Examples of using Could not be invoked in English and their translations into French
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Section 139 A of the Criminal Code, which referred to the crime of torture, could not be invoked by an individual but was applied by the Attorney General when he drew up the bill of indictment.
The order of a superior officer could not be invoked before a court in defence of someone guilty of torture, but could it be
self-determination could not be invoked against States which had legitimate Governments which fully respected democratic principles
a public authority could not be invoked as a justification of torture.
the lack of development could not be invoked to justify the abridgement of internationally recognized human rights Part I, para. 10.
Romanian domestic law stipulated that the principle of non-discrimination could not be invoked to restrict the right to freedom of expression
a public authority could not be invoked as justification for torture.
which meant that the Convention could not be invoked before the British courts in respect of murders such as that of Gervaise McKerr,
15 of the Convention, which provided that statements made as a result of torture could not be invoked as evidence.
then article 14 could not be invoked.
she said that the right of peoples to self-determination was a collective right which, accordingly, could not be invoked in an individual complaint procedure.
Finally, he reiterated that financial constraints could not be invoked as a reason for withholding funds from the Organization, which could not fulfil its mandates
However, article 77 of the Penal Code already established an exception by stipulating that statutory time limits could not be invoked in cases where civilians were systematically tortured.
One delegation suggested adding a second paragraph whereby apparently legal deprivation of liberty that was in fact illegally motivated could not be invoked to justify an enforced disappearance.
a public authority could not be invoked as a justification of torture.
he noted that article 132 bis of the Criminal Code stated that an order from a superior officer could not be invoked as a justification of torture.
reasoning conscientious objection could not be invoked or applied as a form of exemption from compulsory military service since it had not been so established in legislation.
Generally speaking, amnesty laws could not be invoked to prevent its exercise,
which provided that the statute of limitations could not be invoked in the case of serious human rights violations.