Sentences with phrase «protect vulnerable people against»

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Using the technique, it might be possible to identify certain bacterial strains that protect against C. difficile infection, and others that might make a person more vulnerable, according to Dr. Zilberberg.

Through our global network of local writers, we are continuing our award - winning coverage of global and local environmental challenges, with a focus on the people for whom the ecosphere matters in a direct way: rural dwellers who have little means to protect themselves against adverse conditions; communities that need to switch to sustainable development in order to survive; poor women and children, who are the most vulnerable in natural disasters.Sponsored by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and The World Bank (WB), IPS also maintains the award - winning Tierramérica, a specialised information service on environment and development.

He says that while there is a case for protecting vulnerable witnesses, a situation can not be allowed to develop in this country whereby people are liable to be convicted where they can not effectively challenge the case against them.

In a recent judgment, Justice Lynne Smith of the British Columbia Supreme Court identified grounds upon which to reopen the question of the constitutionality of the criminal prohibition against physician - assisted dying, claiming, in effect, that while the Supreme Court had at the time of the Rodriguez been correct in stating that a blanket prohibition on physician - assisted dying would be rationally connected to the goal of protecting the most vulnerable people in Canadian society, such a prohibition is overbroad (you don't need to deny everyone the right to physician - assisted suicide in order to protect society's most vulnerable persons) and grossly disproportionate in its effects.

In so doing, the court will balance the affected party's fundamental rights against the court's obligation to protect vulnerable people.

A rental insurance quote is the figure given by an insurance agent to a person in the process of renting a property such as a house, apartment, condo, townhouse, or loft who needs to find out how to protect against financial loss due to an accident, a natural disaster, or any of the many perils to which home owners are vulnerable.