The soldier's family said it would challenge the London ruling before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, which has on its docket a similar case involving Iraqis seeking redress against actions by British soldiers.
Serfs were often harshly treated and had little legal redress against the actions of their lords.
What those cases didn't accomplish, however, was a redress for the actions of major banks and Wall Street firms that contributed to the financial crisis.
Accountability does not stop at looking at the picture, accountability goes on to point at how we can take the necessary actions to redress the shortcomings, or what we call "remedial action".
The launch of the NGEI State Chapters in Bauchi is to recognize the leadership role that is being played by the incumbent first lady of the state in drawing attention to the gender disparities which exist in education against girls and to encourage all stakeholders to take definite actions to redress the imbalance.
Action to redress this, she said, "is something the feminist movement here has sought for many years".
A dedicated Foreign Office team will now help "facilitate" ongoing private court action for redress, not a government-to-government settlement, No 10 announced on Sunday.
And it's about the power of collective action to redress that imbalance and let workers be heard and their interests respected.
But the new government also vowed to take action to redress the injustices and inequalities that had developed over 40-odd years of apartheid, not to mention centuries of colonial rule.The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was part of that effort.
"As an industry we need to do a better job of understanding when incentives begin to work against the public interest rather than for it and take action to redress the balance," Blankfein said.
