"There is a pattern of gross human rights violations that may well amount to war crimes," Mr Cordone said.
Though President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has moved to discipline the army, the resurfacing of the case has also exposed other violations that may prove harder to address.
Two people associated with the N.C.A.A. investigation said that even though Barkley is gone, St. John's is responsible for any violations that may have been committed -- though it is uncertain how much St.
One issued that has hardly figured in the election campaign is the question of human rights violations that may have been committed by the military in the fight against the Tigers.
The charges brought against Mr. Ponce in his conviction on Monday, however, are not related to safety violations that may have contributed to Mr. Baten's death, Melissa Grace, a spokeswoman for the attorney general's office, said on Monday.
On Friday, the California attorney general's office issued subpoenas seeking documents from the N.F.L. and the players association for an investigation into potential antitrust violations that may have resulted from the lockout.
Suddenly, a restaurant's past lapses are at the fingertips of patrons, who can call up a quick roster of not only the top-scoring places, but also the lowest-ranked — including details of some health violations that may have been remedied, and some that would no longer be considered violations under the new inspection rules.
Interpretations of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act by the Federal Reserve Board staff have held that "assignees" -- lenders that purchase loans from others -- will not be held responsible for any credit law violations that may have been committed before they bought the loan, she said.
And yet in the case of Eritrea, the desire to stem the ever-increasing numbers of young refugees has led to an attempt to exonerate a regime which, as recently as June 2015, was described by the UN as perpetrating human rights violations that "may constitute crimes against humanity".
