Disproportionate exercise of police powers

Sense and Nonsense about Disproportionate Force

It is neither disproportionate nor excessive.

This is wrong, disproportionate and dishonest.

Africa has a disproportionate share of the infection.

First, countries with a diminishing stake retain disproportionate power.

Progress has also been disproportionate in relation to the Goals.

The Government's response to the insurrection was ruthless and disproportionate.

Africa has a disproportionate share of the numbers of doctors.

In order to avoid a disproportionate increase in pension, the Committee recommended that the pensions of the judges should no longer be expressed as a percentage of base salary and should rather be set at 50,000 a year (a 22 per cent increase).

There are a number of ways to account for Jews disproportionate achievement.

An increasingly disproportionate number of girls are being infected with HIV AIDS.

He also informed the Committee that the disproportionate underrepresentation of women in wage employment was decreasing gradually, and there had been an increase in the number of women engaged in higher paid employment since 1987.

And as you can see, Africa has a disproportionate share of the infection.

Such a consequence would, however, be disproportionate under article 26 of the Covenant.

Inherent in the concept of CIDT is the disproportionate exercise of police powers.

(h) Forced displacement of its citizens, including a disproportionate displacement of ethnic minorities

Instead, certain members now do a disproportionate amount of the fighting, funding, and dying.

Compared to developed countries, rogue actors do disproportionate damage in a country like Guinea.

It is also women who suffer the disproportionate health impacts of unsustainable energy sources.

Reprisals that are disproportionate by comparison with the provocation that preceded them are prohibited.

Reprisals which are disproportionate in comparison with the provocation which preceded them are prohibited.

(c) The disproportionate suffering of members of ethnic minorities, women and children from such violations

And here, again, we see Africa has a disproportionate share of the numbers of doctors.

In other words, force becomes disproportionate when the costs of using it are too high.

As the war in Lebanon continues, the term disproportionate force is being bandied about as if some crystal clear principle of international law lay behind it, telling us when force is disproportionate and why it is illegal.

Deeply concerned at the HIV AIDS pandemic, and at its disproportionate effect on women and girls,

So again, I look at the globe here and the disproportionate share of HIV in Africa.

The response to Hezbollah s initial aggression, as well as Israel s military response in Gaza, is disproportionate.

However, this does not mean that force becomes disproportionate simply when the costs outweigh the benefits.

How, then, do we know when force is disproportionate? This is a matter of constant debate.

Remarkably, disproportionate political, economic and military power is vested in the elites hailing from Tigray region.

Forgiving the disproportionate debt that continues to cripple developing economies will not make creditor countries poor.

In the criminal justice system, discrimination and its disproportionate impact on vulnerable groups have become institutionalized.

The disproportionate impact of the resulting hardships on poor and vulnerable groups has been particularly devastating.

So again, I look at the globe here and the disproportionate share of HlV in Africa.

In response to Hamas rockets, Israel is now using disproportionate force, just as it did in Lebanon.

So what, then, does disproportionate force mean, and what is its place in the law of war?

The problem of disproportionate force has different contours on the battlefield, when soldiers are already at war.

Among all the dozens of war crimes in international law, none mentions the element of disproportionate force.

This must be done fairly, so that disproportionate focus on one side s abuses does not create distortions.

9.21 In any event, the obligations imposed by the exemption clause cannot be considered disproportionate or unreasonable.

It is frequently the disproportionate impact it has on vulnerable groups that enables it to be identified.

Women and girls also bear a disproportionate share of the burden of care for infected family members.

Meanwhile, world military expenditures continue to be disproportionate to the unmet and urgent needs of developmental assistance.