Sentences with phrase «rights law implementation»

The expert periodic review calls for improved access to effective remedies from Canadian courts and for more continuing judicial and professional education on international human rights law implementation.

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Republicans supporting right - to - work inserted in the laws allocations of money to cover implementation.

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.

Like most UN human rights treaties, its implementation by state parties is overseen by a compliance committee, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, which issues «General Comments» meant to guide our understanding of the provisions contained in the treaty, and which conducts periodic reviews of state parties, instructing them how to change their laws in order to comply better with the treaty, as understood by the Committee.

On a positive note his liberalisation efforts, which include finally allowing woman to drive and promises to shift towards a more moderate Islam, are a much - needed step in the right direction for a Kingdom where extreme and reactionary implementations of Islamic laws have for far too long restricted and repressed the basic rights and freedoms of its people.

BHA Head of Public Affairs Pavan Dhaliwal commented, «We welcome the Children and Families Bill's strengthening the role of the Children's Commissioner, including requiring her to monitor the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into UK law.

The Voting Rights Act has recently been used to block a voter ID law in Texas and delay the implementation of another in South Carolina.

The High Court in Accra, Human Rights Division, presided over by His Lordship Justice Anthony K. Yeboah, will today [Monday] deliver judgment on the case filed by five citizens over the delayed implementation of the Representation of the People Amendment Act also known as the ROPAA law, 2006 [Act 699].

The constitution is supposed to be the greatest law of the land, which guarantees certain basic rights for its citizens, divides and allocate power between organizations and institutions for effective implementation, why then should it be in a state of ambiguity, making it difficult to be executed?

Jessica Wyndham, director of AAAS» Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law program, represented the world's largest general scientific organization at the meeting and laid out the meaning of science, the benefits it contributes to human rights, the obligations of nations that are party to the underlying agreement and the challenges facing implementRights and Law program, represented the world's largest general scientific organization at the meeting and laid out the meaning of science, the benefits it contributes to human rights, the obligations of nations that are party to the underlying agreement and the challenges facing implementrights, the obligations of nations that are party to the underlying agreement and the challenges facing implementation.

Her interests are the implementation of internationally recognized human rights principles in domestic practice and the intersection of information technology, human rights and law.

The full implementation of Judge Treu's striking down five laws that set rules for teacher dismissal, seniority rights and tenure will likely not take effect for years — or not at all if the state wins on appeal.

Among these are the implementation of LCFF, with all school districts approving their Local Control Accountability Plans (LCAPs) by July 1, the primary election for Superintendent of Public Instruction, the deadline for districts» administration of pilot versions of Common Core State Standards tests, and a ruling in the Vergara lawsuit, around teacher tenure and job protection laws and students» right to access equal education.

The FEAs have taken many forms, including: sheltered instruction observation protocol (SIOP) implementation in Texas; community - based equity assessment in Texas; IDRA's Focusing on Language and Academic Instructional Renewal (FLAIR) program implementation in reading in Louisiana; gender equity also in Louisiana; implementation of a multicultural framework in staff development to support student success in New Mexico; parent leadership in New Mexico; unitary status planning in Arkansas; English as a second language (ESL) classroom strategies in Arkansas; service learning in Oklahoma; and meeting civil rights requirements under the law in Oklahoma.

We believe that strong implementation of ESSA's Title I provisions at the state, district, and school levels is essential for the new legislation to fulfill its moral obligations as a civil rights law.

Carey is right in noting that the very flexibility in the law (along with the U.S. Department of Education's implementation of AYP) allowed states to game it by failing to elevate (and in some cases, deliberately lower) standards and proficiency targets more - rigorous in the first place, then moving to ramp them up just a few years before the 2014 target would come into play.

Lawmakers did agree to one change, reinstating the right to sue for employment discrimination in state court, but have retained the anti-LGBTQ bathroom provisions that have spurred lawsuits from transgender residents, the ACLU of N.C. and the U.S. Department of Justice, which Tuesday asked a federal judge to block the law's implementation in the state.

The event, central to the 1964 Harlem riots, occurred following the implementation of new laws that granted police officers the right to arbitrarily «stop and frisk» citizens.

Of course, successful implementation is about more than just getting the law right.

Mackinac's director of labor policy is Vincent Vernuccio, who chairs a committee of the labor task force of the Bradley - supported American Legislative Exchange Council and previously has worked at the Bradley - supported Capital Research Center and Bradley - supported Competitive Enterprise Institute... MCLF spent much of last year helping to defend the new right - to - work law, in policy and legal arguments, as well as in the larger public discourse in the state and nationally... MCLF is working with the Bradley - supported National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation on this and several other legal matters surrounding implementation of right to work in Michigan... On education, among other things, Mackinac is analyzing mroe [sic] than 200 collective - bargaining agreements (CBAs) in the state, covering some 75 % of the state's public - school students, to see if and if so, how, they are adhering to the teacher - tenure and - evaluation policy charight - to - work law, in policy and legal arguments, as well as in the larger public discourse in the state and nationally... MCLF is working with the Bradley - supported National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation on this and several other legal matters surrounding implementation of right to work in Michigan... On education, among other things, Mackinac is analyzing mroe [sic] than 200 collective - bargaining agreements (CBAs) in the state, covering some 75 % of the state's public - school students, to see if and if so, how, they are adhering to the teacher - tenure and - evaluation policy chaRight to Work Legal Defense Foundation on this and several other legal matters surrounding implementation of right to work in Michigan... On education, among other things, Mackinac is analyzing mroe [sic] than 200 collective - bargaining agreements (CBAs) in the state, covering some 75 % of the state's public - school students, to see if and if so, how, they are adhering to the teacher - tenure and - evaluation policy charight to work in Michigan... On education, among other things, Mackinac is analyzing mroe [sic] than 200 collective - bargaining agreements (CBAs) in the state, covering some 75 % of the state's public - school students, to see if and if so, how, they are adhering to the teacher - tenure and - evaluation policy changes.

To quote Elizabeth Economy from last August, «Whether we're talking about food and product safety, or environmental implementation of anything China might agree to when it comes to global climate change, or trade and investment barriers and intellectual property rights protection, all of them hinge on China having an effective rule of law.

At least the provision of domestic law was evidently an implementation measure for the Directive and thus fell within the scope of EU law, meaning that EU fundamental rights applied.

Dr Paula Gerber at the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law blog looks at the news that Australia is to have a national children's commissioner and observes that the review of Australia's implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the UN monitoring committee is scheduled to take place in just a few weeks.

While implementation of the reforms will be up to the Law Societies, and the acceptability of our analysis awaits the judgment's of the courts in adjudicating conflicts cases, one important part of the Report is a Toolkit of conflicts management materials which is available for use by Canadian lawyers right now... [more]

The EU will continue to support democratic consolidation, human rights and the rule of law through enhanced cooperation and dialogue, while advocating for the ratification and implementation of international and continental instruments.

124] It is not entirely clear what situations fall under the second situation, but it seems that Bot has in mind those situations where EU law allows the Member States discretion in implementing, and where implementation can be realised with both respecting national rights standards as well as the effectiveness of EU law.

He said that the grant of a planning permission does not affect the private law rights of third parties, although the implementation of a planning permission may so alter the nature and character of the locality so as to shift the standard of reasonable user which governs the question of nuisance.

Now 17 years have gone by and in those 17 years the state of the art right now is that most states have the laws, they just don't have the implementation.

Moreover, the Directive's scope is limited to natural persons: the EU legislator does not seem to be willing to consider to grant protection to legal persons, regardless of the fact that they can be held criminally liable in most MS.. In sum, the real added value of the Directive will depend on its implementation in national law and the willingness of the national courts, as well as of the Court of Justice, to ensure that the Directive contributes to the enhancing of defence rights in the EU.

The three dominant themes in 2008 cases where PIL was invoked were as follows: UK / EU law implementation of UNSC resolutions concerning freezing of alleged terrorist assets (sanctions cases); the acts / omissions of UK authorities in Iraq / Afghanistan viewed in the context of PIL and provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and Human Rights Act 1998 (Iraq / Afghanistan related cases); and state / diplomatic immunity in the context of civil proceedings and / or attempts to enforce arbitration awards against assets of State entities in the UK (Civil immunity cases).

This shows a systemic bias against protests in common law courts and the lack of implementation of Charter rights when corporations sue individuals and community groups.

Implementation of Union law by Member States: when does the Charter of Fundamental Rights apply?

Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh, writing for the court in the case of South Carolina v. United States (Civil Action No. 12 - 203), expressed the opinion of the court that the law enacted by South Carolina «satisfies Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act,» making it permissible, but that the short time left before the 2012 elections prohibited its implementation until elections taking place in 2013.

-- the petition of the Vilnius Regional Administrative Court, a petitioner, requesting an investigation into whether Item 1 of Paragraph 1 of Article 1 and Item 1 of Paragraph 1 of Article 17 of the Republic of Lithuania's Law on Citizenship to the extent that it provides that the persons who held citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania prior to 15 June 1940, their children, grandchildren and great - grandchildren (provided that said persons, their children, grandchildren or great - grandchildren have not repatriated), who are residing in other states, shall retain the right to citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania for an indefinite period of time, and whether Paragraph 2 of Article 2 of the Republic of Lithuania's Law on the Implementation of the Law on Citizenship are not in conflict with Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 29 and Paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article 12 of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, and with the constitutional principles of justice and a state under the rule of lLaw on Citizenship to the extent that it provides that the persons who held citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania prior to 15 June 1940, their children, grandchildren and great - grandchildren (provided that said persons, their children, grandchildren or great - grandchildren have not repatriated), who are residing in other states, shall retain the right to citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania for an indefinite period of time, and whether Paragraph 2 of Article 2 of the Republic of Lithuania's Law on the Implementation of the Law on Citizenship are not in conflict with Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 29 and Paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article 12 of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, and with the constitutional principles of justice and a state under the rule of lLaw on the Implementation of the Law on Citizenship are not in conflict with Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 29 and Paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article 12 of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, and with the constitutional principles of justice and a state under the rule of lLaw on Citizenship are not in conflict with Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 29 and Paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article 12 of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, and with the constitutional principles of justice and a state under the rule of lawlaw.

The Vilnius Regional Administrative Court, a petitioner, requests an investigation into whether Item 1 of Paragraph 1 of Article 1 and Item 1 of Paragraph 1 of Article 17 of the Law on Citizenship, to the extent that it provides that the persons who held citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania prior to 15 June 1940, their children, grandchildren and great - grandchildren (provided that said persons, their children, grandchildren or great - grandchildren have not repatriated), who are residing in other states, shall retain the right to citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania for an indefinite period of time, and whether Paragraph 2 of Article 2 of the Law on the Implementation of the Law on Citizenship are not in conflict with Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 29 and Paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article 12 of the Constitution, and with the constitutional principles of justice and a state under the rule of lLaw on Citizenship, to the extent that it provides that the persons who held citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania prior to 15 June 1940, their children, grandchildren and great - grandchildren (provided that said persons, their children, grandchildren or great - grandchildren have not repatriated), who are residing in other states, shall retain the right to citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania for an indefinite period of time, and whether Paragraph 2 of Article 2 of the Law on the Implementation of the Law on Citizenship are not in conflict with Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 29 and Paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article 12 of the Constitution, and with the constitutional principles of justice and a state under the rule of lLaw on the Implementation of the Law on Citizenship are not in conflict with Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 29 and Paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article 12 of the Constitution, and with the constitutional principles of justice and a state under the rule of lLaw on Citizenship are not in conflict with Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 29 and Paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article 12 of the Constitution, and with the constitutional principles of justice and a state under the rule of lawlaw.

We provide employers with the full range of services needed to address emerging employment law issues regarding employment contracts; recruiting, hiring and terminations; employment standards; policy and procedures development and implementation; downsizing and restructuring; human rights; privacy issues; and workplace investigations, among others.

A. 20 In effect, this means that whilst decisions of the DSB create an obligation on the part of the losing party to comply with WTO rules, enforcement can be achieved by various means — including amicable settlement, compensation, or the suspension of trade concessions.101 Indeed, it was for this reason that the CJEU found in the case of Portugal v Council that a DSB decision did not oblige the losing party to achieve full implementation of its recommendations, where the possibility of temporary compensation or retaliatory measures remained available.102 In other words, the outcome was prescribed, but not the means.103 This contrasts with the position under EU law, where there is a right to an effective remedy from a judicial body.

And law - firm leaders need to give their IT leaders space to to do what they do best, allowing them to play a key role in driving strategy through the implementation of the right technology.

This level of attention to detention in the UK raises interesting questions for scholars and practitioners on implementation and compliance with international human rights law and the conditions necessary to bring about change.

JFK Law's Robert Janes is quoted in this article regarding Canada's implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

The LLM in International Human Rights is designed for students with JDs or law degrees from other countries who wish to undertake an in - depth study of the norms and methods of international human rights law and international criminal law and their implementation by international courts and organizations and in domestic legal syRights is designed for students with JDs or law degrees from other countries who wish to undertake an in - depth study of the norms and methods of international human rights law and international criminal law and their implementation by international courts and organizations and in domestic legal syrights law and international criminal law and their implementation by international courts and organizations and in domestic legal systems.

The previous government commenced implementation of some of the recommendations in the NTRB Report 2006 through funding the Casten Centre for Human Rights Law and the Auroroa project.

Ensuring Educational Rights and Stability for Foster Youth: California Assembly Bill 490: Training and Implementation Package National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues, California Youth Connection, Children's Law Center of Los Angeles, & National Center for Youth Law (2003) Provides information on the California Assembly Bill 490, a law designed to ensure all pupils in foster care have a meaningful opportunity to meet State achievement standarLaw Center of Los Angeles, & National Center for Youth Law (2003) Provides information on the California Assembly Bill 490, a law designed to ensure all pupils in foster care have a meaningful opportunity to meet State achievement standarLaw (2003) Provides information on the California Assembly Bill 490, a law designed to ensure all pupils in foster care have a meaningful opportunity to meet State achievement standarlaw designed to ensure all pupils in foster care have a meaningful opportunity to meet State achievement standards.

As shared parenting encompasses both shared parental authority (decision - making) and shared parental responsibility for the day - to - day upbringing and welfare of children, between fathers and mothers, in keeping with children's age and stage of development, there is consensus that legal implementation of shared parenting, including both the assumption of shared responsibilities and presumption of shared rights in regard to the parenting of children by fathers and mothers who are living together or apart, be enshrined in law.

I want to see the full implementation of the spirit and intent of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People in all laws, policies and programs in Australia.

The Permanent Forum recommends that national human rights institutions and other relevant national and regional bodies, including the African Commission on Human and Peoples» Rights, promote the rights of indigenous peoples and monitor the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and ensure that the international standards on indigenous peoples» rights are translated into nationalrights institutions and other relevant national and regional bodies, including the African Commission on Human and Peoples» Rights, promote the rights of indigenous peoples and monitor the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and ensure that the international standards on indigenous peoples» rights are translated into nationalRights, promote the rights of indigenous peoples and monitor the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and ensure that the international standards on indigenous peoples» rights are translated into nationalrights of indigenous peoples and monitor the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and ensure that the international standards on indigenous peoples» rights are translated into nationalRights of Indigenous Peoples, and ensure that the international standards on indigenous peoples» rights are translated into nationalrights are translated into national laws.

Explicit support for some of the principles of the Declaration in the Native Title Act is a positive step towards the implementation of the Declaration into all Australian laws and policies that affect the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.