millennium Development Goals with food, water, and energy security; sustainable economic development; non-intensive agriculture; education on climate change and environment to inform and change behavior; public health; mental health; support for small - scale farmers, women and children; rights of small - island and coastal peoples; sustainable forestry; conservation; humane treatment of animals, avoiding species extinction, maintaining biodiversity).
Baron & Budd, Godsey Martin and The Cochran Firm represent thousands of victims and their families each year in personal injury and complex catastrophic injury cases, and each has achieved national recognition for getting justice for people, who by no fault of their own, have suffered at the hands of the negligent.
And where the DNA evidence exonerates a defendant, then an innocent person can be freed — a result that I'd assume all players in the criminal justice system would want to achieve.
Justice Lauwers» holding directly contradicted the practice in place since Desbiens v. Mordini of allowing motor vehicle accident victims to combine physical and psychological ratings to get a Whole Person Impairment (WPI) rating of 55 % or higher to achieve a catastrophic designation under s. 2 (1.1)(f) of the Statutory Accidents Benefits Schedule (SABS).
With a tradition of service to families in Bergen County and northern New Jersey that goes back to the 1930s, the attorneys of Breslin & Breslin work hard to achieve justice on behalf of people whose reliance on nursing homes for safe and dependable care has proved to be misplaced.
It is the first YJC mandated to work in youth court with young people who have caused harm as a result of hate crimes and significant social issues YRAP is also the first such committee to be comprised entirely of Youth Members, and takes a unique approach to achieving the goals of Restorative Justice.
And finally, what should we as a legal community be doing to shape the future so that all people have access to the level of legal help they need to achieve justice regardless of their income or circumstances?
While Access to Justice BC is starting with a focus on the family justice system and issues of concern to Indigenous peoples in BC (including the consequences of their historical and current relationship with the Crown and within Canadian society), the hope is that the lessons learned and improvements achieved in these areas will have a positive impact on other areas of the justice Justice BC is starting with a focus on the family justice system and issues of concern to Indigenous peoples in BC (including the consequences of their historical and current relationship with the Crown and within Canadian society), the hope is that the lessons learned and improvements achieved in these areas will have a positive impact on other areas of the justice justice system and issues of concern to Indigenous peoples in BC (including the consequences of their historical and current relationship with the Crown and within Canadian society), the hope is that the lessons learned and improvements achieved in these areas will have a positive impact on other areas of the justice justice system.
The unit's main aims are: to develop policy and law in relation to children and young people who offend and are at risk of offending; and to ensure that children and young people in contact with the criminal justice system achieve the outcomes of the government's Every Child Matters agenda.
He easily identified with the struggle to achieve equal justice for all people no matter their station in life.
Powerful and searing posts detail efforts to achieve long - overdue justice for indigenous peoples in Canada and especially indigenous women.
Many access to justice challenges, including meeting the needs of the public and helping people achieve their goals within the law, would benefit by reviewing and using this approach.
The principal reason for this crushing failure is the fundamentally different world views of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people with respect to such elemental issues as the substantive content of justice and the process of achieving justice.
To Jackson LJ access to justice is «the ability of a person to obtain legal advice and representation, and to secure the adjudication through the courts of their legal rights and obligations,» and that is to be achieved at proportionate cost.
Worldwide About Blog Rooted in faith and justice, this global project amplifies faith voices that protect human dignity and achieve equality for LGBT people and their families.
Worldwide About Blog Rooted in faith and justice, this global project amplifies faith voices that protect human dignity and achieve equality for LGBT people and their families.
The goal of sustainable and equitable outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders peoples in respect of economic, social and cultural rights is a major priority in achieving social justice.
The Committee acknowledges that significant progress has been achieved in the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights of Indigenous peoples, through the COAG framework and the national strategy on Indigenous violence; the diversionary and preventative programs aimed at reducing the over representation of young people in the criminal justice system; and the abrogation of mandatory sentencing in the Northern Territory.
Federal, State and Territory Governments have been handed a detailed blueprint for achieving justice targets, with the aim of closing the gap in the rates of imprisonment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people by 2040.
This year has been the one in which the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation was required to put to the Australian people its views on what actions are required to achieve the Council's vision of «a united Australia which respects this land of ours; values the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage; and provides justice and equity for all».
The quintessential concern of the human rights enterprise is to raise to a status of dignity and equality each powerless person — persons who for reasons such as law, poverty, race, religion or gender are unable to achieve dignity, fairness, basic equality and justice...
Sol Bellear AM will be remembered for his uncompromising drive for justice and for all he achieved for First Nations people in Australia and internationally.
As the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, I am eager to see a process — a campaign — to achieve constitutional reform that recognises the important place of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders in our nation and guarantees non-discrimination,
I continue to advocate this recommendation as I believe it to be fundamental to achieving land justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
In conclusion, the strongest foundation for achieving greater access to social justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is to ensure that all policies, programs and legislation are underpinned by:
The project is place - based and aims to achieve service reform to improve outcomes for Aboriginal men, women and young people in the justice system, in partnership with their families, Elders and communities.
The RAP outlines real and practical measures to achieve reconciliation, build stronger relations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and provide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients with better access to justice and the family law system through tailored services and procedures.
While Aboriginal people in Victoria have successfully fought for important mechanisms such as the Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement and Traditional Owner Settlement Act, our failure to pay reparations for stolen children or stolen wages, deliver land justice, close the gap in life expectancy or prevent overrepresentation of Aboriginal people in prison, shows we have much to do to make amends and achieve Justice Agreement and Traditional Owner Settlement Act, our failure to pay reparations for stolen children or stolen wages, deliver land justice, close the gap in life expectancy or prevent overrepresentation of Aboriginal people in prison, shows we have much to do to make amends and achieve justice, close the gap in life expectancy or prevent overrepresentation of Aboriginal people in prison, shows we have much to do to make amends and achieve equity.
It is a welcome development that recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Constitution maintains cross party support - as I reported in my Social Justice Report 2010, [50] maintaining this support is a critical factor in achieving a successful referendum.
In drafting this section of the Native Title Report 2011 and the Social Justice Report 2011, I have been concerned about achieving a balance between what may be seen as the promotion of yet more negative views about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the need to address an issue that has serious implications for us as peoples.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma said that native title needs to move beyond the current legal framework towards achieving the economic and social development goals of Indigenous peoples.
However, the range of issues raised in this Chapter indicates that governments must do more than simply tinker at the edges of the native title system to achieve social justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Our vision is to resource and empower children, young people and families to achieve their full potential through the provision of quality innovative services for children and young people, supporting vulnerable families and the promotion of social justice
During the next two years, I commit myself to working closely with our political leaders and, more importantly, the people of Australia to achieve a successful referendum, both as part of the Expert Panel, and in my capacity as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner.
The campaign responded to the recommendations made in my 2005 Social Justice Report to achieve health equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within 25 years.
However, we have a long way to go before we can stand in this country as equals, and this will take commitment from Governments at all levels and ongoing efforts by our people to achieve true justice, equality and reconciliation.
Understanding Rob's life at Sister Kate's is fundamental to understanding what drove Rob's quest for achieving justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.