Sentences with phrase «rights framework recognises»

A human rights framework recognises that across the world some traditional, religious and cultural practices have been used to justify the subordination of women and violations of their human rights.

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«I've said that it's right that we fully support our intelligence agencies in the work they do to keep us safe, while recognising that they must always operate within a framework of legality and accountability,» shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander said.

Commenting on the statement on licensing teachers by Tristram Hunt, Shadow Education Secretary, Chris Keates General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: «When this proposal was made by the last Government in 2010, it was in the context of a national framework of pay and conditions of service which recognised and rewarded teachers as highly skilled professionals and which provided them with rights and entitlements to working conditions which supported them in focusing on teaching and learning.

Second, when Indigenous rights are in fact recognised, the overarching framework of non-Indigenous values and interests constantly affects the understanding, application and enjoyment of those rights.

A human rights based approach to development will also recognise that Indigenous cultures vary considerably across Australia, and as a result there are a diversity of governance frameworks.

This framework promotes respect, protection and fulfilment of all human rights within the development process; and recognises the importance of the social, cultural and political context within development strategies.

The right to negotiate enjoys protection within the international framework of human rights, including the treaties recognised in the Act's Preamble.

While these passages leave open the possibility that the Court will recognise rights and interests that arise out of traditional laws that have adapted to the economic and social conditions of the dominant society, there is another aspect of the legal framework that reduces the likelihood of the legal system providing recognition of commercially useful rights.

The performance indicators used to determine whether native title has been recognised and protected as a result of the activities undertaken by the NNTT are not developed within a human rights framework where the substantive protection of native title is a primary objective.

Alongside these processes should be the negotiation of a framework agreement (or treaty) at the national level, and negotiation of agreements at the regional and local levels recognising Indigenous rights and dealing with «unfinished business».

The immense difficulty Indigenous people face in having their traditional commercial fishing rights recognised under the Native Title Act may prove to be another example of how Indigenous peoples» ability to use native title rights and interests for economic development is frustrated by the very nature of the rights recognised, and the legal framework of native title.

For me as Social Justice Commissioner, specifically charged by statute to report on the effect of the Native Title Act upon the human rights of Indigenous Australians, the challenge is to develop a framework that recognises the distinctiveness of Indigenous identity as it is shaped by our adherence to traditional laws and customs, while at the same time seeking to maximise the capacity of native title to contribute to the economic and social development of traditional owner groups and the communities they live in.

The right to negotiate also enjoys protection within the international framework of human rights, including the instruments recognised in the Preamble to the Native Title Act.

To «enable the State party itself to develop a better understanding of the problems and shortcomings encountered in efforts to realize» [15] the full range of rights recognised in the relevant treaty, and consequently to provide «the framework within which more appropriate policies can be devised».