Gross and large scale violations of human rights

(a) The gross and massive nature of any such violations (bearing in mind that any systematic violations fall into the category of massive)

(c) Gross and massive violations of human rights

(c) Gross and massive violations of human rights as an international crime

VII. RECOGNITION OF GROSS AND MASSIVE VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS

From here it is only one step to their perpetration on a large scale.

The right to life continues to be violated on an extensive scale in Somalia.

Recognition of gross and large scale violations of human rights as an international crime

Recognition of gross and massive violations of human rights as an international crime

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C. The problem of recognizing particular categories of gross and

Human rights violations are most often the root as well as immediate cause of mass exodus.

1996 105. Recognition of gross and large scale violations of human rights as an

In fact, experience shows that massive violations are always gross in nature, and gross violations of individuals apos rights, torture, arbitrary and protracted detention lead, if they go unpunished, to massive violations or indicate that such violations have already begun.

C. The problem of recognizing particular categories of gross and massive violations of human rights

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As regards massive systematic violations of human rights, they tend as a rule to be gross.

Although massive violations are composed of individual ones, the number of individual violations that constitute a massive violation of human rights is indefinable.

I am thinking, for example, of situations involving massive and blatant human rights violations.

Poverty did not bar his Government from condemning the massive violations of human rights in Cuba.

The serious crimes of massive violations of human rights produced by these practices are ongoing ones.

Special attention must always be devoted to preventing genocide or massive human rights abuses.

SCU has focused on 10 priority cases and 5 widespread patterns of violence.

States should consider the creation of effective procedures to deal with crimes committed on a large scale and mass torts.

There is no doubt that the most dangerous violations are gross and massive violations of human rights.

38. One of the hardest problems is to draw the line between individual instances and massive violations of human rights.

It is easily seen that the specimen list of gross violations of human rights here basically includes massive violations genocide, disappearances, etc.

Considering that further action is needed to curb gross and massive violations of human rights,

2. Strongly condemns the mass killings and systematic human rights violations against civilians and prisoners of war, and notes with alarm the escalating cycle of mass killings

Not coincidentally, when examples of gross and massive violations of human rights are cited, it is normally civil and political rights that are referred to.

During the period under review he was informed about large scale violations of human rights, including violations of the right to life, committed in the context of armed conflicts which led to massive displacements of populations in Chechnya (Russian Federation), Colombia and Tajikistan.

54. Declaring gross and massive violations of human rights ordered or sanctioned by a Government to be international crimes could to some extent help to prevent gross and massive violations of human rights by acting as a warning to Governments and public officials.

In 2004, these two provinces witnessed large scale massacres and numerous human rights violations.

(e) Preventing human rights violations prevention of mass and grave human rights violations is the way to effectively avert large scale suffering of people and many conflicts that result in new violations of human rights.

At its fifty ninth session, the Commission on Human Rights adopted resolution 2003 52 entitled Human rights and mass exoduses , reaffirming the links between gross violations of human rights and mass displacement.

51. Large scale disasters are striking whole regions.

In any case, there is no doubt that this is a massive and flagrant violation of human rights to which Governments cannot turn a blind eye.

Other major human rights violations reportedly committed by security forces include widespread arbitrary arrest and torture.

The responsibility to provide reparations and compensation to victims of massive human rights violations should be recognized.

But the Commission has also concluded that the mass violations of human rights were no less serious than genocide.

We must do our best to stop human rights violations on a mass scale and to put an end to a climate that allows, tolerates and indulges such human rights violations, no matter what principles are used to justify them.

For eight years, Saddam's regime imposed a massive war of aggression and occupation on my people.

Trafficking in human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation is a flagrant and large scale violation of several fundamental rights of the individual.

Human rights and mass exoduses

Foreign aggression, ethnic conflicts, and massive human rights abuses continued to threaten the territorial integrity of newly independent States in the region leading to enormous suffering and grief.