Sentence examples for foreign prosecution from inspiring English sources

Since the Government is powerless to grant immunity from foreign prosecution, a witness who fears such prosecution could conceivably invoke the Fifth Amendment even if granted immunity in American courts, under the Second Circuit's theory.

Because deportation is a civil proceeding, the Fifth Amendment would not ordinarily apply, but the Federal appeals court in New York ruled last year that the fear of foreign prosecution made it applicable in this case, U.S. v. Balsys, No. 97-873.

Karzai also clarified his intention to eliminate a key obstacle to preserving some U.S. forces in Afghanistan beyond 2014, pledging to "go to the Afghan people and argue for immunity for U.S. troops in Afghanistan". Obama's inability to reach an immunity agreement, which protects U.S. forces from foreign prosecution, prevented him from keeping any troops in Iraq.

Those lawsuits would be essentially impossible in virtually every Western nation — usually, international law holds that states must be immune from foreign prosecution or litigation.

Foreign prosecutions also have reached unprecedented levels.

They want to drag them through the mud and single them out for foreign prosecutions.

Cumulatively, Sikkink notes, these domestic and foreign prosecutions have generated domestic and international laws that make government officials personally accountable for human rights violations.

Schwegman's "copying" consisted of obtaining complete electronic copies from Private PAIR and other sources, making complete "copies" by viewing the Articles on computer screens and downloading the Articles to Schwegman's electronic document management system, and emailing electronic copies to the firm's clients and foreign patent prosecution associates.

With 22 defendants, it was also the biggest individual foreign bribery prosecution by the Justice Department — and the new charges against Mr. Bistrong, identified as a main figure in the F.B.I. sting, reveal that a much larger investigation is under way than was previously disclosed.

The AFP will continue to pursue cases for foreign incursions prosecution, regardless of whether the person is fighting for or against ISIL [another name for ISIS or Islamic State]." Reading profiles of other young Australian fighters like Reece Harding and Ashley Dyball, it quickly becomes clear my questions about Williams aren't unique.

I argue that due to their new prominence, we should consider foreign corporation prosecutions as a group so that we can better evaluate and define the emerging prosecution approach.