Sentences with phrase «grave crimes»

I believe it is in fear that we commit the crimes of intolerance and prejudice and what seems to me to be perhaps the saddest, most grave crime of all, our resistance to change.

«These are dangerous men capable of committing grave crimes again.»

As noted in that post, consular officials are only entitled to functional immunity from prosecution, i.e immunity in respect of acts performed in the exercise of her consular functions, and may be arrested for grave crimes (pursuant to a decision of a competent judicial authority).

While Chinese and Russian opposition to such a move can be expected, it would send a powerful signal that the British government is committed to seeing those who have committed grave crimes held to account.

«The allegation against Mr Lugovoi is that he murdered a British citizen by deliberate poisoning and that he committed this extraordinarily grave crime here in our capital city.

Unlike the ICJ — the principal judicial organ of the United Nations — which hears cases brought by individual States, the ICC tries individuals charged with grave crimes under the Rome Statute, including genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

I am grateful for those courageous politicians who have kept the grave crime of abortion in the public eye since 1973.

It was with this view of the Church as a mirror of justice that he addressed the bishops of the United States in 1993 in a public letter that described the abuse of a minor by a priest as a «grave crime» and urged the imposition of canonical penalties.

While delivering accountability for the grave crimes perpetrated during the Khmer Rouge is an important goal, the legitimacy of the Court depends on judgments being well reasoned and fair.

The citizens of each city can sort of see one another, but are conditioned to ignore denizens of the other city; «breaching,» or breaking that separation, is a grave crime, and it often results in residents being deported by a mysterious secret police force.