By recommending that all States impose a complete moratorium on all executions, the previous Special Rapporteur had overstepped her mandate, which applied exclusively to extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions.

Last month, a federal appeals court in Washington ruled the EPA administrator overstepped his authority in trying to delay implementation of an Obama administration rule requiring oil and gas companies to monitor and reduce methane leaks.

Mr. La Yifan (China) said that his delegation, like several others, regretted that in drafting her report the previous Special Rapporteur had overstepped her mandate. Such digressions could only undermine her credibility and her cooperation with Member States. The mention of a moratorium on the death penalty in the recommendations was inappropriate.

There is strong support on Capitol Hill, from both Democrats and Republicans, for finding some way to limit currency manipulation. Even people who are very much in favor of freer trade and even of some version of the TPP, like Bergsten and Gagnon believe that some Asian countries have overstepped the boundaries of reasonable behavior.

8.2 For the State party, States must enjoy a margin of appreciation in balancing rights at the national level, and that this margin has not been overstepped in the present case. The majority of the Supreme Court found that section 135a applied to remarks of a distinctly offensive character, including remarks that incite or support violations of integrity and those which entail a gross disparagement of a group's human dignity.