Sentence examples for constituted grave from inspiring English sources

A United Nations report last year described measures by the previous government to protect aboriginal women from harm as "inadequate" and said that the lack of an inquiry into the murders and disappearances constituted "grave violations" of the women's human rights.

Remarkably, almost all of these aberrations constituted grave defects, many corresponding to more than 10-fold reductions in mitotic performance.

The question that now must be contemplated is whether the war crimes we have described under the CPA constitute "pillage" – and whether, in the terms of the Rome statute, they constitute grave breaches.

These include a new international protocol on the investigation of rape and sexual violence and an agreement that the attacks constitute grave breaches of the Geneva Convention, as well as practical commitments to tackle the violence.

They constitute grave security liabilities for Israel.

The rise of groups such as Jabhat al-Nusra in a post-Assad Syria would constitute grave security dilemmas for Israel.

Continued dithering will constitute grave malpractice.

There have also been five attacks on hospitals and seven attacks on schools, which constitute grave child rights violations.

According to the UN children's agency, recent weeks have witnessed unprecedented levels of violence against children in sectarian and retaliatory attacks by anti-Balaka militia and ex-Séléka combatants – acts that constitute grave violations against children.

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It inflicted grave injustice on a large group of people, and constituted a grave blot on his and his administration's reputation.