Translation of "Efforts subis par les pales " (French → English) :

(Return tabled) Question No. 4 Hon. Irwin Cotler: With regard to international treaties and conventions dealing in whole or in part with human rights and with Canada’s international obligations in this regard: (a) does the government have any formal or informal procedures for regular review of those international human rights treaties that Canada has not yet signed, ratified, or otherwise accepted; (b) does the government have any formal or informal guidelines according to which it determines whether the specific obligations contained in a treaty or other international undertaking conflicts with the Constitution Act, 1867, and if so whe ...[+++]re can these guidelines be accessed; (c) do the guidelines referred to in (b) specify the standard according to which the government determines if any obligation contained in a treaty or other international undertaking violates any section of the Constitution Act, 1867; (d) has the government engaged in any review of its obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD); (e) does the government have any formal or informal guidelines according to which it determines whether the specific obligations contained in a treaty or other international undertaking require implementing legislation in order for Canada to be able to ratify or otherwise accept it, and if so where can these guidelines be accessed; (f) does the government have a position as to whether international agreements that establish a complaints mechanism or communications procedure for enforcement of the rights and obligations contained therein are necessarily unconstitutional; (g) does the government have a policy as to whether Canada will accept such agreements referred to in (f); (h) does the government undergo review of proposed international human rights agreements that would establish such a mechanism or procedure referred to in (f) on a case by case basis, (i) who is involved in this review, (ii) are the provinces and other inte ...

45. Calls on the authorities to give effect to the constitutional principle of non-discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation, to increase the knowledge of law enforcement officials about LGBT rights and to fight homophobia and transphobia; deplores, in this connection, the violent attack carried out in Pristina on 14 December 2012 by a group of people, including radical Islamists, on the premises where media outlet Kosovo 2.0 was to launch the latest issue of its magazine, the subject of which was sex, including LGBT issues; calls on the Kosovo police and the Ministry of the Interior to investigate the violent acts and threats perpetrated against the ...[+++] people involved, and to bring the perpetrators to justice; urges the authorities to make every effort to ensure that human rights are fully respected, including freedom of thought, speech and assembly;

So, you set to work, you have your meetings, make your phone calls, you give it all you have got, there is no doubt about that, but the results of these efforts are, unfortunately, diluted in the media ruckus, and hence the Union’s foreign policy appears extremely weak in the face of the thunderous speeches delivered by some European Heads of State.

Despite the horror and revulsion which we feel about it, this act is only a pale reflection of the violence women suffer.

As one of three Liberal members who has worked on this bill from before its inception during the original CEPA review in 1994, through the government response in Bill C-74, CEPA 1996 and the committee process reviewing Bill C-32, CEPA 1998, I would have to say that the bill currently before the House is a pale reflection of the piece of legislation it could be, a bill that has been fought over by this unprecedented industrial lobbyist assault, by the machinations of other government departments and by pressure from the provinces.

FORMER YUGOSLAVIA The Council: - noted with satisfaction the adoption by the Security Council of the Resolution authorizing the maintenance of a United Nations force in Croatia; - authorized, in the light of these positive developments, the opening of negotiations for concluding a cooperation agreement with Croatia, on the understanding that the Council reserved the possibility of taking into account at any time, including the moment when the agreement was concluded, Croatia's attitude in implementing United Nations resolutions and the peace process; - supported the carrying out in Croatia of projects of common interest which will help bring the Serb and Croat communities closer together; - restated its position in favour of extending th ...[+++]e PHARE programme to cover Croatia; - stressed the importance of securing the renewal of the agreement on ending hostilities and, to this end, giving priority to the promotion of a mutual recognition agreement between former Yugoslavia's successor States; - emphasized the need to encourage every possibility for dialogue and recognition between Serbia-Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina in order to prevent the resumption of fighting and facilitate implementation of the peace plan; - decided to continue giving its support to the Croat-Muslim Federation by concentrating its efforts particularly on the Administration of the city of Mostar; - noted that steps had been taken to make the means available for carrying out the mandate given by the International Conference on Former Yugoslavia with regard to isolating the Pale authorities; - decided to continue to make every effort to prevent the situation in Serbia-Montenegro from deteriorating, with particular regard to Kosovo, in connection with which it reaffirmed the aim of having an autonomous regime within the Federation of Serbia-Montenegro.