Sentence examples for rules on proportionality from inspiring English sources

The European Commission has tightened rules on proportionality.

Several countries spoke of the need for ongoing scrutiny to ensure that the weapons conformed to the Geneva conventions' rules on proportionality in war.

In the 17th and 18th centuries emerging international law abandoned this search and accepted that the declaration of war is a sovereign prerogative and developed rules of proportionality and necessity regulating its conduct (the jus in bello).

Since ϕ i  = ϕ and the frame obeys the rules of proportionality, it can no longer benefit fully from the stiffness of the wall.

The exercise and implementation of the investigation method should be conducted in compliance with the rule of proportionality, including undertaking to explore alternative ways of administering justice".

To apply the rule of proportionality to men's and women's collegiate athletics amounts to a feminist form of sex discrimination.

As Human Rights Watch wrote, even conservative estimates of civilian fatalities suggested "that the rule of proportionality and the duty to minimize harm to civilians… were not faithfully observed by the invading U.S. forces".

The oversight court for U.K. intelligence agencies also has yet to rule on the proportionality of the law's so-called bulk measures — it's due to do that next month, when it will also be ruling on the legality of the powers with the wider European Union context.

Lex talionis provides a controversial principle of proportionality (for more on proportionality, see section 4.4).

The big gap between the Lib Dems and the Tories is on proportionality.

"The measurement is based on proportionality of the body," added Spence.