By any humane standard, many of the Indochinese boat people are political refugees.

By that humane standard, the Mayor's emerging plan to erase or drastically cut the Division of AIDS Services is intolerable.

Gildan has its own Social Compliance Program designed to enforce humane standards for working conditions and labor practices.

A report of their findings was sent to every Animal Husbandry Department in the country to ensure that appropriate steps are taken to maintain humane standards at poultry farms.

"It seems probable to me that the terrorists we interrogate under less than humane standards of treatment are also likely to resort to deceptive answers," he wrote.

However, AI supports minimum humane standards that should be respected by governments and armed opposition groups alike.

All families should have opportunities to obtain economic independence and a humane standard of living.

This decision, if applied to nursing home litigation, will make the courts practically useless in enforcing humane standards of care.

To the vast majority of Americans, China's two-month detention of Mr. Wu was reprehensible and violated any humane standard of decency.

This is the only way we can ensure that decent and humane standards are applied.