Sentence examples for violations crimes from inspiring English sources

Amnesty called on the conference to ensure that all countries ban arms exports unless it can be reasonably demonstrated that they will not contribute to human rights violations, crimes against humanity or war crimes.

International judges will take evidence from 30 witnesses and "victims" of US agri-business Monsanto in an attempt by hundreds of grassroots groups to hold the company accountable for what they allege are human rights violations, crimes against humanity, and "ecocide", or widespread environmental damage.

Garzón sought to prosecute Pinochet in Spain for atrocities perpetrated in Chile by invoking the controversial principle of universal jurisdiction, which enables a country to prosecute major human rights violations -- crimes against humanity, war crimes or genocide -- even if there is no link between that country and the alleged crimes.

In a new report, Donatella Rovera, an investigator for Amnesty International who spent weeks in northern Syria, described what she called "systematic violations, including crimes against humanity and war crimes, being perpetrated as part of state policy to exact revenge against communities suspected of supporting the opposition and to intimidate people into submission".

There are violations everywhere; crimes against women and humanity.

"The perpetrators of these violations and crimes, on all sides, act in defiance of international law.

Stops would be evaluated for their effectiveness in turning up violations or crimes.

UN commissioners are now trying to establish if those violations constitute crimes against humanity.

"The perpetrators of these violations and crimes, on all sides, act in defiance of international law," the report said.

It added: "The perpetrators of these violations and crimes, on all sides, act in defiance of international law.

The court's objective is to try cases of genocide, gross human rights violations, and crimes against humanity.