Many Internet users now expressing their objections to the legislation are calling the law barbaric and a breach of women's rights.

One month ago, my dear colleague Lakshman Kadirgamar, the Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka, was assassinated by a calculated and barbaric act of terrorism.

By putting itself above the law, America allowed itself to succumb to barbaric behavior.

In the decision to send British forces to defend Sierra Leone from a barbaric invasion from Liberia, he faced down all those who warned of disaster and won great moral credit.

In fact, the obligation of states to abide by humanitarian rules of conduct while their enemies are free to barbarize warfare is what makes asymmetric wars especially insoluble.

Transnational organized crime poses a direct threat to human security and the rule of law and the Panel underlined that organized crime increased the risk of all the other threats by creating opportunities for uncivil society.