* Advocacy: Advocates generally speak for others who are unable to represent their own interest due to disability, inherent complexity of the venue such as courts and hospitals, or other factors.

In December 2009, a 96-page report titled Human Rights in Ethiopia: Through the Eyes of the Oromo Diaspora, compiled by the Advocates for Human Rights, documented human rights violations against the Oromo in Ethiopia under three successive regimes: the Abyssinian Empire under Haile Selassie, the Marxist Derg and the current Ethiopian government of the Ethiopian People ’ s Revolutionary Democratic Front ( EPRDF ), dominated by members of the Tigray People ’ s Liberation Front ( TPLF ) and which was accused to have arrested approximately 20, 000 suspected OLF members, to have driven most OLF leadership into exile, and to have effectively neutralized the OLF as a political force in Ethiopia.

Though a Segway-focused organization, Disability Rights Advocates for Technology, advocates for Segway PT sidewalk and facility access as an ADA issue, Segways cannot be marketed in the US as medical devices: they have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a medical device and Johnson & Johnson claims exclusive rights to the medical uses of the balancing technology found in the iBOT and Segway.

Advocates for gun rights often claim that past totalitarian regimes passed gun control legislation, which was later followed by confiscation, with Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany during World War II, as well as some communist states being cited as examples.

According to International Advocates for Justice, Falun Gong has filed the largest number of human rights lawsuits in the 21st century and the charges are among the most severe international crimes defined by international criminal laws.

Advocates for gays and lesbians have pointed to the inheritance rights of spouses as desirable for same-sex couples as well, through same-sex marriage or civil unions.

* Equal Rights Advocates ( since 1974 ), a women's rights organization

Advocates of indigenous rights have also criticized some of Toledo's efforts to jump-start the economy through investments, such as his support for the Camisea natural-gas project and other projects that involved exploring or developing natural resources.

Advocates of same-sex marriage cite a range of benefits that are denied to people who cannot marry, including immigration, health care, inheritance and property rights, and other family obligations and protections, as reasons why marriage should be extended to same-sex couples.

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders ( GLAD ) is a non-profit legal rights organization in the United States.

) Members of the Faculty of Advocates, known as advocates or counsel, and as of 1990 also some solicitors, known as solicitor-advocates, have practically exclusive rights of audience in the court.

David Gernhard of Liberty Advocates argues that " By creating man in His image, God gave every person control over their own faculties, and since individuals are not superior or inferior to one another, property rights independent of others are part of the order of creation.

Advocates for the rights of people with developmental disabilities focus their efforts on gaining acceptance in the workforce and in everyday activities and events from which they might have been excluded in the past.

Advocates for the rights of people with mental illnesses focus mainly on self-determination, and an individual ’ s ability to live independently.

The horizontal direct effect of Directives is a contentious issue amongst law makers of the European Community, numerous Advocates General have supported the case for establishing horizontal direct effect, however it is still currently unable to confer such rights.

Advocates of this system of property recording argue that a property system which is inherently contingent provides a stronger guarantee of private property rights over the long run than a registration system which provides assurance of one's rights to private property.

Advocates of substantive due process have sought to extend Loving in order to establish other rights ( e. g., a right to gay marriage ).

* GLAD, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, a non-profit legal rights organization

Advocates, survivors and victims ' relatives filed a suit in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights against the Peruvian government for violation of human rights.

Advocates of voting rights legislation claim that Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 ( the District Clause ), which grants Congress " exclusive " legislative authority over the District, also allows the Congress to pass legislation that would grant D. C. voting representation in the Congress.

Advocates for D. C. voting rights have proposed several, competing reforms to increase the District's representation in the Congress.

Advocates of the repeal often cited reasons of civil liberty, human rights, and increasing scientific evidence that homosexuality was inborn and found in nature.

During the early 1980s she focused on building National Gay Rights Advocates, then one of the largest national gay and lesbian rights groups.

Advocates of father's rights and members of the men's movement often argue that the valuing of maternal over paternal rights in many Western nations is an example of sexual discrimination.

Advocates generally charge that the difference in rules amounts to hypocrisy and leads to injustice.

Advocates of the former, the Normative Principle, argue that attributions of intentional idioms to physical systems should be the propositional attitudes that the physical system ought to have in those circumstances ( Dennett 1987, 342 ).

Advocates of the symbolic interpretation believe it harmonizes better with other LDS beliefs, and with beliefs in the greater Christian community, as it does not require that God have a physical throne within this universe.

Advocates of non-resistance view pacifism as a more liberal theology since it advocates only physical nonviolence and allows its followers to actively oppose an enemy.

Advocates of BDSM have sought to distinguish themselves from widely held notions of antiquated psychiatric theory by the adoption of the initialized term, " BDSM " as a distinction from the now common usage of those psychological terms, abbreviated as " S & M ".

Advocates of the Buteyko method report a wide range of other diseases and symptoms ( numbering up to 150 ), including diabetes, reproductive disorders and psychological disorders, which they believe is aggravated by hyperventilation and hypocapnea, and therefore are treated by use of the Buteyko method.

Advocates for harm reduction believe that better results would be achieved globally if PEPFAR revamped their approach to reducing the spread of HIV rather than trying to prevent it all together.

Advocates of SCOT — that is, social constructivists -- argue that technology does not determine human action, but that rather, human action shapes technology.

Advocates allege the existence of other evidence supports the theory, namely that the scalp wounds were tri-lobed and paired consistent with marks left by talons, the feathers are similar to those found on the feet of owls, cedar needles were found on her hands and body indicating she had fallen over outside shortly before entering the house, that Kathleen's blood had splattered up the staircase rather than down, that Kathleen's footprints in her own blood indicated that she was already bleeding before she reached the foot of the stairs and that two drops of Kathleen's blood were found outside the house on the front walkway along with a finger smear on the front door consistent with her pushing the door shut.

Advocates of political decentralization assume that decisions made with greater participation will be better informed and more relevant to diverse interests in society than those made only by national political authorities.

Advocates of Precision say that it is generally more efficient ( and precise, as the name would suggest ) than systems such as Standard American.

Advocates of the current system argue that these electors could then choose a suitable replacement ( who would most likely come from the same party of the candidate who won the election ) more competently than could the general voting public.

Advocates of this method of extraction state that it uses less freshwater, produces 50 % less greenhouse gases, and has a smaller footprint than other production techniques.

Advocates of this method believe that the effects of chronic hyperventilation would have even wider effects than is commonly accepted.

Advocates say drinks employing these sweeteners have a more natural sugar-like taste than those made just with aspartame, and do not have a strong aftertaste.

Most Judge Advocates will take additional classes at more than one of these facilities during their time in the JAG Corps.

Today, the corps consists of a worldwide organization of more than 730 Judge Advocates, 30 limited duty officers ( law ), 500 enlisted members and nearly 275 civilian personnel, serving under the direction of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy.

Advocates of remedial measures point out that such steps would still be better than the status quo, which has led to marked die-offs and the likely extinction of several types of salmon.

Advocates of projective tests stress that the ambiguity of the stimuli presented within the tests allow subjects to express thoughts that originate on a deeper level than tapped by explicit questions.

Advocates of HIT believe that this method is superior for strength and size building than most other methods which, for example, may stress lower weights with larger volume ( sets x reps ).

Advocates of these different techniques all cite specific advantages of each approach, but they all have established risks and some are much more complication-prone than others.

Advocates would argue that, even if this cannot be resolved, the resulting confusion would be less than what we suffer under today's spelling system, and furthermore, would be only temporary.

Advocates also point out that students in SSR programs have more positive attitudes toward reading than students who do not participate in SSR programs.

" Dr. Stefani Koorey in her Voice of Youth Advocates review maintained, " Unlike many sports novels, Choosing Up Sides does more than offer a mere glimpse of the grand old game of baseball — it takes a deeper look at faith, truth, and individuality ," going on to dub the tale a " well-designed study of personal choice.

According to the Advocates, the quiz was designed primarily to be more accurate than the one-dimensional " left-right " or " liberal-conservative " political spectrum by providing a two-dimensional representation.

For more than 300 years, the Faculty has maintained within Parliament House the Advocates ' Library, often regarded as the finest working law library in the United Kingdom.

Advocates of voting representation for the District of Columbia argue that as citizens living in the United States, the more than 600, 000 residents of Washington, D. C., should have the same right to determine how they are governed as citizens of a state.

Advocates of stereotype threat explanation have been criticized for exaggerating the importance of stereotype threat and for misrepresenting evidence as more conclusive than it is.

Advocates claim the process is more environmentally friendly than both cremation and burial, due to CO2 emissions and embalming fluids respectively.