Section 6 of the Act pertains specifically to labor rights, guaranteeing equal pay to employees on the basis of gender and occupational status. Section 9 of the Act also bars discriminatory employment practices and prohibits unions from barring membership to individuals. Establishing a regulatory framework in Section 15, the Act also establishes the Alberta Human Right Commission, which is provided with authorization to oversee complaints of discrimination and charges of violations of the Act. ... Through this ruling, the Supreme Court utilized the federal framework to broaden the scope of pr...

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The difference between animal rights and animal welfare is one focus' on whether or not animals "deserve a certain level of protection from pain caused by humans" (Animal Rights). ... Animal rights is based on the idea that animals and people should be equal and Animal Welfare is the idea that animals deserve the same protection people have against maltreatment or abuse. ... Although the animals are ensured protection through a series of laws many people and larger corporations violate these laws and completely bypass the fact that they exist. ... The FSIS makes sure that the r...

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In January 2012, Mauritius enacted the Equal Opportunities Act which provides better protection against all forms of discrimination. The Act aims at eliminating direct or indirect discrimination on the basis of age, caste, creed, ethnic origin, impairment, and marital status, place of origin, political opinion, race, sex or sexual orientation. ... Furthermore, we have many television programmes on human rights launched on to strengthen human right culture to the Mauritians, The Constitution of Mauritius guarantees to all Mauritians the right to equal protection and benefit of the law without d...

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Private military and security companies often provide security and protection to humanitarian non governmental organizations in conflict or post-conflict areas where it has become difficult for the population to distinguish one from another. ... " More concretely, the Commission requests the Working Group, among other things, to: Elaborate and present concrete proposals on possible new standards, general guidelines or basic principles encouraging the further protection of human rights, in particular the right of peoples to self-determination, while facing current and emergent threats pos...

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