Sentence examples for rights standard from inspiring English sources

The new law would establish the minimum age for marriage as 18, in line with the international human rights standard.

A human rights standard means that Scots, Québécois and Basques don't have much of a claim to break away from stable, prosperous, liberal democracies.

But if Pinochet is unfit to stand trial in Britain, he is unfit for trial in Chile: the human rights standard which requires a fair trial is universal.

The international human rights standard is that children should only be imprisoned as a last resort, and for the shortest period possible.

In 1919 the creation of the International Labour Organization ILOO) institutionalized a role for organized labour within the international human rights standard setting.

As present chairwoman and past chairman of the board of Human Rights Watch, we were saddened to see Robert L. Bernstein argue that Israel should be judged by a different human rights standard than the rest of the world.

Ms. Drenner's emergence as Georgia's gay rights standard-bearer is something she says she never wanted.

This goes against international human rights standards.

He says the operation violated human rights standards.

"But we are of course restrained by international standards, especially European human rights standards".

"We simply want to hold the government accountable to international human rights standards".