Discriminatory governmental policies

Condemns the continuing application of the death penalty on the basis of any discriminatory legislation, policies or practices

In practice, however, there are discriminatory policies both government's and public organizations and the private sector's that discriminate against women.

In some cases, significant progress has been made in terms of employment creation despite the imposition of punitive and discriminatory policies.

The Special Secretariat on Policies for Women (SPM) has also undertaken a series of actions directed at modifying discriminatory socio cultural patterns.

But as we can notice from the various existing programs and policies from various ministries which both short term and long term objectives are targeted to women, the discriminatory policies tend to change.

As a result of that situation, the Palestinians were suffering from a brutal occupation based on the implementation of racist and discriminatory policies.

17. Calls upon all States to review and, where necessary, revise their immigration policies with a view to eliminating all discriminatory policies and practices against migrants that are inconsistent with relevant international human rights instruments

Regrets that racially discriminatory immigration laws, policies and practices, including enforcement mechanisms, contribute to the persistence of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and in this context urges all States that have not yet done so to review and revise any racially discriminatory immigration laws, policies and practices so that they are free of racial discrimination and compatible with their obligations under international human rights instruments

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has put out an alert for people of color traveling to Missouri because of the state's discriminatory policies and racist attacks.

The Conference also urged the Government of Myanmar to review its policies towards its Muslim citizens and to repeal the discriminatory laws against them, since they contravene human rights and human dignity.

These laws are non discriminatory.

The persistence of discriminatory and inequitable policies in international trade is part of this list of impediments to development, both for the poorest nations and for middle income countries, such as my own, Argentina.

Prohibition of arbitrary and discriminatory laws

1.1 Gender discriminatory provisions are removed

These articles are totally non discriminatory.

A number of factors at national level have limited, however, the effectiveness of these positive efforts, including a lack of coherence between overall national development policies and gender equality policies and strategies continued underrepresentation of women in decision making insufficient protection and promotion of women's human rights persistence of discriminatory sociocultural practices and attitudes and violence against women.

Condemns also cases in which women are subjected to the death penalty on the basis of gender discriminatory legislation, policies or practices and the disproportionate use of the death penalty against persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities

A quick scan' can enable the rapid and efficient assessment of the need for further investigation, making it possible to perform a large scale testing of pay systems and policies for discriminatory elements without incurring long waiting periods and delays.

The Special Secretariat on Policies for Women and the Women's Caucus of the National Congress have worked jointly to defend and promote women's rights by organizing seminars, public audiences and debates, and lobbying for the approval of non discriminatory legislation.

Article 28 I(2) stipulates everyone is entitled to be free from discriminatory treatment on any basis and is entitled to be protected from discriminatory treatment .

The new text excludes several discriminatory articles and sections.

The Committee recalls that the definition of racial discrimination in article 1 expressly extends beyond measures which are explicitly discriminatory to encompass measures that are not discriminatory at face value but are discriminatory in fact and effect, that is, if they amount to indirect discrimination.

A special measure could appear discriminatory and still be construed as non discriminatory if one of its purposes was to overcome discrimination. Justice Crennan dismissed the appeal.

In the author's view, this difference in treatment is discriminatory.

The laws relating to these Commissions are also non discriminatory.

It also evoked the discriminatory concept of the virgin woman.

That opens the way for unilateral, discriminatory or coercive approaches.

4. Calls upon all States to review and, where necessary, revise immigration policies with a view to eliminating all discriminatory policies and practices against migrants and to provide specialized training for government policy making and law enforcement, immigration and other concerned officials, thus underlining the importance of effective action to create conditions that foster greater harmony and tolerance within societies

Challenges to the creation of an enabling environment that need to be specifically addressed include the lack of coherence between national development policies and gender equality policies and strategies the gap between policy and implementation the underrepresentation of women in decision making insufficient protection and promotion of women's human rights discriminatory sociocultural practices and attitudes and persistent violence against women.

Law reform efforts to eliminate discriminatory laws and to revise laws that have a discriminatory impact also contribute to enhancing an enabling environment for gender equality and empowerment of women.

Gender based obstacles and discriminatory practices have not been tackled systematically.

The process is generally held to be non discriminatory and transparent.

Non discriminatory universal service obligations or various forms of vouchers are examples.

Discriminatory attitudes in relation to the carriers of the HIV are condemned.

She also wondered whether there had been a review of discriminatory legislation.

The admission criteria to the vocational training institutes are generally non discriminatory.

But, even as they propose new measures to court foreign investors, many members of Congress in both parties harbor deep concerns about FDI from China, on both national security and economic grounds. These concerns are unwarranted, and discriminatory policies to restrict such investment are ill advised.

Subsidy policies violated the rules of international law, as WTO had acknowledged, and Mali was working in conjunction with Benin, Burkina Faso and Chad under the sectoral initiative on cotton to promote the establishment of an open, equitable, predictable, rules based and non discriminatory multilateral system.

This would contribute to a more equitable and non discriminatory multilateral trading system.

We continue to regard the NPT as a deeply flawed and discriminatory treaty.

(b) Providing a forum for consultation to promote non discriminatory timber trade practices

Lastly, efforts were being made to eliminate gender discriminatory components of education materials.

Perhaps transitional laws would be needed during the changeover from the discriminatory system.

Activities during the reporting period included efforts to promote provision of voluntary counselling and testing to refugees, to counter prejudice and discrimination and to integrate refugee concerns, including non discriminatory access to antiretroviral therapy and prevention of mother to child transmission, into HIV AIDS policies in host States.