Sentence examples for coercion upon from inspiring English sources

The state's election code states that a voter "shall have the right to cast his or her vote: without the use or threat of force, violence or restraint; without the infliction or threat of infliction of injury; without any intimidation or coercion upon or against his or her person; or without any other action intended to deny any individual's right to vote".

At a meeting shortly thereafter, Sanders seconded a resolution raised by a fellow Liberal member protesting "against the attempt to impose coercion upon Ireland for ever".

There was no coercion upon the study subjects for participation.

The HIPC Initiative introduced some forms of coercion upon governments to create new inclusive political spaces providing room for the CSOs and the private sector to contribute to public policymaking against poverty and to enhance growth and employment.

Its principal aim, therefore, was to investigate the effect that the experience of sexual coercion had upon among a sample of university students with regard to sexual debut, number of sexual partners, and inconsistent condom use.

A surrender is usually made upon some right or claim, or upon coercion.

Garrett Hardin's classic "Tragedy of the Commons" characterizes the necessary collective action as "mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon" (Hardin, 1968).

Moses said: "Even those who argue for fiercer sanctions to persuade the press to submit to the system they advocate must recognise that any system which depends upon agreement and not compulsion does depend upon persuasion, persuading the press that it is in their own interests to agree, and not upon coercion".

He said: "If we are going to see the schools and the campuses used as a recruitment platform for this new police service then school children have the right to opt out of that, their parents have the right to opt out of that without any form of intimidation or pressure, or coercion being applied upon them".

As suggested by Hardin (1968), the tragedy of the commons may be solved by "mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon".

Interestingly, theoretical and experimental work suggests that voluntary participation in social enterprises which corresponds to the positive complement of ostracism could be key, following Hardin's principle of 'mutual coercion mutually agreed upon'.