This week, we reflect on the basic rights and responsibilities of citizenship, the founding documents from which they were drawn, and the extraordinary legacy of progress they have enabled.
The established procedure is to pass special anti-terrorism laws, altering trial rules somewhat to handle terrorist cases, but not abandoning established court systems, and trying to retain the basic rights of those accused as far as possible.
But writers having their work illegally copied and sold is not: this is the beginnings of the assertion of the basic IP rights that we all hold dear.
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And how could it possibly be clean and fair if Armstrong is denied the basic legal rights available to any US citizen in a federal or state court?
"What the court declared is that he is a free citizen which means effectively... the basic human rights are available to him like any other citizen, " said attorney Syed Ali Zafar.
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President Jim Kim, will demand concrete action from off-track countries to move children from the violation of their basic rights to the guarantee of their right to education.
The Bush administration counters that detainees have no Constitutional rights because they are not being held in the United States and that even if they do have some basic rights, the congressionally approved system of hearings for each prisoner at Guantanamo, plus review by a court of appeals here in Washington, is sufficient.
The mayor called on nations to be "decisive" in eradicating terrorism and the threat it poses to basic human rights, including the right to live without fear.
Richardson: Climate change poses ethical problems because it threatens the enjoyment of basic human rights at a vast scale, because formulating and agreeing upon adequate solutions stretches the envelope of what international policymaking bodies can legitimately undertake, and because fairly allocating the burdens of implementing any solution poses thorny problems of justice.
They have tended to characterize the Act as an assault on the basic freedoms enshrined in the Bill of Rights and have sought far-reaching changes in the tools it provides law enforcement to detect and prevent terrorist plots inside the United States.
Just as our Founding Fathers established "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" as basic rights for all Americans, so too does Islam establish the protection and preservation of life, religion, family, intellect, property and dignity for all.
The poorest countries can hope to catch up if they establish the basic economic institutions (starting with property rights and the rule of law) and do lots of other things right.
The basic idea is that broadcast rights, like movie distribution rights, book copyrights, belong to the originator.
The pity is that Mr Straw has ignored other measures that might achieve the desired effect without violating basic rights.
Basic rights that the constitution guarantees are reaffirmed.
Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh, who wrote the Diplomat's Brief says that even an accused terrorist has certain basic rights to a fair trial under the Geneva Conventions.
This amendment fits with the spirit of the Bill of Rights in providing basic protections for American citizens.
The UN World Programme for Human Rights Education (2005- ongoing), currently in its first phase, seeks to promote a common understanding of the basic principles and methodologies of human rights education, to provide a concrete framework for action and to strengthen partnerships and cooperation from the international level down to the grass roots level.
It is an important event for the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as for the whole of the international community committed to the idea that the social sciences have a major contribution to make to the development and implementation of development policies that are sustainable and that respect the needs of peoples and basic human rights.
The programme is selected for its focus on women and out-of-school youth, reaching over 100, 000 people in more than 3, 500 literacy centres, and for its aim of ensuring the right of every individual to literacy and basic education, including the acquisition of knowledge about human rights, reconciliation and peace-building.
Yet campaigners warn that the focus on advances towards gay marriage in Western nations risks distracting attention from more urgent efforts to secure basic human rights for gay people in many regions of the world where homosexuality is still illegal and homophobia is deeply entrenched.
Academics shown the draft were pleased to see it affirmed basic rights, including press freedom.
The European Parliament has asked the European Commission to review the constitution, saying it fails to protect basic rights.
Additionally, the Iraqi government should secure legislation promoting basic property rights and pursue administrative reforms that make it easier for local entrepreneurs to start legal businesses.
The basic contract would be for English Language eBook rights only (should we be generous and give them worldwide english rights, after all the digital world is not limited by borders).
Agency staff have basic employment rights, such as the minimum wage, and are subject to the Work Time Regulations which provide for 20 days basic holiday and eight days bank holiday leave.
During the debate, QC and independent crossbencher Lord Pannick branded the scheme "unrealistic" and warned it would be "damaging to industrial harmony to allow employers to buy off basic employment rights" such as the right to statutory redundancy pay and the right for parents and other carers to request flexible working.
They pay statutory royalties to rights-holders, and subsidize the basic business through advertising.
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The struggle to make the provision of basic education in the United States more equitable has been an important domestic political issue since the civil rights and anti-poverty movements of the 1960s, and it was reinforced by a school finance reform movement that emerged in the early 1970s.
Samsung argued that Apple could not claim the rights for all rectangles with rounded corners or other basic geometric designs used for phones and tablets.
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