Sentences with phrase «rights case law»

On existing human rights case law if the government did proceed with its plans, Neil Parpworth, De Montfort University, says: «I would have thought it likely that if the new Bill of Rights sought to protect essentially the same rights as those protected under ECHR (and therefore HRA 1998), the body of human rights jurisprudence which has arisen under the Act will have an ongoing relevance and importance.

The State Education Department, citing civil rights case law, said it could not televise or broadcast the hearing in Buffalo, due to the nature of the proceedings.

Not exact matches

As I argue in a forthcoming paper in the Georgetown Law Journal, there are cases in which we should think not in terms of the rights the corporation should enjoy, but in terms of the appropriate limits to be placed on the corporation, understood as a tool for achieving human objectives.

«Ten years ago I would never think it possible for a college to punish a rape victim for talking about her attack,» Colby Bruno, a senior legal counsel at the Victim Rights Law Center, said when briefed on Beth's case.

The cases involve the use of a landmark voting rights law that led to the election of African - Americans across the South and Supreme Court decisions that limited the use of race to draw electoral maps.

Painter recommends that Congress pass a law right now that would require that when a President or his businesses have specific matters pending before a federal agency — like, say, an Internal Revenue Service audit, or a case before the National Labor Relations Board or the Securities and Exchange Commission, or a licensing issue before the Federal Communications Commission — that the matter must be decided by a career civil servant, rather than by a political appointee.

Attorney Robert Dolinko of San Francisco labor and employment law firm Nixon Peabody is doubtful Senigaglia would have a strong case if she alleged a violation of privacy, which is a right under the state of California's constitution.

The department also changed its position in a critical voting rights case in Texas, abandoning its yearslong opposition to a critical aspect of the state's voter ID law.

Effective Supply Chain Accountability: Investor Guidance on Implementation of The California Transparency in Supply Chains Act and Beyond identifies good corporate practices to ensure corporate compliance with the law, the business case for compliance, shareholder expectations, and the elements of a comprehensive human rights due diligence framework.

That's actually how my case was made public — it was a human rights law that happened to be on the books in New York.

But the laws are not a perfect solution for professionals, as Emma Plumb writes at 1 Million for Work Flexibility: «In all cases, employers have the right to refuse requests for flexibility on business grounds, and small employers are exempted from the laws in some countries.»

Judge Rothstein conveniently ignored the fact that virtually all states forbade assisted suicide, either by express statute or well - settled common law precedent» which fact the Supreme Court noted without reservation in the one case it has heard dealing, albeit peripherally, with a so - called «right to die.»

The American Center for Law and Justice - a group «specifically dedicated to the ideal that religious freedom and freedom of speech are inalienable, God - given rights» - was asked by the pastor's lawyers last year to help publicize Nadarkhani's case, according to Jodran Sekulow, executive director of the group.

Lively, with representation by Liberty Counsel (an evangelical legal organization), responded that in both the U.S. and Uganda he exercised constitutionally protected speech rights; that he opposes violence and neither committed nor plotted any; that Uganda did not in fact pass a proposed draconian anti-gay law, and that in any case Uganda's political institutions, instead of himself, are responsible for its political decisions; and that the court lacks jurisdiction and the plaintiffs lack standing.

The liberal elite who occupy the positions of influence in deciding cases under human rights or equality laws tend to use them as a tool to achieve the results that conform to the fashionable values they have absorbed or which prevail in the social environments in which they live, are educated and work.

, or must we assume that every law passed is in futherance of the protection of our rights (which is obviously not that case).

It is, at least, apparent that the debates about humanitarian intervention by military force in the last decade, about the creation of international criminal tribunals in a number of cases, about the idea of a state's «universal jurisdiction» in cases of violations of the Genocide Convention or other «crimes against humanity,» about how far the global war on terror may proceed without violating the rights of states, and most recently, about the United - States - led use of force against the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, have all raised important points of positive and customary international law, and that in every one of these cases the outcome remains unsettled.

In each case, the law must be so interpreted as to designate some possible course of action as right.

While the article wove together a few strands from the common law, it largely built its case for such a right on «recent inventions and business methods» such as «instantaneous photographs and... numerous mechanical devices [that] threaten to make good the prediction that «what is whispered in the closet shall be proclaimed from the house - tops.

«Both the statute and case law surrounding private prosecutions are adamant that courts must protect the right of access to these private prosecutions, by not assessing punitive costs against the person seeking justice - unless the case is frivolous, and never should have been brought.

Some state civil rights laws apply to commercial property, but there are exemptions for religious groups — and anyway, these cases don't involve commercial property, either.

The law in the UK clearly gives that right to the state, but in this case, it left the parents powerless to do anything while their toddler son died.

The situation in Europe, including Britain, is more nuanced than that in North America, largely because Europe's Muslim populations have a longer and more established social and political history in nations where Muslims (of the theological left, right and center) are represented by sophisticated networks of» mosques and political NGOs that defend the rights of Muslims and shape their participation in civic life, including the introduction of Islamic law for civil cases.

Britain will argue that the two Christian women at the center of the case had the option of quitting their jobs and working elsewhere, so they are not covered by European human rights law, according to legal papers obtained by CNN.

Indeed, so important to the father was this potential property value in a daughter that the law code carefully protected his right to it in case a girl was wronged by a man before marriage.

Regarding Zhang's case, Christian Solidarity Worldwide's chief executive Mervyn Thomas said his advocacy group welcomed the release and restated its call to «allow Zhang his freedom without condition, upholding his right to freedom of movement and association, and all the rights and freedoms guaranteed under international and Chinese law.»

And we could say still further: A style of judging that insists on focusing, in a demanding way, on whether the law is justified fits more aptly the true character of law, whether the judges get the answer in the case right or wrong.

He attempted to enforce clerical celibacy, forbade pluralism, (the holding of two or more church offices and drawing the income from them), endeavored to exclude lay interference in ecclesiastical affairs, affirmed the right of Rome to review important cases under canon law and thus increased appeals to the Holy See, ordered that tithes for the support of the Church be given precedence over all other taxes, and took vigorous measures for the suppression of heresy.

A law allowing so - called «justifiable assault» in some cases will be amended - to give youngsters the same rights as adults.

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The Court's own case law shows that in order to maintain the abortion right at the level of fundamental law, many other sectors of the states» legal order, at both statutory and common law, need to be altered: family law, marriage law, laws regulating the medical profession, and, as we now see with the recent circuit court decisions, criminal laws prohibiting private use of lethal force.

One had to be either a Roman citizen, as in the case of Paul, or else guilty of a crime against the empire rather than an infraction of a provincial or racial law over which the recognized authorities among the conquered people had the right of judgment.

The vast majority of case law in this area has held that such consumer fraud actions are preempted by the FDA and that there is no private right for an individual to bring a case in this area.

As to the effect of that decree, the Court of Appeals in the Gaidry case held that the cancellation of McIlhenny's trade - mark could not affect his rights, if he, in fact, had acquired, at that time, a common law technical trade - mark; that a trade - mark, if it exists, exists independently of registration, and that cancellation does not extinguish a right which the registration did not confer, citing Edison v. Thot.

If that's the case, why would the BoT want the public to believe Engler is the «interim» president when, if I'm right, they should know that the law doesn't provide for such a thing?

Rosa Aliberti Rosa has worked on diverse labor and employment law matters, including wage and hour cases; workplace investigations; severance, employment, and non-compete agreements; has drafted and responded to discrimination complaints before government agencies, including the U.S. EEOC and NYS Division of Human Rights; and, has assisted in federal and state court litigations.

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Unknown; this may be possible given the lack of statute or case law cutting off the rights of a sperm donor.

He litigated major law reform and class action cases in the federal court of appeals and Supreme Court on Social Security, Medicaid, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, SNAP / Food Stamps and other public benefits issues, and the rights of children born out of wedlock.

You have the right to have your agency case record maintained in accordance with the confidentiality requirements of applicable Massachusetts and federal law.

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You can also learn about the fathers» rights movement, proposals for family law reform, and notable fathers» rights legal cases.

The President of the European Humanist Federation (EHF), David Pollock, said: «The European Court of Human Rights is an essential bastion of equality and non-discrimination but has shown signs of being politically intimidated — for example in the case about the Italian law compelling schools to display crucifixes.

Human Rights Watch reports claim that while West African forces helped restore security in these crises, which took place over a decade ago, they were also complicit in serious violations of international humanitarian law, including looting, harassment, and arbitrary detention of civilians, as well as — in the case of Sierra Leone — summary executions of suspected rebels.

The news comes as the British Humanist Association (BHA) has announced that it is applying to intervene in an appeal to Tony Nicklinson's right - to - die case, and a day after the BHA released the results of a new survey showing 81 % of adults support a change in the law.

The AG is right now in the middle of a telephone press conference with reporters, and he just said: «I wouldn't be surprsied if in this case there are criminal charges down the road... We believe Mr. Espada and Soundview violated the existing laws and regulations.»

If a law passed by the House of Commons is inconsistent with a previous law, then the previous law is repealed, except in unusual cases like the European Communities Act 1972 or the Human Rights Act 1998.

While the government in some limited cases can legitimately place restrictions on the public's right to access certain information, attempts of the Nigerian authorities to justify the total closure of information related to the names of public officials from whom funds were recovered on the basis of «ongoing criminal investigation» and «presumption of innocence goes far beyond the limitations allowed under international law, and would promote secret recoveries.»

In a case that could have wide - ranging national significance for gay rights, a federal appeals court in New York ruled that a landmark civil rights law bars employers from discriminating against their workers based on sexual orientation.

If we try to summary the whole answer, then we may say that the norms are not there, but two important aspects have to be considered: Threat to peace and security and massive human rights violations; meanwhile, if there are not such cases, and the change has gone through the due process of law and the new government has been able to gain the most support of the member states, then the new government is recognized.