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

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

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

The proliferation of such weapons has exacerbated conflict, caused refugee flows and spawned a culture of violence and impunity.

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

Thirdly, in order to prevent the recurrence of crimes against civilians, the culture of impunity must be brought to an end.

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

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.

Although the Government has taken some action, it has not done enough to end the culture of impunity behind the widespread sexual abuse in Darfur.

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.

(d) To work to eradicate the culture of impunity for the perpetrators of enforced disappearances and to elucidate cases of enforced disappearances as crucial steps in effective prevention

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.

(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

Climate of impunity

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.

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.

In doing so, they have severely failed to provide the citizens of Lebanon with an acceptable level of security and have therefore contributed to the propagation of a culture of intimidation and impunity.

In doing so, they have severely failed to provide the citizens of Lebanon with an acceptable level of security and have therefore contributed to the propagation of a culture of intimidation and impunity.

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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.

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In such a situation, dealing with past acts of corruption and recovering the respective proceeds was essential for any Government when trying to regain the trust of its citizens and overcome the culture of impunity.

Policy or practice of impunity.

Sustained efforts by the international community to achieve lasting peace and promote national reconciliation will prove incomplete unless decisive action is taken to end the culture of impunity for serious human rights violations.

Impunity and lack of government action

C. Rule of law and impunity

Impunity must end.

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Even more troubling was the culture of absolute impunity demonstrated by the occupying Power, which, according to reliable reports, had investigated fewer than 5 per cent of the deaths of unarmed Palestinian civilians at the hands of its military forces.

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.

Humanitarian access continues to be a challenge in the west, and protection issues remain a serious concern, owing to the continuing culture of impunity in the Government controlled areas and the lack of a judicial system in the north.

Culture The culture of Kenya consists of multiple traditions.

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.

This lack of clarity can contribute to impunity.

Today no leader can be confident of impunity.

Impunity for serious acts of violence must end.

Issues of impunity and accountability remain major concerns.

Increasing impunity for such violations

Impunity does not serve justice.

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