There were three essential areas of importance in studying sexual abuse the frequency and repetitiveness of the abuse, the silence of the victims, and the unawareness of the mothers of victims.

Corruption, nepotism, repression, misuse of power are everywhere ...

Referring to the bio psycho social treatment provided to victims of sexual abuse and domestic violence, she said that women could not fully recover from their ordeals until their abusers were imprisoned.

And, as the rich kowtow to the authorities to protect their wealth, a strong check on official arbitrariness disappears.

The economy was on its knees, and the abuse of trade union power had made Britain almost ungovernable.

Pushed to the wall in this way, many Palestinians are beginning to see no other option for fulfilling their national aspirations than radical tactics.

In the absence of necessary and sufficient disciplines, a risk exists that technical regulations and standards could be abused and adopted and applied solely to protect domestic industries.

An important decision of the Family Court had ordered a husband to pay his wife punitive damages for abuse, scorn, humiliation and enslavement.

The notion of arbitrariness includes notions of capriciousness, injustice, unpredictability, disproportionality or unreasonableness.

This means that 80pc out of the one million Kuwaitis are in the opposition.

The protesters have always thought that the army was protecting them from police brutality, and the violence of the security forces and the republic guard, but this turns out to be a lie.

The Arab centres had conducted awareness raising seminars on sexual abuse and had organized training workshops for teachers, members of the medical profession, law enforcement officers and the general public.

It is indeed a painful exercise to discuss an issue such as the question of Palestine, which involves grave injustice, repression and suffering that surpasses all limits.

Iraq also asserts that claims based on a reduction in the inherent value of a site should not be compensated because any attempt to value such losses is bound to be arbitrary.

Authoritarian regimes, especially those with severe income and wealth inequality, inherently create a risk of arbitrariness, unpredictability, and instability.

At the same time, there is also recognition of the need for longer term solutions to domestic violence and, in particular, violence against women and children. The problem of family violence and the treatment of victims needs also to be placed in the context of international developments concerning the rights of women and children.

In addition, under article 8 of the European Convention, interference must be necessary to be consistent with the article, which is a stricter standard than an absence of arbitrariness required under article 17 of the Covenant.

The Committee considers that the author has failed to substantiate, for purposes of admissibility, that the conduct of the courts of the State party amounted to arbitrariness or a denial of justice and therefore declares both claims inadmissible under article 2 of the Optional Protocol.

An important challenge is to ensure that multilateral trade rules do not constrain the ability of countries to achieve their regulatory objectives, i.e. to separate what is legitimate regulation from protectionist abuse (needless discrimination).

In accordance with the Committee's constant jurisprudence, the notion of arbitrariness is not to be equated with against the law , but must be interpreted more broadly to include elements of inappropriateness, injustice, lack of predictability and due process of law.

In accordance with the Committee's constant jurisprudence, arbitrariness is not to be equated with against the law , but must be interpreted more broadly to include elements of inappropriateness, injustice, lack of predictability and due process of law.

The default of 1945 was the consequence of losing World War II. Indeed, the tradition of so called Ordoliberalism that has shaped Germany s post war economic policy was a response to the Nazis destructive arbitrariness.

It recalls that it is in principle for the courts of States parties, and not for the Committee, to evaluate facts and evidence in a particular case, unless it is apparent that the courts' decisions are manifestly arbitrary or amount to a denial of justice.

Ms. Morvai stressed that in cases involving child labour or the abuse of children, under the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the State party had a clear obligation to act no matter what the circumstances.

Commends the efforts put in by the Islamic Development Bank both in managing the Al Aqsa and Al Quds Funds, and through financing the building, equipment and rehabilitation of health and educational facilities, as well as in consoling of affected families, the injured and victims of abuse, and alleviation of their suffering.

The Committee recalls its jurisprudence that it is generally for the courts of States parties to the Covenant to evaluate facts and evidence in a particular case, unless it can be ascertained that the evaluation was clearly arbitrary or amounted to a denial of justice.

Where teachers were accused of abusing students, the first step was administrative sanction such as suspension, followed by prosecution before the courts by law sexual abuse of a minor by a person in a position of authority or trust constituted an aggravating circumstance.

6.1 The first issue before the Committee is whether the author's arrest on 16 October 1999 and his subsequent detention until 25 November 1999 were arbitrary or otherwise in violation of article 9 of the Covenant.