respect for the law

Working Group on a New Draft Instrument or Instruments of International Law to Eliminate Discrimination Against Women

Sexual Offences Against Children in Canada [ Sexual Offenses Against Children in Canada: Report of the Committee on Sexual Offenses Against Children and Youths ]

Railway Traffic Liability Regulations [ Order and Straight Bills of Lading Regulations ]

The areas of clinical law in which the society desires to work are those areas of law that particularly affect low-income individuals or disadvantaged communities, including legal matters related to the following: mediation and negotiation on housing and shelter, income maintenance, social assistance and other similar government programs; immigration law, human rights, health, work and disability, employment legal advice, representation and advocacy on these matters; test case representation on a poverty law issue if a case is found to be meritorious of such action; public legal education, production and translation of legal information, materials and workshops; independent legal advice, representation in court, duty counsel services, w ...[+++]ills and powers of attorney, some contracts, some family law and child welfare law — I would like to note that many of these services are provided by the current legal aid civil program, but on a limited basis at this time; in family law, a third-party intervention service would be offered when a no-contact order, peace bond, emergency protection order or a civil restraining order prevents opposing parties from having direct contact when the court orders access to the children by the non-custodial parent — by that, I mean that a court may order that the non-custodial parent have access and to facilitate this and to avoid conflict, we would offer a third-party intervention, a place where the non-custodial parent could be with his or her children in a non-adversarial and non-threatening manner; an outreach component, including a 1-888 number to provide telephone-based legal assistance to low-income households across the Northwest Territories; a poverty law website of legal information in order to establish partnerships with isolated communities; and, very importantly, a community outreach advocate training program and policy that would be under the supervision of a lawyer.

B. whereas, although all the Member States have introduced the prohibition of discrimination into their legal systems in order to promote equality for all, discrimination and hate crimes – i.e. violence and crimes motivated by racism, xenophobia, anti-Gypsyism, religious intolerance, anti-Semitism, homophobia, transphobia or membership of a minority group, on the basis of the grounds listed in the Charter of Fundamental Rights – continue to take place in the EU;

6. Takes the view that, in the case of what are considered ‘slowly unfolding’ disasters, the current provisions of the regulation pose legal and practical difficulties for mobilisation, and therefore requests that the Commission consider showing greater flexibility with regard to the deadline set for submitting applications, so that particular attention can be paid to ensuring that such damage can also be covered by the EUSF;

6. Takes the view that, in the case of what are considered ‘slowly unfolding’ disasters, the current provisions of the regulation pose legal and practical difficulties for mobilisation, and therefore requests that the Commission consider showing greater flexibility with regard to the deadline set for submitting applications, so that particular attention can be paid to ensuring that such damage can also be covered by the EUSF;