The breakdown of law and order, in the West Bank as well as Gaza, is increasingly plain.

ECONOMIST: Palestine

The breakdown in law and order in New Orleans is particularly disturbing.

ECONOMIST: Hurricane Katrina

The incident came in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, as the authorities vowed to restore security in the city following a breakdown of law and order.

BBC: Police plead not guilty in post-Katrina shootings

Mr Chalabi was also blamed for advising the Provisional Coalition Authority to dissolve the Iraqi army and the Baath party - two decisions that were criticised by many as responsible for the breakdown in law and order and alienating large sectors of Iraqi society.

BBC: Profile: Ahmed Chalabi

These actions and policies had contributed to the deliberate breakdown in the rule of law in Zimbabwe, to politically motivated violence and intimidation in that country, and to political and economic instability in the southern African region.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

According to the report, conflict environments, characterized by a breakdown in the rule of law and a prevailing climate of impunity, create the conditions whereby parties, emboldened by their weapons, power and status, essentially enjoy free reign to inflict sexual violence, with far-reaching implications for efforts to consolidate peace and secure development.

UN: Security Council

"We need to avoid the law of the jungle imposing itself, chaos and the breakdown of public order, " Mr Camacho was quoted as saying.

BBC: Latin America & Caribbean