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The preamble of the charter provides that the members " reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the equal rights of men and women " and Article 1 ( 3 ) of the United Nations charter states that one of the purposes of the UN is: " to achieve international cooperation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion ".
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preamble and provides
The preamble of the Declaration provides six reasons underlying the motivations to promote the stated principles.
The preamble to the Act of Settlement notes that the Bill of Rights provides " that all and every person and persons that then the time of the Bill of Right's passage were, or afterwards should be reconciled to, or shall hold communion with the see or Church of Rome, or should profess the popish religion, or marry a papist, should be excluded.
Like other descriptive components of an Act ( such as the preamble, section headings, side notes, and short title ), the long title seldom affects the operative provisions of an Act, except where the operative provisions are unclear or ambiguous and the long title provides a clear statement of the legislature's intention.
preamble and members
The preamble to the Class Action Fairness Act stated that some abusive class actions harmed class members with legitimate claims and defendants that have acted responsibly ; adversely affected interstate commerce ; and undermined public respect for the country's judicial system.
And whereas it is meet and proper to set out by way of preamble to this Act that, inasmuch as the Crown is the symbol of the free association of the members of the British Commonwealth of Nations, and as they are united by a common allegiance to the Crown, it would be in accord with the established constitutional position of all the members of the Commonwealth in relation to one another that any alteration in the law touching the Succession to the Throne or the Royal Style and Titles shall hereafter require the assent as well of the Parliaments of all the Dominions as of the Parliament of the United Kingdom:
The preamble declares that the "... recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world ..."
His letter of 9 July 1606 to congratulate James I on his accession to the throne was three years late and seemed to English eyes merely a preamble to what followed, and his reference to the Gunpowder Plot, made against the life of the monarch and all the members of Parliament the previous November, was unfortunate for the papal cause, for papal agents were considered by the English to have been involved ( the effigy of Pope Paul V is still burnt every year during the Lewes Bonfire
preamble and faith
A Constitution was adopted, containing the following preamble: " Whereas, in the providence of God, the time has come when it seems fitting more fully to manifest the essential oneness in the Lord Jesus Christ as their God and Saviour of the Churches of the Baptist order and faith throughout the world, and to promote the spirit of fellowship, service and co-operation among them, while recognizing the independence of each particular church and not assuming the functions of any existing organization, it is agreed to form a Baptist World Alliance, extending over every part of the world.
In a lengthy preamble, the Ridge party laid out its claims to legitimacy, based on its willingness to negotiate in good faith the sort of removal terms for which Ross had expressed support.
The preamble emphasizes freedom of religion or disbelief: " We, the Polish Nation-all citizens of the Republic, Both those who believe in God as the source of truth, justice, good and beauty, As well as those not sharing such faith but respecting those universal values as arising from other sources ...".
preamble and fundamental
" On July 27, 1868, the day before the Fourteenth Amendment was adopted, U. S. Congress declared in the preamble of the Expatriation Act that " the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness ," and ( Section I ) one of " the fundamental principles of this government " ( United States Revised Statutes, sec.
The preamble does not itself contain enforceable provisions, so the preamble merely expresses a constitutional convention, albeit one fundamental to the basis of the relationship between the Commonwealth Realms.
In its preamble, it states that it was created by the Ticinese people ( popolo ) " in order to guaranty peaceful life together with respect for the dignity of man, fundamental liberties and social justice (...) faithful to its historic task to interpret Italian culture within the Helvetic Confederation ".
The Constitution has five sections which are the preamble, general principles, fundamental rights and duties of citizens, structure of the state ( which includes such state organs as the National People's Congress, the State Council, the Local People's Congress and Local People's Governments and the People's Courts and the People's Procuratorates ), the national flag and the emblems of the state.
At the founding convention Hagerty served as secretary of the Constitution Committee, and as such wrote the preamble to the IWW Constitution — a short and effective manifesto which became a fundamental element of the organization's official doctrine for decades to follow.
In the United Kingdom the political party the Liberal Democrats refer to " the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community " in the preamble of the party's Federal Constitution, and this is printed on party membership cards.
* The preamble stated that the communal property ( state, kolkhoz, or cooperative property ) is fundamental for the Soviet social order, therefore people who try to appropriate it must be treated as enemies of the people.
preamble and human
Indeed, these Four Freedoms were explicitly incorporated into the preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which reads, " Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed the highest aspiration of the common people ,...."
The Declaration would eventually be considered one of Jefferson's major achievements ; his preamble has been considered an enduring statement of human rights.
In the preamble, governments commit themselves and their people to progressive measures which secure the universal and effective recognition and observance of the human rights set out in the Declaration.
The constitution of Graubünden, last revised on 14 September 2003, states in its preamble that the canton's purpose is to " safeguard freedom, peace, and human dignity, ensure democracy and the Rechtsstaat, promote prosperity and social justice and preserving a sane environment for the future generations, with the intention of promoting trilingualism and cultural variety and conserving them as part of our historical heritage ".
Speaking specifically of Brand's considerable body of poetry, Italian academic and theorist Franca Bernabei writes in the preamble to Luce ostinata / Tenacious Light ( 2007 ), the Italian-English selected anthology of Brand's poetry, that " Brand's poetic production reveals a remarkable variety of formal-stylistic strategies and semantic richness as well as the ongoing pursuit of a voice and a language that embody her political, affective, and aesthetic engagement with the human condition of the black woman — and, more exactly, all those oppressed by the hegemonic program of modernity.
The preamble ends with a new commitment, " with God as our witness ," to live in harmony and unity, promote social justice, further economic and social development benefiting all communities, protect human rights and uphold the rule of law, and safeguard the importance of the family unit.
The state of Missouri passed a law which, in its preamble, stated that " the life of each human being begins at conception " and " unborn children have protectable interests in life, health, and well-being.
" Kemalist ideology defines the " Turkish Nation " as a nation of Turkish People who always love and seek to exalt their family, country and nation, who know their duties and responsibilities towards the democratic, secular and social state governed by the rule of law, founded on human rights, and on the tenets laid down in the preamble to the constitution of the Republic of Turkey.
However recitals ( 12 ) and ( 13 ) of the preamble and Article 1 ( 3 ) do refer to human rights:
preamble and rights
The preamble of the Constitution Party platform " gratefully acknowledges the blessing of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as Creator, Preserver and Ruler of the Universe and of these United States ," and supports the Constitutional provision in Article VI, Section 3 that " no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States " and calls on all those who love liberty and value their inherent rights to join with them in the pursuit of their goals.
The Massachusetts Constitution has four parts: a preamble, a declaration of rights, a description of the framework of government, and articles of amendment.
The preamble and Article 1 of the Reichstag Fire Decree show the methods by which the civil rights protections of the Weimar Republic ’ s democratic constitution were legally abolished by the Nazis:
Some constitutional scholars focus on the preamble of the Constitution Act, 1867 as providing the underlying reasons for an implied bill of rights.
In 1971, the Constitutional Council, arguing that the preamble of the Constitution referenced the rights defined in the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and the preamble of the 1946 Constitution, concluded that statutes must respect these rights and declared partially unconstitutional a statute because it violated freedom of association.
' Expatriation ' has also been used in a legal sense to mean ' renunciation of allegiance ;' the U. S. Expatriation Act of 1868 said in its preamble, ' the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
According to its preamble, the purpose of the Convention is " to consolidate in this hemisphere, within the framework of democratic institutions, a system of personal liberty and social justice based on respect for the essential rights of man.
Since then, it is assumed that the " constitutional block " includes not only the Constitution, but also the other texts referred to in its preamble: the Declaration, but also the preamble of the 1946 Constitution ( which adds a number of " social rights ", as well as the equality of males and females ) and the Environment Charter of 2004.
In 1633, the Court of Exchequer Chamber of Charles I decreed the rights of the public to two thirds of the lands on the Malvern Hills, and rights of Sir Cornelius Vermuyden and his descendants, and the Crown, to one third ( quoted in the preamble to the Malvern Hills Act of 1884 ).
The preamble of the YCJA recognizes that youth have rights protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Canadian Bill of Rights and the United Nation's Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Her preamble explains that the reason for contemporary public misfortune and corrupt government is due to the oppression of women and their rights.
preamble and equal
The opening statement of principles contained in the preamble of the party's constitution stated that " The SDP exists to create and defend an open, classless and more equal society which rejects prejudices based upon sex, race, colour or religion ".
preamble and men
In his preamble to the SIS ’ s constitution, Gokhale wrote that “ The Servants of India Society will train men prepared to devote their lives to the cause of country in a religious spirit, and will seek to promote, by all constitutional means, the national interests of the Indian people .” The Society took up the cause of promoting Indian education in earnest, and among its many projects organized mobile libraries, founded schools, and provided night classes for factory workers.
preamble and Article
Some changes were made to the Basic Law in 1990, mostly pertaining to the accession, such as to the preamble and Article 146 of West Germany's Basic Law.
* Duties: The constitution asserts the duty of Japanese subjects to uphold the constitution ( preamble ), pay taxes ( Article 21 ) and serve in the armed forces if conscripted ( Article 20 ).
The word ' Ketuhanan ' and ' Allah ' is used in the preamble to the Constitution, but the term ' Allah ' appears in Article 9, which specifies the wording of the presidential oath of office.
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