Sentences with phrase «such civil commitment»

Last week, the Virginia Supreme Court signaled trial judges to err on the side of giving leeway to what is considered admissible relevant evidence for such civil commitment trials.

In 2006, the federal Adam Walsh Act encouraged such state - level civil commitments of so - called sexually dangerous persons by providing funding to states establishing programs for such civil commitments.

Not exact matches

History suggests that American Protestants, despite their recent preoccupations with virtue and tradition, are probably just resting between their periodic commitments to social transformation (joining such causes as temperance, abolition, the social gospel and civil rights).

The government is expected to defer activity such as «taking or announcing major policy decisions; entering into large / contentious procurement contracts or significant long - term commitments; and making some senior public appointments and approving Senior Civil Service appointments, provided that such postponement would not be detrimental to the national interest or wasteful of public money».

Slogans such as «education is the new civil right» sound forthright, but they burden practical policy discussions with tense personal and ideological commitments.

But NGOs and the civil society will likely have to wait a long time for affluent countries to make firm commitments on funding, risk transfer mechanisms such as insurance, and technology to help poor countries improve their resilience to climate change.

The number of such non-state climate initiatives has been growing for years; there are over 11,000 climate commitments from cities, companies, civil groups, and investors in the Non-State Actor Zone for Climate Action platform, which was launched just two years ago at COP20 in Lima.

«Specifically we're advocating an approach under which countries — both developed and developing — will put forth nationally determined mitigation commitments, followed by a transparent consultative process that will give other countries and civil society the opportunity to analyse and comment upon such commitments.»

However, Chamberlayne warns: «To ensure these commitments are not forgotten Schedule A1 to the Civil Liability Bill requires careful scrutiny and amendment, as for instance, it only requires publication of such information as the Lord Chancellor thinks appropriate.»

No one in this reform programme seems to have the least commitment to exploring the kind of imaginative involvement of users manifest in overseas models such as the Dutch Rechtwijzer or the Civil Resolution Tribunal in British Columbia.

Similarly, many jurisdictions allow for civil commitment in a «drunk tank» until someone is sober, without further criminal charges or legal process, in order to prevent crimes such as drunk driving, assaults, rapes, and disorderly conduct.

Usually a decision to grant sanctuary is accompanied by a commitment by the clergy and congregation to other techniques of nonviolent civil disobedience, such as 24 hour vigils and sit - in blockades.

There is a strong commitment to continuing professional development (CPD) in the Civil Service and you'll have the opportunity to work towards a range of professional qualifications in areas such as accountancy or personnel, or complete a postgraduate qualification, for example a Masters in Business Administration (MBA).