Sentences with phrase «violence against persons act»

A statement in this regard signed by the Force Public relations officer, Acting ACP Olabisi kolawole said, «With the passage of «violence against persons act» by the National Assembly, the Inspector - General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase, has reassured Nigerians that the Nigeria Police will strongly ensure full implementation of the act to see that offenders are appropriately prosecuted».

RAPE, CHILD ABUSE: POLICE VOWS IMPLEMENTATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST PERSONS ACT.

Not exact matches

They are the roots of violence and mutual rejection between people; they are both challenged and transformed in encounter with the crucified Jesus, and the «peace» that we may hope for as a result of the act of God in the death of Jesus is something that stands against each of them alike.

Balakian's book is a chronicle of terror, hope and occasional heroism, and — like most such tales — of the international community's resounding failure to prevent or stop acts of violence against a people.

He struggled to find the reason and the rationale to free his people from their compulsion to act in hideous violence against one another.

An employee handbook should explicitly state that any employee who commits an act of violence against another person while at work will be terminated.

If he witnessed an act of violence against another person, point out that this kind of behavior is not normal, not the way people usually solve their problems.

To be sure they are capable of acts of violence against unarmed people, which most regard as psychotic, and they have to be dealt with under the criminal law — unless killing them is the only way to save other lives.

This is a term that was invented to describe people with a pathological fear of homosexuals — the kind of people who engage in acts of violence against gays.

He said it was his father who inspired him to champion the Violence Against Women Act, and he has often had people mistakenly attribute the inspiration for the landmark law to his mother.

She also helped write the Violence Against Women Act and a 2008 law designed to protect people with genetic predispositions to health conditions from facing discrimination from their employers or health insurance companies.

The Jews of Color Caucus, along with hundreds of neighbors and advocacy groups, held an action and vigil in support of Black Lives Matter to demand an end to police violence against people of color and the passage of the Right to Know Act.

By placing at the centre of the narrative a white woman who believes she belongs to the land, against a set of people who see her presence as oppressive and who want to brutalise her, yet who also carry out acts of violence against one another, Denis returns to the core themes of her earlier films (such as Chocolat, 1988)-- the highly problematic issues inherent in the processes of colonisation and decolonisation (2).

We have long known a behavioral link exists between animal abuse and human abuse: violent behavior toward animals often acts as a precursor to violence against people.

This year, the Ball will also be addressing the recent acts of Police violence against «Black» people in America.

The bronze cast, Resilience of the 20 % (named after a sickening statistic from Amnesty International, that the murders of trans people went up 20 % worldwide in 2012) was to be placed in public sites where acts of violence have occurred against trans and gender nonconforming people.

Kansas defines domestic violence as an act of violence or a threatened act of violence against a family member, household member, or between people who are dating.

-- This crime involves any act or threat of violence against any person with whom the accused has or had an intimate relationship such as current or former spouses, parents, children, romantic partners, or anyone residing in the same household.

We may assist people charged with certain offences under a variety of other federal and provincial laws, such as the Wildlife Act, Animal Protection Act, Child Youth and Family Enhancement Act, Emergency 911 Act, Protection Against Family Violence Act, Provincial Offences Procedure Act, Petty Trespass Act and Gaming and Liquor Act.

(a) «Domestic violence» means an act of violence or a threatened act of violence upon a person with whom the actor is or has been involved in an intimate relationship, and may include any act or threatened act against a person or against property, including an animal, when used as a method of coercion, control, punishment, intimidation, or revenge directed against a person with whom the actor is or has been involved in an intimate relationship.

We also take action against content that glorifies acts of violence in a manner that may inspire others to replicate those violent acts and cause real offline danger, or where people were targeted because of their potential membership in a protected category.

Violent content: «Content that is depicting threats or acts of violence against people or animals, where this is the focal point and is not presented with additional context.

The mediator shall disclose a participant's threat of suicide or violence against any person to the threatened person and the appropriate authorities if the mediator believes such threat is likely to be acted upon as permitted by law.

This provision references the District's domestic violence or «intrafamily offense» statute, which defines domestic violence as any criminal act against a person with whom the person has a relationship by blood, marriage, legal custody, having a child in common, having lived together at some point or having had a romantic relationship.