Sentences with phrase «complicity of»

* 810 Such assertions mischaracterize black women as holding their men at bay with the complicity of the civil justice system.

This appeal considered whether there is an obligation under the Human Rights Act 1998, s 6, read with ECHR, art 3, to investigate ill - treatment which has been perpetrated by a private individual without any complicity of a public authority, and / or whether in the case of such ill - treatment any positive obligation is confined to a requirement to put in place the necessary structure to enable such investigation to be conducted but does not extend to the conduct of an individual investigation into a particular alleged crime.

Africa's plight, for example, can largely be attributed to theft by kleptocrats with the complicity of major international companies.

For the past 10 weeks a senior lawyer in the office of Baroness Scotland, the attorney - general, has been studying the cases of five British men alleged to have been unlawfully detained and tortured in Pakistan with the complicity of MI5.

As to Q24, if the Minister wants to drive down prices by something like 20 per cent then the best way to do it might be to take responsibility directly for doing so and not use competitive tendering to obtain the apparent complicity of providers through the bidding process.

Lamarche notes that there have been serious allegations made against Canadian companies, including independent findings of complicity of violence on civilians in the vicinity of capital projects.

When taken together with the linked judgment handed down in Rahmatullah No 2, the Supreme Court has now given authoritative guidance as to how far English Courts should be constrained in their willingness to entertain claims involving allegations of fundamental human rights breaches on the part of foreign states, and the complicity of English officials in such breaches.

Belhaj and another v Straw and others) and Rahmatullah (No 1) v Ministry of Defence and another [2017] UKSC 3 involved the alleged complicity of United Kingdom officials in allegedly tortious acts of the UK or other states overseas.

It is a critical case in determining the scope of the police's duties under ECHR, art 3 in relation to acts committed by a private individual without the involvement or complicity of the state.

In other words, granting Binyam Mohamed and his four co-defendants their day in court might result in official confirmation, or new revelations, of the CIA's relationship with Jeppesen; of the cooperation and complicity of foreign governments in rendition and torture; about the Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation program in general; and about the CIA's practices and methods — all matters which, our government insists and the narrowest of majorities of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals agrees, «in the interests of national security should not be divulged.»

My husband, Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen born and raised in Syria, faced a public trial in 2002 while he was the victim of extraordinary rendition initiated by U.S. authorities with the complicity of Canadian law enforcement as well as Jordanian and Syrian authorities, official and de facto allies of the U.S. war on terror.

Well, in case you overlooked it, Blog 702 points out that Judge Kessler's ruling included this indictment of the complicity of lawyers in helping to deceive the public:

These appeals concerned the alleged complicity of the UK in torts including unlawful detention and torture allegedly committed by other states, considering the defences of state immunity and the doctrine of foreign act of state, as well as the inter-relationship with ECHR, art 6.

They rail on about the potential complicity of environmental NGOs in the death of millions through the opposition of these NGOs to support the use of chlorine - based pesticides, but they are completely silent on the economic and military policies of western nations (and that includes Europe as well) which are driving and maintaining poverty and which are killing thousands of people every day and whgich have probably killed many more people than malaria has done since the 1970s.

NIWA's complicity in» Climategate «seems to be unreported within NZ and one must read foreign news to hear of the complicity of Aussie climaxologists.

But no doubt we will have to agree to disagree (well, you will of course do as you please, but it will not change what was said and done with the complicity of Senator Sessions), as I agree with many of your other colleagues who know a great deal more than I do.

This advancement of their careers is done with the complicity of the professional societies and the institutions that fund science.

An investigative report by the NASA Inspector General released June 2 validates charges that White House political appointees in the NASA Public Affairs office were engaged in censoring climate science communication, but whitewashes the complicity of higher - ups at NASA Headquarters... Continue reading →

Johnny E. (18) Pretty well laid it all out and points out the complicity of the media.

That is a far cry from the evil associated with planned population control and especially any measures mandated by the government with the complicity of the «majority».

Exploring the complicity of visuality in corroborating personal and social truths, this exhibition looks at works that are witnesses of sorts.

Her performances and videos contest the means through which the government and the press manipulate facts to construct an official story and critique the complicity of the United States and Mexico in drug trafficking and organized crime.

They both play with the complicity of the system, the institution, the entity.

Curated by Jean - Hubert Martin, it aimed to counter the ethnic bias and colonial complicity of the contemporary art world.

It comes in the wake of a recent protest of her midcareer survey at the Whitney Museum of American Art in which activists called attention to the complicity of Mission Rd. with forces of gentrification.

By the mid-20th century, artists such as Jean Lurçat, Picasso, and Le Corbusier renewed focus on carpets and tapestries （ with the complicity of Aubusson workshops ） and saw them as a third option between art and design, or painting and sculpture.

MEDUSA questions the traditional art boundaries by reconsidering, with the complicity of artists, the questions of craftsmanship, decoration, fashion and pop culture following four specific themes: Identity, Value, Body and Instruments.

These are often made optional through various cloaking devices, such as semi-transparent glass panels, long corridors, windows that one may uncomfortably peek through, insinuating the complicity of the viewer.

They take existing game conventions such as the turn based strategy or the manager sim and deconstruct them to highlight the complicity of the player in a predatory role, while above all showing compassion for the collateral human suffering.

A bespoke menu can be conceived with the complicity of the Chef.

The investment manager, with the active complicity of the TFG board, has expropriated almost $ 205 million in unjust fees.»

Casey would go on the next year to accuse news anchor - turned - teacher quality reform activist Campbell Brown (along with several other reformers) of committing «the equivalent of a blood libel» against teachers for daring to expose the complicity of the AFT's Big Apple local (and that of the national union) in keeping criminally abusive teachers on the city's payroll.

They realise the complicity of a pedagogy of poverty will be gone.

With Teutonic ponderousness, Haneke claims the movie is a statement about violence, specifically the voyeurism and complicity of audiences in movies and media.

With 1945, director Ferenc Török touches on the infrequently considered aftermath of World War II from an unvarnished human perspective, examining the guilt, fear and complacent complicity of a small village full of people who profited from the persecution of its Jewish residents — some more willingly than others.

In the IRL saga of Linda Lovelace you can find a complicity of answers, one of which is that she wasn't sad at all, but rather desperate.

A solid character piece that deftly probes the complicity of both sides in a morally dubious relationship.

It was a birthday gift that my darling husband surprised me with, with the help and complicity of Eva (Dakrol), the awesome and creative talent behind the design.

For years our complacent community has come to accept as reality the lie that the complicity of members of the Board of Education and its executive staff with you, as President of the teacher's union, is good for the kids.

The funding of political parties is tied to the unknown costs of winning elections in Nigeria which, former Senate Deputy President, Ibrahim Mantu, tells us entails the complicity of the Independent National Electoral Commission and security agencies.

Corrupt electoral officials, helped by the complicity of men and women in uniform, facilitated those historical infamies.

Men, women and children were butchered, often burnt alive, with the complicity of local police.

«Any such commission of inquiry should be given the mandate to establish the facts and circumstances surrounding the slave auction and other atrocities being perpetrated in Libya against Nigerians and other African women, men and children, and to collect and preserve evidence as well as clarify responsibility, including the potential complicity of any governments and non-state actors.»

Without the complicity of these banks, it would be much harder for corrupt politicians including from Nigeria to loot public funds or accept bribes.»

The trial judge, Justice Lekan Ogunmoye, held that the prosecution failed to prove the complicity of the accused persons in the murder of Aderiye.

Ladies and Gentlemen, whilst we are at this, we may use this occasion to inform fellow Ghanaians that we are in possession of evidence that shows that the Government with the complicity of the Bank of Ghana, has in fact illegally utilized the Petroleum Stabilization Fund.

The National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) on Wednesday saluted what it called the courageous and timely intervention of Gen. T. Y. Danjuma, who had called on Nigerians to defend themselves against the complicity of security forces and Islamist terrorists in the country.

Nor will the complicity of those who oppose Ukip, but do not have the confidence to make the case.

And despite the noisy tory backbenchers, the complicity of Nick Clegg and the invisibility of Ed Miliband, there are plenty of people in the UK who welcome being in the EU, able to travel, and work, and set up businesses, trade freely, influence EU foreign policy and climate change policies — who will not want the UK to be a small cut off island on the edge of the continent, with no influence in Europe let alone the wider world.

The undercover Journalist in a two - year investigative piece has established the complicity of some 34 Judges who have been found neck deep in corrupt activities in cases they presided over.