Sentences with phrase «through constitutional reforms»

[T] his means that the existing State has the duty to accommodate the aspirations of indigenous peoples through constitutional reforms designed to share power democratically.

In my forthcoming Social Justice Report you will see a focus on re-setting or recasting our relationships with governments in this vein — both at the national level through constitutional reform, and at the local level highlighting the positive work of the Fitzroy Crossing community in demanding their right to self - determination to achieve their own pre-determined destinies.

It is upon this historical foundation that Australians are increasingly accepting the need to address this non-recognition and exclusion through constitutional reform.

Not exact matches

«Responsible change may not come as immediately as some hope for, but rather through an incremental process of constitutional reform and U.N. - supervised elections.

Meanwhile, European leaders will work on ways to counter the threat at home through enhanced security policies, like France's constitutional reform.

16:53 - Graham Allen, the chair of the constitutional reform select committee, pressures Khan to pledge to enter into talks with the government through the usual channels if the programme motion is defeated tomorrow night.

Keeping the peace with the SNP hordes could be complicated by the constitutional reforms we're likely to see pushed through in the next five years.

Graham Allen, the Labour Chairman of the House of Commons Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, has led his colleagues through the possible ways of doing so if Parliament and people so wished.

Yes it could be complex to go through an entire constitutional process with referendums on Lords reform and so on, but I would say it is worth it — look what the commons has achieved on Lords reform, on voting reform.

The Chair of the Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee explains the appalling process by which this government has bulldozed its astonishing Lobbying Bill through the British parliament.

And, keep an eye out for a related conference in Albany on Friday, which will look at ethics reform through the lens of a state constitutional convention - details below.

If a minority Labour government was relying on Tory votes to get things through that the Nats didn't like, there is always a danger that the Tories could resort to the sort of tactics Labour themselves often used in such situations (such as constitutional reform).

The Governor said he still would like to see debt reform enacted through a constitutional amendment, and that he would continue to advocate that.

The governor announced that he would seek an array of good government reforms from the State Legislature, a number of them familiar: preventing donors from circumventing contribution caps through the creation of shell limited liability corporations; enhancing personal financial disclosures; creating a public financing system; and instating constitutional amendments to establish term limits for Albany lawmakers (though not Cuomo and the current class of legislators), extend the legislative session from six months to year - round and ban outside income.

So people have a hard time connecting compelling current concerns — such as widespread corruption, or non-competitive elections, or a need for major improvements in such fundamental policy areas as education — with the possibility for reform through state constitutional change.

DiNapoli called for a host of reforms to curtail state borrowing, including a constitutional amendment to limit total debt to 5 % of New York's personal income and a ban on so - called back - door borrowing — the issuance of state - funded debt through public authorities and other entities.

A Bill of Rights entrenched by an amending formula that «brings home» the constitution, and applied through Canada by our supreme constitutional tribunal, will open the door to further constitutional reform.

Although Pal agrees that the role and the nature of the electoral process may not be transformed through reform, he points to Opitz v. Wrzesnewskyj and Henry v. Canada to highlight that courts appear to provide some constitutional significant to the connection between Members of Parliament and specific geographic ridings.

In another session at the conference, medical anthropologist Dr Gregory Phillips talked about the need for a true substantive shift in power for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, from the wards of hospitals through to Constitutional reform.