Referring to teenage pregnancy, she wanted to know what measures the Government was taking to prohibit punitive action against teenage mothers and their families at the village level.

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But most of it is about more punitive sentencing, harsher sentencing.

The punitive measures for prostitution related offences have increased in severity.

They should not be used in a vexatious or punitive manner.

While I was foreign minister of the Republic of Korea, my Government and I strongly advocated détente with the North. When some in the world called for sanctions and punitive action, South Korea pushed for dialogue.

While I was foreign minister of the Republic of Korea, my Government and I strongly advocated détente with the North. When some in the world called for sanctions and punitive action, South Korea pushed for dialogue.

Specific preventive and punitive measures are necessary to overcome trafficking and sexual exploitation.

Legal and punitive measures cannot be totally successful unless the attitudes of society change.

The reason for this is that it appears as a provision of a punitive character.

In September, Bush made an unexpectedly low key speech to the UN General Assembly. Resistance to sanctions from Russia, China, and France has persuaded US officials to allow more time for diplomacy before pushing for punitive action in the Security Council.

Again the Security Council failed to take action, and in particular, to invoke Chapter VII to take punitive measures against Ethiopia as provided for by article 4 of the Algiers Agreement and general principles of the Charter of the United Nations.

Indeed, in the wake of the Greek crisis, Merkel spoke publicly of the need to be able to exclude eurozone members that do not play by the rules. Does she seriously believe that the euro and the EU would survive such punitive action?

When possible, legislation criminalizing abortion could be amended to remove punitive provisions imposed on women who undergo abortion.

They stress that most current juvenile justice systems are more punitive rather than corrective, which is detrimental to rehabilitation.

The Ordinance provides for social and economic measures to prevent prostitution and punitive measures against customers, procurers and prostitution organizers.

Such a strategy should not be restricted to punitive measures, but, rather, also properly tackle the root causes of terrorism.

China s leadership, for its part, will want to know why free market champions in Washington are threatening more protectionism. For, as China s growth accelerates, trade imbalances heighten US frustrations, and elections loom, lawmakers of both US political parties will threaten punitive action against China on a variety of subjects.

This is the only path that promises both less corruption and more economic growth. Combating corruption through increased punitive action, while leaving intact a bloated and discretionary public sector, will only paralyze public officials, delay important decisions, and play into the hands of cynical demagogues and political fanatics.

In some cases, significant progress has been made in terms of employment creation despite the imposition of punitive and discriminatory policies.

Further, we urge troop and police contributing countries to take punitive actions against those involved in acts of sexual exploitation and abuse.

The overwhelming emphasis had been on the punitive side of legislation in terms of appropriate and suitably high penalties for domestic violence.

The tariff proposal contained in the central piece of global warming legislation now before Congress would impose emission controls on domestic industries starting in 2012. It would also levy punitive tariffs on greenhouse gas intensive products imported from countries that lack comparable action to that of the US, starting in 2020.

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.

He was allegedly placed in a small punitive isolation cell measuring 1.5 m2 in unhygienic conditions, receiving a bottle of water a day.

Legislation on mercenaries should not just be punitive, but must also attempt to close the loopholes in regard to how mercenaries acquire arms.

Pertinent legislation should be amended to decriminalize abortion and abolish punitive measures in that regard, especially in the case of an unwanted pregnancy.

An important decision of the Family Court had ordered a husband to pay his wife punitive damages for abuse, scorn, humiliation and enslavement.

In the ensuing discussion, it was highlighted that conditionality imposed on the countries from the South were too punitive and often led to greater poverty.

The demand for action generated by this incident, and by the highly publicized on field abuse of another star Aboriginal player, Michael Long, two years later, led the Australian Football League to introduce in 1995 a Racial and Religious Vilification code of conduct. The code combines a robust conciliation process with appropriate punitive measures and a strong educational program.

We do not want a United Nations that deals with all problems by taking coercive, punitive and forceful measures that do not lead to long term solutions.

There was concern that the policy was overly punitive and failed to emphasize a person's right to live with dignity and to be treated fairly and with compassion.

The Government was committed to reducing maternal mortality by improving obstetric care and providing assistance for abortions, and was reviewing punitive legislation on the voluntary termination of pregnancy.

And if we rely, as we do at the moment, solely on the criminal justice system and the threat of punitive sentences, we will be nurturing a monster we cannot tame.

Sanctions should not be applied as a punitive measure or used as a means of ousting the legitimate authorities of a Member State. By their very nature, sanctions should be temporary.

She wondered whether a study had been conducted on the root causes of violence and sought information on rehabilitation or punitive programmes for the perpetrators and court decisions in that regard.

But, again, it s not about the money. It s about using deadlines to force Greece to knuckle under, and to accept the unacceptable not only austerity measures, but other regressive and punitive policies.

The program s other measures are a series of tax cuts for the middle class, entrepreneurs, and the wealthy, which, though expensive, constitute a similarly welcome break with France s tradition of punitive taxation.

Additionally, the Family Court in Jerusalem, in a landmark decision, ordered a husband to pay his battered wife 90,000 NIS (20,000 ) compensation, mostly as punitive damages ) F.C.C 018551 00 K.S v. K.M (07.06.04)).

The Family Court in Jerusalem, in an important decision, ordered a husband to pay his battered wife 90,000 NIS (approximately 20,000 ) compensation, mostly as punitive damages ) F.C.C 018551 00 K.S v. K.M (07.06.04)).

3.4 Under article 19 of the Covenant, the author claims that his arrest on 31 May 1985 and his subsequent detention were punitive measures, designed to punish him for his regime critical publications.

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.

Many Governments were considering tighter border control measures to stem the tide of migrants and trafficked persons, and many had already started the process of drafting laws with stringent punitive provisions for the offenders.

With regard to the payment of arrears, Jordan rejected any punitive measures, since the vast majority of States in arrears were developing countries that were unable to pay their contributions owing to extenuating circumstances.

The Monitoring Group should continue to develop the draft list of violators, including the compilation of dossiers of relevant and evidentiary materials, for eventual submission to the Security Council Committee for future punitive actions.