Specific weaknesses in the text include: it does not stipulate guidelines for the ' non-detriment ' finding required of national Scientific Authorities ; non-detriment findings require copious amounts of information ; the ' household effects ' clause is often not rigid enough / specific enough to prevent CITES violations by means of this Article ( VII ); non-reporting from Parties means Secretariat monitoring is incomplete ; and it has no capacity to address domestic trade in listed species.

Another significant set of violations concerns the " confrontation clause " of Article 6 ( i. e. the right to examine witnesses or have them examined ).

Article 13 provides for the right for an effective remedy before national authorities for violations of rights under the Convention.

The tribunal has jurisdiction over genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, which are defined as violations of Common Article Three and Additional Protocol II of the Geneva Conventions ( dealing with war crimes committed during internal conflicts ).

* One count of violations of the laws or customs of war ( Article 3 thereof-murder )

When the Nazi government violated the concordat ( in particular Article 31 ), the bishops and the Papacy protested against these violations.

In Citizens for Democracy through its President v. State of Assam and Others, 1995 KHC 486: 1995 ( 2 ) KLT SN 74: 1995 ( 3 ) SCC 743: 1995 SCC ( Cri ) 600: AIR 1996 SC 2193, the court entertained a letter from Shri Kuldip Nayar ( a journalist, in his capacity as President of Citizens for Democracy ) to a judge of the court alleging human-rights violations of Terrorist and Disruptive Activities ( Prevention ) Act ( TADA ) detainees ; it was treated as a petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India.

He also expressed a concern that undefined language in Common Article III of GPW, such as " outrages upon personal dignity " and " inhuman treatment " could make officials and military leaders subject to the War Crimes Act of 1996 if actions were deemed to constitute violations of the Act.

" Violations of Article 19 ( 2 ) EPC are considered to be substantial procedural violations.

She was indicted 9 August 1999, on the charges of conspiracy to commit genocide, genocide, complicity in genocide, direct and public incitement to commit genocide, crimes against humanity, and violations of Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions and additional protocol 3.

Concerns have been expressed that the use of the distraint remedy may result in violations of human rights, such as Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the right to respect for private life.

However there are still countries, especially the UK, which refuse to accept the legality of the positive obligations on them regardless of the fact that this makes them liable to being found guilty of Article 8 violations.

Article 11 lists types of administrative actions that can be challenged must be " concrete actions " which include: administrative punishments ( such as detentions and fines ), administrative coercive measures, interference with the operations of enterprises, refusal to take action or perform an obligation, unlawful demands for performance of duties, and violations of rights of the person or a property right.

Most of the prisoners depicted in the play are serving 10 year sentences for violations of Soviet Penal Code Article 58.

The prisoner Nemov, apparently the story's hero, is an honest man serving a term of 10 years for violations of Article 58.

He is also charged under the indictment of 13 September 1999 with murder, extermination, rape ( crimes against humanity ) and two counts of serious violations of Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions.

However, what is arguably the most substantial innovation of the Second Protocol are the provisions in Chapter 4: Criminal responsibility and jurisdiction, which both give teeth to, and internationalise, the rather vague obligations on States in Article 28 of the original Convention to take action within their ordinary criminal jurisdiction in respect of breaches of the Convention, with the defining of five explicit offences of serious violations of the Protocol are defined in Article 15.

To declare the present petition inadmissible with respect to the alleged violations of Article 22 of the American Convention.

Article 17 ( c ) of the agreement called for the establishment of a commission of inquiry into human rights violations in Uganda since independence.

* Section 3 made violations of either the initial or supplementary act an offense ; failure of the shipowner to comply would result in forfeiture of the ship and its cargo, or a fine of double that value, and denial of credit for use in custom duties ; a captain failing to comply would be fined between one and twenty thousand dollars, and would forfeit the ability to swear an oath before any customs officer.

" Nicaragua ’ s Permanent Commission on Human Rights condemned Sandinista human rights violations, recording at least 2, 000 murders in the first six months and 3, 000 disappearances in the first few years.

The printing company was fined US $ 3, 934 as by printing the newspaper, the court considered it had contributed to the commitment of these copyright violations, although without intent.

Member Chrif Khraief has stated the party was dissatisfied with the result, as " 3 seats in the CA doesn ’ t reflect at all the real weight of the party on the streets "; PCOT issued a statement condemning the use of political donations and electoral violations during the campaign.

U. S. brokerages regulator NASD fined four FMR-affiliated broker-dealers $ 3. 75 million for alleged registration, supervision and e-mail retention violations in February 2007.

* April 3, 2000: United States v. Microsoft: Federal court held Microsoft liable for anti-trust violations

His first initiative as a U. S. Senator was to propose an unsuccessful constitutional amendment to more explicitly authorize the federal government to adopt laws that protect civil rights from violations by private citizens, to nullify the Supreme Court's ruling two months earlier in the Civil Rights Cases, 109 U. S. 3 ( 1883 ).

Feiglin withdrew from the race on January 3, 2006, following the release of a statement from the Likud party election chairman declaring, in agreement with a prior decision by the Israeli High Court, that Feiglin's conviction was not for " dishonorable " violations of the law, allowing him to participate in future Likud affairs .< ref >

It gives one “( 1 ) the right to see records about self, subject to the Privacy Act's exemptions, ( 2 ) the right to amend that record if it is inaccurate, irrelevant, untimely, or incomplete, and ( 3 ) the right to sue the government for violations of the statute including permitting others to see records unless specifically permitted by the Act .” In conjunction with the FOIA, the PA is used to further the rights of an individual gaining access to information held by the government.

On 3 April 2009, South African Judge Richard Goldstone was named as the head of the independent United Nations Fact-Finding Mission to investigate international human rights and humanitarian law violations related to the Gaza War.

Because the Olympic Charter states that no decision taken at the Olympic Games can be challenged after a period of 3 years after the closing ceremony, Jones could not lose these medals involuntarily except for doping violations.

In March 2012, Biomet Inc. paid a criminal fine of US $ 17. 3 million to resolve charges of FCPA violations and US $ 5. 5 million in disgorgement of profits and pre-judgment interest to the SEC.

Special agents investigate more than 3, 500 passport and visa fraud violations each year.

These ships, and other chartered schooners and the like, would cruise the fishing grounds off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, watching for violations within Canada's territorial sea, then only 3 nautical miles ( 6 km ) from shore.

On May 3, 2010, U. S. District Judge John R. Padova ordered Farnsworth back to the federal prison camp for an additional four months because of violations of Farnsworth's supervised release.

On 20 November 2009, Datel filed a legal complaint against Microsoft in the Northern District of California for violations of §§ 1 – 2 of the Sherman act and § 3 of the Clayton Antitrust Act ; for unfair competition ; and for tortious interference with prospective economic advantage.

Under the settlement filed in federal court in Columbia, S. C., Norfolk Southern will be required to pay a civil penalty of $ 3, 967, 500 for the alleged CWA violations, to be deposited in the federal Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.

The demands of the community groups as per their petition are: 1 ) The Government of Kenya ( GOK ) publicly shares all information on the proposed project to the local communities ; 2 ) The GOK publicly facilitates for a comprehensive environmental impact assessment to be carried out by independent experts ; 3 ) A participatory process is undertaken with the local communities involved in the assessment of the impacts and planning of the proposed project ; 4 ) The land rights violations against the indigenous Lamu communities are adequately investigated and addressed before any further development plans are inaugurated.

As was reported earlier by lawyer Kseniya Kostromoina, the defence had called to the attention of the Strasbourg court the violations of Articles 3 ( Prohibition of torture ), 5 ( Right to life, liberty and security of person ) and 6 ( Right to fair trial ) of the European Convention of Human Rights.

Jean Paul Akayesu was found not guilty of the six remaining counts, including the count of complicity in genocide and the counts relating to violations of article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions and of Additional Protocol II thereto.

It has jurisdiction over four clusters of crimes committed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia since 1991: grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, violations of the laws or customs of war, genocide, and crimes against humanity.

It would have jurisdiction over four clusters of crime committed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia since 1991: grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, violations of the laws or customs of war, genocide, and crime against humanity.

The critical distinction is that a " lawful combatant " ( defined above ) cannot be held personally responsible for violations of civilian laws that are permissible under the laws and customs of war ; and if captured, a lawful combatant has to be treated as a prisoner of war by the enemy Power under the conditions laid down in the Third Geneva Convention.

The Commando Order mentioned violations of the Geneva Conventions by Allied commando troops and cites these violations as justification for the order.

In 1996 the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia ( ICTY ) indicted him for crimes committed by troops under his command against Bosniaks in central Bosnia, particularly the Lašva valley, including grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, violations of the laws or customs of war and crimes against humanity.

Two of the decisions contained in the resolution concerned the illegality of the Basic Law Jerusalem and violations of the Geneva Convention which are regarded as serious violations of customary international law.

The HVO leadership ( Jadranko Prlić, Bruno Stojić, Milivoj Petković, Valentin Ćorić and Berislav Pušić ) and the Croatian Army officer Slobodan Praljak are presently on trial at the ICTY on charges including crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva conventions and violations of the laws or customs of war.

The German response to British complaints about violations of Part V were that they were merely unilaterally exercising rights the British delegation at Geneva were prepared to concede to the Reich.

Željko Ražnatović was indicted in 1997 by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for his commandment of the Guard as the unit was allegedly responsible for numerous crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Convention and violations of the laws or customs of war, including active participation in the ethnic cleansing in Bijeljina and Zvornik in 1992.

The War Crimes Act of 1996 makes violations of parts of the Geneva Convention a crime in the United States .”

White House officials were concerned that they and other U. S. officials could be prosecuted under the War Crimes Act for the U. S. treatment of detainees after 9 / 11 for violations of the Geneva Conventions.

The WTI routinely found that the coalition forces in Iraq are guilty of war crimes and violations of the Geneva Conventions.

The tribunal targets genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, which are defined as violations of the Geneva Conventions.

( b ) resulted from violations of international humanitarian law, including the 1949 Geneva Conventions, or other violations of international law.

He stood trial for 15 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity, and violations of the Geneva Convention.

None of those responsible for sexual exploitation were brought to justice in Haiti, despite the fact that the alleged violations may constitute war crimes, and under the SOFA, MINUSTAH must respect the Geneva Conventions in the context of its deployment in Haiti.

The international community considers Israeli settlements to be illegal under international law as violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention's prohibition on the transfer of an occupying powers ' civilian population into occupied territory.

Milošević was charged with numerous crimes against humanity, violations of the laws of war and breaches of the Geneva Conventions in relation to the battle of Vukovar and its aftermath.