Upholding
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165 examples of Upholding in a sentence
In South Africa, for example, a modern constitution includes explicit commitments to
upholding
social rights.
Paying fair wages, adopting ethical sourcing practices, and
upholding
the dignity of workers should be a part of the way they calculate their success.
The legal profession, in particular, continues to show brave leadership in
upholding
the rule of law, a target of regular criticism by Communist Party officials who either do not understand what it means or know all too well.
(After all, there would be little point in
upholding
pristine principles if doing so resulted in a breakup, and fiscal austerity alone was never going to return the periphery countries to sustainable debt paths.)
Upholding
core principles requires a system of checks and balances – mechanisms that can ensure that human rights, including privacy, are safeguarded, even as legitimate security concerns are taken into account.
Only then will the eurozone have a chance of
upholding
the Lisbon Treaty’s “no bailout” clause.
We broke no laws; on the contrary, we have been
upholding
Kenya’s constitution, which guarantees citizens’ rights to a safe and healthy environment.
The only way to maintain these indispensable public goods is by rigorously
upholding
the rule of law and promoting fundamental values like freedom, human rights, and democracy.
Trying to protect a population from terrorist attacks while
upholding
the rule of law is, after all, a very difficult task.
Upholding
that legacy entails employing expertise as needed, and creating, as Edward Stiglitz of Cornell Law School has emphasized, trust in public institutions.
If wrong, there will be a safety valve in place to ensure that contending values – the benefits of open economies versus the gains from
upholding
domestic regulations – both receive a proper hearing in public debates.
The recommendation follows a 2012 decision by the European Court of Human Rights
upholding
the conviction of a Leipzig man for having a sexual relationship with his sister.
Upholding
an equal partnership of caregivers and breadwinners will require compromises on both sides.
Confronted by economic decline and rising unemployment, governments are much more likely to pay attention to domestic pressure groups than to
upholding
their international obligations.
In other words, the segment of the US government that is directly responsible for
upholding
national security recognizes the need to attract and retain highly educated workers to provide care and early learning to the children of all employees.
For that reason, the CCP continues to focus on
upholding
order and instilling values in all aspects of Chinese life, maintaining an active presence not only in policy debates, but also in private-sector activities and social affairs.
Turkey alone can protect itself, and only by
upholding
truly democratic behavior at home and pursuing an external policy that promotes peace and democracy but does not take sides in the region’s ongoing battles, particularly between Sunni and Shia.
But while the responsibility for
upholding
humanitarian norms does not concern only governments, they are essential in enforcing them.
Some borrowing over the seven-year MFF period may be possible, while
upholding
the medium-term objective of a balanced budget.
And it is abundantly clear in the struggle between the European Council and the European Commission for control over the forthcoming Brexit negotiations, in which the Council is concerned primarily about
upholding
the autonomy of the member states.
They are
upholding
the belief that at the heart of a healthy, functioning democracy must be a civic conversation that respects knowledge, truth, disagreement, and nuance.
In periods of relative calm, governments’ role in writing and
upholding
the rules by which markets function can become obscured.
Establishing and
upholding
equal property and inheritance rights can increase women's access to credit and other productive resources, and creating greater awareness of legal rights in general will help reduce discrimination.
No one is going to shoot missiles into China or Russia for the sake of
upholding
human rights or international standards of warfare.
It also means
upholding
sexual and reproductive rights and combating sexual and gender-based violence, including harmful practices like child, early, or forced marriage.
If America no longer respects the values that it professes, why should the European Union lose the goodwill of the Kremlin in the name of
upholding
them?
Governments committed to
upholding
democracy should not hesitate to use the tools at their disposal to protect those who risk their lives defending free speech.
Alternatively, the concern about labor standards may be narrower:
upholding
working conditions at home and preventing a race to the bottom.
It was an attempt to preserve the peace (and the security of the relatively weak Austrian Empire) through a coalition of victors
upholding
shared values.
Invoking a supreme emergency - the need to fight a communist threat, the defense of a socialist revolution, the protection of vital national or ethnic interests, or the
upholding
of God's will - is the time-honored excuse for the indefinite imposition of tyrannical rule.
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