Sentence examples for basic social rights from inspiring English sources

In the past decade, there has been growing awareness that this kind of needs-based strategy is unproductive, and so in many countries there is a shift to a rights-based approach of social protection, with guaranteed basic social rights as a precondition for citizenship.

More than 50 campaigners have been prosecuted and some deprived of basic social rights, such as being able to travel freely or leave the country.

The deputy sports minister Stavros Kontonis said: "I hope it is understood that the Greek government has no intention of altering the decision to cancel the Greek Cup competition due to its exhaustive efforts in trying to protect basic social rights such as public order and social peace.

The introduction of the free market did not consider the basic social rights of people.

Access to a primary health care facility is seen as a basic social right [14].

Access to health care for all in need is a basic social right.

"In many countries, laws, policies and practices against sex workers limit their right to basic social economic rights such as access to education, health care, housing, banking facilities, inheritance, property and legal services.

"First you have to guarantee basic social and economic rights before you get to gender rights!

He also wants an agreement to bind all future UK governments to honouring "basic social and economic rights" such as healthcare and pensions.

The protesters demanded basic political and social rights, while using the vernacular of human rights to stake their claims and justify their demands.

They must also make life far better for women, who are denied basic legal and social rights, and they must give more legal protection to those who criticize the government.