Sentences with phrase «redress against harm»

After all, privateering was a tool to seek redress against harm suffered by another national.

Not exact matches

In essence, these hold that states must protect people against human rights abuses, including environmental abuse, while companies must respect those rights and show due diligence when trading with others, and that those who are harmed must have proper redress.

In a 5 — 4 decision against the EPA, the Supreme Court majority decided that the scientific evidence (some of which came from the agency itself) suggested that Massachusetts and other states were experiencing harm from global warming and that the EPA had the authority to redress it.

The law as it currently stands has weak annual reporting requirements from government agencies, does not provide much protection to Canadians from abusive treatment by foreign states, does not give the Privacy Commissioner order - making power, does not provide redress in cases involving harm, does not prevent over-collection of personal information, does not protect against surveillance where the data is not recorded, and does not feature security breach disclosure requirements.

Under the consent order filed against Planet Home Lending, the company will directly pay harmed consumers a total of $ 265,000 in redress.