Sentence examples for arbitrary execution from inspiring English sources

It brought torture and arbitrary execution to America's cities, tore families apart, and drove 60,000 people into exile.

I was asked by these states to bring forward proposals on this issue and I am working closely on the subject of drones with Christof Heyns the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary execution.

The utter desolation, cynicism, and futility of war, as embodied in the arbitrary execution of three innocent French soldiers who have been tried and convicted of cowardice during a meaningless attack on a heavily fortified German position, comes through with simplicity and power.

We found that, before the DEF, there were no environments that support the parallelized invocation of tasks across arbitrary execution environments.

In all, UN investigators were able to confirm 67 cases of arbitrary execution, but noted that the real total is likely to have been higher.

Tătărescu and Constantin Argetoianu were among the second wave of captured politicians (on 27 November), and were destined for arbitrary execution; they were, however, saved by the intervention of regular police forces, most of whom had grown hostile to the Guardist militias.

The killings that result are clearly arbitrary executions and punishable under international law".

Arbitrary executions, with prisoners selected and shot for the most terrifyingly trivial of reasons, were common.

"War without reflection is mechanical slaughter," said Christof Heyns, the United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.

"The indiscriminate use of heavy artillery against demonstrators cannot be justified," said Christof Heyns, the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.

Signature strikes are "not a concept known to international humanitarian law," according to Christof Heyns, the U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions.