Traduction de «Acte donnant ouverture à des poursuites » (Français → Anglais) :

K. whereas recourse to sexual violence and the more widespread use of rape as a war weapon have enormous consequences, such as the physical and psychological destruction of victims, and must be regarded as war crimes; whereas national authorities and the international community have largely invested in strengthening the judicial system, especially on the military side, and on encouraging the opening of inquiries and prosecutions on sexual violence; whereas trials have been held but with a lack of execution of the judgments, and in many cases those found guilty are able to escape and little is done to compensate the victims;

K. whereas recourse to sexual violence and the more widespread use of rape as a war weapon have enormous consequences, such as the physical and psychological destruction of victims, and must be regarded as war crimes; whereas national authorities and the international community have largely invested in strengthening the judicial system, especially on the military side, and on encouraging the opening of inquiries and prosecutions on sexual violence; whereas trials have been held but with a lack of execution of the judgments, and in many cases those found guilty are able to escape and little is done to compensate the victims;

6. Strongly believes that the start of negotiations can itself be a ‘game-changer’, providing a positive impulse and an effective instrument to further reforms, improve the domestic situation, facilitate inter-ethnic dialogue and promote favourable relations with neighbours;

It would have been better to have a section in Bill C-14 giving priority to prosecutions under the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, and stating that additional charges would not be laid under other federal acts with respect to the same act or omission.

COMBATING FRAUD Following up the conclusions of the Essen European Council, which had asked the Institutions and the Member States to act together to combat fraud, the Council: - examined the Commission's annual report on fraud and its 1995 work programme in this area and adopted a series of conclusions on the matter (See Annex I); - noted the findings from an initial examination, by the Advisory Committee for the Coordination of Fraud Prevention, of the reports submitted by the Member States on the measures they were implementing at national level to combat the waste and misuse of Community funds; on this point it adopted conclusions ...[+++]involving a number of recommendations for continuing the discussions in the second half of 1995, the results of which will have to be submitted to the Madrid European Council in December (see Annex II); - noted that there was an agreement in principle on the whole of the draft joint guideline concerning the Regulation on the protection of the European Communities' financial interests; the Regulation will establish for the first time a common framework for combating the waste and misuse of Community funds in all areas covered by Community policies.

It is also prohibited as an unfair practice (1855) For the union, failure to provide fair representation can be cause for legal action, as can failure to provide members with financial statements, although a bit unusual, and a certain number of prohibitions set out in section 95.