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The goal is to develop robust capacity needs assessment instruments and procedures that can be easily taken and implemented at the national level.

In this context, it is an astonishing shortcoming that the Turkish Cypriot complaints are not even mentioned in the Report despite the fact that they could easily be affirmed by UNFICYP. During August 2011, the month of Ramadan, which is celebrated as the most holy period of the year in the Islam faith, the Greek Cypriot administration did not grant permission to Dr. (...) If the relevant teaching material was examined, it could easily be verified that this course teaches students the history and culture of all religions, good ethics and morals, the responsibility of good citizens, the principle of secularism, as well as the freedom of thought and conscience.

Studies have shown that this will even have negative effects on their development, as indicated in the position papers released by social workers, psychologists and other child rights experts.18 According to the Psychological Association of the Philippines (PAP), the law needs to consider the developmental maturity of children, as “[a]lthough they may be able to discern right from wrong action, it is their capability to act in ways consistent with that discernment that is undermined.”19 Moreover, children and adolescents are vulnerable to coercion, and are more susceptible to peer influence than adults.20 This sets them up to be easily exploited by syndicates. 11. On a final note, the Commission wishes to emphasize that adjusting the proposed age of criminal liability from nine (9) to [twelve (12)] is not an act of compassion nor is it aligned with the government’s responsibility to uphold its obligation to protect the rights of children, including the most vulnerable and marginalised.

Structural indicators could include, inter alia, the number of local strategies developed, the number of diplomatic missions that have volunteered for a post as European Union liaison officer for human rights defenders, or the number of diplomatic missions who make the Guidelines easily available on their websites. 61. Outcome indicators could include the number of individual cases raised bilaterally.

Article 7 of the Education Law stipulates that Vietnamese is the official language to be used in schools and other educational institutions, and that the State should enable ethnic minority people to learn their spoken and written languages in order to preserve and develop their ethnic cultural identity, helping pupils from ethnic minorities easily absorb knowledge when they study in schools and other educational institutions.

On the other hand, those privacy-intrusive technologies are easily available, and a case could easily be made that they are proportionate measures in the fight against organized crime and terrorism.

However, this solution has come with complications.70 First, it has allegedly not left the aquifers untouched, and there is great concern that flaws in the design of the pump have contributed to the shallow aquifer leaking into the deeper one, leaving users of the traditional wells with little water to pump.71 Second, herders need to have access to and use energy for water-pumping machines, whereas previous wells were easily accessible and could be operated at no cost. (...) The impact assessment, including a detailed and independent hydrologic study and its conclusions, should be easily accessible online both in English and Mongol. (...) The findings should be made public on a regular basis and should be easily available. Past reports on water resources that have not been disclosed to date should also be made publicly available. 65.

Furthermore, all existing reports should be made public and easily accessible. 33. In compiling information, there is need to avoid the revictimization of the families of the missing and disappeared by not requesting them to repeat testimony already provided to previous commissions.

The European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX) supports Malta in managing its external borders and helps strengthen the country’s search and rescue capacity through the provision of air assets and other vessels to enable the country to more easily carry out rescue operations safely at sea.

If the poor really want to make it in the United States, they can easily do so: they really can achieve the American dream if only they work hard enough. (...) Puerto Rico has a fiscal deficit and a political rights deficit, and the two are not easily disentangled. The Special Rapporteur met with the Executive Director of the Financial Oversight and Management Board that was imposed by Congress in 2016 on Puerto Rico as part of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act.