But multilateralism is a global insurance policy against abuse of power by any state.

A police officer had, however, recently been sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment for excessive force against a young Roma.

It further condemned the disproportionate use of force against civilians and the creation of a humanitarian crisis by Israel's treatment of the Palestinians.

The use of force and sanctions

Although Hamas has ruled this out, it has shown no hesitation to use heavy force against its opponents.

He just promised not to use force against protesters.

Soft Power and the Struggle Against Terrorism

Sense and Nonsense about Disproportionate Force

In particular, the attitude to the use of force and the way they're trained to use force is especially different.

So how is it possible that the international community remains incapable of responding effectively to dissuade Burma s military rulers from escalating the force that they have begun to unleash in Rangoon and its Buddhist temples?

We note that here is also a growing consensus to accept the justifiability of the use of force to protect civilian populations from crimes against humanity, such as genocide and ethnic cleansing.

War and force may be down, but they are not out. Instead, the use of force is taking new forms.

Military force, intelligence, and international police cooperation needs to be used against hardcore terrorists affiliated with or inspired by al Qaeda, but soft power is essential to attracting the mainstream and drying up support for the extremists.

They're trained to be more restrained in the use of force than the military are.

On the contrary, it is the failure to use soft power effectively that weakens America in the struggle against terrorism.

Accordingly, in follow up to the above mentioned letters, it is my regret to inform you that the Israeli occupying forces continue to use excessive and lethal force against the Palestinian civilian population under occupation.

Refrain from the use of nuclear arms against Ukraine.

The operative words in section are assault or criminal force, which in separate definitions given in the Code quite clearly signify overt force or threat of force.

Indeed, one lesson of the efforts since 2001 is that there is no way to avoid broad cooperation. In that sense, the metaphor of war with its emphasis on military force is misleading.

And the best way to do that is still by negotiating, rather than by using force.

Today, the US is working to extricate itself from a second conflict involving Iraq, trying to figure out a way forward in Afghanistan, and contemplating the use of force against Iran.

At the same time, peacekeeping operations had raised some controversial issues concerning, in particular, the abuse of force, the excessive and the robust use of force, the basis for using such force, misconduct by personnel, relations with local authorities and other aspects of such operations.

It is understood that this is an attempt to regulate the use of force by the Security Council, not by States.

These new friends liked the ruthless use of force, the ethnic nationalism, the continued humiliation of the Palestinians.

The Asian economies have been particularly aggressive in the use of such incentives.

It is important to use both the arms and legs to provide the leverage to start the push.

Gas provides a tempting form of leverage, and Russia had already used it against Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Moldova.

The Gezi Park demonstrators who in June protested peacefully against the use of excessive police force by simply standing still also protested peacefully, years ago, against the ban on the headscarf then in effect in Turkey s universities.

Essentially, Atkinson claims that the nature of the audiences use of alternative media (participatory v. passive), as well as their worldview, often shape the performances of resistance against dominant power structures in society.

No great economic power in history has been born without force until now.

CAMBRIDGE China and Russia have just provided the world with sharp contrasts in the use of power.

They are coercive, but they fall short of the threat or use of military force. Will they be enough to stop the killing?

Russia has a number of means of pressuring Ukraine short of using military force.

They are quite separate from the rules which regulate the lawfulness of the resort to armed force.

The Rio Group views with interest a General Assembly debate on the use of force in accordance with the Charter.

The Secretary General has proposed a pragmatic and balanced set of principles for addressing the use of force.

It is wrong to apply the weight of economic power to pressure developing countries for political purposes.

That will require more use of the soft power of attraction rather than relying so heavily on hard military power, as the Bush administration has done.

(g) The reassurance that strict provisions of law are in place to govern the use of force, including the use of sedatives and other medication, in the execution of deportation orders

Tools for measuring violence against children are under development.

There are two reasons why international law is tolerant of the use of all, or nearly all, necessary force.

The Nigerian military is caught between two grim positions forceful attack and losing the girls or slow negotiations.

In the early 21st century, Fresnel reflectors began to be used in concentrating solar power (CSP) plants to concentrate solar energy.

Hopes to dominate outer space through the use of force are illusory.

According to the Secretary General, such a resolution should also set out criteria to guide the Security Council in authorizing or resorting to the use of force.