These settlements took the form of monetary compensation, cessation of the offending act or a corrective action.

On completion, the Bureau forwarded the relevant file to the Commissioner of Police for disciplinary action or to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Corporal punishment is used as a disciplinary measure in penal institutions, reasonable punishment is carried out in schools and moderate punishment is lawful in the family.

A more substantial constraint would be to establish a tougher disciplinary regime on fiscally profligate countries as part of a reinforced institutional framework.

During 2004, several prosecutors lost their posts due to discretionary decisions by the Attorney General, without any disciplinary process having taken place.

5.3 States shall prohibit forced eviction, demolition of houses and destruction of agricultural areas and the arbitrary confiscation or expropriation of land as a punitive measure or as a means or method of war.

Women's transgression of these norms is said to violate the honour of men and the family, which legitimizes violence against women within the social context as a disciplinary measure to maintain or restore family honour.

At the same time, the prison director advised that the complainant had been ordered to spend 15 days in isolation as a disciplinary sanction for having attempted to instigate a rebellion amongst Masra Torah inmates.

The Committee notes with deep concern that corporal punishment is permissible under the State party laws and is used as a way of disciplining children at home, as a disciplinary measure by schools as stipulated in the Education Act and as a sanction in the juvenile justice system.

If an inquiry found a violation of human rights or negligence in preventing such a violation, the matter was referred either to the Director of Public Prosecutions or to the appropriate service commission or public body for disciplinary action.

The Government of Malaysia attached high priority to the fight against corruption and had adopted a two pronged strategy which provided for punitive action, including harsh penalties for persons convicted of crimes of corruption, and preventive measures designed to encourage the moral and ethical values of society to counter corrupt practices.

(d) An appeal in respect of a disciplinary measure considered by a Joint Disciplinary Committee pursuant to either paragraph (b) or (c), or in respect of financial responsibility for gross negligence pursuant to rule 110.5, shall be submitted directly to the United Nations Administrative Tribunal.

Any refusal by a police official to accept a complaint involving an act of racism should lead to disciplinary or penal sanctions, and those sanctions should be increased if corruption is involved.

For instance, a few years previously, an individual working for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) had been brought to justice for stealing large sums of money from the Organization while his supervisor had not been subject to any disciplinary action and had subsequently been promoted.