Sentence examples for the era of impunity from inspiring English sources

The era of impunity is being replaced by a new era of international law and justice".

Last December, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon rightly warned that "international justice is under attack in many places," and urged states to "strengthen our resolve to shut the door on the era of impunity".

During the height of the "era of impunity", the 1980s, Kenya lost half of its forest cover -- the regime would allow massive peasant encroachments just before an election.

The Congolese military with support from the international community held mobile court hearings, and prosecuted a handful of the perpetrators of these crimes -- sending strong signals that the era of impunity is coming to an end.

Undermining it risks plunging Lebanon back into the era of assassinations and impunity that nearly destroyed it.

Human Rights Watch said the trial of Taylor signalled an end to an era of impunity.

"We are confident that the work of the tribunal can continue to help deter further violence and put an end to a tragic era of impunity for political assassinations in Lebanon," she said in a statement.

Bondholders have been the Scarlet Pimpernels of finance investors who prove elusive every time a bank's losses are divided up.The era of impunity is coming to an end.

But voters seem pleased that an era of impunity is ending: 72% told one poll that they approved of treating Mr Chirac as an ordinary citizen before the law.When he was president, from 1995 to 2007, Mr Chirac was immune from prosecution, and his lawyers argue that he remains so for acts during his time in office.

The DeVos Department's intentions already have been made apparent, with a series of draft provisions that are entirely one-sided, seemingly aimed at allowing predatory schools to return to an era of impunity.

This is the era of complete distrust.