Sentences with phrase «strengthen laws against»

The government proposes to strengthen laws against depictions of extreme sexual violence on the internet.

The Blood Drug Concentration Regulations, posted Oct. 14, come as part of the federal government's attempt to strengthen the laws against drug - impaired driving before the legalization and regulation of marijuana.

The HSUS offers rewards in animal cruelty cases across the country and works to strengthen laws against animal cruelty.

AAAS Board Chairman Gilbert S. Omenn has written a letter to members of the House Judiciary Committee to express support for a pending bill that would strengthen laws against harassment, threats or intimidation of those involved in animal enterprises, including biomedical research with laboratory animals.

Bribery bill The purpose of the bill is to strengthen the law against bribery, through provision of a modern, comprehensive scheme of bribery offences to equip the courts to deal effectively with bribery at home and abroad.

Enacting a paid family and medical leave program, strengthening laws against hate crimes and exempting Social Security income from the state income tax are among the proposals he endorsed Wednesday.

Strengthening the law against cockfighting and other forms of animal fighting allows us to better protect animals from this type of violence as we move to end the cruelty of animal fighting.»

The home secretary has now introduced her promised Modern Slavery Bill to strengthen the law against that historic abuse.

Not exact matches

While Commissioner, Poolman worked to strengthen laws to protect citizens against insurance fraud.

We may need to strengthen it against potential creeping Sharia law and of course against all of the other ideologies that think a theocracy might work.

Unless the Indian Independence laws are passed against the caste system and the Indian constitution provides for equal opportunities to all people in India, that the depressed class movements can be further solidified and strengthened.

He listed his priorities in the campaign against corruption in 2018 to include, organising African Youth Congresses against Corruption «in order to sensitise and engage our youth in the fight against corruption;» mobilising AU member states to implement the extant legal framework on corruption; and canvassing «for the strengthening of the criminal justice system across Africa through exchange of information and sharing best practices in the enforcement of anti-corruption laws.»

In two separate posts on his personal Twitter handle on Friday, Saraki expressed concern and stated that the National Assembly would work to strengthen Nigeria's laws to mitigate against the widespread misuse of illegal substances as well as engage with stakeholders to tackle the menace.

ALBANY, NY (04/14/2010)(readMedia)-- Governor David A. Paterson today signed 10 bills into law, including three that will reform and strengthen Open Meetings Law, and one that will require the State to make information available to families about the flu and the importance of vaccinations against flaw, including three that will reform and strengthen Open Meetings Law, and one that will require the State to make information available to families about the flu and the importance of vaccinations against fLaw, and one that will require the State to make information available to families about the flu and the importance of vaccinations against flu.

Cuomo on Sunday said he would write his own reproductive health measure, which is part of an overall package of women's equality bills that include pay equity and provisions to strengthen violence against women laws, along with new propsoals to prevent workplace discrimination.

«It's just surreal,» said Jaron Benjamin a week after the conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and on the day of closing arguments in the federal corruption case against former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, knowing that those cases may have been bolstered by work he did years ago in the fight to strengthen the state's rent laws.

Eric led the fight for legislation to strengthen New York's laws against domestic abusers and the unprecedented effort to expel a sitting State Senator for violently abusing his girlfriend.

* Strengthen anti-corruption laws: Believe it or not, there is no state law against «undisclosed self - dealing» — which is what Silver did when he directed a grant to doctor he was secretly doing business with.

The Democrat worked for more than two years to strengthen the law for consumers, but when the bill back came from the Senate, Tonko voted against the measure.

Up until now, there has been little appetite among state lawmakers to strengthen New York's notoriously lax laws against public corruption.

Excerpt: «As your representative, I'll vote to strengthen state laws against illegal immigrants and work to make our state less attractive to those here illegally.»

They include Aziz, a former hard - partying college student who now heads the organization; Hamoud, a cofounder of RBSS, who strengthens his resolve by watching the video ISIS took of the execution of his father (a brother was subsequently murdered and another is missing); Hussam, a law student turned reporter who was nearly nabbed by ISIS with encrypted video on his phone; and Mohamad, a former math teacher who joined the revolt against Assad after a student was arrested and has since followed up with resistance to the caliphate.

The delegation, led by Nobel Laureates Wangari Maathai and Shirin Ebadi, called for a global end to impunity and a strengthening of laws that punish perpetrators of crimes against women.

Toronto's by - law provides a new opportunity to strengthen the emerging practice of integrated green building design,» said, Steven W. Peck, President of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, which supported the by - law against pressure from developers opposed to the policy.

How do we go about enforcing current laws / regulations against research misconduct — or strengthen them so the guilty are punished?

STRENGTHENING NATIONAL CAPACITY TO PROSECUTE GENOCIDE, CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND WAR CRIMES WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT SYSTEM Emilie Hunter in Innovations in Rule of Law, J. Botero, R. Janse, S. Mulle & C. Pratt Eds.

``... there have been powerful last - ditch efforts to get Clause 76 removed from the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill... There has been widespread support for the government's decision to strengthen the law, and — if data protection is to be taken seriously — it is vital that the government and other parties should stand firm against any possible amendments.

Lawsuit filed against four mining executives hopes to strengthen China's environmental laws, Reuters

Albany, NY (July 12, 2011) Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed a new law that strengthens the enforcement against drivers who use handheld electronic devices for activities such as texting while a vehicle is in motion.

Our new law will strengthen enforcement against drivers using handheld electronic devices and help keep drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe.

Mines Action Canada «s Erin Hunt urged the Canadian government to «take action now to ensure that international law is strengthened and future - proofed against these technological developments» in a press release.

According to recent reports, the Australian Parliament is all set to join the party with a bill in favour of strengthening the country's laws against the evil clasp of money laundering which tapers in along with cryptocurrency activities.

Strengthening data protection laws to limit ad targeting would go much further to fix that imbalance — but that's something big publishing companies are actually lobbying against, holding out hope to one day build their own intrusive data empires.

OFAC will use sanctions in the fight against criminal and other malicious actors abusing digital currencies and emerging payment systems as a complement to existing tools, including diplomatic outreach and law enforcement authorities — To strengthen our efforts to combat the illicit use of digital currency transactions under our existing authorities, OFAC may include as identifiers on the SDN List specific digital currency addresses associated with blocked persons.

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