From the outset, plaintiff's counsel have urged that this lawsuit does not seek asylum, but rather seeks to vindicate a procedural right to apply for asylum.
"These appeals were filed to show that when a person commits an error, like my brother did, but admits what they did, then he has a right to vindicate himself," said Marta Nieves Ochoa, Mr. Ochoa's sister.
In the 17th century a jury endured two days' imprisonment without food or water at the hands of an overbearing judge in order to vindicate their right to return a true verdict, Grieve recalled.
He said that the suit was filed "to vindicate that right".
"We worked very hard to vindicate our right to protest so that our outcry about Wall Street greed can be heard," Bill Dobbs, an organizer, said on Tuesday.
Phone lines there were busy all day, and hundreds of voters traveled downtown in person, spending hours trying to vindicate their right to vote.
"This settlement should send a very clear message to remind all employers and employees alike that the E.E.O.C. is here to vindicate their right to be free from discrimination in the workplace".
The Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution (which forms Article 40.3.3) states that, "The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate that right".
Further compounding the problem, because of concerns about deportation, a substantial number of farm workers are mistrustful of government agencies that could help vindicate their rights to a safe workplace.
This will give our clients the chance to pursue the allegations in court and a chance to vindicate their rights".
These veterans of Kenya's Mau Mau uprising had been waiting for hours for a ruling that vindicated their right to claim damages for the torture and abuses carried out by British colonial authorities.
