The issue of a general amnesty in Italy for these crimes is highly controversial and still source of dispute.

In order to promote national reconciliation and facilitate the return of democratic civilian rule, Sanguinetti secured public approval by plebiscite of a controversial general amnesty for military leaders accused of committing human rights violations under the military regime and sped the release of former guerrillas.

The controversial law now grants Bouterse and the 24 other suspects of the December Murders amnesty.

The reaction from The Netherlands on this controversial amnesty law was that they immediately stopped the 20 million euro aid that was planned to flow to Suriname.

Other controversial uses of the pardon power include Andrew Johnson's sweeping pardons of thousands of former Confederate officials and military personnel after the American Civil War, Jimmy Carter's grant of amnesty to Vietnam-era draft dodgers, George H. W. Bush's pardons of 75 people, including six Reagan administration officials accused and / or convicted in connection with the Iran – Contra affair, and Bill Clinton's commutation of sentences for 16 members of FALN in 1999 and of 140 people on his last day in office, including billionaire fugitive Marc Rich.

* to repeal two controversial amnesty laws ;

" On one hand they want to praise him but on the other they are working to free those people who ousted him through the Reconciliation Bill ," she said, referring to controversial legislation introduced by the Fijian government in 2005, aimed at establishing a Commission empowered to propose amnesty for coup-convicts.

In 2005, the NFP has been at the forefront of opposition to the government's controversial proposal to establish a Reconciliation and Unity Commission, with the power ( subject to presidential approval ), to grant compensation to victims of the coup d ' état that deposed the elected government in 2000, and amnesty to persons convicted of offenses related to it.

In 2005, a controversial amnesty law was approved in a referendum, which, among other things, granted financial compensation to families of disappeared, but also effectively ended the police investigations into the crimes.

In May 2005, divisions appeared in the leadership of the party over the government's controversial proposal to establish a Reconciliation and Unity Commission with the power to recommend amnesty to perpetrators of the 2000 coup and compensation to its victims.

According to the controversial testimony of Ruben Kipiani, later tried as an author of this petition, the demands were: first, return of the " closed letter " on Stalin to the CPSU Central Committee ; second, removal of Anastas Mikoyan, Nikolai Bulganin, and Nikita Khrushchev from both party and government positions ; third, creation of a new government ; fourth, release of the Azerbaijan SSR first secretary Mir Jafar Baghirov from prison ; fifth, promotion of the Soviet Georgian officials Akaki Mgeladze and Mzhavandze to the Central Committee Presidium ; sixth, appointment of Stalin's son Vasily to the Central Committee ; seven, institution of an amnesty.

His silent films usually centred on the Tramp's plight in poverty and his run-ins with the law, but also explored controversial topics, such as immigration ( The Immigrant, 1917 ), illegitimacy ( The Kid, 1921 ) and drug use ( Easy Street, 1917 ).

Collecting counterfeits and forgeries is a controversial area because of the possibility that counterfeits might someday reenter the coin market as authentic coins, but US statutory and case law do not explicitly prohibit possession of counterfeit coins.

In 2004, a controversial new traffic law was introduced, which provides for drastic safety measures for drunken or dangerous driving: it reduced the blood alcohol limit to 0 ‰ of alcohol in blood.

While Eddy's Manual established limited executive functions under the rule of law in place of a traditional hierarchy, the controversial 1991 publication of a book by Bliss Knapp led the then Board of Directors to make the unusual affidavit during a suit over Knapp's estate that neither acts by it violating the Manual, nor acts refraining from required action, constituted violations of the Manual.

* 2005 – The controversial French law on colonialism is passed, requiring teachers to teach the " positive values of colonialism ".

In 2010, after controversial high school shootings in 2008 prompted government review, a constitutional law committee concluded that people over the age of 20 can receive a permit for semiautomatic handguns.

A controversial GCHQ case determined the scope of judicial review of prerogative powers ( the Crown's residual powers under common law ).

She pioneered a controversial technique for eliciting intimate details from young children and inspired passage of a law allowing them to testify by closed-circuit television, out of the possibly intimidating presence of their suspected molesters.

Such courts generally only choose to hear cases that would settle important and controversial points of law.

It is controversial whether it is appropriate for a U. S. court to consider foreign law or precedent.

Inglehart's two-factor solution took the form of Ferguson's original Religionism and Humanitarianism dimensions ; Inglehart labelled them " secularism – traditionalism ", which covered issues of tradition and religion, like patriotism, abortion, euthanasia and the importance of obeying the law and authority figures, and " survivalism – self expression ", which measured issues like everyday conduct and dress, acceptance of diversity ( including foreigners ) and innovation, and attitudes towards people with specific controversial lifestyles such as homosexuality and vegetarianism, as well as willingness to partake in political activism.

On May 5, 2010, Robert Rodriguez responded to Arizona's controversial immigration law by releasing an " illegal " trailer on Ain't It Cool News.

The decemvirate of 451 is believed to have included the most controversial points of customary law, and to have assumed the leading functions in Rome.

In response to allegations that Michigan's militia fired upon Ohioans, Lucas called a special session of Ohio's Legislature on June 8, 1835 to pass several more controversial acts, including establishment of Toledo as the county seat of Lucas County, the establishment of a Court of Common Pleas in the city, a law to prevent the forcible abduction of Ohio citizens from the area and a budget of $ 300, 000 to implement the legislation.

The decision was highly controversial, and some suggested changing the law under which it was rated 18.

This controversial act, known as the " Salary Grab ", was signed into law in March 1873.

But on the Feb. 10, 2012 Iran's parliament changed the controversial law of executing juveniles.

The law also mandated the controversial 1981 Kemp-Roth Tax Cut.

In 2012, Gabriel condemned the use of his music by American talk radio personality Rush Limbaugh during a controversial segment in which Limbaugh vilified Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, use of Jaŋalif was revived, but the Cyrillic script was again enforced in 2002, when the Russian Federation passed a controversial law enforcing the use of Cyrillic for all official languages.

The most recent case of such an occurrence was the controversial passing of an immigration law in the Bundesrat in 2002, when the delegates of Brandenburg failed to come up with the unanimous vote that the Basic Law requires of each Land's delegation in the Bundesrat.

Goods with positive externalities include education ( believed to increase societal productivity and well-being ; but controversial, as these benefits are generally internalized, e. g., in the form of higher wages ), public health initiatives ( which may reduce the health risks and costs for third parties for such things as transmittable diseases ) and law enforcement.

Without the line-item veto, Presidents have often felt compelled to sign controversial riders into law even if they did not support them.

That controversial law cost the FPV 16 Congressmen and 4 Senators by way of defections.

The sport is controversial, particularly in the UK, where it was banned in Scotland in 2002, and in England and Wales in November 2004 ( law enforced from February 2005 ), though shooting foxes as vermin remained legal.

He was cordially received by Calvin, and published within two years several volumes of Prediche, controversial tracts rather than sermons, explaining and vindicating his change of religion.

In 2007 – 08, Berkeley received media attention due to demonstrations against a Marine Corps recruiting office in downtown Berkeley and a series of controversial motions by Berkeley's City Council regarding opposition to Marine recruiting.

However, many of these researchers are controversial in their own right, and all of them have also received money from the Pioneer Fund, which had already funded much of Rushton's work when these reviews were written.

From the time of their introduction, minimum wage laws have been highly controversial politically, and have received much less support from economists than from the general public.

James had a controversial religious policy ; his attempt to grant freedom of religion to non-Anglicans by suspending acts of Parliament by royal decree was not well received.

* 1845 – The eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church.

The toxicity studies of the plant have received controversial results.

" It received considerably less press and screentime than Moore's controversial piece.

The MVP result was controversial, as Martínez received the most first-place votes of any player ( 8 of 28 ), but was totally omitted from the ballot of two sportswriters, New York's George King and Minneapolis ' LaVelle Neal.

Moon received backing from controversial Japanese billionaires Yoshio Kodama, a yakusa gangster, and Ryoichi Sasakawa, who controlled Japanese boat racing and described himself as " the world's richest fascist ".

* October 9 – The eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church.

His wild, imaginative, and controversial pictures have received 16 awards at various international film festivals.

When the film was released, it received mixed reviews, particularly about its controversial content, but Lombard's performance was hailed as the perfect send off to one of 1930s Hollywood's most important stars.

The latter has increased substantially, especially since the site received widespread media coverage in 2007 during the controversial New Seven Wonders of the World Internet and cell phone campaign.

For the controversial Bash Street Academy make-over, Plug received plastic surgery, however, his hideous face could not be held back and soon he reverted back to normal.

However, the program has also received some acceptance from those initially very critical, and in general its status has become less controversial as it has become more established and its programs have become more concrete.

Whether any post-loss radio signals were received from Earhart and Noonan remains controversial.

Virgin Atlantic was given immunity for tipping off the authorities and received no fine — a controversial decision the Office of Fair Trading defended as being in the public interest.

Eakins was a controversial figure whose work received little by way of official recognition during his lifetime.

His teaching methods were controversial: there was no drawing from antique casts, and students received only a short study in charcoal, followed quickly by their introduction to painting, in order to grasp subjects in true color as soon as practical.

Since Magee's release, Berry's daughter, Jo Berry ( a mother of three living in North West England ) has received attention for her series of controversial meetings with the Brighton bomber, as part of her quest to come to terms with the bombing and, in her own words, " to bring something positive out of it ".

Welser-Möst's tenure was controversial, during which time he received the nickname " Frankly Worse than Most " and many harshly critical reviews.

St. John and Dierdorff fought on April 20, 2007 in Merrillville, Indiana outside of Chicago where Dierdorff received a controversial hometown split decision.

He had a major role in the controversial Peter Greenaway film The Baby of Mâcon with Julia Ormond, which was poorly received.