... in the Third World are: the murder of Wilson Pinheiro and Francisco “Chico” Mendes in the Amazon rain forest, the massacre of Father Nery Lito Satur and several others in the Philippines, andthe ... the MNOCs and NGOs, forthe region has been criticized for a lack of validity and scientific rigor (Human Rights Watch 1999) Nevertheless, the survey identified the major environmental and social ... opposition), and violations of basic humanrights to safe and sound environment, the cooperation of the NGOs, international humanrightsand environmental groups, MNCs, 54 the United Nations, the World...
... between the modified DNA andthe enzyme, which is irreversibly inactivated and trapped into the DNA [73,74] The resulting cellular depletion of DNMT activity leads to the passive demethylation of the ... stage In particular, the TSG WIF1,TFPI2, RASSF1A, and SOCS1, andthe methylated in tumors (MINT) loci 17 and 31, showed a statistically significant higher frequency of methylation from AJCC stage ... (Dacogen), S110 [72] and zebularine To exert their activity, nucleoside inhibitors must be incorporated into the genomic DNA of the target cell during the S-phase of the cell cycle Their methylation...
... or enforcement of constitutional rights, such as the role and composition of the legislatures that pass the laws andthe courts that interpret them The central focus of the chapter is on the potential ... between therights of the minor andtherights of her parents, whereas, in the United States, the conflict is between therights of the woman (of any age) to abort versus the interest of the state ... section, these issues about the structure of rights can have a large impact on genderequalityThe second area of concern is theconstitutional protection forequalityrights specifically There is...
... of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action is essential to achieving the MDGs, both with regard to gender- specific goals andthe clear genderequality dimensions in all of the goals These ... implications forthe design of such an agenda CONTEXT AND ISSUES Over the past 20 years, hard won gains have been made on genderequalityandthe empowerment of women Genderequality has arrived at the forefront ... alignment and long-term results to promote genderequalityThe Forum can play an instrumental role in further evolving the thinking on how the Global Partnership for Development can have gender equality...
... sexual and HIV have the freedom andthe capacity to advocate for their reproductive health and rights, so that their efforts result in sexual and reproductive health and rights, as this section ... get the information and services they need to protect their own health andthe health of others In most ways, people living with HIV have the same sexual Law and policy development or reform ... HIV, the Doing more to support the impact of AIDS, andthe overall well-being of people living sexual and reproductive with and affected by HIV To be effective, the needs andrights health and rights...
... women, children, and men themselves Engaging Men forGenderEqualityand Improved Reproductive Health 1997-2003: The Men and RH Subcommittee developed guidance forthe field on gender- sensitive ... Platform of Action, to pass national gender legislation, and to provide clear budgetary allocations for enactment and enforcement of these more progressive policies Engaging Men forGenderEquality ... to be a man, and take an active stance forgenderequality CHAMPION promotes a national dialogue about gender roles, encouraging gender equitable beliefs and behaviors, and strengthening national...
... one of the objectives of the EU foreign and security policy « to develop and consolidate democracy andthe rule of law, and respect forhumanrightsand fundamental freedoms »8 Concerning the EU-ACP ... (EPAs) andHumanRightsThe African States negotiating EPAs are all parties to the African Charter on Humanand Peoples' Rights3 (ACHPR) This Charter protects all human rights, be they civil and ... exercise of these rights in third countries European countries are also bound at the regional level by the Convention forthe Protection of HumanRightsand Fundamental Freedoms andthe many different...
... chain them to be able to pray for them forthe evil spirit to leave them, for them to have their peace There is no money, otherwise we wouldn't chain them, and I also don't have a room to put them ... of treatment provided andthe ideology/theology on which they were based, the efficacy of the treatment andthe reasons for this, and views of other forms of treatment and possible collaboration ... stay and serve the pastors who had formerly chained them, training as pastors themselves and doing other work such as farming, maintenance and running errands In turn they too assisted in the...
... health, human rights, humanitarianism and conflict The journal seeks to explore both the practice andthe discipline of health as a right The practice explores the conditions, limitations and challenges ... conflict In keeping with the principles of the journal and Editorial Board, Conflict and Health is open-access and freely available to readers around the world In the past, humanrights workers, lawyers, ... of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field [http:// www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/q_genev1.htm] (Accessed Dec 14, 2006) Mills E: Health, Human Rights, andthe Clash with Complacency The...
... important for assessing the direct and indirect impact of conflict, but this section also discusses other epidemiological research efforts relevant to conflict andhumanrights analysis The causes and ... mentioned by The New York Times only seven times, compared to 63 and 157 forthe ICG and HRW, respectively These latter two NGOs are leading voices in global policy debates, and their research and advocacy ... international humanitarian law (IHL, or the "laws of war"), and its findings have found their way into deliberations at the International Criminal Tribunal forthe former Yugoslavia [18] More than any other...
... in the European Court of HumanRights Introduction ix xvii xxiii TheHumanRights Act 1998 15 The European Convention on Human Rights: Its Application and Interpretation 47 The Duty of Care and ... the outcome of the ordinary law of the land enforced by the courts For Dicey, the danger of constitutional documents and bills of rights was that that which has been given can be taken away and ... to the quasi-judicial supervisory body, the United Nations HumanRights Committee Unlike the European Court of Human Rights, theHumanRights Committee has no power to render judgments; rather,...
... the world will sufficiently accommodate and feed its human population with out destroying the enviroment and depleting natural resources???” Land used by region and country group, 1961,1991 and ... Cambodia • Lao PDR • Thailand • Vietnam 33 Land and population Population Density Population Land area Cambodia 15,416,429 181,035 85 Lao PDR 6,834,345 236.800 29 Thailand 63,723,953 513,000 124 ... group and country 1980 and 2005 FAO (2009) 15 Meat consumption and share of net imports in consumption, least-developed countries, 1961–2005 FAO 2009 16 Meat consumption by region, 2000 and 2050...
... involved in the stabilization of the substrate in the active site (Stb1 and Stb2); those forming the oxyanion hole (Oxa1 and Oxa2); and those responsible forthe exopeptidase specificity ˚ (Exo1 and Exo2) ... comparison of the active and specificity sites of the two X-PDAP enzymes, the bacterial PepX (green) andthehuman DPP-IV (orange) (B) Superposition of the active and specificity sites of the S9 enzymes ... AUTODOCK 3.0 the rmsd calculated between the solutions of AUTODOCK 3.0 andthe reference in the complex ligand-DPP-IV crystal structure the docked inhibitor andthe reference indicated that the method...
... area of the city named for its location on the road to the Soviet metropolis The group had gathered to demand land for garden plots The protesters had specific land in mind The land lay at the eastern ... distributing land pursued other goals entirely In both Kharkiv and Voronezh, the formal design of governance and reform policy did not drive land reform outcomes; rather, local politics made all the difference, ... massive transfers of land occur only in the course of imperial conquest or in the aftermath of war But in the decade after the fall of the Soviet Union and before the turn of the new millennium,...
... Thus, the closer the observed value is to the minimum value, the smaller is the numerator and therefore the worse the situation of development Conversely, the closer the observed value is to the ... cities The periods of interest for this study, on the other hand, correspond to the years until 2010, when the number of municipalities in the National Territory was already 5,564 Therefore, the ... choosing upper and lower parameters for each indicator andthe normalization is given by an equation that measures the distance between the observed value forthe indicator andthe minimum value...
... being that the capacity for transmission of the power beyond the northeast is not yet in existence, and demand for power in the sparsely populated northeast of the country is far below what the dam ... replacement land for those who are displaced andfor farmers who will lose land to the reservoir As the area is heavily forested and there are already numerous agricultural concessions granted over the ... not be blocked by the dam Therefore, the loss of these sh would reduce the popula ons of other sh and wildlife species as well.”81 Another study published by the Proceedings of the Na onal Academy...
... facilitate a human rights- based recovery from the crises In their contributions, Raquel Rolnik and Lidia Rabinovich and Olivier De Schutter further develop the theme of the need for a human rights- centric ... Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the Economic and Social Commission for Latin America andthe Caribbean (ECLAC) andthe Inter-American Institute forHumanRights He was previously the coordinator ... international and national organisations and bodies working on humanrights issues, including the Council of Europe, a range of UN Special Procedures, ESCR-Net, the Northern Ireland Bill of Rights Forum and...
... Decree on the Management and Use of Land and Forests 1993, the Decree on Land and Forest Classification for planting trees and conservation of the forest 1994, the Forestry Law 1996, the Land Law ... of the To extend rights to the degraded land or unforested people in the participatory management and use of the land for agricultural forestry and livestock production forest and forest land for ... a basis for acknowledging therights of the people to use forest and forest land At the policy level, the government recognized the importance of rights to use land forthe people andthe village,...
... substrate changes the conformation of UhpC and that this change is required for UhpC to initiate the transcription of the uhpT gene Alternatively, the binding of Glc6P could change the conformation of ... to the E coli UhpC protein (for details see text) The multiple alignment was performed using CLUSTALW (default settings) The asterisks indicate the positions of the mutated amino acids of the ... (b) the translocation pathway in UhpC forthe transport of Glc6P; (c) the ability of UhpC to interact with UhpB in the transmission of the induction signal; (d) the insertion of UhpC into the...
... think-tanks and universities 1.2Use of the tool for a stand-alone humanrightsandgenderequality study If the tool is used for a focused and separate humanrightsandgenderequality study, the following ... interdependent and interrelated The standards define therightsand entitlements of all women and men, boys and girls, andthe corresponding obligations of the State as the primary duty-bearer Humanrights ... understand the causes of (non-)fulfilment of humanrights It is based on international humanrights standards and principles and it develops the capacities of rights- holders to claim their rights and...