He also posed unanswered questions as to whether the Conservatives would override the Charter of Rights to block abortion and same-sex marriages.
Their leader, Stephen Harper, offered a fresh and palatable face for the party, but his opponents painted him as a closet extremist, who would gut Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
In her 395-page ruling Ms Smith argued that suicide itself was not illegal, and therefore the ban denied the physically disabled the same rights as people who could take their own lives, breaking Section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Under Article 22 of the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights, there is a provision for respect of minority languages used in Europe.
This, too, is an unfamiliar turn of events for a country that until recently saw the European charter of fundamental rights as much too lax in its defence of personal freedom.
The thinking in Brussels, I am told, is that it should be possible to meet his demands with a legally binding declaration or summit conclusions from the assembled heads of government, stating that nothing in the Lisbon treaty or the Charter of Fundamental Rights changes the historical settlements on property claims by the descendants of expelled Germans.
Asked why Poland had followed Britain in seeking a semi-exemption from the Charter of Fundamental Rights (a sweeping list of social and political rights), officials said their government was worried that the charter could force Poland to legalise gay marriage and accept unlimited abortion.
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In the Iran of the 1960s, use of the term "Charter of Human Rights" became increasingly popular, culminating in 1971 when the shah celebrated 2, 500 years of Persian history at the ancient ruins of Persepolis, where he represented himself as a direct descendant of Cyrus.
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Mr Cameron also wants a watertight opt-out from the charter of fundamental rights .
In September 2012 the Scottish government published the Charter of Patients Rights and Responsibilities.
The treaty gives legal force to the Charter of Fundamental Rights, a sweeping catalogue of social and civil rights.
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For instance, it entrenched in law the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights, which gives workers the right to free job-placement help.
The British remain unhappy with aspects of the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Mr Blair may also run into domestic opposition over a charter of human rights that is currently being drafted by the European Union.
Or the adoption of a legally binding Charter of Fundamental Rights?
We persuaded our partners that the charter of fundamental rights should list the rights of Europe's citizens but not extend the powers of the Union.
The British suggested that it should be made clear that the constitution's Charter of Fundamental Rights would not limit the rights of managers to sack workers.
The difficulty is that some key provisions changes to the voting system, the abolition of some vetoes, the creation of a Charter of Fundamental Rights undoubtedly require treaty amendments.
He provided MEPs with written assurances that he would respect the European Charter of Fundamental Rights, the rights of women and gay rights, a European Parliament statement said.
This is enshrined under the European Charter of Human Rights.
The referendum question should incorporate aims such as "recovering control over our criminal justice, asylum and immigration policies" and a "robust opt-out of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights", he wrote.
The Polish government ratified the treaty at the weekend, but Czech president Vaclav Klaus has said he will not sign unless his country is granted an opt-out from the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights.
Reference materials on which the sessions are based include the UNESCO Community Radio Handbook, the UN Charter of Human Rights, AMARC manuals, as well as current practices for non-profit organizations and policies in community media.
And the European Court of Justice may have been given a more powerful role in coming decades in interpreting the constitution and especially its attached Charter of Fundamental Rights in such a way as to enforce and accelerate integration.
Alongside the unnecessary and intrusive charter of fundamental rights and the mad idea of giving the undeserving European Parliament more powers, Lisbon improves the EU's voting system, partly sorts out a muddled foreign-policy structure and creates a permanent presidency of the European Council in place of the present six-month, rotating one.
The bill - which was backed unanimously - also provides for a charter of patients' rights and responsibilities within six months of the legislation coming into force.
The full and effective implementation of United Nations activities to promote and protect human rights must reflect the high importance accorded to human rights by the Charter of the United Nations and the demands of the United Nations human rights activities, as mandated by Member States.
Terrorists and their allies believe the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the American Bill of Rights and every charter of liberty ever written are lies to be burned and destroyed and forgotten.
The World Conference on Human Rights reaffirms the solemn commitment of all States to fulfil their obligations to promote universal respect for, and observance and protection of, all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, other instruments relating to human rights, and international law.
Perhaps the current unravelling of the dictatorship began with the establishment of the Charter 77 group to monitor Czechoslovakia's implementation of the human rights promises made in the 1975 Helsinki agreements.
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