The phrase "apply human rights" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the implementation or enforcement of human rights principles in various situations, such as legal, social, or political frameworks.
Example: "Governments must take steps to apply human rights in their policies to ensure the dignity and freedom of all citizens."
Alternatives: "enforce human rights" or "implement human rights".
It suggested that to require British forces to apply human rights principles to Iraqis would be to apply "culturally alien standards".
And in Charette, I noted how allowing many administrative actors to apply human rights legislation fosters a general culture of respect for human rights in the administrative system: see para.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Justice called on public bodies to review how they apply human rights law to avoid outcomes that Cameron said "fly in the face of common sense, offend our sense of right and wrong, and undermine responsibility".
"The real losers are the reputation of the Spanish judiciary and those — in Spain, in detention at Guantánamo or in countries around the world where there is no justice — who knew they could count on at least one independent judge to apply human rights laws without fear of the political consequences".
Reluctance to apply human rights law during armed conflicts was also due to the differing natures and 'roots' of humanitarian and human rights law (Solis 2010, 24).
Seller Pierre Berge said he would give them back to China for free if Chinese officials would, as he worded it on French radio before the auction, "declare they are going to apply human rights, give the Tibetans back their freedom and agree to accept the Dalai Lama on their territory".
Taking equality seriously: Applying human rights frameworks to priority setting in health.
The important emphasis on the principle of "universality" in applying human rights standards was signaled by several events.
Similar clashes between group-based notions of justice and universally applied human rights are unavoidable in welfare states with increasingly diverse people.
"Why are we applying human rights law to a battlefield which is inherently violent, that it was not designed to apply to?" he told the BBC's Radio 4 Today programme.
Cameron has promised that "a modern British bill of rights" will "guide the judiciary and the government in applying human rights law when the lack of responsibility of some individuals threatens the rights of others".
