Sentence examples for states abuse from inspiring English sources

The really disturbing thing about cases such as Martin's and Lawrence's is that they reveal how cavalierly states abuse this responsibility.

Now that we also have a reversal of the burden of proof, the measures which the European Commission takes when Member States abuse the procedures for protecting our markets are pretty good.

The U.S. is hardly a paragon of virtue when it comes to states abusing licensing procedures to protect politically connected incumbent businesses.

I recently experienced another instance of state abuse.

Repealing it will mean less protection against state abuse or neglect, and weaken the rights of every single one of us – and the vulnerable most of all".

Together they have fought draconian legislation like the protection of state information bill, which prevents journalists from exposing corruption and state abuse.

The several political quagmires that followed the election of president Michel Martelly (2011-2016) have further undermined Haitian politics, with claims of corruption and state abuse.

The charity, which works to protect human rights against state abuse, said it feared that West Midlands police were becoming "trigger-happy" with Taser stun guns.

Under international law only states can be held responsible for violating human rights, but allegations of complicity in state abuse can provide a hook for legal claims against companies.

On a recent visit to the 500-acre Mexia facility, many of these efforts were visible, from paper signs listing the telephone number of an abuse-and-neglect hot line to strategically placed surveillance cameras to the nondescript dormitory office that is home to a state abuse investigator.

It said its members, and in particular the Supreme Court, had failed in its duty to protect victims of state abuse.