"We have uncovered the very common connections between Indigenous criminalisation and unmet need in areas like housing, social security, child protection, discrimination and credit and or debt," she said.
Disturbingly, we also found evidence that many older people lacked dignity and security, facing discrimination and worse.
What investment treaties typically do is offer investors (in either direction) reciprocal guarantees of basic principles such as fair and equitable treatment, protection and security, non-discrimination both generally and by comparison with local investors, and against expropriation without compensation (also guaranteed by the European convention on human rights).
A judge in New York has dismissed an N.B.A. security official's discrimination and assault lawsuit against Geno Auriemma, the University of Connecticut women's basketball coach; the N.B.A.; and USA Basketball, saying the offenses charged did not happen in New York.
The book's subtitle describes its contents: "All the plain-English legal information you need to deal with repairs and services; rent stabilization and rent control; security deposit ripoffs; discrimination and harassment; roommates and sublets; and evictions and terminations".
Security, health and discrimination continue to be identified as major barriers to the pursuit of economic coping strategies and other forms of self-reliance.
She works at the Law Firm of Tina Foster, which represents individuals, businesses, and non-profit organizations affected by post-9/11 national security policies and discrimination.
It is based, however, on a number of erroneous beliefs that Congress has carved itself out of various legal obligations (paying Social Security, liability for discrimination, and so on).
Returnees who were interviewed later by U.N. staff inside Syria cited "the difficult living conditions in Arsal, the security situation and discrimination as the main factors influencing their decision to return," he said.
She spoke to groups across the country, lobbied politicians and published a handbook, "Know Your Rights," which offers guidance on insurance appeals, Social Security disability benefits, job discrimination, educational equity and housing discrimination.
