The reforms, even if initially implemented under duress, represent the strongest grounds for optimism.

(ii) That has been improperly issued or obtained through misrepresentation, corruption or duress or in any other unlawful manner or

There is a long dispute whether this treaty was legal or illegal due to its signing under duress, threat of force and bribes.

Countries borrowed from the IMF only under duress, when all else failed and when there was simply no other way to pay for essential imports.

How is the possibility that a government might be forced into radical fiscal consolidation an argument for taking that step immediately, under no duress and before the recovery is well established?

Alas, there is an added complication that makes today s shocks all the more vexing governments and central banks have exhausted the traditional ammunition upon which they have long relied during times of economic duress.

As I said, I respect other sports, and I compare this sport sometimes to cycling and to mountain climbing and other of the expedition type events, but this is a sensory deprivation, a physical duress.

But that is what the British government is doing now. How is the possibility that a government might be forced into radical fiscal consolidation an argument for taking that step immediately, under no duress and before the recovery is well established?

But, as a matter of national pride, the Chinese refuse to articulate an international commitment under duress, and Obama doesn t have much standing in pressing China to compromise, since the US Congress hasn t yet acted on cap and trade legislation.

15.8 States shall not recognize as valid any housing, land and or property transaction, including any transfer that was made under duress, or which was otherwise coerced or forced, either directly or indirectly, or which was carried out contrary to international human rights standards.

Au lieu de morsures aiguës et rapides qui semblaient me déchirer le corps, c était maintenant une douleur plus large qui s enfonçait profondément dans tous mes muscles et les tordait plus longuement )After physical duress and psychological pressure proved ineffective, Alleg was injected with pentothal, which also failed to make him talk.

In the current case, however, the Committee takes the view that the instructions to the jury raise an issue under article 14 of the Covenant, as the defendant had managed to present prima facie evidence of being mistreated, and the Court did not alert the jury that that the prosecution must prove that the confession was made without duress.

According to him, his son's conviction was based on the testimonies of persons who had a particular interest in the outcome of the case his son's co accused Mr. Kitsaev (who allegedly received a lighter sentence) and Mr. Kayumov (who allegedly was obliged to testify under duress during the investigation, and who retracted his testimony later in court).

And it will now be insisted that we adopt a document that contains parts, which I will shortly enumerate, that will have serious consequences for the great majority of the nations that are Members of the Assembly. In the words of a well known Venezuelan politician, the Assembly will now almost certainly adopt that document under duress and while holding its nose.