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Additionally, any Human Rights Council reform that allows countries with despicable human rights records to remain as members, such as China and Saudi Arabia, is not real reform.
Michael McCaul
Rights
Human Rights
Despicable
Additionally
Members
Arabia
Records
Remain
Council
Countries
Real
Reform
Real Reform
Any
Human
China
Saudi
Saudi Arabia
Any Human Rights Council reform that allows countries that sponsor terrorism to remain as members, such as Cuba, is not real reform. And in the past, countries such as Libya, Iran and Syria have participated on this council.
Michael McCaul
Terrorism
Rights
Past
Human Rights
Syria
Libya
Members
Remain
Council
Countries
Sponsor
Cuba
Real
Iran
Reform
Real Reform
Any
Human
In The Past
Currently, the United States provides 22 percent of the U.N. annual budgets, over $900 million in fiscal year 2007, and some of that funding goes to the Human Rights Council.
Michael McCaul
Rights
Year
Human Rights
States
Some
Percent
Council
Over
Budgets
Annual
Fiscal
Fiscal Year
Provides
Goes
Human
Currently
United
United States
Million
Funding
Over the past year, several cases of human rights abuses, specifically sexual exploitation and abuse, by individuals involved in U.N. peacekeeping operations have raised the suspicions of many Members of Congress and members of the International Relations Committee.
Michael McCaul
Rights
Year
Past
Exploitation
Congress
Human Rights
International Relations
Relations
Several
Members
Sexual
Cases
Individuals
Over
Abuse
Involved
Operations
Committee
Human
Suspicions
International
Many
Peacekeeping
Specifically
Raised
A fanatic commits to an ideal to whatever end. A fanatic throws everything aside to pursue their idea. Take something which it would be good to be committed to, like basic human rights. You might campaign for such a thing. You might spend every day of your life pursuing such a thing. But once you become fanatical about it, anything can happen.
Douglas Murray
Life
Good
Day
You
Rights
Every Day
Become
Whatever
Human Rights
Every
Spend
Everything
Once
Would
Would-Be
About
Something
Pursue
Pursuing
Take
Throws
Idea
Ideal
Like
Campaign
End
Committed
Human
Happen
Anything
Fanatic
Fanatical
Which
Might
Aside
Your
Such A Thing
Thing
Basic
Basic Human Rights
Thousands of people's lives improved in this country through human rights laws. Individual people taking on the all-powerful state and winning. You'd think a very Tory thing to do. Sadly not, under Cameron's leadership.
Sadiq Khan
Leadership
You
Rights
People
Country
Human Rights
Think
State
Thousands
Tory
All-Powerful
Laws
Winning
Individual
Through
Taking
Sadly
Cameron
Very
Improved
Human
Lives
Thing
Labour accepts that the European Court of Human Rights needs reform.
Sadiq Khan
Needs
Rights
Human Rights
Court
Accepts
Reform
Labour
Human
European
Education is important even beyond the bounds of the opportunities it gives to the individual; it is a crucial and basic requirement for ensuring effective democracy and human rights.
Sadiq Khan
Education
Democracy
Rights
Opportunities
Important
Human Rights
Ensuring
Gives
Individual
Crucial
Bounds
Beyond
Effective
Human
Requirement
Even
Basic
I used to be a human rights lawyer and acted for many black Londoners who had been victims of discrimination.
Sadiq Khan
Rights
Black
Lawyer
Human Rights
Had
Been
Discrimination
Human
Victims
Acted
Used
Who
Many
I used to work for an NGO called Transitions Online, and I was their Director of New Media. I was a very idealistic fellow who thought that he could use blogs, social networks and new media to help promote democracy, human rights and freedom of expression.
Evgeny Morozov
Work
Freedom
Democracy
Director
Rights
Thought
Human Rights
Promote
Online
Networks
Could
He
Freedom Of Expression
Idealistic
New
Fellow
New Media
Blogs
Very
Human
Social
Transitions
Use
Used
Social Networks
Help
Who
Media
Expression
Agencies must know who they are accountable to. If the agencies know who they are accountable to but we cannot say who they are accountable to, then really it is a very sad situation that is bound to be misused. It is bound to affect human rights.
Asma Jahangir
Sad
Rights
Situation
Human Rights
Say
We Cannot
Must
Bound
Know
Misused
Affect
Very
Accountable
Human
Cannot
Agencies
Then
Really
Who
I have noticed encouraging signs in the fight against religious intolerance, and I am impressed by the outstanding degree of human rights activism in India.
Asma Jahangir
Rights
Fight
Signs
Degree
Human Rights
Intolerance
India
Religious
Outstanding
Am
Encouraging
Impressed
Human
Against
Noticed
Activism
Yes, the state must intervene to prevent the exploitation of poor Indian women who are enticed or coerced into surrogacy, as well as to protect the rights of surrogate children. However, it should also be empathetic to individuals with alternative lifestyles who are well within their legal and human rights to demand access to surrogacy services.
Kapil Sibal
Rights
Legal
Women
Exploitation
Human Rights
Intervene
State
Must
Indian
Prevent
Lifestyles
Empathetic
Individuals
Demand
Protect
Also
Well
Alternative
Within
Access
However
Surrogate
Yes
Human
Children
Poor
Should
Who
Services
Women have always been at the forefront of progressive movements. Women can be depended on when you need bodies in the streets for women's rights and human rights.
Martha Plimpton
You
Rights
Women
Human Rights
Progressive
Forefront
Always
Been
Depended
Human
Movements
Bodies
Streets
Need
I'm more interested in politicians who deal with human rights in their own country rather than lecture the rest of the world.
Ken Livingstone
Rights
World
Rest
Country
Own
Politicians
Human Rights
Rather
More
Deal
Lecture
Than
Human
Interested
Who
As Canadians who proudly demand the equal treatment of minorities, religious freedom, gender equality and basic human rights for its citizens - allowing our political leaders to shamefully ignore these values in the name of business abroad, falls short of the high standard we rightfully set for ourselves.
Jagmeet Singh
Freedom
Business
Rights
Equality
Political
Values
Gender
Human Rights
Our
Rightfully
Ourselves
High
Citizens
Religious
Minorities
Religious Freedom
High Standard
Abroad
Allowing
Leaders
Demand
Name
Equal
Proudly
Falls
Political Leaders
Canadians
Human
Short
Ignore
Standard
Who
Basic
Basic Human Rights
Set
Treatment
Fighting for human rights, a commitment to social justice and treating people with dignity are all things that are important to us as Canadians.
Jagmeet Singh
Justice
Rights
Dignity
Commitment
People
Important
Fighting
Human Rights
All Things
Canadians
Human
Social
Us
Social Justice
Things
Treating
I have long been an advocate for peace and human rights in Canada and around the globe.
Jagmeet Singh
Peace
Rights
Long
Human Rights
Globe
Around
Advocate
Been
Canada
Human
Sikhs were considered the champions of fairness, uplifting people, protecting and defending human rights. Defending equality. So when someone sees a Sikh, the turban identifies a person who's going to stand up for rights, even if you disagree with them. The turban is supposed to be a beacon. That someone who is going to help you out.
Jagmeet Singh
You
Rights
People
Equality
Disagree
Human Rights
Considered
Out
Someone
Beacon
Sees
Supposed
Protecting
Fairness
Were
Up
Person
Uplifting
Going
Human
Them
Stand
Stand Up
Help
Who
Even
Champions
Defending
Democracy is not just constitutional and legislative rules; it is a culture and practice and adhering by the law and respecting international human rights principles.
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Democracy
Rights
Culture
Law
Practice
Human Rights
Respecting
Rules
Adhering
Constitutional
Principles
Legislative
Human
Just
International
The sanctions have been a key element in making sure that those who have violated human rights and are guilty of corruption have a clear consequence to their actions. They have also been key to helping protect the assets of the Venezuelan people.
Juan Guaido
Rights
Corruption
People
Key
Human Rights
Those
Guilty
Clear
Protect
Also
Sure
Making
Been
Human
Sanctions
Who
Helping
Actions
Element
Assets
Violated
Consequence
When Estonia reestablished its sovereignty after a half century of successive thuggish, totalitarian, foreign occupations by the Soviets, the Nazis, and then again the Soviets, we knew we wanted to create a democratic country characterized by rule of law and respect for human rights.
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Respect
Rights
Law
Country
Half
Human Rights
Rule
Rule Of Law
Characterized
Totalitarian
Knew
Half Century
Democratic
Democratic Country
Occupations
Foreign
Sovereignty
Soviets
Human
Wanted
After
Again
Estonia
Century
Then
Create
Successive
While supporting human rights in another country is important, fighting for our own safety is crucial.
Richard Grenell
Rights
Safety
Country
Important
Own
Fighting
Human Rights
Our
Crucial
Supporting
Another
Human
While
I think it's scary that that our elected officials aren't operating under the principles of human rights, under the principles that this government and this country was founded on.
Adam Yauch
Government
Rights
Country
Human Rights
Think
Our
Scary
Operating
Principles
Officials
Human
Elected
Elected Officials
Founded
The Lantos Human Rights Prize is intended to serve as a beacon of hope, justice and human decency in a world too often covered in a shroud of darkness.
Joshua Wong
Hope
Justice
Rights
World
Darkness
Decency
Human Rights
Too
Beacon
Covered
Prize
Intended
Often
Human
Serve
Shroud
We long to have a home where civil freedoms are respected, where our children will not be subject to mass surveillance, abuse of human rights, political censorship and mass incarceration. We stand with all the free peoples of the world and hope you stand with us in our quest for justice and freedom.
Joshua Wong
Hope
Home
Freedom
You
Justice
Rights
People
World
Political
Censorship
Will
Free
Long
Human Rights
Our
Respected
Civil
Freedoms
Mass
Abuse
Subject
Quest
Surveillance
Human
Where
Children
Us
Incarceration
Stand
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