Sentence examples for declaration on rights from inspiring English sources

The Draft Declaration on Rights and Duties of States, formulated in 1949 by the International Law Commission of the UN, contained (in Article XI) the rule that states are obligated not to recognize territorial acquisitions achieved by aggressive war.

For a start, hold them to account where they have pledged to do good: rolling back Conservatives measures; ensuring that electoral reform means proportional representation; implementing an inquiry on missing and murdered Indigenous women and the UN declaration on rights of Indigenous peoples.

In addition, the United Nations declaration on right to development in 1986 further advanced the 'idea' that rights should be renamed as an instrument of development.

<< Previous page Know Your Rights! describes the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the international indigenous rights movement in an engaging way for adolescents.

Know Your Rights! – the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) written specifically for indigenous adolescents – is aiming to do exactly that:  encourage young people to know their rights, protect them and become an active part of decision-making in their community.

Their marginalization persists even though three international human rights instruments – the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Convention on the Rights of the Child – afford us a historic opportunity to address the challenges faced by indigenous children with disabilities.

According to the United Nations' universal declaration on human rights articles 19 and 20, right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly is a basic human right [ 1] and the governments are responsible for ensuring that everyone can exercise it without fear of intimidation or violence [ 2].

It charges that the United States is failing to live up to the group's declaration on human rights, the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man.

Mulcair and Trudeau also pledged to fund education reforms, ensure that government decisions respect treaty rights, and implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, a 2007 document to protect indigenous people from discrimination.

Mexico is already obligated to provide interpreters in court based on their signing of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, but these rights rarely translate into reality for Mexico's citizens.

The UN declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples provides the right for indigenous people to develop their own decision-making procedures, including judicial systems.