In defense of public

The French Rally to the Republic

Jonas Gahr Støre In defense of dialogue

In 2004, a Bill had been put forward to ensure that all perpetrators of honour killings were tried.

Because we are fighting back in self defence, they say that our actions theirs and ours are morally equivalent.

The Commission on Human Rights has lost its ability to act effectively on behalf of victims, and thus its credibility.

The international community should require Israel to explain how the annexation of territories and the establishment of settlements constituted self defence.

Some NGOs do collect data on violence against women, particularly the so called honour killings etc.

Of the total 2,774 women victims, 1,578 were killed in Punjab, 751 in Sindh, 260 in the NWFP and 185 in Balochistan.

This is an attempt to tie the hands of countries that cherish their sovereignty and independence and want to fight in defence of those inalienable principles.

The talk shows addressed the issues of honour killings, dowry, violence against women, juvenile justice, jail reforms, child labour and minority rights.

The law enforcement machinery needs to be made more competent and resourceful in pursuing cases of violence against women, particularly honour killings.

This misplaced sense of honour sometimes has serious consequences as in the case of so called honour killings when a woman asserts her independence and goes against the wishes of her family.

The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2004 has been enacted specifically to combat so called honour killings (see para 25, Chapter XV).

Many of those who are disabled as a result of participation in the war feel that they have not been given sufficient attention despite having fought for the country.

From January 1998 to December 2003, the number of women killed in the name of honour was more than double the number of men murdered.

One of the most public and widely covered pronouncements against violence against women was the President of Pakistan's forthright condemnation of honour killings in April 2000 and February 2004.

For example, in the case of violence, women who commit an offense to protect themselves against gender based violence are treated the same way as their male counterparts.

Notwithstanding differences within and across regions, the rationale frequently cited for embarking on revitalization efforts includes the following

Cuba knows that it will be able to continue to count on the support of the international community in defence of its just call for an end to the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the Government of the United States against the Cuban people.

Amina's lawyers argued that she had the pepper spray for self defense reasons, following the death threats she received last March, after she posted topless photographs of herself on Facebook.

When I speak about peace, democracy, solidarity and freedom I would like to recall that six days ago marked the thirty second anniversary of the occasion when a man gave his life defending peace, democracy and freedom.

We once again reaffirm that, in defence of free exchange and transparent practice in international trade, the application of coercive unilateral measures that affect the well being of populations and obstruct integration processes is unacceptable.

In opening the high level segment, the Secretary General of the Eleventh Congress appealed to representatives to speak up and speak out on behalf of victims of crime, whose future might be changed by the deliberations of the Congress.

Now, we all think that Shelley obviously is the great romantic poet that he was many of us tend to forget that he wrote some perfectly wonderful essays, too, and the most well remembered essay is one called A Defence of Poetry.

However, the legitimate struggle of peoples in defence of their right to independence or self determination must be distinguished from terrorism. At the same time, the indiscriminate killing of innocent civilians could not be justified by any cause.

In 2003, the Foundation published the book In Defense of Women International Instruments , which includes the entire text of CEDAW and its Optional Protocol, the Convention of Belém do Pará, and the Beijing Program and Platform for Action, among others.

Panama has gained full control of its territory and recovered the Canal thanks to its visionary leaders, but also to a large extent due to the implementation of the principles of international law that the United Nations has staunchly defended and through the support of the international community.

The Qisas and Diyat law is therefore alleged to offer immunity to perpetrators in some cases of violence against women, including of the so called honour killings, or to make prosecution and conviction of perpetrators of such violence more difficult.

The Secretary General's report makes the key point that a State need not wait until it is actually attacked in order to use force in self defence, which is to say that there is a right of anticipatory self defence in appropriate circumstances.

In more backward areas of the country sometimes if the girl persists in her desire to go against the wishes of her family, she is ostracized, forced to seek a divorce or rarely, even killed in the name of honour (this issue has been discussed in Chapter XVII).

On July 8, 2004 in response to a question by Senator Abida Saif, Ministers informed the Senate that karo kari' (honour killing) had claimed the lives of 4,000 men and women in the country during the last six years.

The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act amends Sections 299, 302, 305, 308, 310, 311, 316, 324, 337, 338 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and Sections 345, 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to ensure more effective prosecution of cases of the so called honour killings.

Mr. Zarif (Islamic Republic of Iran) At the very outset, and on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, I would like to reiterate the solidarity of the Government and the people of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the Palestinian people and authorities in their brave struggle to defend their inalienable rights.

We are sometimes told that the criminal plot of the two dictatorships Stalin's and Hitler's was legitimate under the international law of the time and, what is more, that it constituted a justified or even essential defence in view of the Munich Agreement concluded in September 1938 among Nazi Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and France.