The verdicts certainly reinforce a culture of impunity within the security services.

The widespread culture of impunity promotes the persistence of a generalized climate of intolerance and violence, which is also fuelled by the propaganda of hatred.

The increased lawlessness in Côte d'Ivoire is precisely the result of the culture of impunity, which the report so vividly depicts.

A widespread culture of impunity persists, in which victims of violations rarely have recourse to redress.

Denmark thus looks forward to seeing the Court take the first important steps towards ending the culture of impunity in Darfur.

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A culture of impunity for mass atrocities can critically undermine long term security.

Impunity and lack of government action

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Impunity was a central concern, since human rights violations would continue so long as it persisted.

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Justice and combating impunity

Human rights abuses continue both in the south and in the north, with little or no effort being made to curtail the widespread culture of impunity.

Policy or practice of impunity.

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Now, however, we have the opportunity to ensure that the perpetrators of the worst atrocities no longer benefit from impunity, to deter future perpetrators, and to build a culture of accountability.

(d) developing policy measures to foster good governance and the protection of human rights in order to strengthen weakened or collapsed governance mechanisms and to end the culture of impunity

To do so would send a negative message to those in the world struggling to combat the culture of impunity and would undermine respect for human rights and international humanitarian law.

The time has come to act seriously and decisively and to pursue an integrated and systematic approach to preventing the outbreak of conflict, promoting a culture of respect for human rights and putting an end to impunity from law.

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Impunity sends a bad sign for the future.

This lack of clarity can contribute to impunity.

There can be no impunity for such crimes.

The Security Council will remain vigilant to ensure that there is no impunity.

Only then can impunity be ended.

Members of the Council also expressed their concern at reports of ongoing violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in the Great Lakes region and at the widespread culture of impunity.

Impunity for such violence must be stopped.

The Independent Expert of the Commission on Human Rights on Impunity also updated the Set of Principles for the protection and promotion of human rights through action to combat impunity.

The number of impunity cases is a concern for journalists and rights groups.

They make an invaluable contribution to our common endeavour to fight impunity.

It is the issue of impunity, which we must never allow to go unpunished.

The International Criminal Court is a crucial institution In the struggle against impunity.

The network documented more than 100 cases of impunity in the region.

When cases are registered, police officials often do not thoroughly investigate the claims, and there appears to be a clear bias in favour of accused members of the security services, a de facto criminal immunity, which bolsters a culture of impunity.

'Stop impunity' video calling for the protection of journalists in Southeast Asia

This decision stands out in terms of the problem of prevailing impunity in the country.

Little progress has been achieved in the justice sector and in combating impunity.

It reaffirms in this regard that it is essential to bring an end to the climate of impunity.

Urgent action should be taken to totally eradicate, in all its forms and manifestations, the culture of impunity, and, as a follow up, to bring to justice perpetrators of violence against children, including those who abduct, recruit or conscript children into armed forces.

It would also help eradicate the culture of impunity, as justice would not only be done, but would be seen to be done by Rwandans in Rwanda.

(v) To reiterate the need to reject violence, to respect human rights and to fight against impunity