Sentence examples for acts of state from inspiring English sources

But he characterized the actions as "legal acts of state".

We could have the freedom to prevent illegal oil wars and acts of state terrorism carried out in our names.

Blair and Brown, ardent converts, augmented the downward trickle of wealth with putative acts of state redistribution.

The military dictatorships in Chile (1973 90) and Argentina (1976 83) committed acts of state terrorism against their own populations.

The group has undertaken a series of investigations into human rights violations and acts of state and corporate violence that have informed military, parliamentary and UN inquiries.

It is also unusual for a nation to allow residents of territories under a military occupation to petition its Supreme Court and request intervention in acts of state.

Brunei, meanwhile, where my parents lived on the British expat circuit, is also putting a real dampener on the limitless life of the British expat, or at least one who is gay or planning to commit adultery or have an abortion, all of which are now punishable by sadistic acts of state-sponsored violence.

The act of state doctrine does, however, have 'constitutional' underpinnings.

The source of such collective powers, however, was always an act of state.

His basic rationale is equally applicable to the act of state doctrine.

In practice, no act of state was valid unless sanctioned by and registered with the Hlutdaw.