Experts say that international law is unclear whether the prohibition also applies to military action within a country directed against dissident elements.

Certain dissident elements keep complaining that people don't get a chance to participate in decisions made by their government.

So-called "dissident" elements were purged from all levels of society, including the Catholic Church.

In 1981, Zia was assassinated by dissident elements of the military.

Yet the fact is, upholding the law in my country does sometimes require that certain dissident elements be quashed, quickly and finally.

Worse, he'd made his career on repressing dissident elements.

It is this dissident element of the drivers which pushed for, and got, the convention to move to Chicago.

Assisted by dissident elements of the Turkish garrison, they succeeded.

I think if people realize we aren't a dissident element at all, they would see that the government is the bad one.

There may be dissident elements in the crowd who will attempt to help the prisoner.