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Since World War II’s end, collective punishment has become increasingly unacceptable as a response even to grave or egregious violations of international law, and this approach has been codified in a widely accepted set of principles – the so-called ILC articles – concerning the responsibility of states.
That would be a grave mistake, for such an outcome would most likely pave the way for extreme alternatives.
Road safety is a grave concern.
The EU is about to commit a grave strategic error by allowing its report this autumn to be guided by the short-sighted domestic policy considerations of some of its important member states.
Yet it is a grave challenge to international peace and could spread instability throughout the region.
The results are now clear: a humanitarian disaster and a grave challenge to the Arab Middle East as it has been constituted for the last century.
The political and security situation in the vast region between the Indus Valley and the shores of the Eastern Mediterranean is a cause for grave concern.
Putin’s own game of prime ministerial “musical chairs” does not reflect a desire to secure for himself a quiet position behind the scenes while someone else rules, for he knows all too well that the path from the Kremlin leads only to inner exile and the grave.
They might be killed and then burned beyond recognition or coated in lime, to accelerate decomposition, and buried in an unmarked grave.
When we cannot be sure how to improve the world, prudence becomes an important virtue, and grandiose visions can pose grave dangers.
But in this case our concerns were so grave as to overcome any disagreements.
Censuring Ireland is also a grave mistake from a methodological point of view; indeed, this is perhaps the gravest aspect of the case.
If so, there would be no denying that we continue to face grave problems, including of course the threat of catastrophic climate change.
This could be a grave mistake.
Omit either a market penalty now for behavior that may become reckless or the institutional levers that give a voice to future generations, and you run grave risks – perhaps not today or tomorrow, but someday, and for the rest of your life.
While North Korea’s nuclear arsenal is much smaller, persistent doubts about the regime’s sustainability make it a matter of grave concern.
The painting shows Icarus, his wings melted, plunging to a watery grave.
As the Renaissance brought growing interest in anatomy, body snatching became a lucrative business with cadavers obtained through grave robbing, bribing hospital attendants, or even murdering beggars.
Next to Lenin’s tomb is Stalin’s grave and monument, where heaps of fresh flowers are always to be seen on the anniversaries of his birth, his death, and the victory over Hitler.
But as a country they are digging their own grave.
As a result, Russia’s current challenging of the territorial integrity of Georgia might prove to be a grave error in the not-so-distant future.
Close to the Belomorkanal, one of the Gulag's major construction sites, a large mass grave was uncovered at Sandarmokh.
By matching the number of skeletons and their gender, every "shooting protocol" was identified with a certain grave.
Today, a wooden pole marks each mass grave.
As Anna Akhmatova, the great poetic chronicler of Stalin’s terror, said, “I am alive in this grave.”
Our commitment to NATO, thus, does not restrict our freedom but enhances it, making us much better equipped to effectively advance our views on the international scene and the grave threats which confront it.
China’s willingness to throw its weight around amplifies the grave imbalance in size, and leverage, between it and the other countries bordering the South China Sea.
Many commentators credited the great numbers of women and children with the remarkable overall peacefulness of the protesters in the face of grave provocations.
Bloggers such as Leil Zahra Mortada took grave risks to keep the world informed daily of the scene in Tahrir Square and elsewhere.
What is occurring in the region is a clash within a civilization; to enable IS to portray it as a conflict between civilizations – and itself as the true defender of Islam – would be a grave strategic mistake.
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