Sentences with phrase «rights expert committees»

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It is about finding the right experts to sit on the committees that will bring the greatest benefit to Canada.

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@Stuart White: The Cabinet Office rule - book (draft of chapter 6, approved by the House of Commons Select Committee on Justice and drawn up in consultation, I understand, with the party leaders and with constitutional experts) lays it down that after an election the incumbent prime minister has a duty, as well as a right, to remain in office until there's clear and incontrovertible evidence that someone else is definitely in a position to command majority support in the house of commons.

The AU Committee of Experts seeks to promote and protect the rights enshrined in the Charter particularly; collect and document information, commission inter disciplinary assessment of situations on African problems in the fields of the rights and welfare of the child, organize meetings, encourage national and local institutions concerned with the rights and welfare of the child and where necessary, give its views and make recommendations to Government.

The African Union Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) has commended Ghana for its leadership role in promulgating policies and laws to protect children.

In response to a call for evidence from the Women and Equalities Committee the BHA has said that the government's decision not to make PSHE compulsory «flies in the face» of the recommendations made by a huge number of education, health, and children's rights experts, including the Chief Medical Officer, the Children's Commissioner for England, and the NSPCC.

She serves professionally as an expert witness for the California Assembly Higher Education Committee, California Senate Education Committee, for civil rights organizations on issues of access, equity and discrimination and for select committees on financial aid, workforce training, accreditation and programs in support of upward mobility and student success.

Experts warned the House Committee on Education and the Workforce Tuesday about threats to the privacy rights of children posed by a proposed expansion of government data sharing as applied to education policies.

As a brief overview, the Management and Board have embarked upon a failed merger that garnered virtually no support from its shareholders, and was opposed by ISS, and continued on that path until the date of the special shareholders meeting and scheduled vote, spending lavishly in a failed effort to close it; attempted to implement substantial new options to itself, a plan opposed by ISS and the shareholders, which was withdrawn; continually paid itself outrageous sums of the shareholders money over the past three years; rejected highly qualified outside board members with deep, broad healthcare company experience supported by its shareholders; held many Board and Committee meetings with nothing to show for it; formed a new Strategic Transactions Committee that is highly paid but that has produced no deals for the shareholders to consider or for any outside valuation experts to formally review; spent lavishly on accountants, auditors and counsel; failed to successfully hire any outside professional negotiators and finally extinguish or remove the outstanding lease obligations; distributed no cash to the shareholders despite holding excess amounts; formed no special purpose entity to hold any royalty and milestone rights and payments for the benefit of its shareholders; and thus generally failed in its fiduciary duties to shareholders.

The UN's Fifth Committee will decide how much money is provided to finance the work of human rights experts who investigate human rights violations in Burundi, Iran, Syria, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Belarus as well as violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans persons.

(New York) States including China, Russia, Israel and Belarus are expected to attempt to block the funding of key UN human rights experts today, through a resolution at the General Assembly committee which deals with finance and budgetary issues.

Several of the independent experts appearing before either the Commons Committee on Justice and Human Rights or the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs in the last session (3rd session, 40th Parliament) on criminal law amendments were concerned about the failure to provide additional funding concurrent with proposals that would increase the number of persons incarcerated at any one time.

The Treaty Bodies are committees of independent experts that monitor implementation of the core international human rights treaties.

Following the release of the Supreme Court of Canada decision in Carter, the leader of the Liberal Party expressed support for the decision and made a motion in the House of Commons to appoint a special committee to «consider the ruling of the Supreme Court; that the committee consult with experts and with Canadians, and make recommendations for a legislative framework that will respect the Constitution, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the priorities of Canadians.»

The Committee is comprised of 18 independent experts that monitor government compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

On April 14, 2016, West Coast LEAF's Executive Director and Director of Litigation appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights in Ottawa to offer our expert perspective on the barriers to women's access to justice in Read More

Ms. Frazee is a former Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission and Mr. Derksen is a recognized expert on disability rights, who worked for the House of Commons» Committee on the Disabled and the Handicapped and for Disabled Peoples» InternatRights Commission and Mr. Derksen is a recognized expert on disability rights, who worked for the House of Commons» Committee on the Disabled and the Handicapped and for Disabled Peoples» Internatrights, who worked for the House of Commons» Committee on the Disabled and the Handicapped and for Disabled Peoples» International.

Born 1950; lawyer (1974 - 80); law degree from the University of Athens (1973); diploma of advanced studies (DEA) in labour law from the University of Paris II, Panthéon - Sorbonne (1977); national expert with the Legal Service of the Commission of the European Communities (1988 - 1990), then Principal Administrator in Directorate General V (Employment, Industrial Relations, Social Affairs)(1990 - 1994); Junior Officer, Junior Member and, since 1999, Member of the Greek Council of State; Associate Member of the Superior Special Court of Greece; Member of the Central Legislative Drafting Committee of Greece (1996 - 98); Director of the Legal Service in the General Secretariat of the Greek Government (1996 - 1998); Judge at the General Court of the European Union (1998 to 2010, President of Chamber from 2004 to 2010); Member of the Supreme Council for Administrative Justice (2011 - 2012); Member of the Special Court for Disputes relating to the Remuneration of Judges and of the Special Court for Actions against Judges (2013 - 2014); Member of the Advisory Panel of Experts on Candidates for Election as Judge to the European Court of Human Rights (2014 - 2015); Member of the Committee responsible for giving an Opinion on Candidates» Suitability to perform the Duties of Judge at the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (2012 - 2015); Lecturer in European Law at the National School for the Judiciary (1995 - 1996 and 2012 - 2015); Judge at the Court of Justice since 7 October 2015.

Professor Ian Ring, Professorial Fellow, Faculty of Commerce, Centre for Health Services Development, University of Wollongong, and Daniel Tarantola, Professor of Health and Human Rights at the University of New South Wales, provide expert assistance to the Steering Committee.