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In fact, it was a revolt for human dignity, for a better life for ordinary citizens.
In both countries, civil society reacted to the events in a remarkable manner, with a sense of unity, dignity, and reaffirmed national cohesiveness.
Everyone, including the most marginalized and vulnerable, has a right to good health, which is essential to human dignity and economic development.
No more secure guarantee for the protection of human rights exists than a heightened, collective moral awareness within society to defend every person’s dignity.
From the secret of Being and salvation to the secret of matter, from treasures hidden on faraway continents to political values such as the dignity and liberty of the individual and equality of all citizens before the law -- these are areas in which Europe accomplished a remarkable work of discovery which it then spread, often to the world’s benefit, yet often, sadly, to the world's detriment.
The report – the product of several months of debate within the German foreign-policy and security community – identifies Germany’s current values and interests as a commitment to “human dignity, freedom, democracy, the rule of law, and to an international order that is based on universal norms.”
When a woman gives birth to a child with a congenital syndrome deriving from the Zika virus, the response should be grounded in the dignity, value, and rights of each individual.
To our south, an irreversible quest for dignity, freedom, democracy, and peace is altering the region’s political landscape.
She is right to worry that Europe’s states and peoples have lost the will to remain united in (and by) a system based on law and morality, including the application of the concepts of human dignity and equality to the question of our obligations toward refugees.
This agenda goes to the heart of improving human dignity and maintaining sustainable development.
If, as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights puts it, “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights,” should we not all be able to continue to live that way?
Paying fair wages, adopting ethical sourcing practices, and upholding the dignity of workers should be a part of the way they calculate their success.
Without urgent action, there is a good chance that those who took to the streets – indeed, risked their lives – in the struggle for dignity and opportunity will have done so in vain.
A truth process can provide a means to recognize the worth and dignity of those who suffered, and clarify who caused that suffering.
According to the text of the resolution, “Defamation of religion is a serious affront to human dignity” that leads to “a restriction on the freedom of [religions’] adherents.”
Coincidentally, in the same week that Germany and the World Jewish Congress rejected the idea that defamation of religion is an affront to human dignity, and upheld the right to freedom of expression, Germany’s highest court issued its ruling on a case brought by a Jewish organization, and two Jewish individuals.
According to the court, Germany’s laws on freedom of speech did not protect PETA’s campaign, because to make “the fate of the victims of the Holocaust appear banal and trivial” was an offense against human dignity.
Severe pension cuts are preventing the elderly from living out their lives with dignity.
While the yearning for dignity, freedom of expression, and real democratic participation was the driving force underlying the Arab revolutions, economic discontent played a vital role, and economic factors will help to determine how the transition in the Arab world unfolds.
If it appears frivolous to write about public space in cities like Bogota, Delhi, and Lima, where poverty and squalor run rampant, consider that the government's subsidy of grass and concrete for pedestrians is a measure of its respect for human dignity and the democratic values.
Quality public pedestrian space, on the other hand, demonstrates official respect for human dignity and for society's most vulnerable members--the handicapped, children and the elderly.
As this current situation plays out, the government of Rwanda will focus its efforts on treating those who seek refuge in our country with the dignity to which they are entitled, and will take the necessary steps to facilitate their safe passage home when the time comes.
Because of the inherent dignity of human beings, modern societies do not allow people to sell themselves, or their children, into slavery.
Nor is it obvious that education is so different from health care, another essential service where issues of dignity and respect loom large.
Little wonder, then, that globalization continues to call forth old-fashioned non-economic concepts like dignity, justice, fair prices, and decent wages.
The power struggle pitted the forces of Hosni Mubarak’s regime against the people, including women, who were on the streets and in the squares demanding freedom, dignity, and social justice.
Indeed, the only glimmer of hope remaining for women’s equality and dignity in Egypt is the willingness of all who seek such a regime to unite and try yet again to fulfill the democratic promise of Egypt’s revolution.
Instead, there is the temptation to regard Osama bin Laden as a type of violent Robin Hood, whose actions, while impossible to condone officially, have helped them to recover a sense of Arab pride and dignity.
It is possible for the financial accounts to be in order, and yet for the people — who make up the firm’s most valuable asset – to be humiliated and their dignity offended.
UNAIDS engages with civil society at all levels, by leveraging the international AIDS response to promote equality, dignity, and human rights around the world.
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