Sentence examples for universal obligations from inspiring English sources

It elevates tribal obligations over the universal obligations we owe to each other as citizens.

As it was not a legally binding declaration and contained no enforcement provisions, the declaration left states' sovereignty intact, but it was a first step towards tethering them to international, universal obligations regarding their internal affairs.

If human rights express the equal claim of every person to the recognition and protection of their vital interests, they necessarily assert universal obligations of justice that cross borders.

The unpleasantness is in the implication that this is a universal obligation, that anyone who isn't wearing a poppy is guilty of a great moral wrong.

(He does not consider the concept of national service — a universal obligation required of all youngsters, with military enlistment one option among many).

There will also be a new government-backed universal obligation to provide fast broadband to every home and business in the UK, starting at 10 megabits per second.

There will be a new government-backed universal obligation to provide fast broadband to every home and business in the UK, starting at 10 megabits per second.

Although domestic violence against women is common in Israel and elsewhere, and though medical staff in Israel have a universal obligation to screen women for domestic violence, actual screening rates remain low.

Carnival, which has headquarters in Miami and London, said its policy was to "honor maritime tradition that holds that the duty to render assistance at sea to those in need is a universal obligation of the entire maritime community".

"In the first claim we have highlighted, I think the donors will be people who take human rights seriously as a universal obligation, and people who wish to hold companies to account – in particular when these are British companies that we rely on to uphold these values".

While the UK's Data Protection Act 1998 encouraged data controllers to disclose serious data breaches, the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (transposed into national law in the UK via the DPA 2018) goes much further, putting in place a universal obligation to report serious breaches of personal data within 72 hours of becoming aware of an incident.