Sentence examples for devotion to human rights from inspiring English sources
An Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters awarded by the Graduate Center in 1994 acknowledged his devotion to human rights around the world and his dedication to lifelong learning.
Ninety percent of his talk was not devoted to the confrontation with the mainland but rather the state of Taiwan's hard-won democracy, the need to root out corruption, economic and environmental goals, and devotion to human rights.
Rubio's third pillar, "Defending Freedom" is supposed to be about America's core values and devotion to human rights and democratic principles.
According to human rights groups, that devotion is the result of conditioning from birth - and fear of execution or imprisonment in inhumane labour camps.
Some intellectuals dedicated themselves to human rights.
"Major blow to human rights".
Yesterday, the Freedom Party, with its mainstream conservative partner, issued a statement pledging devotion to tolerance and human rights and proclaiming Austria's need to face up to its own responsibility for Nazi-era crimes.
At the memorial service, Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger described Foner's "great brilliance and extraordinary devotion to civil and human rights and social and equal justice," and Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee read from his work on Frederick Douglass and "thanked God" for his enormous contributions to black scholarship.
"Like so many others, my personal views have been shaped over time by people I have known and loved, by my experience representing our nation on the world stage, my devotion to law and human rights and the guiding principles of my faith.
Madge Kaplan's life-long devotion to social justice and human rights ended on October 31, when she died in her home after a long illness.
