"Despite its pledges to the rule of law, China has never mounted a credible and transparent investigation into questionable actions by its security forces," said Sophie Richardson, the deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Asia division.
Qatar has taken a public relations beating despite its pledges to adhere to international standards and preparatory work to remove corruption and unethical middle men from the recruitment process that puts workers in debt even before they arrive in the Gulf state.
Despite its pledge to reward politicians who stood up for gun rights, the NRA did nothing to help either senator.
The Bush Administration, despite its pledge to let Iraqis decide the fate of Iraq's oil, will surely play a role.
Despite its pledge for more transparency, Sony may well continue to report its movie and television results as one; splitting off TV would make the movie side look bad, and this is still Hollywood — image is everything.
The report, entitled Empty Promises, states: "The UK stands out as a member of the G20 that, despite its pledge to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, has dramatically increased its support to the production of fossil fuels in recent years".
The number of advisers has also increased to more than 100 for the first time under the coalition, despite its pledge in 2010 to limit the number of "spads".
The Turnbull government is signalling a new approach to climate policy despite its pledge to stick with the "Direct Action" climate plan, abandoning Tony Abbott's attempt to abolish two key renewable energy agencies and considering tougher "safeguards" to ensure the policy actually reduces emissions.
Despite its pledge to try to release pregnant women, ICE often failed to do so, the complaint alleged.
The National Immigration Forum, in its August report, noted that the Obama White House continues to ask Congress for billions of dollars to pay for the detaining of foreigners, despite its pledge to focus immigration enforcement efforts on the suspects deemed dangerous.
Despite its early pledge, House of Meetings is more than a love story; it is about envy, ethics, chaos, resistance, violence, solipsism and confession.
