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Centre to help foreigners opens
Lee-Anne Butler. FOREIGNERS who have settled in the Eastern Cape can now get help and support from the newly opened Refugee Rights Centre in Central. Housed in the Institute for Sustainable Government and Development at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University’s Bird Street campus, the centre…
Author: Weekend Post
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Police Chiefs Criticize Arizona Immigration Law
By Maria Peña. WASHINGTON – Ten police chiefs from around the United States used a meeting on Wednesday with Attorney General Eric Holder to complain about a new Arizona law that criminalizes undocumented immigrants.In their hour-long session with Holder, the chiefs expressed their uneasiness over…
Author: Latin America Herald Tribune
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Capturing the Learning - Harvesting the Knowledge
The Centre for Effective Services (CES) is delighted to have Minster for Children and Young People, Dr James Reilly launch its latest publication Prevention and Early Intervention in Children and Young People’s Services – Ten Years of Learning Report today, Monday, 20 October, in St…
Author: Centre for Effective Services
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Slow development of ageing centre of excellence
Original Source The Centre of Excellence for Successful Ageing at St. James’s Hospital, Dublin is an Atlantic grantee. Written by Paul Mulholland The development of the Centre of Excellence for Successful Ageing at St James’s Hospital, Dublin, has been hampered as a result of the…
Author: Irish Medical News
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Opthalmology centre to open in Hue
Original Source THUA THIEN-HUE – The Health Ministry and the provincial authority of Thua Thien-Hue yesterday broke ground for the Hue Ophthalmology and Training Centre, a US$4 million addition to Hue Central Hospital. The centre is expected to significantly upgrade services to patients with severe…
Author: VietNam News Agency
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Research centre for social policy key part of NUlG EUR140m plan
NUI GALWAY and Atlantic Philanthropies are to open a €10 million lifecycle institute which will focus on research into key social policy areas. Plans for the multidisciplinary institute are due to be announced today, as part of the university’s €140 million strategic development programme. Atlantic…
Author: The Irish Times
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Centre for Justice Says Changes to Human Rights Act Do Not Go Far Enough
By Ayo Johnson Legislators are today being urged to reject proposed changes to the Human Rights Act in favour of amendments which bring Bermuda’s human rights regime in line with international standards. The amendments to be debated today do not go far enough to create…
Author: The Royal Gazette
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Policies In Response To The Terrorist Attacks Have Undermined Our Historical Commitment to Human Rights
By Faiza Patel Like all anniversaries, this Sept. 11 prompts us to reflect on what has changed in the past decade. Certainly, the “war on terror” has brought fundamental changes to America’s place in the world, our international priorities and our system of laws. But…
Author: The National Law Journal
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Lawyer body wants detention centre shut
Conditions at a detention centre for illegal foreigners near Musina were appalling and the centre should be declared unlawful, the Pretoria High Court heard yesterday. Acting judge Joseph Raulinga reserved judgment in an application by Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) against the police and the ministers of…
Author: Pretoria News
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Improving Access to Health Care for Older Adults
The National Senior Citizens Law Center is launching a new campaign to use strategic litigation and administrative policy advocacy to protect low income older adults’ access to affordable health care. The campaign is supported by The Atlantic Philanthropies. Now is a time when legal advocacy…
Author: National Senior Citizens Law Center