Sentences with phrase «civilian rule pinochet»

A military junta under his leadership enforced rigid control over the country for the next two decades but in 1988 under increasing pressure for the restoration of civilian rule Pinochet agreed to submit himself to a limited popular mandate.

They're fighting to defend civilian life and civilian rule.

According to the CIA Factbook, «comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1982, but leaders have faced difficult problems of deep - seated poverty, social unrest, and illegal drug production.»

In 1984, in the wake of Argentina's return to civilian rule, President Raul Alfonsín and the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo - a nongovernmental human rights organization - requested technical assistance in exhuming mass graves of victims of the country's «dirty war» and in applying genetic screening techniques to determine grandpaternity of children born in detention or abducted from their parents and adopted by supporters of the previous regime.

«Political liberalisation ushered in by the return to civilian rule in 1999 has allowed militants from religious and ethnic groups to pursue their demands through violence.

«The President recalls the unique role of the elder statesman in the nation's return to civilian rule in 1999 and trusts that, as a tireless advocate for equity, he will be long remembered and honoured for his dedication to the advancement of his people, especially in the fields of education, social welfare and infrastructure.

The EU Ambassador averred that since the country's return to civilian rule in 1999, the EU had consistently identified with and supported democratic institutions, key stakeholders and had so far committed more than 100 Euros to supporting various institutions in the country.

His People's Democratic Party (PDP) has dominated Nigerian politics since civilian rule was restored in 1999 but now faces its toughest election challenge, from the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Mr Babangida wanted to speed up the restoration of civilian rule, which Mr Buhari did not see as a priority.

The Governor who described May 29 as a child of June 12, argued that, it was the unrelenting pursuit of the actualization of June 12 with the sweat and blood of patriots and nationalists that led to military disengagement and civilian rule on May 29.

«Unless we apply the break and uphold the rule of law and democratic conventions and practices in all ramifications, our greatest losses, moving forward, will not be economic recession, lack of critical infrastructure, among others, but an irredeemably deteriorated civilian rule where the decisions of the courts, letters and spirit of the law, resolutions of the legislature, electoral choices of Nigerians as expressed through the ballot no longer count.»

After civilian rule was established in the Fourth Republic in January 1993, Amidu continued to serve in the government of Jerry Rawlings as Deputy Attorney - General.

AN ORDER OF MANDAMUS is made directing and or compelling the Defendants / Respondents to provide the Plaintiff / Applicant with up to date information on recovered stolen funds since the return of civilian rule in 1999, including:

He strongly supported Busia's call for quick return to civilian rule to prevent the militarization of the state and, along with his family, helped to establish the Progress Party in Osu in 1969.

The contest is largely between the All Progressives Congress, an amalgam of four opposition parties that is bent on wresting power from the ruling center - right People's Democratic Party, which has been in power since 1999, when the country returned to civilian rule.

Stop trying to apply civilian rules to military service members, it just makes you look stupid.

Not exact matches

He then ruthlessly ruled for eight years, during which an estimated 300,000 civilians were massacred.

A recent ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration that dismissed China's claims to 85 % of the region are unlikely to improve the situation as Beijing continues civilian flights to the contested region.

In a 1956 private letter ruling, the IRS explained that not only was the court's holding limited to the military, but that it didn't even apply to civilian employees of the military.

Since Romero was murdered in 1980, more than 60,000 other Salvadoran civilians have been killed - about 85 percent of them by the military and the so - called death squads (generally the military in nonmilitary guise) This is not to deny that the leftist insurgents can be ruthless, too, but as a rule they are more discriminate.

Despots still live, cheaters still prosper, genocidal murderers still walk free, tyrants rule — and terrorists who have killed innocent civilians still conduct their cowardice unpunished.

It makes a clear distinction between jihad, which is warfare with rules of engagement, and irjaf, which amounts to terrorism (religiously motivated violence against civilians).

Before, Iraqi officers were highly critical of the Obama administration's rules, saying that many requests for airstrikes were denied because of the risk that civilians would be hurt.

The strikes raise questions about rules of engagement, and whether some of the laws put in place to minimize civilian casualties have been relaxed under President Donald Trump.

I do not like that my taxes supported the killing of civilians in war but I choose to be an American citizen and abide by its rules.

But today since Tunisia issue we see there is a change a new armies came up which we call the bare feet army (Civilians) taking over the long lasted Idoles they had ruling them unjustly.

Additionally, Charlotte's Citizen's Review Board has never ruled in favor of a civilian complaint against an officer.

But today's figures showed the tactical directive introduced last year, changing the rules for when ground forces are allowed to call in airstrikes, has led to a reduction in civilian deaths attributed to pro-government forces.

In terms of government, his sterling leadership, his unique desire for tolerance, genuine unity, transparency, accountability and Peace has earned him the accolade in a gold plate «THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CIVILIAN TO HAVE RULED GHANA PEACEFULLY AND HANDED OVER PEACEFULLY».

Also, note this: «It was unclear if the protesters he was referring to were militants or civilian supporters of the Islamic group, which rules Gaza and opposes Israel's existence.»

She lamented the years of military rule in Pakistan and the devastating effects it has had on the organic growth of Pakistan's civilian institutions.

The new head of the Civilian Complaint Review Board wants the police - oversight agency to stop considering complainants» arrest records when weighing rulings — but critics argue the plan reeks of «bias against police officers.»

The term can apply to the field element of resistance movements, an example of which are the civilians that opposed Nazi German rule in several countries during World War II.

If effect, there is no longer a civilian government of any kind: the military are competing amongst themselves for the right to rule Mali, and that right will be won by force of arms.

This is a civilian administration, it is democracy and it is imperative and very, very important that all institutions of democracy operate within the ambit of the rule of law.

The ruling, which reverses a lower court's decision, came just over a week after ThinkProgress published the leaked records of Officer Daniel Pantaleo from the Civilian Complaint Review Board, showing he had seven disciplinary complaints and 14 individual allegations against him.

That's because the Civilian Complaint Review Board has not yet weighed in on the new rule for when police don't have a search warrant and the union is worried its members will be second - guessed by that group, which investigates police abuse allegations, or even face charges if they comply.

In 2015, a state judge ordered the Civilian Complaint Review Board to release any substantiated misconduct allegations against Pantaleo, but the city is appealing that ruling.

«This is to ensure we enthrone genuine democracy, good governance, respect for the rule of law and put an end to the reign of civilian dictatorship.»

Carr was referring to the July 2015 decision by Manhattan State Supreme Court Justice Alice Schlesinger, who ruled in favor of the Legal Aid Society, which had sought a summary of the accusations that were lodged against Officer Daniel Pantaleo prior to Garner's death in 2014 and substantiated by the Civilian Complaint Review Board.

While using rockets against civilians violates the rules of war and international conventions, they wouldn't be a WMD on this criteria taken alone.

Though the use of choke holds by the police has been prohibited by internal rules since 1993, there were more than 1,000 complaints filed with the Civilian Complaint Review Board in the last 5 years alone.

Brooklyn Councilman Antonio Reynoso and Bronx Councilman Ritchie Torres — who introduced the bill that would require officers to identify themselves and inform civilians of their right to refuse a search — are working to bypass Mark - Viverito, who forged a deal with Bratton that would adopt some provisions of the act into the Patrol Guide rule book and mandate retraining of police officers.

«The Coalition of CSOs on Human Rights and Conflict Resolution in Nigeria undertakes review of the ongoing - war on terrorism to ascertain maximum adherence of the military to the rules of engagement by the Nigerian military, enforcement of fundamental human rights of civilians and protection of man's dignity and respect for person and to ensure that the activities of non-state actors are in conformity with the general principles and purposes of the United Nations and other conventions» rights.

The court's second ruling ended a suit by the Legal Aid Society, which had sought the release of the disciplinary records from the Civilian Complaint Review Board of one officer in particular: Daniel Pantaleo, who had placed Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, in a chokehold moments before he died on a Staten Island sidewalk in July 2014.

Reasons for Displacement: Documenting Abuses Against Syrian Civilians (ABA Rule of Law Initiative) January 2014

The latest easing, according to Indian officials, lifts the rules for most civilian R&D organizations, including many under the Defense Research and Development Organization.

And on 9 February, the European Commission's Unmanned Aircraft Systems Panel will meet in Brussels, Belgium, to agree on the key flight rules and technologies essential for commercial UAVs to operate safely in civilian airspace.

Military commanders already apply humanitarian «rules» to protect civilians, as laid down in the Geneva Convention of 1949 and its protocols.

But, says the Red Cross, those rules and customs — such as not bombing hospitals or shooting nurses — can not protect civilians in modern cities.