Sentence examples for granting citizens from inspiring English sources

Structural reforms such as granting citizens a real say in government, or passing laws to bolster private enterprise by allowing mortgages, or opening equity markets, are sometimes discussed, but the easier option of throwing money at social programmes wins out.

Now Mr. Albrecht has proposed further strengthening the data protections by granting citizens additional control over information collected about them — like the right not to be subject to profiling.

A man who could have grown rich had he pursued a management degree or written terrible books, which elite Indian engineers do successfully, but who instead chose to enter public life vowing to disrupt political corruption and who became one of the key activists who persuaded the Indian government to pass an extraordinary act granting citizens the right of access to public documents.

After deliberating for two days in a tense political climate, the Constitutional Court ruled that the law — which grants the nation's four highest officeholders immunity from prosecution while in office — violated a clause in the Constitution granting citizens equality under the law.

Tajikistan is taking a radial approach toward jihadists returning from Syria and Iraq — by granting citizens of the country amnesty in exchange for their repentance, and a chance to stop other Tajiks from traveling abroad to join the likes of the so-called Islamic State (IS).

I believe in the necessity of granting citizens a right to speak up their mind, to oppose, to agree, to have their own beliefs, to tolerate and accept others, to be given a chance at a proper education; all these, in my opinion, should come first and before we proceed to democracy.

Ecuador similarly passed constitutional provisions in 2008 stating that nature had the inherent right to exist, thrive and evolve, also granting citizen enforcement authority to uphold those rights.

Beijing often proclaims, however, that it grants citizens wide-ranging religious freedom.

Two weeks ago, the New Jersey legislature passed a bill that would grant citizens the right to change the gender on their birth certificate without having gender-reassignment surgery.

With the first ruling in 1965, the case was among the earliest to grant citizens standing to sue for environmental well-being.

On Thursday, Mr. Assad signed decrees that repealed harsh emergency rule, in place since 1963, abolished draconian security courts and granted citizens the right to protest peacefully, though they still need government permission to gather.