Sentence examples for universal prohibition from inspiring English sources

Yet the United States, a self-labeled champion of human rights, continues to disregard the almost universal prohibition against executing people with mental retardation.

The "well-established universal" prohibition of torture under international law, the court held, must be honoured in U.S. courts, regardless of the nationality of the victim or the perpetrator.

The universal prohibition of pillage is further confirmed through examination of GC IV Art 33 applicable in IAC and AP II (1977) Art 4(2) (g), applicable in NIAC.

Why use "neighbor" if you meant that as a universal prohibition?

In the United States, despite all the professed shock over daily fantasy's excesses, and the near-universal prohibition on sports betting, our society has also sanctioned many forms of wagering.

Is the general prohibition justified?

"There appears to be some kind of universal airline prohibition against hyphens," Louise K. Davidson-Schmich, wrote to me.

In Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, the court held that the ATCA applies only to violations of international norms that are "specific, universal, and obligatory," and it determined that general prohibitions against arbitrary arrest and detention did not meet that standard.

The bottom line from this survey was that gun owners and non-gun owners expressed similar degrees of support for universal background checks, prohibitions on ownership for persons convicted of violating domestic restraining orders and mandatory sentences for gun traffickers.

A number of authors bring to light that the reference to a 'town or a place' is not in line with IHL, and further, the prohibition of pillage is universal (Stewart 2011; Keenan 2014).

Other new rights proposed by the resolution were the prohibition of State titles, universal adult franchise, abolition of capital punishment and freedom of movement.