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Thapa had dubbed the vote 'an attack on the fundamental norms of democracy'.

The fundamental norm of many games is the norm establishing who wins and loses.

They rejected the Unix culture's fundamental norm of programmer-centricity.

I believe that we must ensure that the trial is fair, transparent and compliant with the fundamental norms of the rule of law.

Giusep Nay states that from an objective viewpoint jus cogens is to be read and given effect in association with fundamental norms of international law.

It is certainly possible to read these figures as unwelcome deviations from a fundamental norm, as conservative groups like the Family Research Council do.

He fervently believed that the Aligarh spirit didn't allow one to stoop low to flout the fundamental norms of decency and propriety.

The Member States firmly support the harmonisation objectives with a view to reaching an agreement on certain common fundamental norms and values and uniform protection criteria.

Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights protects the right to freedom of association, which is also a fundamental norm for NGOs.

By questioning the fundamental norms and premises of the dominant discourses, and trying to modify them, he attempted to democratize the university scene and to politicize it.

There was compelling evidence that Abu Qatada would be tried in breach of one of the most fundamental norms of international criminal justice if deported to Jordan, the judges concluded.

The failure of such tensions to overturn or revolutionize the social structure has rested in the way in which individuals have been socialized and the fundamental norms according to which the society operates.

The State has the twofold responsibility to discourage behaviour that is harmful to human rights and the fundamental norms of civil life, and to repair, through the penal system, the disorder created by criminal activity.

Issuing a press statement on March 16, 2004 Chairman Prachanda said, "Our party has been committed to the fundamental norms of human rights and the Geneva convention since the start of the people's war.

It is often human nature, it appears, to conceal thoughts and beliefs even from themselves if those thoughts or beliefs violate fundamental norms or in some wise pose a threat to those who think or believe them.

It is part of the duty of the public authority to insure that the civil law is regulated according to the fundamental norms of the moral law in matters concerning human rights, human life and the institution of the family.

We urge Australia, as we have already urged the U.S. government in similar circumstances, to amend its new legislation or at a minimum to implement it in a manner that fully upholds fundamental norms of international human rights and refugee law.

In 2011, U.S. Senator John McCain said in a visit to Moldova that Moscow is violating the territorial integrity of Moldova and Georgia and one of the "fundamental norms" of "international behavior".

After the Fundamental Norms of the Royal House of Romania where signed in 2007, former King Michael I, who abdicated in 1947 under communist pressure, reinstituted the Order of Carol I and instituted three other decorations.