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‘Rights can be fundamental.’

[⟨det (plur right.n)⟩ fundamental.a]

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This law is also notable for being the first Brazilian federal law that includes the term “sexual orientation”: it says that “all women, regardless of… sexual orientation…, have the fundamental human rights.
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The plan provided specific guarantees of fundamental human rights.
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According to the GfbV’s proposals,? fundamental human rights? should be enforced by? standing, operationally prepared, military strike forces.
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The constitution has a code of fundamental human rights enforced by the courts, and Botswana has a good human rights record.
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’ “The mission is to break the Israeli siege, an absolutely illegal siege which has plunged a million and a half Palestinians into wretched conditions: imprisoned in their own homes, exposed to extreme military violence, deprived of the basic necessities of life, stripped of their most fundamental human rights and dignity.
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“We, the peoples of the United Nations determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war… to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person… and for these ends, to practise tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours” Charter of the United Nations In 1945, the founders of the United Nations looked to tolerance as a key to peaceful coexistence for the peoples of the world.
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It found that some rights, like the right to sexual intimacy we secured in Lawrence, are so fundamental that they cannot be taken away from anyone.
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And then, in 1998, Albania established a democratic system of government based upon the rule of law and guaranteeing the protection of fundamental human rights.
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Although I have not accepted the view that’ ’ due process,’ ’ as used in the Fourteenth Amendment, incorporates all of the first eight Amendments (see my concurring opinion in Pointer v. Texas, 380 U.S. 400, 410, and the dissenting opinion of MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN in Cohen v. Hurley, 366 U.S. 117, 154), I do agree that the concept of liberty protects those personal rights that are fundamental, and is not confined to the specific terms of the Bill of Rights.
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Mr. Justice U. P. Dery, Justice of the High Court of Ghana has called on the media to help enforce the fundamental human rights of Ghanaians.
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Via the due process and equal protection clauses of that amendment, the Supreme Court has held that some rights are so fundamental, that any law restricting such a right must both serve a compelling state purpose, and be narrowly tailored to that compelling purpose.
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Although the initial bill consisted of two parts, the second part, which regulated citizens’ rights and obligations was voted down; a chapter on Fundamental human rights was added only by amendment in 1998.
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Robert Nozick in Anarchy, State, and Utopia also argued that a night watchman state provides a framework that allows for any political system that respects fundamental individual rights.
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Such forms of modern warfare include, but are in no way limited to: both inter / intra state war, violations of fundamental human rights as defined by the universal declaration of human rights, the various forms of non – democratic economic reform which invariably undermine social well being, and the numerous systems of domination, discrimination, and oppression such as racism, individualism, and imperialism.
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The Supreme Court has ruled that the principal rights guaranteed by this amendment are so fundamental and important that they are also protected in state proceedings by the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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Barrot maintained that’ ’ awareness and compliance with fundamental human rights are of pivotal importance’ ’ for internet firms such as Google.
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In contrast, the Democrats’ plank is somewhat vague and speaks in broad terms, and it too fails to identify any problems with the courts or the recent rolling back of fundamental civil rights: For our Judiciary, we will select and confirm judges who are men and women of unquestionable talent and character, who firmly respect the rule of law, and who listen to and are respectful of different points of view and who represent the diversity of America.
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This is fairly significant because Fundamental Human Rights are a protection for the individual by the State.
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The PRC Constitution and laws provide for fundamental human rights, including due process, although those laws also provide for limitations of those rights.
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Queried on 2013-06-20.