They had no trade unions that could represent them and defend their rights.

The situation of indigenous persons who defend their communities' human rights is especially worrisome.

Angered and alarmed by these developments, Arab women have been forced to defend their rights.

Insufficient awareness about laws and rights that defend women.

Nor is there any official authority to protect children and defend their rights in case of incapacitation or sickness.

His Government was concerned about the poverty and suffering which indigenous peoples had endured and continued to defend their rights.

The primary objective of LIDLIP is to defend human rights.

The seven advocates have sought to defend human rights, hold authorities accountable to the public, and uphold rule of law in their country.

You don't have to be poor to defend the rights of the poor.

You don't have to be a woman, to defend the rights of women.

You don't have to be a refugee, to defend the rights of refugees.

And you don't have to be gay, to defend the rights of LGBT.

If the lawyers had a professional union to protect their rights and defend them, the Ministry of Justice would not have dared threaten them

Does God choose for Himself the kind of children who grow up wearing ornaments and who are not strong enough to defend their rights ?

Does God choose for Himself the kind of children who grow up wearing ornaments and who are not strong enough to defend their rights ?

Western countries must consider more seriously how far they should press their human rights agenda on states with both the power and the will to defend their territorial integrity.

Young men and women fought to defend their country.

You do not have to be a child to defend the rights of children.

Public audiences were held and legislation to defend and promote women's rights was approved.

Many brave Iranians were prepared to risk their lives to defend their beliefs.

Two bloggers and one leading student activist deprived of their pen and blogs in an Iranian prison are now using a hunger strike to protest prison conditions and defend their rights.

Their instinct (and their bureaucratic interest) is to defend their countries national champion bank(s) abroad.

Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

You defend them in this life but who will defend them against God on the Day of Judgment and who will be their attorney ?

You defend them in this life but who will defend them against God on the Day of Judgment and who will be their attorney ?

The Tunisian Human Rights League (Arabic الرابطة التونسية للدفاع عن حقوق الإنسان) is an association to observe and defend human rights in Tunisia.

We have gathered here to defend human rights in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and to prevent certain Powers from claiming that some countries have more rights or that some countries do not have the right to enjoy their legitimate rights.

The Brazilian Parliament has been developing an important work to promote and defend the rights of the children.

Sufis trying to defend their house of worship started fighting back as well.

The two try to defend users freedom and their right to be heard.

These countries would need to improve their capacity to defend their interests in the WTO and to implement their commitments.

The most important strategic goal of my office is that people learn how to defend their rights better, and to make the authorities take the complaints of ordinary Russians into consideration.

Mr. Rogachev (Russian Federation) said that United Nations activities to promote and defend human rights had reached a watershed.

States must protect and defend their citizens against terrorist acts by all necessary means.

Legislation had been enacted to strengthen the special rights of indigenous peoples to social, economic and cultural development and defend their traditional habitat and way of life and use of natural resources.

Defend yourselves.

Defend yourself.

I believe that Poles will once again defend their right to be treated with dignity.

Fiji supported the call for further studies by the United Nations at the national, regional and international levels aimed at gaining a better understanding of the dynamics of women in international migration so as to protect their rights and defend their persons in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

People in custody are too weak to defend themselves thus their safety and security is the responsibility of their society.

Both political parties serve their rich campaign contributors, while proclaiming that they defend the middle class.

Their success in so many environments has been attributed to their social organisation and their ability to modify habitats, tap resources, and defend themselves.

There are neither effective institutions nor instruments to protect and or defend the rights of women and to effectively implement CEDAW's recommendations.

Israel has the right to defend itself including by killing children in their homes with chemical weapons.

Let us hope that their oaths to defend and uphold the Constitution are more than just words.