Sentence examples for enforce convention from inspiring English sources
"enforce convention" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It means to make sure that people follow accepted rules or standards. You can use it in any situation where you are talking about the need to uphold traditional or societal norms. Example: The school principal must enforce convention and make sure that students dress appropriately for prom.
Explaining this, the draft Brighton declaration says that national authorities are normally best placed to enforce convention rights.
The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg might begin to try and enforce convention rights against states who are no longer signatories to the convention.
It is worrying that service users may, in some cases, struggle to enforce their rights under the European convention, because the Human Rights Act, which incorporates the convention into domestic law, allows individuals to enforce convention rights directly against "public authorities", but not private companies.
German delegate Janusch Krasberg, presented youth views on violence and intolerance, urging the G8 to set up a body that would monitor and enforce conventions on children's rights.
He called for greater protection of children's rights, and asked that the G 8 to set up a body which would monitor and enforce conventions on children's rights.
He believed that language was a virus that had achieved equilibrium with its human host, and that "blocks" of language and thought enforced convention, making it necessary to find techniques, from cut-ups to e-meters, to break the patterns.
Theoretically, it seems possible for rational agents to instantiate a Lewisian convention without regarding it as a norm and without making any effort to enforce the convention through sanctions.
The government has since reversed this decision through legislation with respect to care homes, so the residents of Castlebeck and Southern Cross can now directly enforce their convention rights under the act.
Although the declaration stresses the primary responsibility of states to enforce the convention at national level, it also says in article 13 that the right of individuals to apply to the court is a "cornerstone" of the convention system and one that states must not hinder in any way.
Later, at a press conference, he acknowledged the O.P.C.W.'s ongoing difficulty with enforcing the convention in Syria.
The Conservative plans, outlined in an eight-page paper, throw down the gauntlet to the Council of Europe, the 47-country body that enforces the convention.
