Sentences with phrase «public policy directive»
This 9 - page briefing paper reviews the US Department of Defense public policy directive on autonomy in weapons systems issued on 21 November 2012.
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Board member Carl Paladino also cited the recent nationwide injunction, prohibiting the Obama administration from enforcing its bathroom directives in public schools, as another reason why BPS should hold off on this policy.
Few activists were mollified by ESPA's statement that a new directive from Governor Andrew Cuomo — interpreting existing state human rights law's sex discrimination and disability discrimination protections to cover transgender New Yorkers — amounted to «securing the Pride Agenda's top remaining policy priority, protecting transgender New Yorkers from discrimination in housing, employment, credit, education, and public accommodations.»
Topics discussed encompassed the legislative, informational and financial control functions of parliament, Directive Principles of State Policy, functions of the Public Accounts Committee, as well as duties of the various caucuses in Parliament.
, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, questioned whether CEQ has the legal authority to issue such a policy directive, since the acting head of CEQ, Christy Goldfuss, has not been confirmed by the Senate.
History shows us how public information on government activities has changed to reflect the policy directives of different administrations.
Politicians have made use of public desire for a cleaner environment to help them adopt policies that benefit them but actually harm the environment; e.g. the EU Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD).
Putting these objectives into practice, Article 28 of the Directive requires in its first paragraph that before taking an expulsion decision based on «public policy or public security», factors to be taken into account by a Member State are the period of residence, age, state of health, family and economic situation, social and cultural integration into the host Member State and the extent of links with the country of origin of the EU citizen.
The same public policy may justify a similar privilege, not extended to mediators in respect of everything they learn in a mediation (as is implied by Art 7 of the Mediation Directive 2008 / 52 / EC), but strictly limited to Mediator Secrets, as defined above.
In relation to cross-border mediation, Art 7 of the Directive adds teeth to that expectation, by requiring member states to ensure that mediators must not be compellable to give evidence in civil proceedings or arbitration regarding information arising out of or in connection with a mediation, except where overriding considerations of public policy otherwise require, or where disclosure of the content of the mediation settlement agreement is necessary in order to implement or enforce it.
The public policy derogations in the Treaty can not be removed by directive or regulation.
Such general actions would be appropriate given the nature of the public policy threat, in contrast to the prejudice - based expulsions prohibited by the directive.
The RCMP states that its recent directive is consistent with its pre-existing policy, its own authority to deal with CPIC records (as granted by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) and various statutory constraints.
The DHS Privacy Office also released today a Privacy Impact Assessment, available at www.dhs.gov/privacy, in connection with the new directives to enhance public understanding of the authorities, policies, procedures and controls employed by DHS during border searches of electronic data to protect individuals» privacy.
In the light of all the foregoing considerations, I think that Article 28 (2) and (3) of Directive 2004/38 is to be interpreted as meaning that a Union citizen can not rely on the right to enhanced protection under that provision where it is shown that that citizen is deriving that right from criminal conduct constituting a serious disturbance of the public policy of the host Member State.
Furthermore, a comparison of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 28 of Directive 2004/38 clearly shows that its wording establishes a clear difference between the concept of public policy and that of public security, the second having a higher degree of seriousness than the first, preventing the enhanced protection enjoyed by the Union citizen.
It is apparent from recital 23 in the preamble to Directive 2004/38 that the expulsion of Union citizens and their family members on grounds of public policy or public security can seriously harm persons who, having availed themselves of the rights and freedoms conferred on them by the EC Treaty, have become genuinely integrated (23) into the host Member State.
(Directive 2004 / 38 / EC — Right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States — Protection against expulsion — Concepts of «public policy» and «public security» — Concept of «imperative grounds of public security» — Criminal conviction for sexual abuse of a 14 year old minor, sexual coercion and rape)
Article 27 (2) of the directive provides that measures taken on grounds of public policy or public security are to comply with the principle of proportionality (4) and must be based exclusively on the personal conduct of the individual concerned by the expulsion decision.
The ombudsperson's submission to the assembly is important because as its French name indicates, the protecteur du citoyen's mandate is to protect the rights of citizens or groups of citizens, which includes proposing amendments to existing or draft acts, regulations, directives, and administrative policies in order to improve them for the public good.